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MARCH REPORT
"It's about getting involved, having your voice heard and taking ownership of your college experience - Student Government is our way of leaving this place better than we found it for future generations of Tar Heels." - Hogan E. Medlin
March 2011 Prepared by the Office of the Student Body Secretary Suite 2501, Carolina Student Union Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599 http://www.unc.edu/studgov
This publication was funded at least in part with students fees which were appropriated and dispersed by the Student Government at UNC-Chapel Hill
MARCH REPORT
-2011-
Table of Contents
Introduction
6 A Reflection on Student Government
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Cabinet Committees
Academic Affairs Arts Advocacy Environmental Affairs Global University Greek Affairs Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Outreach Public Safety Public Service and Advocacy Student Body Outreach Student Life Technology & Web Services University Services
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Additional Programs
Eve Carson Scholarship SafeWalk
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Overview of Responsibilities
The
Student
Body
President
is
the
chief
executive
of
Student
Government
and
oversees
management
of
the
Executive
Branch.
In
addition
to
this
role,
Hogan
serves
as
the
primary
advocate
for
students
to
the
University
Board
of
Trustees,
community
leaders
and
State
Government
through
service
on
a
variety
of
boards
and
committees.
The
Student
Body
President
is
elected
to
ofBice
each
February
and
serves
a
one
year
term
of
ofBice.
By July, well have absorbed about $139 million in total state cuts since 2008. The majority of those reductions have been allocated to administration and efBiciency measures. In January, Chancellor Holden Thorp announced an additional 5% permanent cut ($26 million) for Biscal year 2010-2011 to meet Governor Perdues 2.5% holdback and to plan ahead for anticipated permanent cuts at the start of the next Biscal year. Announcing these cuts now allows Carolina to properly plan ahead for the inevitable reductions that will occur this Biscal year. For example, it takes several months to realize savings from layoffs given severance and required payouts. Any additional cuts issued by the General Assembly over the 5% level will begin to signiBicantly harm our academic experience. We request that any further reductions issued by the General Assembly be provided with full Blexibility, allowing our Chancellor, Board of Trustees and elected student leaders to manage campus-wide reductions.
Historically, our paid tuition dollars have stayed on our campuses to support instruction. We appreciate the General Assemblys support to allow future
tuition
increases
to
also
stay
on
campus.
Tuition
should
not
be
considered
a
source
of
revenue
to
supplement
or
replace
other
state
taxes,
as
82%
of
our
students
come
from
taxpaying
North
Carolina
families.
3. Protect Access by Fully Funding Need-based Financial Aid and Enrollment, and
Preserving Tuition Remission With
rising
tuition
costs
and
the
economic
turndown,
students
are
more
likely
to
need
Binancial
aid.
UNC-Chapel
Hill
has
seen
a
dramatic
increase
in
need
with
37%
of
undergraduates
requiring
need-based
aid.
On
average,
those
students
who
require
loans
graduate
at
Carolina
with
$16,000
in
debt.
At
Carolina,
students
on
Binancial
aid
graduate
at
essentially
the
same
rate
of
non-needy
students.
Tuition
remission
is
extremely
important
in
drawing
the
best
graduate
students
to
North
Carolina
by
supplementing
teaching
and
research
on
campus. The
Carolina
Covenant,
a
national
model
for
equal
access
to
education,
provides
the
opportunity
for
qualiBied
students
with
demonstrated
need
to
achieve
their
college
degree
debt
free
(through
a
combination
of
state
and
federal
grants
and
work-study).
Any
eroding
of
support
for
state
funded
need-based
Binancial
aid
will
be
absolutely
detrimental
to
Carolina
students.
Not
only
does
this
promise
maintain
a
strong
commitment
to
diversity
among
our
student
body,
it
also
ensures
access
to
higher
education
to
all
those
who
qualify.
Reducing
access
to
the
University
will
compromise
the
quality
and
breadth
of
our
state's
future
workforce
in
the
long
term,
and
force
North
Carolina
families
to
divert
money
from
elsewhere
in
the
economy
in
the
short
term.
4. Student Vote on the Board of Governors
As it currently is, the President of the Association of Student Governments (ASG) has a seat on the Board of Governors for the UNC system. This individual represents the 270,000+ students across the state and is the only non-voting member of the Board. We believe it is essential that we, the students, have the right to be represented by a vote on the Board, which determines major policies for our institutions. Each Student Body President has a vote on their respective Board of Trustees; we believe that a parallel structure must exist on the Board of Governors to ensure that we are heard.
Hogan has worked diligently in transition Mary Cooper, the 2011-2012 SBP, into her new role as the voice of the students in Raleigh. This list of priorities will be handed down to her as she begins to organize her own efforts in advocating for students to the state legislature.
Board of Trustees
Since
the
update
in
the
October
Report,
the
Board
of
Trustees
met
November
17-18,
January
26-27
and
March
23-24th.
Each
meetings
relevant
information
is
described
below
in
brief.
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November Meeting: The Trustees voted to adopt two major policies during their November meeting. One was a resolution charging the Vice-Chancellor of Student Affairs to 1create a vision for our Greek community by engaging student leaders, faculty, administrators, and Greek community alumni, 2 set expectations of our Greek organizations through periodic assessment against clear and measurable standards, reward the organizations that meet or exceed standards, and provide speciBic feedback to each organization on how they can improve or rectify any deBiciencies, and Binally 3 provide broader and deeper support of the Greek community by better leveraging the experience and wisdom of our Greek community alumni. Hogan voted in favor of this resolution. The second vote was on the recommended tuition and fee proposal from the Chancellor. Though Hogan and Vice-President Holly Boardman had advocated for a 5.6% increase in tuition, Chancellor Thorp recommended a 6.5% increase across the board to the Trustees. Hogan voted against this proposal in a 12-1 vote on the Board. More on this proposal is explained in the Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force section of this report. January Meeting: In his update to the Board, Hogan spoke to the Trustees about Student Governments efforts to train and organize students for advocating in Raleigh for the upcoming legislative session. He recognized the Environmental Affairs committee for their work on establishing a recycling program in the Dean Dome as well as a comprehensible policy for tailgate recycling. Finally, President Medlin spoke about the student opinion on the upcoming Academic Plan, the pending Student Body President election and the excitement surrounding Imam Feisal Abdul Raufs visit to campus for the Weil Lecture on American Citizenship. In the University Affairs committee, Medlin presented the progress on the Admissions Ambassador Abroad program in conjunction with Associate Provost Ron Strausss presentation on UNC Global. No major votes were conducted during this Board meeting. March Meeting: The March meeting served as Hogans Binal Board of Trustee meeting. During the University Affairs committee meeting, the Trustees passed a resolution (as well as in full board) to increase the minimum GPA requirement for Greek recruitment to the level of the average GPA of the general student population by 2012. Hogan voted in favor of this resolution. The committee also heard from Bill Andrews and Sue Estroff, the co-chairs of the Academic Plan committee on the Binal proposal of the Plan which was adopted by both the committee and the full board. Finally, Hogan was thrilled to have the opportunity present the Arts Innovation Steering Committee Report to both the committee and the full board.
This visionary guide for the future of the Arts at UNC was not only adopted but widely accepted as a collective effort from the art community to bring to light some of the annual concerns of student access to art, art integration and arts purpose in our society. More on the report is under the section below. In full board the Trustees voted in favor of the 5 year transportation plan at this meeting, though Hogan voted against the plan. Other than simply increasing the costs of both transportation and parking for students, employees and faculty without any new services, the plan was limited in its vision for the greater questions/concerns surrounding parking and transportation in Chapel Hill. For a more detailed look at why the Medlin Administration stood strong against the plan, please read the more in-depth analysis under Student Body Treasurer Dakota Williams report. Finally, Hogan thanked the Board of a wonderful year serving with them, exclaiming that the role of the President is weighted largely in the responsibilities given as a Trustee; Hogan thoroughly enjoyed every interaction and meeting with each Trustee. The Board passed a resolution thanking Hogan for his service and celebrated the end of his term at a farewell dinner on the evening of March 23rd.
As
mentioned
in
the
October
report,
one
of
the
major
priorities
of
the
Medlin
Administration
was
to
address
the
many
concerns
of
the
student
artist
population
through
the
creation
of
the
Arts
Innovation
Steering
Committee.
This
committee
met
regularly
since
October
and
drafted
a
Binal
report
for
the
Trustees.
In
this
report,
the
committee
expressed
interest
in
prioritizing
the
following
four
target
concerns
of
moving
the
arts
at
Carolina
forward:
1) Arts
Presence
on
Campus a. The
arts
exist
mostly
in
silos
across
the
Carolina
community,
in
departments, student organizations, etc. An integration of the arts that could enhance the quality of intellect and of student life is lacking. 2) Arts Isolation in the Curriculum
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impossible. We can do more as a liberal arts institution to address this annual problem. 3) Funding for Student Art Groups and Individual Artists a. In any bad economy, the arts are the Airst to go on the chopping block. We must remain vigilant in our support for student innovations in the arts. 4) DeBining and Ensuring Artistic Impact a. So often do we seek to measure the values of a particular Aield of study or profession to society, especially during a time when the efAiciency of allocating resources is a top priority. As a leading public university, Carolina has the opportunity to help better deAine arts impact and should do so through engaging its students, faculty and alumni. The report, which can be found in the appendix, details more on these four concerns, provides some commentary on ways to address them and recommends the establishment of an Arts Council to assess the progress of the proposals. Comments from the Trustees and greater community reBlected a general excitement for bringing the Arts into the forefront of conversation about moving Carolina forward, especially as the Academic Plan and the Chancellors Innovate@Carolina program both begin to take hold. Hogan considers the Arts Innovation Steering Committee to be one of the strengths of his administration and looks forward to continuing to work on the plans advancement over the next few years as an alumnus.
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When
the
Taskforce
met
for
its
Binal
meeting
on
November
11th
to
vote
on
the
Bigures
to
forward
to
the
Chancellor
for
his
consideration,
an
interesting
phenomenon
occurred.
The
Taskforce
decided
to
forward
three
different
proposals
to
the
Chancellor,
which
Hogan
accounts
as
a
reBlection
upon
the
ambiguity
of
the
budget
situation
in
Raleigh.
The
three
proposals
are
outlined
below:
1) The
Medlin
Administrations
Proposal,
as
detailed
above 2) The
Provosts
proposal
of
a
6.5%
increase
for
all
students,
across
the
board 3) A
hybrid
proposal:
6.5%
increase
for
in-state
students
and
a
5.6%
increase
for out-of-state students. This proposal took into account the large difference in the base tuition dollars for in- and out-of-state students.
Hogan and Holly both supported the Birst and third proposals to be forwarded to the Chancellor as they reBlected the most pro-student agenda. As mentioned in the Board of Trustee report above, the Chancellor selected the 6.5% increase for all students to go to the Trustees, which was then passed by 12-1 vote, with President Medlin dissenting from the Board. Hogan is grateful to the students and faculty members who worked diligently on the Tuition Taskforce. He believes that the real challenge is now going to be what happens over the summer of 2011; with cuts potentially reaching their deepest yet, and with a full Republican congress, Hogan fears that the students are facing another drastic tuition increase before their return to school in the fall of 2011. The University administration must keep the student voice in the important decision making conversations as the months progress. They should actively seek out President Coopers input and ideas for how to best work with students in this time of economic hardship.
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was then forwarded to the Board of Governors and created an opportunity for idea sharing/collaboration with other system schools by bringing together the SBPs of each institution. At the upcoming April meeting a UNC student (Kevin Kimball) will be running for the President of the Association; Hogan thoroughly supports Kevins run and believes that the organization needs someone like Kevin to take the lead. Part of the inefBiciencies of ASG this year had derived from the lack of structure, vision and action on the leadership side. Hogan still very much believes in the potential of ASG and has encouraged Mary Cooper to consider running for Chair of the Council of SBPs.
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Carolina Creative
In an effort to jumpstart the mission and goals of the Arts Innovation Steering Committee, the Executive Branch of Student Governments Arts Advocacy Committee will be hosting a week-long celebration of the arts from April 2-9th. The purpose of this week is to highlight the creativity and passion of a variety of student artists while also providing resources, guest lecturers and skills trainings to the general student body. A brief overview of the weeks events is summarized below (more detailed in appendix): Saturday, April 2nd Student Hip-Hop Workshop Celebrity guest Adrian Grenier hosts documentary viewing and discusses art of Bilm/importance of documentaries Sunday, April 3rd Student Film Festival Monday, April 4th Mobile Free Expression Wall Chancellors Innovation Fair A Capella Pit Sing Paupers Players Theater Performance of All Shook Up Tuesday, April 5th Dance Showcase All Shook Up St. Petersburg Symphony Wednesday, April 6th Caricatures in the Pit Ackland Student Tours Playmakers opening of Big River Thursday, April 7th Celebrity Guests Brian Hargrove and David Hyde Pierce lecture on the art of TV writing/acting Friday, April 8th
Wind Ensemble Open mic night at Jack Sprat Bar/Lounge Saturday, April 9th Spring Football Game
Officers Perspective
As
my
term
as
Student
Body
President
comes
to
a
close,
I
reBlect
upon
the
year
with
great
pride,
nostalgia
and
sincere
gratitude
for
all
of
the
people
who
have
helped
us
out
along
the
way.
Student
Government,
to
me,
is
never
about
one
person
doing
a
project
or
one
person
working
on
a
set
of
policies;
it
is
a
center
for
collaboration,
an
institution
that
fosters
personal
and
group
leadership
growth
while
challenging
students
to
promote
positive
change
across
our
campus.
Whether
I
reBlect
on
Cabinet,
external
appointments,
executive
assistants
or
the
executive
ofBicers,
each
contingency
has
gone
above
and
beyond
the
call
of
service
to
the
student
body;
I
couldnt
have
asked
for
a
better
team
in
the
Executive
Branch. Inevitably,
we
too
hit
some
road
blocks
along
the
way
while
pursuing
the
platform
as
do
all
administrations.
What
I
am
so
proud
of
was
how
we,
as
a
team,
took
the
time
to
reevaluate
some
of
our
projects
to
make
sure
that
they
were
still
relevant,
still
representative
of
what
the
students
wanted
at
Carolina.
Much
of
my
individual
time
was
consumed
this
year
by
the
bad
economy
and
the
budget
cuts
to
the
system
it
was
often
difBicult
to
talk
to
any
administrator
about
another
topic.
I
think
the
beauty
of
the
position
of
SBP
is
rooted
in
how
each
President
adapts
to
the
issues
that
arise
unknowingly,
or
unsuspectingly.
If
you
had
told
me
that
I
would
have
been
in
Raleigh
lobbying
as
much
as
I
did
during
my
term
back
last
February
when
I
was
elected,
I
am
sure
I
would
have
considered
you
confused.
And
yet,
here
we
are,
at
the
end
of
the
term
and
lobbying
is
not
only
something
we
focused
on
a
great
deal,
but
it
is
something
we
succeeded
at
and
have
left
a
foundation
for
Mary
Cooper,
my
successor,
to
carry
on. The
most
important
reBlection
I
have
about
this
year
and
this
position
is
the
re- learned
emphasis
on
the
importance
of
relationships.
From
getting
to
know
Senators
and
Representatives,
Trustees,
Administrators,
business
leaders,
faculty,
students,
and
alumni,
the
position
of
SBP
as
an
ambassador
and
communicator
requires
a
great
deal
of
skill
in
forming
relationships.
I
am
so
thankful
and
honored
to
have
had
the
opportunity
to
represent
29,000+
of
the
most
amazing
students
in
the
country.
The
traditions
of
student
self-governance
separate
Carolina
from
all
other
schools,
and
we
as
a
student
body
value
it
more
than
we
know. It
seems
only
appropriate
to
close
with
the
words
that
bring
all
members
of
the
Carolina
family
together. Hark
the
Sound!
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Overview of Responsibilities
The
ofBicial
responsibilities
of
the
Student
Body
Vice
President
include:
chairing
the
Student
Advisory
Committee
to
the
Chancellor,
running
the
External
Appointment
process
in
the
spring
and
fall,
serving
on
the
Student
Fee
Audit
Committee
and
the
Tuition
and
Fee
Advisory
Task
Force,
and
representing
the
Student
Body
President
when
s/he
cannot
be
present.
UnofBicially,
the
Student
Body
Vice
President
acts
as
a
student
representative
on
a
variety
of
committees,
assists
the
Student
Body
President
however
possible,
provides
information
to
the
University
administration
and
general
student
body,
and
works
on
individual
projects
s/he
feels
are
important.
External Appointments
The
Executive
Branch
of
Student
Government
has
the
responsibility
to
appoint
students
to
a
variety
of
committees
across
campus
in
order
to
ensure
that
the
student
body
has
adequate
representation
in
the
Universitys
activities.
There
are
two
rounds
of
external
appointments
conducted
by
Student
Government,
one
in
the
spring
and
one
in
the
fall,
so
that
committees
will
have
student
representatives
when
they
begin
convening.
This
years
Chief
of
Staff
for
External
Appointments,
Zealan
Hoover,
ran
the
process
of
appointing
students
to
48
committees. Less
than
one
week
after
the
Medlin
administration
inauguration,
the
external
appointment
process
began
for
spring
appointments.
Applications
were
posted
April
12th-19th
with
interviews
occurring
April
20th
and
21st.
Applicants
were
able
to
use
the
online
application
created
speciBically
for
external
appointments.
In
total,
50
students
were
appointed
to
16
committees.
In
the
fall,
the
external
appointment
applications
were
available
August
24th- September
3rd.
Interviews
were
held
until
September
15th.
A
total
of
85
students
were
appointed
to
32
committees.
Because
the
committees
Student
Government
makes
appointments
to
are
so
diverse
and
vary
in
how
students
are
involved,
it
has
previously
been
very
difBicult
to
properly
prepare
appointees
for
their
positions.
This
year,
in
order
to
make
the
external
appointment
process
more
uniform
and
to
give
each
student
more
preparation
for
their
job,
two
orientation
sessions
were
held
for
all
external
appointees.
The
orientation
session
informed
students
about
their
role
in relation to the Executive Branch, who to use as contacts for their committees, and how to submit reports about their committee meetings. The orientation session was also intended to give appointees a sense of the other students involved in external appointment committees. Overall, the information session was successful and should be continued next year. To ensure that the Executive Branch of Student Government keeps abreast of what is going on across campus, it is important that its appointees submit reports of their committees work. This year, appointees Bill out reports of their meetings using the Executive Branchs website. Holly and Zealan are then able to review the reports in order to gather any information from committee meetings that is pertinent to what Student Government is doing. Appointees are asked to submit a report after every meeting, or if they meet more than once a week, to submit a report at the end of the week. For committees that are entirely composed of students, one student was selected to report the committees work.
Academic Plan
The
University
of
North
Carolina
Chapel
Hill
composed
its
Birst
Academic
Plan
in
July
2003.
This
Academic
Plan
served
to
outline
the
Universitys
core
values
as
an
academic
institution
and
proposed
new
programs
and
initiatives
in
order
to
increase
the
academic
quality
of
the
University.
This
plan
was
intended
as
an
initial
Bive-year
roadmap
to
guide
and
shape
future
decision-making
for
the
entire
University,
as
well
as
the
school,
college,
center,
institute,
and
individual
levels.
New
developments
such
as
First-Year
Seminars
and
expanded
public
service
opportunities
were
some
of
the
achievements
of
the
implementation
of
this
Birst
Academic
Plan. In
February
2010,
a
committee
co-chaired
by
Bill
Andrews
and
Sue
Estroff
was
convened
to
begin
working
on
the
Universitys
second
Academic
Plan.
The
Student
Body
Vice
President
of
the
Jones
Administration,
David
Bevevino,
and
the
Student
Body
Vice
President
of
the
Medlin
Administration,
Holly
Boardman,
served
as
the
two
undergraduate
student
representatives
on
the
steering
committee.
When
David
graduated
in
May
2010,
Shruti
Shah
assumed
his
vacated
position.
To
begin
drafting
new
ideas
for
the
Academic
Plan,
the
steering
committee
split
into
subcommittees
which
each
had
an
assigned
topic
to
discuss.
Holly
was
on
the
subcommittee
that
was
instructed
to
discuss
how
to
provide
the
strongest
possible
academic
experience.
Other
subcommittees
included
interdisciplinarity,
engagement,
faculty
retention
and
recruitment,
diversity,
and
UNCs
global
presence.
Steve
Farmer,
the
Director
of
Undergraduate
Admissions,
and
Ron
Strauss,
Executive
Associate
Provost,
worked
with
Holly
on
their
subcommittee
work.
The
subcommittee
also
included
Don
Hornstein,
a
Law
professor,
and
Heath
Sledge,
an
English
graduate
student,
in
their
work.
Though
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Don and Heath were not members of the Academic Plan steering committee, Steve, Ron and Holly thought it important to diversify the pool of input into the project. Their subcommittee met biweekly from May to August, and presented a Binal draft of their recommendations to the full steering committee in August. As the subcommittees worked over the summer, the Provosts ofBice asked members of the Carolina community to submit proposals of what they would like to be included in the Academic Plan. These proposals from the general public were given to the subcommittee they pertained to so that the steering committee members could take them into consideration when drafting their documents. The draft of the Academic Plan was circulated to key constituents in the University for feedback about both content and structure. Administrators, faculty, students, and others were asked to contribute their thoughts and opinions. The Board of Trustees was kept up-to-date about the progress of the Plan throughout the year and the Binal draft was present at the March 2011 Board of Trustees meeting. Although outside the purview of the charge of the steering committee, the implementation of the Academic Plan is another important step in its creation. No formal decision has been made in regards to who speciBically will be responsible for implementing the recommendations of the Academic Plan, but the steering committee believes it is of utmost importance to the legitimacy of the document to ensure that the ideas in it are not merely words on paper. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Bruce Carney, will be responsible overseeing the successful implementation of the Academic Plan.
combined with the surveys completed by other University community members to give an overall score for each candidate. The search committee submitted a recommendation to the Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Bobbi Owen. In December, Lee May was chosen as the Associate Dean and Director of the Academic Advising Program.
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Student Fee Audit Committee and Tuition and Fee Advisory Task Force
Although
other
members
of
the
Executive
Branch
have
more
pertinent
roles
in
both
the
Student
Fee
Audit
Committee
and
the
Tuition
and
Fee
Advisory
Task
Force
(i.e.
the
Student
Body
Treasurer
chairs
SFAC
and
the
Student
Body
President
co-chairs
TFATF),
the
Student
Body
Vice
President
is
the
only
undergraduate
position
that
has
an
automatic
seat
on
each
of
the
two
committees.
Because
SFAC
is
a
subcommittee
of
TFATF,
the
Student
Body
Vice
President
is
able
to
give
a
consistent
student
opinion
in
two
steps
of
the
tuition
and
fee
process. The
Student
Fee
Audit
Committee
began
meeting
in
September
2010.
The
speciBic
fees
that
were
voted
on
are
chronicled
in
more
detail
in
the
Student
Body
Treasurers
section.
Overall,
the
fee
process
went
relatively
smoothly
with
regards
to
approving
and
disapproving
of
fees.
However,
the
biggest
consequence
of
SFAC
this
semester
was
the
realization
that
the
current
fee
process
is
no
longer
the
appropriate
way
to
manage
fees.
Because
of
both
the
economic
situation
and
the
switch
in
leadership
in
the
University,
this
years
conversations
have
been
focused
on
taking
a
critical
look
at
how
tuition
and
fee
decisions
are
made. The
Tuition
and
Fee
Advisory
Committee
has
met
three
times
this
semester,
also
concerned
with
both
setting
tuition
and
fees
for
the
year
as
well
as
looking
at
the
entire
tuition
and
fee
process
in
general.
The
committee
understands
that
this
years
tuition
will
increase
because
of
the
budget
shortfalls,
but
there
is
still
no
deBinite
recommendation
from
the
committee.
Previously,
it
has
been
easier
to
predict
what
will
happen
with
tuition
decisions
once
it
leaves
our
campus
discussions;
however,
the
change
in
legislature,
system
president,
and
the
economic
conditions,
leave
the
committee
very
uncertain
about
the
future
of
tuition
discussions. As
one
of
the
few
students
on
the
Tuition
and
Fee
Advisory
Committee,
Holly
has
worked
with
Hogan
and
other
members
of
the
Executive
Branch
to
look
into
tuition
options
and
student
opinion.
Holly
and
Hogan
are
committed
to
advocating
for
maintaining
tuition
as
low
as
possible
for
students
without
compromising
academic
quality.
This
is
always
a
difBicult
task,
but
this
year
especially,
when
tuition
will
undoubtedly
increase
by
a
large
amount
in
the
face
of
deep
budget
cuts,
Holly
and
Hogan
are
even
more
conscious
about
making
decisions
that
will
be
best
for
students
both
now
and
in
the
long
run.
The
Binal
Tuition
and
Fee
Advisory
Task
Force
was
held
the
Birst
week
of
November,
after
the
new
legislature
has
been
elected.
During
this
meeting,
a
recommendations
ranged
from
a
6.5%
increase
for
both
in-state
and
out-of-state
students,
a
5.6%
increase
for
both
groups,
and
a
6.5%
increase
for
in-state
and
a
5.6%
for
out-of-state.
All
three
recommendations
were
passed
on
to
the
Chancellor,
with
the
6.5%
increase
being
the
one
that
was
endorsed
by
the
committee. This was approved and will most likely go into effect for 2011-12, pending any last-minute changes this summer.
the campus level. One of the Birst ways SACC disseminated information about innovation was having the Chancellor speak about the topic during his Open House. The innovation working group also came up with the idea to have a Chancellors Innovation Fair. This event will showcase the innovative projects and ideas already on campus in order to encourage students to participate in innovative endeavors. The fair will be held April 4, 2011 from 11am to 2pm in Polk Place and will feature interactive displays manned by groups such as non- proBits, student ventures and student organizations. There will be a keynote speaker at the end of the day who will teach students how to get involved with innovation at Carolina. Also during the Innovation Fair, the Carolina Broadcasting Team will be present to Bilm a video called Whats Your Big Idea? This will allow students one minute to share a new idea they have. The Innovation Fair will also partner with the Creative Carolina week, put on by the Arts Innovations Steering Committee, to host a movable free expression wall that students can draw and paint on. SACC partnered with CSIT to solicit presenters for the Chancellors Innovation Fair. As technology increases and the Universitys global presence becomes more important to education, it is especially important to consider the experiences of the international population that is right at our doorstep. International students that attend Carolina have a variety of services provided for them, but SACC has identiBied it as a group of students that likely need more support than they are given. One member of SACC is also involved with the Housing Advisory Board, and the issue of international student housing was raised in a meeting. The situation of transfer students, minority students, and low-income students are popular topics, but international student seem to have slipped through some cracks. The working group concerned with international students is investigating what services (such as CTOPS sessions, housing, etc.) are provided to these students and what gaps exist. They sent out a survey to students to collect feedback and also identiBied the living situation as an area that could be improved. SACC members proposed a new living-learning community that will be in place for the 2012-13 academic year. This living-learning community will be open to both international students and non-international students. The goal is to better equip these international students with the resources and community to acclimate to UNC while also giving non-international students the ability to form connections and serve as resources. SACC strives to make UNC known world-wide as a university that welcomes and values international students, so this working group is especially important. Lastly, the topic of graduate student affairs is always at the forefront of SACCs agenda. This year, committee members are working on making UNC more family friendly. SACC held multiple focus groups for graduates students to talk about issues such as childcare, health care, and other topics that are particularly important for students with families. One of the issues identiBied by SACC and the Womens Center is that the University has no way of knowing which of its
students have children. To solve this, SACC partnered with the Board of Elections in the 2011 Student Body President election to put a question on the ballot to assess the number of student parents. SACC collected the results of this question and was able to give the information to the Womens Center and Chancellor Thorp. With this new information, the University will now be able to apply for grants to improve the family-friendly aspects of campus. Work is also in progress to create a website, parenting.unc.edu, that would help student parents be informed about the variety of resources, opportunities and policies on campus. An equally important graduate student issue is the sexual harassment policy on campus. Focus groups were held to identify how graduate students feel about the current state of sexual harassment policy and how it can be improved. The largest challenge is that there is currently no way for a graduate student to report sexual harassment without the possibility of risking his or her research position. Sexual harassment claims are left up to individual department heads and there is not campus-wide structure. A taskforce separate from SACC is working to create a mechanism that would help alleviate the disparities between departmental sexual harassment policies.
These contextual transcripts gave information such as class size, students class rank, average letter grade, among other metrics. For UNCs purposes, the average grade given and the class size are two metrics that seem most appropriate to be included on transcripts. At this point, the Binal recommendation has not been determined, but will be presented at the April Faculty Council Meeting. The subcommittee met with a student government focus group in March to gather more input about what students think will be appropriate to put on transcripts. In addition to the extra information put on transcripts, there will be two other initiatives aimed at combating grade inBlation. UNC will create an online resource that shows grade distributions for each course and faculty member that will be easily accessible to students. Additionally, at the end of each term, departments will give faculty members a summary of their individual grade distributions and how they compare with the rest of the department. Overall, this three-pronged approach will address the issue of grade inBlation without interfering with speciBic classroom instruction techniques. The university wants to protect each faculty members right to assign grades as they choose and will therefore not create an overall grading policy.
Course Evaluations
After
the
shift
to
ConnectCarolina,
the
Course
Evaluation
Advisory
Board
reconvened
in
order
to
discuss
the
future
of
online
course
evaluations.
The
online
course
evaluations
have
been
piloted
by
many
departments
and
the
university
hopes
to
implement
them
across
all
departments.
However,
each
department
has
the
freedom
to
choose
how
they
do
course
evaluations,
so
at
the
moment
there
is
no
mandate
but
instead
Institutional
Research
is
trying
to
persuade
departments
to
cooperate
by
highlighting
the
beneBits
of
online
evaluations.
There
are
plans
in
the
works
to
publish
the
quantitative
results
of
the
course
evaluations
so
that
both
students
and
faculty
can
view
the
quality
of
courses.
There
is
also
discussion
about
whether
or
not
to
have
an
incentive/ punishment
system
so
that
all
students
must
complete
the
evaluations
prior
to
receiving
their
grade
in
the
course.
The
advisory
board
will
reconvene
soon
to
continue
working
on
these
issues.
Miscellaneous
Various
noteworthy
events
have
occurred
during
the
Medlin
Administration
that
deserve
mention.
First,
this
year
a
Desegregation
Celebration
Dinner
occurred
in
September
as
a
part
of
an
entire
weekend
celebration
to
honor
the
Birst
three
African-American
students
to
attend
UNC.
Holly
was
able
to
attend
the
dinner
and
considered
it
to
be
a
wonderful
gesture
to
communicate
how
important
diversity
it
to
the
Carolina
community
while
also
emphasizing
the
challenges
that
still
exists.
The
Executive
Branch
of
Student
Government
was
able
to
contribute
to
the
event
and
speak
with
the
three
men
who
attended
UNC.
This
event
was
a
reminder
to
Student
Government
to
continue
its
efforts
to
Bight
for
positive
change both within and beyond the Carolina community. Also, this year marks another year that Student Government has collaborated with the town of Chapel Hill to promote Homegrown Halloween. This initiative has been established for a number of years, and the Medlin Administration views it as a good way to encourage safety on Halloween. Student Government worked with Chapel Hill Transit to have Safe Ride running on Halloween night as well as the normal safety transportation. Also, Hogan communicated with surrounding college campuses, encouraging them to celebrate Halloween with their own student bodies. Holly participated in the press conference put on by the town that alerted the general public about the continued efforts of Homegrown Halloween. In March, Holly participated in the NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Conference hosted at UNC and recruited other students to attend the conference as well. The conference aimed at equipping academic advisers in North Carolina with the skills to serve different types of students. UNC students participated in lunch discussion about advising best practices and their personal experiences. Holly also had the privilege of serving on a number of different committees - Search Committee for VC for Finance and Administration, ConnectCarolina Student Advisory Board, Commencement Selection Committee, Chiron Awards Committee and in each capacity represented the interests of the Carolina Student Body.
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Officers Perspective
Its
hard
to
believe
the
time
has
gone
by
so
quickly.
The
Medlin
Administration
has
been
busy
from
start
to
Binish,
accomplishing
the
goals
we
outlined
at
the
beginning
of
the
year
and
dealing
with
the
inevitable
surprises
that
popped
up.
Students
were
represented
on
a
variety
of
issues,
ranging
from
innovation,
to
tuition,
to
technology,
and
others.
Looking
toward
the
future,
there
are
exciting
possibilities
in
store
for
the
2011-12
school
year
with
the
implementation
of
the
Academic
Plan,
a
new
email
system,
and
a
new
entering
class
of
Birst-year
students.
Being
a
part
of
an
organization
that
gets
an
up-close
and
personal
look
at
so
many
different
initiatives
has
been
a
wonderful
experience! In
my
role
as
Student
Body
Vice
President,
I
have
been
challenged
both
professionally
and
personally.
Working
with
SACC
committee
members,
cabinet
co-chairs,
ofBicers
and
administrators
has
been
rewarding
and
insightful.
Great
things
have
been
accomplished
because
we
have
worked
together
as
a
team.
I
am
reminded
frequently
that
Carolina
truly
does
have
the
best
and
brightest
students
in
the
country
and
am
proud
to
be
a
Tar
Heel
bred.
Thank
you
to
everyone
who
has
impacted
my
time
at
Carolina
and
to
everyone
who
has
taken
the
time
to
give
back
to
the
Carolina
community.
Hark
the
sound!
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Student
Body
Treasurer
serves
as
the
chief
Binance
ofBicer
for
Student
Government.
In
this
role,
Dakota
oversees
many
aspects
of
the
Student
Fee
process
and
is
responsible
for
organizing
the
ofBicial
treasurers
test.
The expenditures side of the plan presents its own set of problems, primarily with regards to Chapel Hill Transit. The Plan predicts that the Chapel Hill Transit contract will cost some $2.6 million more for the University and, in response, seeks to raise revenue to pay for the contract from student fees. On its face, this is a fairly reasonable proposal, but there are other considerations to be had. The Plan shifts the contract from expecting students to pay 29% to a whopping 41%, with no additional services added, even thought students were not a part of developing the Plan and do not have representation on the Chapel Hill Transit Board. Further still, the Town has made no visible efforts to contribute additional revenue to the Transit system beyond an ambiguous efBiciency audit which University ofBicials alluded to in the Chancellor's Open House presenting the Plan. The other major point of criticism for the Plan is the Night Parking Fee it implements. Currently, parking is free on campus after 5:00pm, but with the passage of the Plan, a new fee will be implemented that charges all students, regardless of whether they have a car, a fee to park on campus. The ideological injustice here is apparent, but further damage is done when considering exactly what the fee is being levied for. Here, a completely new fee is being raised with no offer for additional services to students. In effect, the Plan proposes to simply take money from students for no other reason than the Department of Public Safety's failure to Bind a more justiBied revenue stream. This form of tax on a populous incapable of determining how the revenue is spent is quite simply deplorable. For further information on the Transportation Plan, please consult the Transportation Focus Group's Report. A word of warning, though, for the Biscally minded: the report does a good job evaluating the logic behind the Plan's proposals, but does not take into consideration the magnitude of the Biscal impact on the student body.
Legislative Priorities
During
the
last
cycle
of
the
92nd
Congress,
Dakota
took
the
initiative
to
author
a
revised
set
of
Binance
statutes
with
the
aid
of
Kevin
Kimball.
The
old
statutes
are
difBicult
for
those
interested
in
reading
statutes,
let
alone
those
students
who
are
only
reviewing
the
statutes
with
the
sole
intent
of
being
able
to
use
the
services
of
SAFO.
Unfortunately,
because
of
politics
and
personal
grudges
stemming
from
within
Congress,
the
statutes
were
not
passed.
UCommons Referendum
In
February
2011,
the
Student
Body
failed
a
referendum
proposing
a
$16
debt
fee
for
the
renovation
of
the
bottom
of
the
Union.
The
procedure
of
the
vote
itself
was
messy,
and
for
further
information,
the
archives
of
the
Daily
Tar
Heel
and
dockets
of
the
Student
Supreme
Court
may
be
consulted.
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Officer Perspective
My
involvement
with
Student
Government
in
the
past
three
years
has
seemingly
gone
by
so
quickly.
The
shift
to
the
Executive
Branch
this
year
was,
admittedly,
something
of
a
culture
shock
for
me
the
two
branches
work
on
incredibly
different
issues
for
students,
both
of
which
are
important,
but
both
of
which
could
not
be
more
different
from
one
another.
As
SBT,
I
have
been
very
much
a
member
of
the
Executive
Branch
and
Ive
grown
to
enjoy
and
treasure
this
experience.
Of
all
of
the
many
student
government
positions,
SBT
straddles
the
worlds
of
Congress
and
the
Executive
Branch
the
most
and,
as
such,
has
been
an
incredibly
good
Bit
for
me. So
far
as
I
understand
it,
my
role
as
treasurer
has
been
very
different
from
the
job
that
most
SBTs
have
performed.
Each
of
my
predecessors
performed
their
duties
admirably,
but
each
of
the
treasurers
in
the
known
past
has
performed
a
different
job.
The
title
of
treasurer
carries
with
it
connotations
of
balancing
budgets
and
disbursing
funds,
both
of
which
are
important
aspects
of
my
job;
however,
the
job
as
I
have
approached
it
this
year
places
a
great
deal
more
emphasis
on
the
input
I
was
able
to
give
to
the
student
fee
process.
I
view
myself
less
as
an
accountant,
but
more
of
as
an
advocate
for
students
in
matters
related
to
Biscal
policy.
Saving
students
money
in
whatever
way
I
can
is,
fundamentally,
why
I
took
the
job
and
is
something
I
am
proud
to
say
I
accomplished
this
year
as
Student
Body
Treasurer.
Position Description:
The
Student
Body
Secretary
is
charged
with
overseeing
all
public
relations
and
marketing
efforts
of
the
Executive
Branch.
In
this
role
the
Student
Body
Secretary
serves
as
the
chief
contact
for
students,
oversees
the
Executive
Branch
website,
produces
the
Executive
Branchs
two
main
reports
(October
Report
and
March
Report)
and
solicits
feedback
from
the
student
body
on
key
policy
issues.
In
addition
to
these
responsibilities,
the
Student
Body
Secretary
is
charged
with
updating
the
student
code
and
keeping
minutes
for
cabinet
and
executive
board
meetings.
Student Feedback/Resources
Since
coming
into
ofBice,
Ian
worked
to
increase
the
role
of
student
feedback
in
Student
Government
decisions.
In
the
Jones
Administration,
Ian
showed
that
it
is
possible
to
gather
student
feedback
on
large
and
pressing
concerns
and
utilize
that
data
to
improve
Student
Governments
decision
making
processes
and
Ian
continued
to
utilize
student
feedback
to
this
effect
in
the
Medlin
Administration.
One
way
that
Ian
attempted
to
incorporate
student
feedback
into
University
and
Student
Government
action
is
through
the
Have
Your
Say
program
which
chose
a
critical
topic
of
student
concern
each
month
and
asks
students
to
quickly
become
a
part
of
the
discussion.
The
program
focused
primarily
on
programs
or
initiatives
that
students
support
Binancially
but
was
not
limited
to
this
type
of
content.
Topics
introduced
or
considered
included
awareness
of
WXYC,
Tuition,
Connect
Carolina
and
Halloween
Safety.
Feedback
from
this
process
was
generally
very
positive
but
the
project
was
discontinued
in
January.
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In addition to soliciting student feedback, Ian focused a great deal of attention on improving the types resources Student Government provides for students. Previously, Student Government put on a lot of in-house events and policy initiatives designed to enhance or improve the student experience but, at least the Executive Branch, did little to aid students in their own personal pursuits in college. To change this, the OfBice of the Student Body Secretary created a series of publications designed to help students achieve their own dreams and desires. Topics included Event Marketing and Media Publicity (Titled, Check that Out) and supplemental materials. It is Ians hope that these publications will serve as a foundation for an on-going program that will continue to create and update similar publications for future students.
Student Multimedia:
Since
coming
into
ofBice
in
April,
Ian
worked
extensively
to
improve
Student
Governments
ability
to
create
quality
multimedia
to
connect
with
students.
These
efforts
have
led
to
the
creation
of
a
new
video
program
(Campus
Update),
an
in-house
multimedia
production
team
(Carolina
Broadcast
Team),
and
numerous
new
social-media
distribution
channels
by
which
Student
Government
can
connect
with
and
provide
value
to
students
(Facebook,
Blog,
Twitter).
Carolina Broadcast Team
At the start of the fall semester, Ian appointed Beth Lawrence to head up the creation of a team of skillful students charged with creating promotional and helpful multimedia for the Executive Branch. Designed to serve as Student Governments in-house production team, the Carolina Broadcast Team has thus far created 4 high quality videos designed to enhance the experience at Carolina. Thanks to an agreement with the Communications Department students involved with the Carolina Broadcast Team will receive three hours of independent student credit per semester of involvement. Embrace Carolina: An Introduction to Student Government Is Greek Right for Me?: An Introduction to the Greek System (part 1) Humans vs. Zombies: A look into a Carolina tradition Best of Franklin: An Overview of Franklin St. Dining
Over the summer, Ian reached out to the School of Journalisms Carolina Week and Carolina Connect programs and Student Television (STV) about establishing
a partnership to create a new short student news program focused on pressing and important issues. With the help of the Journalism School and the producers at Carolina Week, Student Government secured a 5 minute biweekly section of the Carolina Week broadcast dedicated to student news and opinion and produced segments throughout the Medlin Administration. These videos can be seen on the Student Government website.
SafeWalk
SafeWalk,
the
late
night
safety
service
started
out
of
the
OfBice
of
the
Secretary
in
January,
is
Binishing
up
its
Birst
full
year
in
service
and
Ian
has
been
working
closely
with
Christina
Lynch
and
Calvin
Lewis
to
ensure
that
this
program
remains
successful.
In
his
role
as
Secretary,
Ian
remains
a
critical
component
of
the
SafeWalk
organization
and
advises
both
Christina
and
Calvin
on
operational
and
public
relation
matters
and
is
a
member
of
the
SafeWalk
Advisory
Board.
In
September,
Ian
served
as
part
of
the
interview
team
that
oversaw
the
recruitment
of
new
SafeWalk
employees.
In
addition,
due
to
unexpected
personnel
changes,
Ian
volunteered
to
rejoin
the
SafeWalk
employee
team
and
cover
several
shifts
in
September
and
October.
This
allowed
Ian
the
opportunity
to
reassess
the
program
from
an
internal
perspective
and
judge
public
perception
of
the
program.
Ian
worked
closely
with
the
SafeWalk
Advisory
Team,
the
Student
Safety
and
Security
Committee,
and
Calvin
to
commence
a
one-year
evaluation
of
the
SafeWalk
program
and
develop
a
two-year
roadmap
for
the
future
of
SafeWalk
that
will
be
presented
to
the
SafeWalk
Advisory
Board
Meeting
in
April.
A
critical
part
of
this
review
and
subsequent
discussion
surrounded
securing
permanent
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funding for SafeWalk and continuing the process towards independence from Student Government. Ian and Christina also investigated the possibility of SafeWalk partnering with local taxi services to provide late night transportation for off-campus students at a Blat rate. This investigation only got to the preliminary stages but responses from both students and taxi services showed promise and Ian will continue to look into this option after leaving ofBice.
applicable to all three branches of Student Government the logo has only been actively adopted by the Executive Branch.
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News & Observer: As part of Student Governments push on tuition this summer, Ian and Hogan worked closely with the Raleigh News & Observer to publish a op- ed column designed to raise awareness of the impact budget cuts could have on our education system. Ian and Hogan then drafted a column which was approved for publishing by the News & Observer. However, the Binal tuition plan was release one day before the column was scheduled to be published and was therefore pulled. You can read the column in the appendix.
Officer Perspective
The
role
of
the
Student
Body
Secretary
is
something
that
has
been
highly
ambiguous
year
over
year
with
the
only
codiBied
duty
(until
this
year)
being
to
update
and
maintain
the
Student
Code.
Over
the
years,
the
position
has
developed
into
something
resembling
a
Press
Secretary
with
the
Secretary
helping
to
craft
the
Presidents
message
and
working
with
media
outlets
and
students
to
disseminate
information
of
student
concern
but
I
believe
it
can
be
something
much
greater.
Student
Government
has
a
perception
problem
because
too
often
we
are
seen
promoting
our
own
events,
our
own
initiatives,
and
our
own
desires
rather
than
helping
students
with
things
they
care
about.
This
year,
I
have
tried
to
break
this
perception
by
reaching
out
to
students
and
including
them
in
our
discussions
through
polling
and
feedback
programs
but
more
must
be
done
by
the
next
administration.
On
April
7,
I
took
an
oath
to
work
for
the
betterment
of
the
students
at
this
University
and
that
oath
was
not
limited
simply
to
the
students
interested
in
becoming
involved
with
Student
Government.
Student
Government
should
work
for
you
and
you
should
know
it.
My
goal
this
year
were
two
fold;
to
increase
student
awareness
of
the
initiatives
and
policies
we
are
currently
doing
(such
as
saving
you
$900,000
in
student
fees)
while
encourage
Student
Government
to
invest
more
in
programming
that
helps
students
reach
their
own
goals
independent
of
student
government.
I
wanted
students
to
think
of
Student
Government
not
just
as
a
place
to
get
involved
and
help
your
community
but
also
where
you
come
for
those
helpful
hints
that
make
your
Carolina
Experience
better,
to
this
end
I
have
been
modestly
successful
as
Student
Body
Secretary.
The
Carolina
Broadcasting
Team
has
been
instrumental
in
this
push
and
I
am
extremely
excited
to
have
them
be
a
new
part
of
the
Executive
Branch
next
year.
The
videos
they
produced
will
help
students
better
understand
what
it
is
Student
Government
is
doing
while
creating
a
bank
of
helping
videos
for
students
that
are
in
no
way
Student
Government
centered.
I
believe
that
initiatives
such
as
the
Carolina
Broadcast
Team
and
Check
That
Out
publications
help
improve
student
perceptions
of
their
government
and
have
a
positive
impact
on
students.
While
this
year
has
certainly
been
a
challenge,
I
can
honestly
say
that
it
has
been
the
most
formative
experience
of
my
college
career
and
I
have
come
into
the
suite
everyday
excited
to
be
working
for
an
amazing
group
of
28,000
students.
The
economy
and
lack
of
technical
expertise
have
made
this
a
very
frustrating
job
at
times
but
I
am
proud
of
what
this
administration
has
done
and
the
team
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we have assembled. While there is a great deal more that could have been done, I believe that the OfBice of the Student Body Secretary has done a great deal to improve Student Governments capacity to reach out to the community.
Chief of Staff
Monique Hardin
mhardin@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities:
Monique serves the student body as Chief of Staff for the 2010-2011 Medlin Administration. As Chief of Staff, Monique works to ensure the platform is carried out through managing Cabinet. Monique serves as a resource for Cabinet Co-chairs as they plan, organize, and carryout activities and platform tasks throughout the year. SpeciBically, she organizes and leads Cabinet meetings which aide not only cabinet co-chairs through promoting leadership development, but also serve as a vehicle for student voice where by administrators are invited to discuss issues of major concern for cabinet feedback. The sections below will provide a more in-depth overview of her role.
Day-to-Day Activities:
Monique
is
available
to
meet
with
Co-chairs
daily
via
email,
over
the
phone,
or
in
person
while
communicating
the
openness
of
her
ofBice
to
co-chairs
as
an
additional
resource
when
completing
their
work.
Monique
also
attends
committee
meetings
and
committee
events
as
an
active
participant,
helping
Co- chairs
with
set
up
as
needed.
In
addition,
Monique
invites
speakers
to
cabinet
who
would
like
to
gather
student
input
on
different
issues
on
campus.
At
the
beginning
of
the
fall
semester,
Monique
has
adopted
a
particular
organization
structure
when
carrying
out
the
role
of
Chief
of
Staff.
She
works
diligently
with
her
three
Executive
Assistants
(Lauren
Cutshaw,
Tieshia
Bell,
and
Cierra
Hinton)
to
ensure
that
she
carries
out
her
role
to
best
meet
the
needs
of
the
Cabinet
Co-chairs.
The
primary
roles
of
her
Executive
Assistants
are
listed
below: -Lauren
Cutshaw:
Lauren's
role
as
Executive
Assistants
center
around
administrative
processes.
Lauren's
responsibilities
include
managing
the
Chief
of
Staff
account,
ensuring
that
emails
are
sent
to
proper
administration,
faculty,
and
students,
as
well
as
interacting
with
Tieshia
to
ensure
that
committees
acquire
the
resources
necessary
for
their
events
and
meetings.
She
maintains
correspondence
with
the
co-chairs
of
the
committees,
and
forward
emails
they
cannot
manage
to
Monique.
-Tieshia
Bell:
Tieshias
role
as
Executive
Assistant
primarily
pertains
to
reservation
and
meeting
management
as
she
organizes
room
reservation
request
and
contacts
UNC
Events
Planning
to
conBirm
room
schedules
for
Co-chairs
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within Cabinet. She also works to organize monthly meetings Monique has with the 23 committees in Cabinet through communicating times of availability for Co-Chairs to Monique. In addition to these roles, she also ensures that the boards in the Suite are up-to-date and organized to reBlect the accomplishments of the committees. -Cierra Hinton: Cierras role as Executive Assistant focuses on in reach where she works with all branches of student government to schedule collective trainings. These trainings include Safe-Zone, Haven, One Act, and Education Diversity Trainings through individual departments on campus. Cierras progress thus far in this area is described in more detail below: This year we have also focused on making sure that everyone in Cabinet is Safe Zone, Safe Haven, and Diversity Education trained. These trainings are very important in ensuring that we have a safe and better Carolina, and the hope is that by being trained ourselves we can encourage others to be trained as well. As usual scheduling is the most difAicult part in planning these trainings. Everyone is very busy here at UNC, but we have also recognized the importance of these training and are working to see that they are completed. We are currently in the process of scheduling Safe Zone Training with Terri Phoenix and Diversity Education training with Cookie Newsome, and we hope to have Cabinet members trained in both of these as soon as possible. We have spoke with Bob Pleasants about Safe Haven training and are looking to do that the Airst weekend in December. Outside of training Cabinet, we have also invited Student Congress and the Honor Court to participate in the trainings with us. With the participation of all three branches in these trainings we can show the importance that these trainings have not just for E-Branch, but also for the entirety of Student Government. At the beginning of the second semester, Monique introduced a new initiative to complement transition efforts for the new administration. Students interested in applying for Chief of Staff for the incoming administration were allotted the opportunity to become an Executive Assistant for Monique in order to learn more about the position and further have Birsthand experience with the role. Approximately 4 students participated and Monique met with them at 4pm every Monday. At these weekly meetings, the interested applicants would help compose and send emails, learn how to reserve rooms and become better familiarized with Events Planning in general, and brainstorm ideas that would be applied to Cabinet. The hope was that students interested in the position of Chief of Staff would have a more direct idea of what the position entailed, and if one of the student s were selected for the position, transition would be easier and not rushed. Monique still maintained contact with her initial EAs, and they worked with the interested applicants one-on-one at these meetings also; serving as mentors for these students in the process.
applications for 13 committees and 10 special projects. In total there were 47 positions available, and Monique along with other Executive Branch OfBicers received approximately 100 applications. Once the Co-chairs were selected, the Birst Cabinet meeting was held April 18, 2010 with the incoming 2010-2011 Cabinet and the outgoing 2009-2010 Cabinet. This Cabinet Meeting served as a transition meeting which provided extra guidance and assistance to the incoming Co-chairs. Additionally, Monique conducted working meetings with all committees before break. These meetings introduced the Co-chairs to certain platform goals which pertained to their committee in particular. Hogan attended many of these meetings alongside Monique. At the end of the meeting, Monique asked Co-chairs to deBine their goals collectively as a committee, identify resources needed to complete platform goals, and create timelines or outlines describing their work over the summer vacation. Once the school year began, Co-chairs were advised to begin recruiting students as committee members. To aid Co-chairs with this, Monique helped organize Open House at Rams plaza. Having Open House at Rams Plaza was designed to reach out to students during dinner hours. Co-chairs designed committee boards with information pertaining to their committee in hopes that students would apply for membership on Cabinet Committees. Due to inclement weather towards the end of the Open House event, Monique also organized a smaller scale second Open House which was located in the pit. This was an optional event that Co-chairs could opt to do if they believed their applicant pool was too small.
Cabinet Retreat:
Cabinet
Retreat
was
held
on
August
30,
2010
in
the
Student
Union.
The
goal
for
retreat
was
to
introduce
all
co-chairs
to
each
other,
review
goals
individual
to
each
committee,
and
stress
the
main
resources
and
school
policies
relevant
to
their
position.
All
Executive
Branch
OfBicers
lead
many
mini
workshops
which
covered
topics
such
as
Basics
of
Planning
an
Event,
Reimbursement/Financial
Information,
Technology
in
Student
Government,
Working
with
Administrators,
etc.
Monique
tried
to
make
the
day
more
interactive
through
including
ice
breakers
and
leadership
development
activities
throughout
the
course
of
the
day.
At
the
end,
Co-chairs
broke
up
into
committees
and
were
able
to
gather
feedback
and
support
from
their
timelines
and
plans
which
they
worked
on
throughout
the
summer
vacation.
Monique
also
discussed
the
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importance of committee members and the application process which would take place to recruit students.
Weekly Reports:
With
the
help
of
Student
Body
Secretary,
Ian
Lee,
Monique
has
followed
a
similar
system
as
the
previous
administration
when
collecting
reports.
The
reports
are
submitted
online,
and
Monique
along
with
her
EAs
read
reports.
Monique
contacts
speciBic
committee
co-chairs
about
certain
concerns
or
events
mentioned
in
the
reports
throughout
the
week.
She
also
encourages
Co-chairs
to
print
out
copies
of
their
reports
to
go
in
to
binders
which
are
available
in
the
ofBice.
These
binders
serve
as
an
additional
resource
for
Co-chairs
to
stay
organize
during
meetings,
help
when
writing
the
October
and
March
reports,
and
serve
as
transition
materials
for
the
incoming
administrations.
Monique
uses
these reports to help her gauge progress on certain platform initiatives on a weekly basis.
Bulletin Board:
Monique
wanted
to
make
the
bulletin
board
as
interactive
as
possible,
and
she
wanted
to
ensure
that
the
space
was
being
used
in
the
best
way
possible.
So,
at
the
beginning
of
the
school
year,
Monique
asked
the
Cabinet
Co-chairs
what
they
wanted
to
do
with
that
space.
She
also
asked
the
Executive
Board
OfBicers
and
the
OfBice
Assistance,
Tierra
and
Keith.
What
she
found
was
that
many
Co-chairs
wanted
to
be
able
to
write
on
the
board
and
have
conversations
throughout
the
week
even
if
students
were
in
the
ofBice
at
different
times.
So,
Monique
broke
the
board
in
to
three
sections.
On
the
Birst
section,
she
created
a
discussion
board
where
students
who
enter
the
ofBice
can
write
questions
to
post
on
the
board
and
other
students
can
answer
that
questions
on
sticky
notes
surrounding
the
question.
The
board
can
typically
hold
approximately
three
questions
along
with
their
responses
at
one
time.
In
the
second
section,
Monique
created
a
mega
calendar
where
Co-Chairs
and
student
organizations
can
post
their
Blyers
for
events
on
the
day
in
which
their
event
will
occur.
The
calendar
generally
keeps
students
walking
in
and
out
of
the
ofBice
informed
on
upcoming
events.
Lastly,
on
the
third
section,
Monique
created
somewhat
of
a
collage
of
pictures
coupled
with
names
of
the
Co-chairs
within
Cabinet.
Some
Co-chairs
have
decided
to
decorate
their
pictures
in
order
to
add
a
more
creative
touch
to
the
board.
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Officer Perspective:
This
year
has
already
been
Billed
with
many
accomplishments
and
lessons
learned!
I
believe
I
worried
the
most
about
connecting
with
the
Co-chairs
and
creating
a
family
presence
within
Cabinet
meetings.
I
believe
I
really
wanted
Co-chairs
to
have
stake
in
the
work
that
they
did
and
to
see
the
other
Co-chairs
all
working
together
to
work
for
students.
I
did
not
really
believe
that
I
could
create
such
a
presence
and
while
I
believe
there
is
much
to
be
done,
I
still
believe
that
we
have
come
closer
as
an
Executive
body.
I
was
really
excited
to
organize
Cabinet
this
year.
Utilizing
EAs
who
were
all
equally
as
enthusiastic
about
Cabinet
really
helped
maintain
order
and
structure
on
a
day-to-day
basis,
and
creating
a
central
email
address
where
Cabinet
members
could
send
messages
and
quickly
receive
responses
really
helped
with
maintaining
efBiciency.
I
also
enjoyed
organizing
more
issue
based
Cabinet
meetings
where
Co-chairs
were
able
to
discuss
their
opinions
and
the
opinions
of
their
committee
members.
Most
importantly
I
really
enjoyed
working
with
the
OneAct
staff
to
organize
a
training
with
Cabinet
and
members
of
Congress
during
the
month
of
February.
All
in
all
I
believe
we
were
able
to
run
effectively
and
it
was
exciting
to
learn
from
different
strategies
and
structures
implemented. The
Cabinet
Co-chairs
were
very
engaged
and
enthusiastic
and
it
really
encouraged
and
motivated
me
every
day
I
walk
in
to
the
suite.
I
believe
having
monthly
meetings
with
Co-chairs,
engaging
in
informal
conversations,
and
attending
committee
events
have
all
taught
me
a
lot
about
the
governance
of
this
university
and
the
different
ways
in
which
committees
can
be
managed.
I
have
learned
a
great
deal
and
will
continue
to
be
a
resource
for
the
incoming
Chief
of
Staff
for
the
Cooper
Administration.
Senior Advisor
Paul Shorkey
pshorkey@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Senior
Adviser,
an
appointed
position
decided
on
a
year-to-year
basis
by
the
newly
elected
Student
Body
President,
aids
the
other
Bive
traditional
ofBicers
by
providing
support
to
Cabinet
staff
as
they
accomplish
platform
points
and
taking
on
other
essential
tasks
of
service
to
the
student
body
during
the
administration.
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future to further reBine their goals and seek advice on moving the project forward.
Tuition TaskForce
A
small
group
of
students
from
the
Executive
Branch
met
regularly
throughout
the
fall
and
into
the
spring
to
decide
the
administrations
stance
on
tuition
issues
both
for
the
coming
tuition
review
cycle
and
for
the
next
four
years.
As
part
of
this
working
group,
Paul
has
added
to
and
edited
a
document
that
summarizes
Student
Government
views
on
the
main
points
of
controversy.
The
group
also
worked
to
make
sure
that
Carolina
students
were
prepared
to
lobby
the
State
Legislature
and
take
other
actions
to
ensure
that
student
voices
were
heard
during
the
tuition-setting
process.
These
goals
link
in
strongly
with
the
compilation
of
the
Tuition
Visibility
Report,
as
mentioned
above.
Executive Branch pushed for student representation on many committees that are tangentially related to the Educational Policy Committee, and to which it sends appointees. In particular, Paul and Holly Boardman acted to appoint a Bitting student representative to a committee charged with implementing new grade reporting measures passed by Faculty Council last year. The Educational Policy Committee has taken on a number of initiatives and talks this year. These include topics such as the implementation of a Faculty Council resolution to increase grading transparency on transcripts, evaluating the results of a faculty survey of the Honor Court, and evaluating and approving small changes in policy with regard to the New Curriculum. The April agenda will include taking a look at the idea of helping professors across campus with a general standard for syllabus design and writing.
Officer Perspective
The
year
has
been
one
of
great
growth
for
me
as
a
leader
and
student.
So
much
of
this
has
to
do
with
the
incredibly
dedicated,
knowledgeable,
and
spirited
people
that
I
work
with
on
a
daily
basis
through
Student
Government.
I
am
constantly
inspired
by
the
passion
with
which
all
members
of
the
team
are
able
to
advocate
on
behalf
of
students.
I
feel
privileged
to
have
been
a
part
of
the
Student
Government
family
again
this
year,
and
am
incredibly
impressed
by
the
progress
we
were
able
to
make.
Im
also
very
excited
to
see
what
the
next
administration
has
in
store;
it
is
sure
to
be
yet
another
special
year
for
Student
Government.
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Alex Pirro
apirro@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Academic
Affairs
Committee
reviews
all
issues
dealing
with
curricula,
professors,
student
advising,
the
Registrar's
ofBice
and
the
dissemination
of
academic
information
to
students.
The
committee
will
aim
to
complete
projects
in
areas
affecting
the
academic
atmosphere
on
campus.
With
approximately
twenty
committee
members,
Academic
Affairs
is
divided
into
three
subcommittees,
addressing
academic
services,
academic
advising,
and
undergraduate
research.
make
use
of
technology
such
as
video
conferencing
to
enrich
instruction
and
student
participation.
Because
many
of
our
current
and
prospective
students
are
increasingly
motivated
by
a
desire
to
tackle
big
problems,
these
courses
will
likely
become
a
signature
feature
of
intellectual
life
at
the
University.
.
Space
in
such
courses
should
be
reserved
for
Birst-year
undergraduates.
Convened
by
course
coordinators
and
taught
by
teams
of
faculty
and
select
graduate
students,
these
courses
can
provide
comparatively
low-cost,
life-changing
intellectual
experiences
that
enhance
a
sense
of
common
purpose
and
intellectual
community
among
students
and
faculty.
Should
these
courses
succeed
in
joining
students
and
faculty
in
common
purpose,
the
potential
to
continue
the
focus
on
wicked
problems
in
subsequent
semesters
and
other
venues
should
be
explored. Academic Affairs Response: While
the
Academic
Affairs
Committee
was
enthusiastic
about
the
possibility
of
high-enrollment
courses,
no
mention
was
made
of
smaller,
discussion- oriented
sections,
through
which
students
could
process
the
information
learned
in
a
larger
section
and
think
critically
about
more
speciBic
problems.
Some
high-enrollment
classes
(such
as
issue-based
environmental
seminars
taught
by
Greg
Gangi
and
the
Great
Decisions
course)
use
this
model
with
success.
While
the
use
of
technology
(such
as
the
video-conferencing
mentioned)
might
allow
for
greater
participation,
having
experienced
undergraduates,
graduate
students,
or
professors
lead
smaller
sections
would
create
more
opportunities
for
students
taking
high-enrollment
courses
to
feel
as
if
they
were
still
getting
an
individually-tailored
education. Guarantee every entering first-year student a seat in a First Year Seminar by
calling
on
each
school
within
the
University
to
provide
a
share
of
these
seminars
that
is
proportional
to
its
share
of
the
undergraduate
student
body.
Guaranteed
seminar
opportunities
for
Birst-year
students
will
be
a
crucial
complement
to
the
high-enrollment
courses
described
above.
Faculty
who
lead
these
seminars
should
receive
appropriate
teaching
credit
and
support
for
their
teaching.
Outstanding
graduate
and
professional
student
instructors,
such
as
Royster
Society
Fellows,
should
have
the
opportunity
to
collaborate
with
faculty
in
creating
and
teaching
First-Year-Seminars.
To
bolster
the
creation
of
Birst-year
seminars
outside
the
College,
the
Provost
should
provide
appropriate
course
development
resources. Academic Affairs Response: For
some
students,
Birst-year
seminars
were
a
transformative
educational
experience
that
truly
introduced
them
to
the
possibilities
of
college
at
Carolina.
For
others,
they
were
merely
placeholders:
classes
that
fulBilled
no
major
requirements
or
which
did
not
focus
enough
on
a
single
topic
to
be
considered
a
challenging
intellectual
experience.
Rather
than
simply
correlating
the
number
of
Birst-year
seminars
available
with
the
number
of
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students who participate in a given professional school or major, demand should be more accurately measured: Birst-year students plan to be pre-med or enroll in the Business School in much larger numbers than they actually do. Creative ways of providing small-group learning to students regardless of their anticipated or actual eventual major must be considered. For example, one Birst-year seminar (BUSI 050) fulBills the introductory Business class, but in a smaller and more tailored setting. Broadening this premise to additional majors would be popular and useful, but seminars that address non-major- speciBic or interdisciplinary topics should continue to be offered, promoting a broad, liberal arts education from the Birst year of enrollment at Carolina. Create Bachelors to Masters degrees that can be earned in four or five years of combined study. These dual-degree programs will appeal to high-achieving prospective students, the increasing number of students who post-pone or launch their educational careers later in life, and to undergraduates who realize, early in their student careers, that advanced training is both desirable and possible for them at UNC. Entering students who bring to UNC 30 or more Advanced Placement credits will find a dual degree a challenging but rewarding academic goal. The four-year Masters degree option will enhance the tuition bargain of Carolina education. Dualdegree programs that can be satisfied in four years will also enable Carolina to augment its graduate enrollments with M.A. students who would not require additional fellowship or departmental support in their first year of graduate study. Enhanced advising and mentorship from the admissions office, academic advisers, and faculty members will enable undergraduates to decide whether a dual-degree program is right for them. Develop direct-entry undergraduate-professional school matriculation programs that would allow qualiBied students a deBined path from a bachelors degree to the MD, DDS, JD, PharmD, MSW, MBA, MPH, or other professional degrees. These programs would also attract prospective students to Carolina who have set their sights on these degrees, while encouraging undergraduate students to pursue challenging programs of study that would yield rewards beyond the traditional bachelors degree. New and broader paths into professional study and degrees will be an important beneBit of these proposed programs, encouraging students to expand their intellectual growth in courses outside of their chosen professional pathway. Enhanced advising and mentorship, similar to what is recommended in D. will be important to ensure that all students know about and are able to beneBit from direct-entry programs. (The following responses correspond to both of the Plan items included above.) Academic Affairs Response: This topic was met with enthusiasm from many students; regardless of whether they believed that they would have participated in accelerated degree programs had they been available, students believed that the existence of such programs would have made Carolina more appealing for
potential
applicants.
However,
signiBicant
concerns
were
voiced
about
the
pigeon-holing
of
young
students,
as
the
Committee
feared
that
high- achieving
students
would
select
a
degree
program
at
age
17
and
feel
locked
in,
with
less
opportunity
to
explore
programs
they
may
have
been
unaware
of
or
unexposed
to
in
high
school.
We
would
like
to
see
language
in
the
last
sentence
of
part
D
indicate
that
mentoring
would
be
highly
focused
on
Binding
avenues
within
accelerated
programs
to
explore
the
rest
of
the
curriculum,
even
if
many
of
these
students
will
have
completed
the
bulk
of
their
General
Education
requirements.
In
addition,
it
is
important
for
Carolina
to
acknowledge
that
AP
credits
are
not
an
accurate
reBlection
of
college
work,
nor
are
they
necessarily
an
indication
of
the
students
most
Bit
for
such
accelerated
programs.
Students
who
take
the
most
challenging
course
load
offered
by
their
high
school
(or
home
school,
or
local
early-enrollment
college
program),
regardless
of
whether
these
courses
count
for
AP
credit,
should
be
offered
a
chance
to
apply
for
accelerated
enrollment.
Expand support for undergraduate research and engaged scholarship. We
should
enhance
the
current
infrastructure
and
increase
University
funding
for
graduate
students
who
supervise
and
facilitate
undergraduate
research
and
scholarship.
The
large,
multidisciplinary
lecture
courses
proposed
previously
(see
Recommendation
A)
should
involve
Graduate
Research
Consultants
(GRCs)
from
multiple
areas
of
the
University
and
create
the
opportunity
for
graduate
and
undergraduate
students
to
connect
for
future
work.
The
OfBice
of
Undergraduate
Research
should
enhance
collaboration
and
curricular
engagement
with
the
Public
Service
Scholars
program
to
facilitate
more
engaged
research.
Create a Faculty/Student Mentoring Program. One-on-one
interactions
between
faculty
and
students
can
have
a
profoundly
positive
inBluence
on
student
intellectual
growth,
help
students
better
deBine
their
educational
goals,
and
help
them
navigate
career
paths.
This
kind
of
relationship
can
be
rewarding
to
faculty
as
well
as
students.
We
propose
piloting
a
voluntary
faculty/student
mentoring
program,
available
as
early
as
the
Birst
year
for
undergraduates.
Such
a
program
would
reach
a
broad
range
of
students,
including
those
with
clearly
deBined
career
trajectories,
as
well
as
those
who
have
not
yet
established
their
academic
major
and/or
career
direction.
Learning
from
best
mentoring
practices
already
in
place
on
the
campus,
Carolina
should
match
students
who
desire
this
kind
of
opportunity
with
suitable
faculty,
based
on
initial
academic
interests,
although
mentors
could
be
changed
if
career
interests
shift
through
this
process.
This
program
should
complement
and
expand
services
provided
by
Carolinas
Academic
Advising
Program
by
focusing
on
guiding
students
as
they
recognize,
explore,
and
obtain
career
objectives
that
are
achievable
with
a
Carolina
education.
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UNC and the State of North Carolina: As the core mission of the university is to serve the people of the state of North Carolina, UNC must seek to reBlect the make-up of the state population. While we can be proud of our progress insofar as our student population is concerned, the diversiBication of our faculty lags, not just in terms of ethnicity but in other important areas, particularly disability. We must redouble our efforts to enroll students and hire and faculty and staff who reBlect the changing demographics of the state, and to ensure that Carolina is accessible in every way. To reach this goal, we recommend: a. All academic and enrichment programs should offer and advertise application fee waivers so that no potentially qualiBied applicant is discouraged from applying due to Binancial constraints. b. UNC should maintain its strategic partnerships with North Carolina high schools with substantial Native American, Latino, and African American populations, expanding them in advantageous directions, such as UNC-Pembroke. c. Augment resources for state-of-the-art accessible learning and residential facilities so that UNC can earn a national reputation as a model campus for faculty and students with disabilities. d. A student-exchange scholarship program, similar to the outstanding Robertson scholars program with Duke, should be explored between UNC and NC Central University. This program should focus on particular areas of undergraduate and graduate curricula in which both institutions would derive beneBit. e. UNC should expand the Carolina Postdoctoral Program for Faculty Diversity and establish new benchmarks for recruitment and retention, particularly in the sciences. f. Peer mentoring should be a well-publicized option for all minority students, staff, and faculty. For students, peer mentoring opportunities should be available from the outset of an undergraduates Carolina career. Retention and Graduation: While maintaining Carolinas traditional standards, we must remove barriers to retention and advancement encountered by many of our students from underrepresented groups encounter. Carolinas campus climate must welcome and integrate into our community all students, faculty, and staff who come here to live, work, and learn. Retention efforts for students: Our goal must be the elimination of retention gaps between various groups of students. We should work to ensure that all students who are admitted have the resources to graduate in a timely fashion. To this end, Carolina should take the following steps: a. Increase funding, consolidate, and strengthen programs, such as the Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling, with proven records of promoting academic success among students from historically underrepresented groups, including students with learning
disabilities and graduates of low-performing high schools. These resources should be offered to any student who would beneBit from guidance or mentoring, particularly those who are not in academic peril but whose learning experience and trajectory could be enhanced. b. Establish priority registration for undergraduate students who are parents. Allowing student parents to register for classes early will provide them maximum Blexibility in scheduling their classes, which will facilitate their progress toward graduation. c. Continue efforts to diversify the curriculum of all academic programs while making use of the principles of universal design across campus. d. Expand efforts to support and integrate transfer students and students from traditionally underrepresented groups into student and campus life. e. Augment resources to help students from traditionally underrepresented groups engage in study and research abroad. f. Examine policies governing continuous enrollment, semester limits, and academic eligibility to determine if more options and counseling can be provided for students whose circumstances place them at risk for graduation in a timely fashion.
Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Carolina Academic Affairs Response: This
is
a
general
issue
for
this
section
of
the
plan,
not
in
response
to
any
particular
recommendation.
We
are
concerned
that
one
group
largely
left
out
of
the
Academic
Plan
is
comprised
of
students
who
have
taken
a
non- traditional
path
to
college
i.e.,
they
are
not
enrolling
as
a
Birst-year
at
Carolina
three
or
four
months
after
graduating
from
high
school.
These
students
may
include
transfers,
international
students,
veterans,
parents,
mid-career
students,
or
those
transitioning
from
part-time
continuing
education
to
full-time
pursuit
of
a
Bachelors
Degree.
Incorporation
of
these
students
is
vital
to
the
equity
and
inclusion
that
the
Plan
strives
to
achieve,
and
focusing
on
the
attraction
and
retention
of
these
students
will
signiBicantly
broaden
the
experiences
and
perspectives
of
all
those
within
the
Carolina
community. Recording Carolinas engagement. The
Carolina
Center
for
Public
Service
should
gather
information
at
regular
intervals
to
determine
the
nature
and
extent
of
ongoing
engaged
scholarship
and
activities.
UNC
should
take
further
steps
to
include
engaged
scholarship
and
engaged
activities
in
faculty
CVs
for
promotion
and
tenure
reviews.
Schools
and
departments
should
revise
their
reporting
forms
and
evaluations
to
record
engaged
scholarship
and
engaged
activities.
The
heads
of
these
units
should
then
report
annually
on
signiBicant
impacts
of
engaged
scholarship
projects
being
conducted
under
their
purview.
To
enhance
and
streamline
these
efforts
the
56
University should consider expanding the RAMSES system to track engaged scholarship and activities proposals, funding, and outcomes. Academic Affairs Response: While the PSS model generally works effectively, signiBicant numbers of students drop out of the PSS program each semester because they forget to log their hours during the appointed timeframe (before the end of classes, not before the end of exams, as many students assume). In addition, there is little incentive for those who have already met the minimum requirement of service hours to continue logging hours or activities. With these issues in mind, any attempt to log the amount of time those in the community spend participating in engaged scholarship must be logistically easy and accessible, and directly incentivized. Support students engaged scholarship and activities. Undergraduate, graduate, and professional students conducting engaged scholarship and activities should receive incentives and support. The University should earmark competitive fellowships and awards for graduate students who have an interest in engaged scholarship and activities. Undergraduate students may require more guidance and mentoring to effectively engage with communities. The University should provide the necessary Binancial support including direct costs for pilot data. When students desire to conduct engaged scholarship or activities, they should have workshops and advisory boards that will help ensure feasibility, competence, and sustainability of the students projects. Students should also be encouraged to present or publish their process and results. Academic Affairs Response: It is unclear what is meant by: Undergraduate students may require more guidance and mentoring to engage effectively with communities. The University should provide the necessary Binancial support, including direct costs, for small pilot data. A clearer explanation of what kind of programs are meant by this point would be helpful. Engagement in the curriculum. A new minor in public service and engagement would provide an academic pathway to learn how to provide valuable and respectful assistance to communities. Outside of this minor the University should provide more support for classes across the curriculum that have an engaged, innovative, or entrepreneurial focus or component. Academic Affairs Response: While a minor in public service sounds appealing, the Committee voiced concern that service and engagement should not be isolated into a particular
department or reserved for the few students who elect to complete the minor. Rather, service and engagement should be integrated into all departments and academic discipline.
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Advising
This
year,
the
Academic
Advising
Program
in
the
College
of
Arts
and
Sciences
hired
Dr.
Lee
May
as
its
director.
The
beginning
of
her
tenure
has
been
marked
by
her
discussions
with
students
and
administrators
to
arrive
at
a
clear
understanding
of
the
needs
of
various
constituencies.
Though
not
technically
a
part
of
the
Academic
Affairs
Committee,
the
Student
Academic
Advising
Board
(an
external
appointment
committee
co-chaired
by
Lily
Roberts)
has
worked
with
Dr.
May
and
her
colleagues
to
provide
feedback
from
students.
Two
meetings
were
scheduled
for
the
spring
(one
in
late
February
and
one
in
mid- April)
for
students
from
SAAB
to
meet
with
Dr.
May
and
seven
to
ten
advisers
from
the
Academic
Advising
Program.
The
Birst
meeting
focused
predominantly
on
the
ability
of
the
Advising
Program
to
communicate
with
the
students
it
serves,
whether
through
traditional
or
nontraditional
(Facebook,
Twitter)
methods.
The
April
meeting
will
evaluate
progress
on
the
part
of
Academic
Advising
to
create
a
social
media
plan
and
presence.
In
addition,
students
from
both
Academic
Affairs
and
SAAB
attended
the
National
Academic
Advising
Association
(NACADA)
Conference
at
which
UNC
hosted
approximately
two
hundred
advisers
from
throughout
the
state.
Students
were
asked
to
discuss
some
of
the
transitional
periods
in
their
lives
and
educations,
and
offered
feedback
on
how
advisers
had
(or
had
not)
assisted
them
with
these
transitions.
Other Projects
Particularly
during
the
second
semester
of
the
year,
it
became
apparent
that
students
were
having
difBiculty
obtaining
ofBicial
transcripts
from
the
registrars
ofBice;
this
became
especially
problematic
when
the
Student
Central
website
was
ofBicially
removed,
thereby
preventing
students
from
using
the
old
website
for
unofBicial
transcripts.
Lily
has
been
in
discussion
with
the
registrars
ofBice
to
determine
what,
if
anything,
can
be
done
to
improve
students
wait
times
after
requesting
transcripts
(which
peaked
at
around
three
weeks
in
the
early
part
of
spring
semester).
During
the
rest
of
the
school
year,
Lily
plans
to
discuss
the
possibility
of
creating
an
unofBicial
transcript
function
on
Connect
Carolina,
which
the
registrars
ofBice
believes
will
be
the
most
effective
solution.
During
March,
Academic
Affairs
began
to
discuss
items
from
the
Cooper
Administration
platform,
particularly
in
terms
of
course
evaluations.
Next
years
platform discusses the creation of standardized teaching assistant evaluations in tandem with the move towards online evaluations. In order to transition as smoothly as possible, Academic Affairs has begun to research best practices at other colleges and universities in terms of evaluation, and next years Committee can proceed with the project. One thing we discussed in our committee meeting was the idea of a grading code of conduct that new faculty would receive when they entered the university. We would want this document to include ways to assess students in a fair way and how to approach grading at Carolina. We are currently in talk with the Center for Facility Excellence regarding this subject and this project will likely continue.
60
I enjoyed meeting with committee members and administrators throughout the year, and hearing how vastly perspectives on academic experiences differ. By the spring, our group was relatively small, but mighty, and we became an excellent focus group for brainstorming and discussing issues that emerge across campus, both in the classroom and outside of it. Academic Affairs presented me with the opportunity to hone leadership skills, work with new administrators, and spend time thinking about what some might consider pretty dorky issues and Im very grateful for that.
Alexander Pirro
Working
as
academic
affairs
co-chair
this
year
has
been
a
great
experience.
After
having
been
on
the
committee
my
Birs
year
at
Carolina
it
was
very
rewarding
to
Chair
the
committee
my
junior
year.
Through
my
time
as
co-chair
I
have
gotten
to
meet
a
lot
of
great
Carolina
students
and
administrators
and
many
people
that
I
may
have
never
crossed
paths
with. The
thing
I
like
most
about
academic
affairs
committee
is
meeting
with
administers
from
departments
across
campus
I
Bind
it
very
inspiring
that
most
every
administrator
really
cares
about
the
students
wellbeing
at
this
University
and
are
usually
eager
to
politic
student
input.
Through
continued
work
with
advising
we
saw
them
change
the
supplemental
education
requirement
this
year
which
is
a
change
that
in
my
opinion
beneBited
many
students.
Although
academic
affairs
my
not
do
programs
or
events
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
looking
at
policy
and
brainstorming.
This
year
we
critically
evaluate
the
Academic
Plan
and
made
recommendation
on
what
we
thought
about
each
aspect
of
the
plan.
I
feel
that
though
this
year
I
further
developed
as
a
leader
by
learning
how
to
interact
with
many
different
people
inside
of
student
government
and
really
how
to
understand
and
appreciate
people
more.
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Arts Advocacy
Ben Neal
beneal@email.unc.edu
Sarah McGuire
skmcguir@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Arts
Advocacy
committee
is
charged
with
helping
to
increase
awareness
of
the
fantastic
artistic
skill
present
on
campus.
The
committee
does
this
through
a
combination
of
awareness
activities,
self-sponsored
events,
and
collaborations
with
artistic
groups
on
campus.
Use the Student and Alumni Arts Crawl weekend as a venue for marketing the new fund to the participating students, alumni, and the greater Carolina community
The
Arts
Crawl,
Carolina
Creative,
is
in
the
Binal
stages
of
its
planning,
and
will
be
taking
place
on
the
week
of
April
2nd
through
April
9th.
The
committee
is
currently
working
to
coordinate
the
events
that
will
be
taking
place
throughout
the
week,
and
the
week
will
be
an
excellent
opportunity
to
market
the
new
fund. Upon
reaching
a
sustainable
level,
the
Carolina
Arts
Fund
will
initially
target
individual
student
artists,
student
art
organizations,
and
long-term
goals
of
the
arts
community.
The
primary
goal
is
to
highlight
the
wide
variety
of
artistic
talent
that
exists
throughout
the
UNC
campus
and
celebrate
their
achievements.
Continue to vocalize the need for adequate, safe dance rehearsal space for the dozens of campus dance groups during the renovations on the Union underground
The
committee
has
continued
its
advocacy
for
adequate,
safe
rehearsal
space
for
dancers,
especially
in
discussions
regarding
renovations
in
the
bottom
of
the
union
and
during
the
Arts
Innovation
Steering
Committee
meetings.
Furthermore,
a
speciBic
group
of
students
serving
on
the
Arts
Advocacy
Committee
are
researching
into
potential
solutions
for
some
of
these
issues
and
will
report
back
to
the
committee
in
coming
months.
Bring both alumni and students together for the formal introduction of the Carolina Arts Fund during a closing art gala.
Carolina
Creative
(the
arts
festival)
is
currently
in
its
Binal
stages
of
being
planned.
There
should
be
a
closing
gala
for
alumni
and
students
on
Saturday,
April
9th.
Update the student government website with relevant information about the application process, deadlines, and other sources of artistic funding that become available
Increasing
the
presence
of
relevant
information
on
the
student
government
website
is
a
crucial
goal
for
us
that
will
be
taken
into
account
once
the
arts
fund
is
further
along
in
the
creation
process.
Work with art organizations and departments to increase awareness of funding opportunities
Currently,
several
efforts
are
underway
to
create
communication
infrastructure
within
the
arts
communities
and
to
promote
intercommunication.
We
hope
that
these
will
facilitate
increasing
awareness
for
the
funding
opportunities
as
well
as
generate
interest
in
the
Arts
Crawl.
Ensure that the Arts Grants are publicized during annual the Arts Crawl
The
Arts
Grants
will
be
an
integral
part
of
the
Arts
Crawl,
and
the
promotion
of
them
will
be
heavily
integrated
into
both
the
planning
and
execution
phases
of
the
Arts
Crawl.
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Sarah McGuire
The
Arts
Advocacy
Committee
this
year
has
proven
to
be
a
driven
and
dedicated
group
of
students
with
the
wide
variety
of
vested
interests
in
the
arts.
Their
ability
to
work
well
with
each
other
and
with
the
art
community
on
and
off
campus
has
allowed
us
to
fulBill
many
of
the
platform
points.
Ben
and
I
also
have
varying
interests
and
backgrounds
within
the
arts
community,
which
has
helped
to
guide
our
committee.
This
year
we
have
accomplished
so
much!
To
name
a
few,
we
have
built
a
mobile
free
expression
wall,
created
a
large
body
of
research
on
the
creation
of
a
dance
minor,
and
most
importantly
coordinated
Carolina
Creative,
an
arts
celebration
week.
Environmental Affairs
Sara Mishamandani
saramishi@gmail.com
Sara Rafalson
Sara.rafalson@gmail.com
Will Leimenstoll
leimenst@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities:
This
year
we
have
decided
to
structure
the
committee
in
a
similar
way
to
last
years
committee.
By
breaking
the
group
into
5
subcommittees,
it
is
easier
for
a
large
committee
to
develop
innovate
ways
to
approach
various
projects
relating
to
the
platform.
These
subcommittees
are
campus
collaboration,
recycling,
institutional
sustainability,
sustainable
dining
and
green
businesses,
and
energy
management.
By
creating
topics
that
students
can
choose
from
to
work
closely
with,
the
committee
uses
its
meeting
time
more
efBiciently
and
provides
for
small
groups
to
work
together
on
innovative
projects.
Megan Gyoerkoe did outreach to student groups through the Campus Collab listserv to invite them to the event. Ashley Wilkes and Matt Givens did the public relations, including a Union cube and a Union TV screen. Ashley Casteel coordinated the volunteers such as Ariane Nabors, Samantha Paulin, Danny Allen, Brittany Newman, Anna Langley, Kaitlin Finan, and Rachel Kaufmann. EAC volunteers were in charge of recycling relay races, the trash-talking wheel of fun trivia game, and a corrugated cardboard frisbee toss. We gave away prizes from our cosponsors from the Recycling OfBice, including bottle openers made from recycled materials, tshirts, reusable grocery bags, and frisbees made from recycled bottles and jugs. In all, the event raised awareness in the campus community about recycling practices on and off campus.
Full results and standings can be found here: http://www.epa.gov/wastes/ partnerships/wastewise/challenge/gameday/results.htm. These results show the success that the tailgate program has had in its pilot here, and we hope that we can use these Bindings to look for ways to improve the tailgate program in the future.
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Granville Recycling
Committee
members
Megan
Gyoerkoe
and
Anna
Langley
have
been
in
communication
with
Housing
Support
and
the
Granville
Community
Directors
in
order
to
establish
a
recycling
program
at
Granville.
Currently
there
are
outdoor
carts
for
bins,
but
no
handheld
recycling
baskets
for
students
to
use
to
store
their
recyclables,
which
means
most
students
do
not
recycle
from
their
dorms.
After
meeting
with
the
Granville
and
Housing
representatives,
they
agreed
to
have
Housekeeping
pick
up
the
recycling
from
each
dorm
as
they
also
pick
up
the
trash.
The
only
barrier
to
the
Granville
recycling
program
is
the
lack
of
funding.
Since
Granville
is
only
partially
owned
by
the
university,
there
has
been
no
budgetary
allocation
for
the
purchase
of
recycling
bins.
Anna
Langley
compiled
a
report
with
information
on
different
bin
and
bag
companies,
comparing
their
prices
to
the
quote
that
Housing
Support
gave
us.
Anna
Langley
and
Sara
Rafalson
met
with
Kelly
Stasko
of
the
UNC
Chapel
Hill
Foundation
in
December.
They
initially
agreed
to
fund
the
bins,
but
after
winter
break,
they
decided
to
focus
their
funding
priorities
on
CCI
printing.
They
seemed
optimistic
for
fall
semester,
however,
and
we
will
follow
up
with
them
at
the
end
of
the
semester
again
to
make
sure
they
follow-up
on
their
goal
and
so
we
can
see
how
we
can
help.
Prices
for
a
bin
in
every
room
are
currently
estimated
at
between
$4500
and
$5500.
affairs websites, thus hindering recruitment. Sara Rafalson talked to Jon Curtis who agreed to add a Sustainability category to the website to more directly link students interested in environmental issues to a proper student group. We held our second environmental round table of the school year on February 24th. The leaders of the prominent campus environmental groups (with the exception of SWEAT) were present. We discussed all of the environmental groups upcoming events to avoid overlap and encourage collaboration. We are presented other opportunities for announcements and questions as well as opportunities to work together to plan environmental events. We also discussed Earth Week planning and logistics. Katie Dryden and Brittany Newman turned the notes from the evening into a post for the stud gov blog. EAC will Binish the school year by coordinating Earth Week activities for student groups, departments, and other participants. We decided to have earth week events on the Friday before Earth Week (4/15) and Monday 4/18 to Thursday 4/21. Emily Chapin will be the liaison between EAC and the Sustainability OfBice and has reserved the Pit and the Quad for April 15-21 for Earth Week festivities. Sustainability OfBice also revealed an opportunity for student groups to submit grants requests for up to $500 for their Earth Week events, and our role has been to promote this opportunity to other student groups. We have also been the student voice in the newly revived environmental outreach task force which is comprised of various sustainability administrators. This outreach group is tasked with coordinating campus-wide environmental events.
Sustainable Dining
We
met
with
Melissa
Tinling
from
FLO
foods
about
how
we
can
Bit
in
this
year
to
help
promote
the
platform
point
of
working
with
CDS
to
promote
sustainable
dining
and
the
use
of
a
real
food
calculator.
The
subcommittee
discussed
talking
to
members
of
the
dining
board
about
promoting
sustainable
dining.
One
EAC
member
served
as
the
student
government
member
of
the
CDS/FLO
bi- weekly
meetings
regarding
sustainable
dining.
Members
working
on
sustainable
dining
decided
that
a
main
goal
for
the
year
was
to
work
with
FLO
to
draft
a
letter
to
the
chancellor
about
increasing
sustainable
dining
on
campus.
They
hoped
to
get
a
lot
of
professors
as
well
as
student
groups
to
sign
off
on
the
letter.
CEFS
started
a
program
for
Universities
to
commit
to
a
percentage
of
student
dining
local
and
sustainable
and
NC
State
signed
off
on
it.
The
goal
of
the
letter
was
to
suggest
that
UNC
reach
10%
real
food
by
2020.
This
real
food
calculation
involves
various
aspects
such
as
food
that
is
sustainable,
human,
local,
fair,
etc.
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However, during this writing process, members of FLO and EAC were already talking to Carolina Dining Services (CDS) about this issue. As a result of FLO with the help of EAC, CDS committed to the 10% campaign.
Composting
Will
Leimenstoll
and
committee
member
Megan
Gyoerkoe
met
with
BJ
Tipton
of
the
ofBice
of
Waste
Reduction
&
Recycling
to
discuss
composting
at
the
Union
and
Alpine.
BJ
already
talked
with
Scott
Meyers
of
Carolina
Dining
Services
to
discuss
how
to
allow
Alpine
to
compost
behind
the
counter,
and
have
this
composting
taken
out
to
the
same
company
that
deals
with
Carolina
Dining
Services
composting.
She
did
however
inform
us
that
as
of
right
now
we
will
not
be
able
to
add
composting
in
other
areas
of
the
Union
for
students
to
use
directly.
She
was
hopeful
though
that
over
the
next
few
years
we
may
be
able
to
expand
composting
to
the
Daily
Grind
coffee
shop
as
well
as
the
coffee
shop
at
the
Fedex
Global
Center.
In
December,
Will
Leimenstoll
heard
from
Paul
Hartley
(manager
of
Alpine)
and
BJ
Tipton
that
composting
behind
the
counter
had
successfully
begun
at
Alpine
Bagel
Co.
in
the
Union!
This
was
a
project
Will
had
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
on
late
in
the
fall
semester
trying
to
coordinate
between
the
Alpine
workers,
Carolina
Dining
Services,
and
the
OfBice
of
Waste
Reduction
&
Recycling.
CDS
was
already
dropping
its
composting
off
in
the
basement
of
the
union
to
be
picked
up
by
Brooks
Contracting,
so
it
seemed
like
it
would
be
easy
to
add
Alpines
compostable
waste
to
this
common
composting
location
and
were
so
excited
that
it
has
Binally
happened!
Now
we
have
written
thank
you
notes
to
BJ
Tipton,
Paul
Hartley,
and
Scott
Meyers,
our
3
liaisons
on
this
project.
We
sincerely
thank
BJ
Tipton,
Scott
Myers,
and
Paul
Hartley
for
their
hard
work
and
collaboration
on
this
project. Will
spoke
with
Paul
in
early
March,
and
he
told
him
how
composting
was
working
very
well
in
the
back
room
during
preparation
of
foods,
however
behind
the
counter
in
the
line
it
was
harder
to
institute,
so
he
planned
to
start
fresh
with
that
with
new
employees
at
the
start
of
next
year.
The
line
has
to
be
very
quick
and
efBicient
to
deal
with
the
heavy
customer
trafBic,
so
this
makes
perfect
sense,
however
Will
will
follow
up
with
Paul
throughout
the
summer
to
make
sure
he
continues
to
do
this.
Greek Composting
EAC
met
with
members
of
the
Greek
Sustainability
Council
in
November
to
discuss
how
to
best
go
about
setting
up
composting
for
Greek
houses.
It
was
a
very
successful
meeting
that
ended
with
us
agreeing
to
move
responsibility
for
this
project
to
the
GSC,
which
they
wanted,
however
the
three
EAC
members
who
were
working
on
the
project
are
also
on
the
GSC,
which
should
facilitate
a
fast
and smooth transition. Next, Will met with ZTA president, Carly Buch, and KD member, Emily Bowe, at the ZTA house with Amy Brooks of Brooks Contracting. Brooks Contracting does the composting for CDS and other locations at UNC and in Chapel Hill. Now were hoping that at least KD, ZTA, and PiKapp will set up composting in their kitchens and contract with Brooks to get their compost taken on a weekly basis. This is the Birst Greek composting program at UNC and therefore Brooks is considering giving us a discounted rate to help get it off the ground. This program has the potential to divert thousands of pounds of food waste from the Orange county landBill every year, which will save landBill space and also reduce methane emissions. We also think this program would educate hundreds of UNC students about the beneBits of composting. Currently the project is simply on hold for monetary reasons. If Binances can be worked out the project should be ready to go. Students involved in the project are hopeful that a trial run could be started as early as April, and then a more permanent system could be put into place in the fall.
Energy Management
EAC,
headed
by
Matt
Givens,
completed
the
energy
conservation
video
that
we
began
during
the
Jones
Administration.
The
video
was
created
for
CTOPS
to
show
students
where
we
get
our
energy,
what
UNC
is
doing
to
improve
energy
efBiciency,
and
what
students
can
do
to
conserve
energy. We
have
also
done
several
energy
awareness
events
throughout
the
year.
At
EnergyFest,
an
OCUQ
community,
we
had
a
table.
At
the
table,
we
quizzed
student
on
energy
facts
and
presented
ways
to
save
energy
in
your
dorm
room.
A
lot
of
students
were
receptive
to
the
quiz
and
learned
about
interesting
ways
to
save
energy.
In
the
fall,
Energy
Management
created
an
RA
board
about
what
the
University
is
doing
to
save
energy
ans
what
students
can
do
in
their
dorm
room
to
conserve.
This
spring,
we
sent
it
out
to
Green
Games
coordinators
as
well
as
Community
Directors,
and
many
RAs
used
the
template
to
earn
Green
Games
points. We
also
put
on
a
bar
night
with
Sierra
Student
Coalition
called
Save
the
Ales
at
Nightlight
to
increase
awareness
of
issues
raised
with
global
climate
change.
With
a
Save
the
Ales
event,
we
raised
awareness
of
these
issues
and
raised
money
for
PowerShift
scholarships.
Through
this
event,
we
not
only
helped
raise
money
so
students
can
go
to
Powershift,
a
student
energy
conference
in
DC,
we
also
raised
awareness
of
the
problems
with
current
energy
use
and
increased
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
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Bike Share
In
October,
Danny
Allen,
a
member
of
the
Environmental
Affairs
Committee,
and
Akhil
Jariwala,
a
member
of
the
Roosevelt
Institute,
joined
up
to
head
an
effort
to
create
a
bike
share
program
at
UNC.
A
group
of
interested
students
(including
several
EAC
members)
assembled
to
start
making
the
idea
of
a
bike
share
on
campus
a
reality.
Much
progress
has
been
made
so
far
in
solidifying
a
plan
for
the
initial
start-up,
gauging
interest,
and
identifying
funding
sources.
Probably
the
most
important
work
the
group
has
done
is
to
gather
a
wide
collection
of
contacts
and
leads
--
people
who
are
passionate
about
a
bike
share
and
who
have
valuable
resources
available
to
us.
The
group
has
met
with
the
Residence
Hall
Association,
Campus
Recreation,
Student
Body
President-elect
Mary
Cooper,
and
many
other
individuals
and
groups
that
would
be
instrumental
in
instituting
a
bike
share
program.
Most
reactions
we
received
have
been
very
positive.
As
of
now,
the
group
has
decided
on
a
plan
that
incorporates
a
One
Card
swiping
system
at
existing
residence
hall
enhancements
and
other
swiping
stations,
including
Fetzer
Gym,
the
SRC,
etc.
Bikes
would
be
at
racks
at
these
locations
and
students
would
pay
a
Blat
initial
registration
fee
for
usage
throughout
the
year,
swiping
the
bikes
out
when
they
need
them.
In
the
coming
weeks
the
group
will
have
written
a
formal
and
detailed
plan
for
the
bike
share.
Once
this
is
completed,
it
must
be
sent
to
the
appropriate
entities
for
approval
and
submitted
for
funding.
This
project
is
one
that
requires
a
solid
foundation
to
allow
for
future
success,
so
creating
a
comprehensive
plan
that
Bits
UNC
and
its
campus
well
is
essential.
Transportation Plan
The
recently
released
transportation
plan
that
would
increase
parking
fees,
and
transportation
related
student
fees
has
been
controversial.
We
hope
to
have
a
voice
in
shaping
it
so
that
it
is
more
forward
thinking
with
regards
to
increasing
multi-modal
transportation
rather
than
just
charging
more
for
parking
without
giving
any
new,
stronger
alternatives. To
understand
the
plan
better
Will
attended
the
transportation
forum
at
the
Upendo
Lounge
in
SASB
in
order
to
get
a
better
idea
of
what
the
new
5-year
transportation
plan
entails.
The
meeting
was
very
interesting
and
informative,
and
Will
raised
questions
mostly
about
the
$9
per
semester
blanket
fee
that
all
students
would
be
charged
for
parking
on
campus
at
night.
This
charge
would
be
made
regardless
of
whether
the
student
has
a
car
or
not,
and
additionally
it
would
be
charged
of
Birst
year
students
who
are
not
even
allowed
to
bring
cars
to
campus.
This
point
was
raised,
and
the
transportation
representatives
said
they
were
most
likely
not
going
to
charge
Birst-year
students
this
fee,
as
long
as
they
can
work
out
the
Binances.
From
a
sustainability
standpoint,
this
fee
presents
no
incentive
to
avoid
driving
to
campus
after
5
during
the
week
or
on
weekends,
which
is
something
the
university
should
be
trying
to
discourage
if
we
want
to
accomplish our goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Issues of safety and seeking to make sure the campus was accessible to all at night were raised as the main reasons for not wanting to discourage driving to campus at night. Information was passed on to help him formulate his stance towards the plan in time for the next board of trustees meeting. EAC had a discussion about the positives and negatives of the recent transportation plan. Will also met with Hogan to discuss the plan. Overall, the consensus was that we need to come up with a cohesive constructive argument to give to Hogan so he can speak on behalf of the students at the next Board of Trustees meeting. That argument has been boiled down to 2 main points: 1. We want for this increase to come with some kind of visible and measurable addition of a service to students. This would not have to be proportionate to the increased costs, but adding something like the bike-share by increasing a fee by $1 may make the plan more palatable to students. 2. The transportation plan needs to be more holistic and long term in its vision. This plan is simply a band-aid solution that does not think long-range with the environmental issues of our schools upcoming carbon neutrality in sight. It also does not think equitably in that, if we were focused on making Carolina as equitable as possible we would be doing everything we could to limit cars on campus because many people cannot afford to own a car.
Endowment Transparency
Every
year,
UNC
is
assessed
on
how
well
it
is
doing
with
regards
to
sustainability.
In
the
past,
we
have
used
the
Sustainable
Endowments
Institute
Report
Card.
Every
year,
we
have
done
very
well
in
all
categories
but
received
an
F
in
endowment
transparency.
The
UNC
Management
Company,
a
private
company,
manages
our
endowment
and
we
have
very
little
knowledge
as
to
where
money
is
being
invested.
Because
it
is
an
important
part
of
being
sustainable
to
invest
in
sustainable
business,
this
is
a
problem
for
our
report
card
grade.
As
we
are
moving
to
the
AASHE
Stars
report
card,
a
more
speciBic
assessment
that
is
becoming
the
standard
sustainability
report
card
for
Universities,
our
scores
will
continue
to
suffer
because
of
our
lack
of
endowment
transparency.
In
addition,
we
would
like
to
know
that
the
endowments
from
our
University
are
going
into
sound
and
sustainable
business
and
not
funding
unsustainable
practices.
After
speaking
with
members
of
The
Roosevelt
Institute
and
Sierra
Student
Coalition,
we
started
by
helping
them
promote
a
petition
to
raise
awareness
of
the
issue.
The
petition
was
to
ask
the
Chancellor
to
work
with
UNC
Management
Company
to
create
an
advisory
committee
to
make
suggestions
about
what
to
invest
in.
This
would
also
include
a
green
revolving
loan
fund
to
help
support
renewable
projects
at
UNC.
A
revolving
loan
fund
would
provide
money
from
our
endowment
to
invest
in
renewable
energy
and
energy
efBiciency
projects
on
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campus. The money saved from energy savings because of these initiatives would then be invested back in the endowments. Several Universities all over the country have begun Revolving Loan funds, which have been very successful and proBitable. After speaking with UNC energy management, they have identiBied several energy Bixes to improve efBiciency or add renewable energy that could be done with a relatively small start up fund. These Bixes would then save the University thousands of dollars that could then be added to our endowment. However, there are roadblocks that must be dealt with regards to our energy budget from the state, which would decrease if we use signiBicantly less energy, preventing that money from being invested back in the University. We then brought the issue of endowment transparency and a green revolving loan fund to Hogan Medlin. Chancellor Thorpe is on the UNC Management Company Board and felt that getting a meeting with him through Hogan would be a good Birst step. Cameron Smith and Jason Dunn met with Hogan Medlin, Paul Shorkey, Stewart Boss, and Will Bondurant about endowment transparency issues and ways to move forward. The students met with the Chancellor who agreed to the idea of the green revolving loan fund. After, these students, as well as Chris Lazinski of the Roosevelt Institute, presented to the Sustainability Advisory Committee (SAC) about issues raised with the Green Revolving Loan Fund and endowment transparency. They agreed to create a task force for the green revolving loan fund which will be comprised of faculty, staff, trustees, and interested students. It will take several years and a lot of work and research, and we will have to change some state energy utility laws, but several younger committee members have agreed to work on this project for the next few years.
EcoReps
EcoReps
is
an
organization
that
began
in
the
summer
of
2010
with
money
from
RESPC
to
fund
two
interns
to
organize
the
program.
It
came
from
meetings
with
energy
management
and
the
sustainability
ofBice
with
students,
including
Sara
M,
last
year.
The
objective
of
the
program
is
to
recruit
Birst
years
and
require
them
to
go
through
a
series
of
trainings
and
tours
that
involve
several
aspects
of
sustainability
at
UNC.
To
be
certiBied
as
an
EcoRep,
these
students
must
complete
certain
requirements
that
give
them
information
about
what
UNC
is
doing
in
the
realm
of
sustainability.
These
students
would
then
be
able
to
teach
other
students
and
staff
through
presentations
and
walking
tours
of
campus.
After
the
interns
organized
a
training
with
approximately
8
Birst
years
in
the
Fall
of
2010,
they
dropper
off
leaving
the
EcoReps
without
much
guidance
to
complete
trainings
and
begin
presentations.
After
speaking
with
Cindy
Shea,
Sara
M.
decided
that
it
may
be
beneBicial
to
incorporate
EcoReps
as
a
subcommittee
of
EAC
in
order
to
provide
guidance
and
get
the
group
off
the
ground.
Sara M. had a meeting with the current Ecoreps to talk about leadership and incorporating Ecoreps as a subcommittee. Ecoreps, which now consists of four old members and 6 new EAC members, has a mission of learning about sustainability and how it related to UNC and then teaching others on campus about these issues. We have split up different aspects of sustainability into modules and each member (or groups of two) will be in charge of teaching that aspect. This will be done by obtaining educational material (ex. getting sustainability materials from Brian Cain) or by setting up a tour (ex. Tour of cogeneration facility). These lessons will be open to all of EAC and will generally be done during meeting times. This way, the entire EAC, who represents environmental affairs on campus, will have more of an opportunity to be experts in sustainability on campus. The EcoReps goal this semester, after learning about each aspect of sustainability, is to create a ~10 minute powerpoint presentation about what UNC is doing as far as sustainability and what students can do to get involved as well as tips on conserving, recycling, etc. Once done, they will ask different non- environmental and environmental related student groups to have about 10 minutes of a groups meeting and begin going to student group meetings throughout campus. They will present this to students and with their knowledge of sustainability they have acquired as Ecoreps, will be able to answer any questions the groups have. The purpose of this is to get involved students, especially those that have no knowledge of sustainability initiatives on campus, more interested in what the university is doing and to get students thinking about the importance of conserving energy, recycling, reducing carbon footprint, etc. The EcoReps contacted someone in each department and plan on setting up a tour or information session in each category. Kierra Peak met with Sally Hoyt (Stormwater Engineer and Manager for Non-Potable Water Utility). Nick met with representatives from transportation (Clair Kane) and food (Meredith Rountree). Amberli visited the OWASA facility. Ariane, Sara M, and Emily Chapin went on a high performance building tour with Brian Cain. Cameron and several other EAC members went on a tour of the Cogeneration Facility by members of Energy Management.
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Publicity
This
year,
EAC
worked
to
create
a
stronger
awareness
and
presence
on
campus
so
students
could
have
a
better
idea
of
projects
EAC
is
working
on
if
interested.
We
created
an
EAC
facebook
and
Twitter
account.
We
have
been
tweeting
and
posting
environmental
events
on
campus,
updates
on
our
projects,
and
links
to
our
blog
posts. Facebook:
UNC
Environmental
Affairs Twitter:
UNC_EAC We
have
also
posted
several
blog
posts
for
the
Student
Government
blog. We
are
also
in
the
process
of
creating
a
new
website
and
have
created
a
new
EAC
logo.
Will Leimenstoll
Being
EAC
co-chair
was
one
of
the
best
experiences
of
my
sophomore
year.
Not
only
did
it
give
me
the
opportunity
to
improve
environmental
issues
on
campus,
but
it
also
gave
me
the
opportunity
to
act
as
a
mentor
for
younger
students
who
were
just
learning
how
to
move
through
the
campus
bureaucracy.
My
proudest
accomplishment
in
this
position
is
getting
Alpine
to
begin
composting
as
well
as
helping
inspire
some
of
our
students
to
make
a
subcommittee
working
on
creating
a
bike-share
program
here
at
UNC. In
addition
I
feel
that
the
co-chair
system
is
extremely
effective
because
it
allows
for
cross-mentoring
as
each
co-chair
has
strengths
and
weaknesses.
I
know
for
a
fact
I
could
never
have
accomplished
so
much,
learned
so
much,
or
had
as
much
fun.
We
all
three
were
able
to
use
our
own
strengths
to
accomplish
more
than
any
of
us
could
have
done
alone.
In
addition
I
learned
tremendous
amounts
from
both
Saras,
as
well
as
my
committee
members.
Being
an
EAC
co-chair
has
truly
been
my
favorite
extracurricular
experience
at
UNC,
and
it
is
somewhat
depressing
to
see
it
end.
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Sara Rafalson
As
the
Administration
comes
to
a
close,
I
am
so
grateful
to
have
had
the
opportunity
to
work
as
the
EAC
co-chair
this
school
year.
Ive
enjoyed
every
minute
that
Ive
prioritized
environmentalism
over
my
homework
(and
using
EAC
to
procrastinate
homework).
Serving
as
EAC
co-chair
has
allowed
just
about
every
minute
of
my
school
year
to
be
what
we
call
an
environmental
geek
moment.
My
favorite
part
of
EAC
has
been
seeing
the
development
of
our
committees
environmental
leaders.
I
feel
so
inspired
by
the
work
that
our
committee
members
have
done
this
semester.
Generally,
our
committee
is
very
young,
and
I
think
it
is
amazing
that
these
students
could
have
such
a
lasting
impact
in
such
a
short
time.
Im
so
proud
of
all
of
our
hard
work.
This
year
we
were
able
to
accomplish
so
much,
and
I
am
so
impressed
with
our
progress.
Not
only
were
we
able
to
complete
every
platform
point
that
we
sought
to
accomplish,
but
we
were
able
to
channel
our
creativity
into
other
projects
such
as
the
green
revolving
loan
fund
and
the
bike
share.
I
hope
that
our
committee
members
stick
with
student
government,
and
I
cant
wait
to
hear
about
the
great
things
that
they
do
during
future
administrations. I
think
one
of
the
biggest
lessons
Ive
learned
in
my
years
in
the
environmental
community
at
UNC
is
just
how
powerful
the
student
voice
is.
In
many
cases,
I
think
students
have
more
of
a
say
than
they
realize,
and
often
an
even
larger
role
than
faculty
and
staff
in
fostering
institutional
change.I
hope
that
students
continue
to
develop
innovate
ideas
at
Carolina
to
truly
think
globally
and
act
locally.
We
really
do
have
the
power
to
make
a
difference.
Global University
McKay Roozen
roozen@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Global
University
committee
is
charged
with
working
with
students
and
administrators
to
enhances
Carolinas
international
offerings
and
reputation
through
programs
and
policies.
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International Students
In the spring semester, the committee has been focusing tremendous energy on international student outreach. After reaching out to various groups on campus who have a vested interest in the international student population, we began creating a handbook for students to provide them with more information about UNC and life in Chapel Hill. We also held a forum and sent out surveys to get a better idea for what students want to see in a handbook. As of March, we are in the process of writing and compiling all this information and in April we will create a single document that can be viewed on prominent websites around campus. The committee is also in the process of creating a video for international students. This will give international students a perspective on what UNC looks like and what the school is all about.
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Greek Affairs
Jamison Carpenter
jamisoncarpenter@gmail.com
Kaitlyn Barnes
kaitlynbarnes10@gmail.com
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Greek
Affairs
committee
serves
as
a
bridge
between
the
Greek
system
on
campus
and
Student
Government.
In
this
role,
they
help
the
Greek
system
advocate
and
raise
awareness
for
issues
of
importance
and
educate
chapters
on
University
policies
and
concerns.
Committee Progress Create a Publicity/Communication chair for communication between OFSL, Student Government, and Greeks
After
meeting
with
Jenny
Levering
and
Kayte
Frye
we
decided,
based
on
their
suggestion,
not
to
add
a
Publicity/Communication
chair.
They
thought
this
was
unnecessary
as
they
(Jenny,
Kayte,
and
the
rest
of
the
OFSL)
could
communicate
directly
with
the
Co-Chairs
of
the
Greek
Affairs
Committee
(Kaitlyn
and
Jamison)
and
felt
that
adding
an
additional
person
would
only
complicate
communication
between
the
groups. Having
taken
another
look
at
this
platform
point
in
the
spring,
the
Greek
Affairs
Committee
suggests
that,
once
all
of
the
vacant
positions
in
the
OfBice
of
the
Fraternity
and
Sorority
Life
are
Billed,
this
platform
point
be
reevaluated.
This
platform
point
may
be
necessary
or
desired
under
the
organizational
structure
proposed
by
the
Cooper
Administration
and
thus
the
new
Greek
Affairs
Co- Chairs
should
seek
to
determine
whether
the
idea
of
having
publicity/ communication
chair
should
be
pursued.
Greek Affairs Committee and Student Legal Services (SLS) team together for responsibility and risk overviewoutline legal rights and responsibilities
The
success
of
the
Know
Your
Rights
event
that
the
Greek
Affairs
Committee
held
along
with
Student
Legal
Services
created
a
precedent
that
should
be
repeated
in
future
years.
There
are
also
many
different
ways
in
which
the
new
GAC
Co-Chairs
can
improve
this
event
which
include
garnering
more
participation
from
all
4
of
the
Greek
Councils,
teaming
up
with
the
Safety
Committee in Student Government for a more comprehensive presentation, and making better use of the publicity department in the Events Planning OfBice. The Know Your Rights Seminar was successful in large part due to Dorothy Bernholz, Director of Student Legal Services, and one of her colleagues and former local police ofBicer Matt Sullivan. Both Mrs. Bernholz and OfBicer Sullivan aided the Greek Affairs Committee in presenting a series of skits to the Greek students in attendance that revealed common misconceptions in the students belief of how they should interact with police and Alcohol Law Enforcement as well as misconceptions pertaining to their legal rights and responsibilities. The Q&A session held after the skits were performed allowed students to directly ask Mrs. Bernholz and OfBicer Sullivan questions they had about their legal rights and was beneBicial to all in attendance. In an effort to reach as many Greek students as possible, Kaitlyn and Jamison obtained funding to make Know Your Rights wallet-sized cards for all of the representatives in attendance at the event to distribute to their chapter. The cards listed the major rights and responsibilities of students and outlined how students should handle dealing with police if a situation occurs. Dorothy Bernholz was the source of the information that was presented on the cards and still possesses the remaining cards leftover from the event for any students that want them and for Greek Affairs Committee to reference again next year in order to reproduce the cards. Greek Week Implementation Greek Week is organized and implemented by the Greek Week Steering Committee which is selected by the OFSL. The Greek Affairs Committee is still offering assistance to the steering committee and has given input on some of the planned events for the week. Since this is only the second year that Greek Week will occur since it was brought back, the steering committee seems to be looking for ways on how to improve Greek Week. The planning stages start during the summer before Greek Week is to be held and, although the steering committee has not requested much help from GAC this year, this is an area where the committee can offer assistance in various mannersincluding promoting participation from all Greek organizations.
Provide
Meeting
and
Advertising
Space
for
Greeks The
Greek
Affairs
Committee
researched
the
needs
of
Greek
organizations
at
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
through
a
survey
and
the
most
common
response
was
additional
meeting
and
advertising
space.
During
the
fall
semester
the
OFSL
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teamed up with Granville Towers to provide additional living and meeting space for Greek chapters without houses to use. Kaitlyn and Jamison looked for ways that chapters could advertise their events, especially philanthropic events, without encroaching upon the rights of other students and still reaching a large number of students. With the increasing use of social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter to advertise for events, we decided not to pursue Binding more physical space for Greek organizations. Instead, we are currently promoting the use of online advertising and the use of the Events Calendar page on the website Student Government is developing for this purpose.
Jagir Patel
jagirp@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Multicultural
Affairs
and
Diversity
Outreach
committee
celebrates
and
supports
Carolinas
diverse
student
body.
In
this
role,
they
put
on
events
and
programs
to
raise
awareness
of
our
societal
diversity
and
push
for
more
inclusive
University
policies.
Commi%ee
Progress Im a Tarheel Video- Create a video to highlight the diverse identities within the Carolina community.
An
overarching
theme
for
MADO
this
year
is
to
broaden
the
deBinition
of
diversity
in
order
to
transform
it
into
a
term
that
is
more
inclusive.
This
is
one
of
the
reasons
we
decided
to
change
the
name
of
our
committee
from
Minority
Affairs
to
Multicultural
Affairs.
In
an
effort
to
help
people
realize
diversity
within
their
own
lives,
we
are
created
a
video
with
the
help
of
students
and
the
MADO
committee.
The
concept
comes
from
the
similar
video
that
is
played
at
halftime
during
football
games.
Participants
express
the
identity
they
are
most
comfortable
with
and
end
with
and
Im
a
Tarheel.
The
idea
is
that
diversity
comes
in
different
forms
whether
it
is
nationality,
race,
religion,
or
even
major.
However
despite
our
differences
we
all
still
share
a
similarity
because
we
are
Tarheels.
The
Binal
video
was
posted
on
the
MADO
section
of
the
Executive
Brach
website,
MADOs
new
website,
as
well
as
other
social
media
outlets
such
as
Facebook.
Host MixItUp Day with Carolina Dining Services at Rams Head Dining Hall
The
Mix
It
Up
Dinner
took
place
on
Thursday,
October
28,
2010
from
5:30
to
8:30
p.m.
This
year
we
partnered
with
Campus
Ys
Students
for
the
Advancement
of
Race
Relations
(SARR),
Carolina
Dining
Services
as
well
as
getting
volunteers
from
a
variety
of
other
organizations
on
campus.
Students
came
to
Rams
Head
and
were
invited
to
literally
mix
it
up
by
sitting
with
a
different
group.
Participants
then
took
part
in
the
bead
activity
lead
by
trained
facilitators.
The
bead
activity
served
as
a
visual
interpretation
of
the
diversity
present
in
the
lives
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and relationships of the participants. This year we improved the quality of the facilitators by requiring that all facilitators participate in training sessions. In past years, participants expressed that they were unable to understand the purpose of the bead activity. Thus in order to ensure that Mix it Up Day is as productive as possible we needed to properly prepare the facilitators. In addition, following the theme of a broadened deBinition of diversity we attempted to broaden the discussion after the bead activity. Our hope is that facilitators would lead participants to examine the presence of other diverse identities in their life i.e. sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status. Facilitators also helped students to realize that just because they had the same bead colors on their string doesnt mean diversity isnt present in their lives. Overall we felt that Mix it Up Day was successful and we received positive review from those who participated. However we had some suggestions for improvement from the participants and facilitators. An idea for improvement is to add more structure to the event and to make a greater effort to educate people about the purpose of Mix it Up Day before the event. This year we began to add more structure to the event by limiting the activities to one section of the dining hall, by the Chop House. However we can further add structure by having some sort of presentation. So participants are required to remain in a certain section to view the presentation. We also had some students who did not know what Mix it Up Day was about. So we need to make a greater effort to publicize the event and its purpose. Recap of suggestions for improvement: More publicity: lots of people who didnt know about it or hear about the event. New ways to pub Securing more swipes in so we have that guaranteed for people Making sure people know what the purpose was (esp. freshmen) Logistics: having only one section available. Was that the most effective? Should try to make Mix it Up day publicized annually like Oktoberfest at Rams and Lenoir. More facilitators! In addition we need to stress the importance of creating multiple facilitator training sessions well in advance of the actual event
Establish personal connections with representatives of the student organizations that connect most with campus diversity by lending our support to their events This year our focus was to not only create, but maintain our collaborations with other organizations that work to promote diversity within the campus community. This year along with Campus Y, Sangam, and Hindu YUVA MADO is both facilitating and representing Student Government as the Binal co-sponsor for the 2011 Holi Moli Festival. In addition to contributing in the planning stages MADO is also responsible for the publicity and marketing of the event, which will take place on March 18, 2011. Holi is a South Asian spring festival celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs that celebrates the energy and life of the season. It also signiBies the general loosening of social stratiBications, bringing together people of all backgrounds to engage in a full-on celebration of colors. Our hope is to not only ensure that Holi is an unforgettable experience for participants, but that participants are also informed of the cultural and religious signiBicance of the celebration. We have also formed a partnership with Housing and Residential Education in efforts to create a religious diversity initiative for next year. Our Religious Diversity Initiative subcommittee is working with a couple of Resident Advisors in order to plan a project. Our desire is that the co-chairs for next year will continue to maintain MADOs involvement in these collaborations. The REALTalk Monologues strives to promote cultural awareness and celebrate the various forms of diversity and experiences within the Carolina community The REALTalk Monologues is a show that highlights stories of identity written by Carolina students and performed by Carolina students. The aim of The REALTalk Monologues is to bring real stories about identity under the spotlight in an intimate and safe environment. Through the REALTalk Monologues MADO wants to emphasize that identity doesnt only include race, religion, gender, or sexuality. Identity is experience, and the purpose of the monologues is to convey these experiences. The show will take place in the Campus Y Faculty Lounge at 8:00 p.m. on April 14, 2011. So far we have advertised the event through various media resources in an effort to get students to submit their stories anonymously. As a committee we will then determine a set number of stories that we want performed at the event. Since there is a short time between actors being selected and the performance, we have also contacted several theatre and spoken word organizations about providing members that can serve as actors for the event. In addition we will also hold auditions for all interested students. Since we were limited on time our focus is to produce a quality event and have a small intimate feel. However our hope is that The REALTalk Monologues can become an annual event hosted by MADO and planning can begin earlier in the Birst semester.
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Wevine Fidelis
I
cant
believe
that
the
year
is
already
coming
to
an
end!
MADO
not
only
provided
me
the
opportunity
to
meet
some
amazing
people
on
our
committee,
but
I
was
also
able
to
learn
so
much
more
about
the
diverse
opportunities
available
within
our
community.
I
feel
like
Jagir
and
I
really
worked
hard
to
turn
our
committee
meeting
into
a
comfortable
environment
where
everyone
felt
completely
free
to
express
themselves
and
their
different
ideas.
We
deBinitely
started
and
ended
the
year
with
a
lot
of
enthusiasm
and
fresh
ideas.
However
if
there
is
one
thing
I
would
suggest
changing
in
the
future
it
would
be
to
delegate
positions
and
organize
committees
early
on
in
the
year.
We
divided
our
committee
into
three
subcommittees,
but
I
feel
that
we
could
have
ensured
commitment
to
the
projects
if
we
gave
some
members
the
opportunity
to
lead
a
subcommittee.
However
overall
Im
really
proud
of
what
we
did
accomplish
this
year
and
how
dedicated/hard
working
each
and
every
committee
member
was
this
year.
I
feel
like
the
new
events/ideas
that
we
came
up
with
will
deBinitely
help
to
create
a
solid
foundation
for
the
future
co-chairs.
Jagir
and
I
really
encouraged
everyone
to
think
outside
of
the
box
and
bring
something
different
to
the
table.
I
will
honestly
miss
our
meetings/discussions
the
most
and
I
think
the
ability
to
openly
share
your
unique
experiences
with
others
is
what
MADO
is
all
about!
Public Safety
Meghan Cannon Calvin Lewis Jr.
psafety@unc.edu mdcannon@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Safety
Committee
serves
to
address
and
communicate
student
safety
concerns
to
the
University
administration,
the
department
of
Public
Safety,
and
the
Town
of
Chapel
Hill.
The
committee
works
with
other
student
safety
initiatives
such
as
Safety
and
Security
Committee
and
SafeWalk
to
gain
feedback
and
address
concerns.
Committee Progress Develop an electronic template where students can access up-to-date security information regarding the UNC Campus and surrounding areas.
We
created
the
website
SAFELINK-
A
TarHeels
Link
to
safety
-found
at:
www.unc.edu/studgov/safety.
All
safety
resources
available
for
UNC
students
and
additional
safety
tips
are
compiled
on
this
site.
The
site
will
also
feature
speciBic
concerns,
notiBications
of
recent
risk
conditions,
and
tips/advice
identiBied
and
shared
by
Greek
organizations,
off-campus
authorities,
and
the
Residence
Hall
association
during
interactive
Safety
Forums
we
organized
for
the
end
of
March.
The
content
is
organized
between
information
and
how
tos
for
Navigating,
Living,
Talking,
Learning,
Preventing,
Contacting,
and
Warnings!.
All
information
is
geared
towards
making
students
more
informed
on
the
resources
available
to
them
and
making
these
resources
more
accessible
and
appealing
for
use.
Also,
there
are
comment
options
to
allow
students
to
contribute
any
additional
insights
or
concerns
on
each
page.
This
site
will
be
launched
and
publicized
at
our
Safety
Day
on
March
30th.
For
more
information
contact
Meghan
Cannon,
Anya
McDermott,
or
Jerri
Brown.
Appoint designated go-betweens that relay information between the students and DPS.
We
communicate
regularly
with
DPS
and
invite
ofBicers
to
meetings
once
a
month.
We
also
organized
forums
to
gather
student
concerns
and
open
the
lines
of
communication.
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Create an arena where contacts between the Greek community and the oncampus community can meet and discuss safety issues that affect both Greek and non-Greek students, particularly in relation to living areas.
We
organized
a
Safety
Forum
for
Greek
students
on
Sunday,
March
20th
to
hold
open
dialogue
surrounding
three
main
discussion
points
and
the
future
outlook
of
Greek
safety
considerations.
The
three
discussion
topics
covered
include
having
representative
members
share
recent
experiences
of
theft
or
crime
near
Greek
houses,
concerns
surrounding
safety
of
members
currently
and
those
anticipated
in
the
future,
and
suggestions
for
avoiding
problem
spots
and
situations.
We
will
host
a
Department
of
Public
Safety
OfBicer
to
Bield
relevant
concerns
and
questions,
offer
additional
tips
and
insight
to
students,
and
so
DPS
may
become
further
informed
of
the
issues
as
represented
by
a
student
perspective.
Then
we
will
encourage
potential
further
conversations
between
Greek
organizations,
DPS,
and
the
Safety
Committee
following
the
example
set
by
this
initial
Forum.
These
future
discussions
will
be
overseen
and
managed
by
a
Greek
member
from
each
group
appointed
Safety
Representative.
This
representative
will
keep
in
touch
with
other
groups
safety
person,
be
particularly
mindful
of
their
members
concerns,
and
communicate
such
as
needed
to
keep
all
bodies
informed.
Important
points
discussed
will
be
synthesized
and
written
up
for
publication
on
the
new
Electronic
Template,
SafeLink
so
the
insights
may
be
shared
and
further
acknowledged
by
students. Finally,
we
further
addressed
the
need
for
safety
concerns
to
be
voiced
and
considered
throughout
the
Greek
Community
through
work
with
the
Greek
Affairs
Student
Government
Committee
and
in
presenting
at
the
Greek
All
president's
meeting
on
Monday,
February
28th.
For
more
information
contact
Ben
Badgley,
Kaitlyn
Barnes,
Jamison
Carpenter,
or
Meghan
Cannon.
Construct pathways to collectively report problems and discuss safety and security issues from respective off-campus living communities to both the Chapel Hill and UNC community so that preventative steps can be taken together to avoid violations of safety measures around campus.
Particular
attention
is
given
to
living
tips
on
the
Electronic
Template
(SafeLink)
with
speciBic
considerations
given
for
off-campus
student
situations
and
events.
Complaints
were
compiled
from
attending
Chapel
Hill
community
watch
meetings
and
discussing
off-campus
concerns
with
crime
prevention
Chapel
Hill
police
ofBicers
within
various
districts
with
highly
concentrated
student
populations.
Further, we have contacted the Town of Chapel Hill police department about crimes in the immediate off-campus area to facilitate open communication and future reporting utilizing SafeLink. The compilation of all Bindings on SafeLink allows for community reference and individual preventative steps to be taken. Overall, students being more informed and aware ensures a safer Carolina experience even off main campus.
Establish a Community Government officer that deals specifically with the enhancement of safety and security within each residence hall community. Initiate dialogue between advocates for Residence Hall safety to inform and encourage acknowledgement of the necessary considerations currently taken and that should be taken for enhanced residents safety.
We
organized
a
Safety
Forum
for
the
Resident
Hall
Association
on
Sunday,
March
27th
to
hold
open
dialogue
between
some
representative
dorm
Resident
Advisors
and
Community
Government
members.
The
topics
will
surround
recent
experiences
the
students
have
experienced
with
regard
to
jeopardized
safety,
concerns
they
have
currently
and
anticipated
in
the
future,
and
tips/ advice
for
each
other
based
on
the
issues
discussed
and
others
familiarity.
We
will
host
a
Department
of
Public
Safety
OfBicer
to
Bield
relevant
concerns
and
questions,
offer
additional
tips
and
insight
to
students,
and
so
DPS
may
become
further
informed
on
the
issues
as
represented
by
a
student
resident
perspective.
Also,
current
situation
analysis
will
be
held
with
extrapolation
of
how
safe
residents
currently
feel,
whether
they
are
satisBied
with
the
communication
of
crimes
that
occur
in
dorms
and
how
their
concerns
and
complaints
are
currently
heard,
and
whether
they
feel
informed
with
what
process
should
be
taken
in
the
event
of
a
crime
in
dorms.
Finally,
going
forward,
Community
Governments
will
encourage
a
Safety
Representative
OfBicer
position
within
each
individual
dorm
executive
board
framework.
This
representative
would
compile
concerns
and
communicate
with
the
Safety
committee
and
other
dorm
Safety
Representatives.
For
more
information
contact
Brian
Harris
or
Corvis
Richardson,
our
Birst
Community
Government
Safety
Representative.
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Encourage the participation of "peer educators" to filter information to the entire student body rather than just a select few liaisons.
We
planned
a
quad
day
for
March
30th
in
order
to
Bilter
information
to
as
much
of
the
student
body
as
possible.
The
purpose
of
the
Safety
Day
is
to
register
students
for
Smart
911,
distribute
pertinent
and
relevant
safety
information,
and
provide
them
with
an
opportunity
to
meet
some
DPS
ofBicers
and
discuss
views
on
public
safety.
The
Safety
Day
will
also
give
them
an
opportunity
to
sign
up
for
self-defense
classes
run
by
DPS. We
have
identiBied
the
Male
Allies
Program
as
a
potential
next
step
to
take
against
violence.
The
goal
is
to
set
boundaries
and
encourage
conversation
throughout
campus
to
avoid
situations
where
violations
or
abuse
could
occur.
The
results
from
such
a
program
can
be
used
by
the
Department
of
Public
Safety
and
the
Universitys
knowledge
in
policy
making.
As
a
committee
we
have
begun
conversations
that
will
lay
the
framework
for
such
a
program,
which
if
it
is
to
be
successful
will
have
to
be
planned
and
implemented
over
the
course
of
more
than
one
administration. We
also
believe
that
utilizing
our
current
resources
is
an
excellent
way
of
strengthening
the
Carolina
community,
speciBically
with
regards
to
the
creation
of
a
support
network
among
peers.
The
committee
has
promoted
monthly
Helping
Advocates
for
Violence
Ending
Now
(HAVEN)
and
Safe
Zone
trainings
sponsored
by
Student
Government,
in
cooperation
with
the
Department
of
Public
Safety
and
Campus
Health
Services.
Calvin Lewis
We
have
had
an
outstanding
year
so
far.
While
all
of
the
work
we
have
done
isnt
as
solid
as
we
would
have
hoped,
I
do
believe
that
we
have
taken
a
step
in
the
right
direction.
An
example
of
which
is
the
Male
Allies
Program.
Though
it
does
not
consist
of
a
physical
body
of
students,
we
have
talked
with
administrators
and
student
leaders
to
try
and
gather
what
Male
Allies
should
look
like.
I
have
no
doubt
that
in
passing
it
to
the
next
administration,
we
will
see
more
work
done
with
making
this
program
a
reality.
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Will Thomason
williamhthomason@gmail.com
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Public
Service
and
Advocacy
committee
serves
to
bring
together
Carolinas
diverse
public
service
community
in
a
manner
that
raises
awareness
and
encourages
student
involvement.
TABS Project
After
making
headway
on
this
project,
we
learned
that
the
Ronald
McDonald
House
no
longer
participates
in
this
program.
We
discussed
alternatives
to
send
tabs
to
but
unfortunately
did
not
Bind
any
feasible
ones.
We
decided
to
discontinue
this
project
and
focus
energies
elsewhere.
Disaster Relief
Disaster
relief
is
a
subject
that
PSAC
has
always
worked
with
on
and
off
throughout
this
committees
creation.
While
we
have
not
done
a
lot
of
work
with
it
this
year,
after
the
earthquake
and
tsunamis
throughout
Japan
we
have
decided
to
help
support
current
UNC
relief
organizations
and
provide
our
support.
We
are
currently
collaborating
with
the
organization
Extended
Disaster
Relief
to
set
up
advocacy
and
aid
events
throughout
campus.
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Will Thomason
This
year
has
been
a
great
one
in
PSAC,
with
a
lot
of
learning
opportunities
and
many
creative
ways
in
which
we
have
been
able
to
serve
the
community.
We
have
been
able
to
connect
and
collaborate
with
groups
from
all
over
campus
and
around
the
state
to
encourage
a
culture
of
continued
collaborative
and
interactive
public
service
at
Carolina.
I
am
proud
of
the
work
that
the
committee
has
done,
and
the
way
in
which
Ashley
and
I
have
been
able
to
work
together
to
improve
the
Public
Service
atmosphere
on
UNCs
campus.
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Outreach
Community
is
responsible
for
ensuring
Student
Government
is
doing
all
it
can
to
reach
out
and
connect
with
the
Carolina
community.
Student Body Outreach will create a new brief weekly news video segment in partnership with the Journalism school, STV, and Student Government. This update will include a message from Hogan, interviews from students of current topics on campus/across the world, showcase events or projects that week, and more. This projectwhich the committee took on as our Birst and almost only focus has morphed into something very different than what was Birst imagined. Ian Lee and Beth (his EA) have taken point with creating a brief weekly news segment in partnership with Carolina Week in the Journalism school. This program should include most of the main point of this platform point. Thus, Caitlin and Clay (along with our committee) decided to move forward in establishing a partnership with STV to create a different kind of TV short that distinguishes itself with humor and a replicable, collaborative model with campus organizations. Because of a lack of effort on our part is still in the early stages of developing the show with STV. However, the committee has developed a great sketch of how the show would work and have Bilmed the Birst version of an introduction. However, after October the Outreach/STV project dissolved for multiple reasons. Clay formally resigned as the Co-Chair so the committee had difBiculty maintaining its vision. There was some confusion with working with STV because a project with Student Government was already in the works. Once Caitlin and Clay learned that the project was already being put into effect the committee was left with no guidance.
Conduct focus groups with a wide cross-section of the Student Body to investigate how students find out about events/campus organizations
a
This
was
another
project
that
appeared
allocated
to
another
committee.
The
PR
committee
of
Student
Government
managed
the
student
surveys
and
input
throughout
the
year.
With
the
creation
of
the
PR
committee
this
past
year,
the
Outreach
committee
has
had
undeBined
platform
goals,
making
it
difBicult
to
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Student Life
Olivia Hammill
ohammill@email.unc.edu
Taylor Mercado
tmercado@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Student
Life
Committee
is
dedicated
to
informing
students
about
all
of
the
wonderful
opportunities
Carolina
has
to
offer.
We
highlight
student
organizations
and
plan
events
that
foster
an
amazing
Carolina
experience
for
each
and
every
Tar
Heel.
Committee Progress Organize Fall Fest by student organization type so they can be more easily located. The goal is to increase on-campus involvement by helping students find organizations that match their interests.
All
student
organizations
that
participated
in
Fall
Fest
were
organized
by
type
and
color.
Academic
groups
were
designated
by
a
white
banner,
Activist- Political
groups
by
a
red
banner,
Cultural-International
groups
by
a
dark
blue
banner,
Fraternity-Sorority
groups
by
a
silver
banner,
Media
groups
by
a
yellow
banner,
Performance
groups
by
a
black
banner,
Religious
groups
by
a
purple
banner,
Recreation-Sports
groups
by
a
green
banner,
Service
groups
by
a
gold
banner,
Special
interest
groups
by
an
orange
banner,
and
Student
Government
groups
by
a
blue
banner.
Banners
were
constructed
with
vinyl
and
PVC
pipes
and
hung
at
the
Birst
table
for
each
section.
See
below
for
the
color-coded
chart.
Create a site map of club location by type to be used at Fall Fest. The site map will be e-mailed to all first year students prior to the event for reference. Explore the possibility of printing this map in advance copies of the DTH and having signs at both ends of South Road the night of Fall Fest.
As
mentioned
above,
all
organizations
were
organized
by
type
and
color.
Hogan
e-mailed
students
the
Friday
before
Fall
Fest
directing
them
to
a
website
designed
speciBically
for
the
event.
On
the
website,
students
could
download
a
map
of
the
table
set
ups
on
South
Road
as
well
as
a
color-coordinated
organizational
chart.
See
the
appendix
for
the
map
and
chart.
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Collaborate with the Technology Committee to conduct outreach to new student organizations for online resources education, campus connection possibilities, and any other services the organization may need to succeed.
Alexandra
Cruz,
a
member
of
our
committee,
served
as
a
liaison
between
the
Student
Life
and
Technology
&
Web
Services
Committees.
She
attended
weekly
meetings
for
both
committees
and
reported
back
each
week
with
information.
One
resource
the
committees
were
particularly
excited
about
was
the
introduction
of
CollegiateLink.
Our
efforts
focused
on
ways
to
educate
students
about
CollegiateLink
once
the
program
ofBicially
launched.
Increase education regarding the use of online resources, such as CollegiateLink, to aid organizations in their success.
As
mentioned
above,
Alexandra
worked
extensively
with
CollegiateLink.
She
provided
a
training
session
for
our
committee,
educating
our
members
on
the
intricacies
of
the
program.
Committee
members
made
proBiles
on
the
site
and
explored
it,
determining
how
it
could
best
serve
other
groups
they
were
involved
in.
We
were
not
able
to
do
as
much
outreach
as
initially
anticipated
because
of
setbacks
with
CollegiateLink,
but
our
committee
members
have
a
Birm
grasp
on
how
to
use
the
program
and
are
able
to
take
their
knowledge
to
the
greater
campus
community.
Host a feedback suggestion stand in the Pit once a month where students can voice their needs or concerns. Continue to increase Student Governments presence among the student body by promoting increased outreach to students.
We
used
Carolina
Leadership
Developments
large
cardboard
cut-out
of
Hogan
and
walked
around
the
Pit
soliciting
feedback
from
students.
Students
wrote
their
ideas
and
suggestions
on
post-it
notes,
then
posted
the
notes
on
the
cut- out.
We
divided
feedback
from
students
into
three
categories:
things
that
are
already
in
progress
or
are
feasible,
things
that
are
potentially
feasible,
and
things
that
are
probably
not
feasible.
In
terms
of
things
that
are
already
in
progress
or
are
feasible,
some
suggestions
included
weekly
video
addresses
by
Hogan,
the
ability
to
access
credits
earned,
grade
history,
and
GPA
on
ConnectCarolina,
and
the
implementation
of
a
recycling
program
in
Granville.
Items
that
were
potentially
feasible
included
offering
more
social
and
cultural
events,
providing
more
publicity
for
campus
events,
and
adding
more
cubes
on
campus.
Suggestions
that
were
probably
not
feasible
included
ending
all
8
a.m.
classes
and
recitations
and
canceling
all
Friday
classes.
This
project
was
fun
in
that
it
did
bring
Student
Government
out
to
where
students
are,
but
it
could
be
expanded
in
the
future
to
be
more
productive
and
perhaps
more
publicized.
We also created a subcommittee entitled Organization Outreach. The purpose of this subcommittee was to act as a liaison between Student Government and campus organizations in an effort to increase publicity and student involvement across campus. This subcommittee was in charge of updating the Organization of the Week feature on the Student Life tab of the Student Government website. Since this subcommittee was working on a completely new project, we gave its members freedom to come up with other ideas for increasing organization awareness. The members of the subcommittee were particularly interested in creating an organization search engine on the Student Government website on which students could input their interests and then receive a list of student organizations that matched those interests. CollegiateLink provides a feature that is very similar to this, so subcommittee members provided feedback and ideas for improving this option during the CollegiateLink training session. In addition, we co-sponsored a grant writing workshop with Michelle Rugel, director of development for the Campus Y. This event gave students information on the different parts of grant proposals, how to make an event successful and sustainable, and how to write a successful grant proposal.
Student Life looks forward to taking Carolina Marketplace to a larger, more publicized level. Hogan will host Carolina Marketplace once a semester instead of once a year to allow a larger number of student organizations and businesses to participate.
Because
our
committee
meetings
started
later
this
year,
we
decided
to
host
one
Carolina
Marketplace
spanning
over
either
two
or
three
weeks
second
semester
to
allow
for
a
more
inclusive
and
successful
event.
There
was
a
subcommittee
dedicated
to
this
project,
and
members
of
this
subcommittee
drafted
e-mails
to
send
out
to
campus
organizations
to
gauge
their
interest
in
participating.
However,
after
evaluating
the
projects
potential
for
success
and
its
overall
impact
on
the
Carolina
community,
we
decided
not
to
host
it.
Carolina
Marketplace
is
a
good
idea,
but
its
overall
purpose
and
mission
need
to
be
more
clearly
deBined
in
order
for
it
to
be
successful.
Hosting
mini-Fall
Fests
has
not
been
successful
in
recent
years,
and
student
organizations
already
publicize
their
own
events
in
the
Pit
on
a
daily
basis.
We
brainstormed
ways
to
revamp
the
event
for
the
future
and
thought
that
holding
a
showcase
for
organizations
where
they
could
display
their
projects
and
accomplishments
would
not
only
increase
student
awareness
of
different
groups,
but
also
recognize
and
celebrate
the
great
work
so
many
students
groups
do
every
year.
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Work with Career Services to better organize and facilitate the Career Services Fair. Collaborate on advertisement, feedback, and event management.
We
created
a
subcommittee
focused
on
Career
Services,
and
through
this
subcommittee,
we
were
able
to
establish
relationships
with
Ray
Angle,
Director
of
Career
Services,
and
Tim
Stiles,
Associate
Director
of
Career
Services.
Members
of
the
subcommittee
met
with
the
directors
to
discuss
services
UCS
provides,
different
events
they
put
on,
and
why
some
events
are
more
successful
than
others.
Mr.
Angle
and
Mr.
Stiles
came
to
a
Student
Life
meeting
and
lead
a
discussion
on
ways
to
increase
student
participation
in
UCS
events,
including
ways
to
best
organize
and
publicize
those
programs.
In
addition,
a
representative
from
Career
Services
gave
a
presentation
on
networking
during
Carolina
Mens
Networking
Night.
Taylor Mercado
Working
with
Student
Life
and
Olivia
this
year
was
such
an
awesome
learning
and
growing
experience
for
me.
I
can
proudly
say
that,
even
though
there
were
many
challenges,
such
as
having
to
cancel
an
event,
and
rough
patches
throughout
the
year,
I
have
come
out
learning
so
much
about
myself
as
a
leader,
as
a
friend,
and
as
a
person
in
general.
I
can
proudly
claim
that
I
have
formed
some
friendships
and
relationships
with
both
my
Co-Chair
and
with
my
committee
members
throughout
this
process
and
that
I
have
learned
some
ridiculously
valuable
lessons.
For
instance,
I
have
learned
that
time
is
a
virtue
and
that
no
matter
how
far
ahead
you
may
think
you
are
in
planning
ahead,
you
are
already
ten
steps
behind.
I
owe
a
lot
to
this
experience
and
I
am
so
proud
of
what
our
committee
has
accomplished
and
look
forward
to
seeing
how
this
committee
grows
in
the
upcoming
administration.
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Overview of Responsibilities
The
Technology
and
Web
Services
Committee
advocates
for
the
interest
of
students
with
IT
administrators
and
works
to
improve
existing
technological
services
through
support
and
education,
as
well
as
providing
sound
technological
advice
to
student
organizations
and
Student
Government.
Committee Progress Hogan will assist ITS and the Tech and Web committee in publicizing technical resources available to UNC students.
IT
groups
on
campus
offer
many
services
to
UNC
faculty,
students,
and
staff.
However,
many
of
these
services
are
unknown,
especially
to
students.
The
Tech
and
Web
committee,
in
coordination
with
the
Student
Technology
Advisory
Board,
created
a
Blyer,
which
can
be
found
at
http://www.unc.edu/studgov/ techBlyer,
to
highlight
the
most
valuable
of
these
resources.
ITS
funded
the
printing
of
the
Binished
Blyer
and
the
RAM
Shop
distributed
it
to
every
incoming
undergraduate
at
CTOPS.
The
Blyer
has
also
been
distributed
to
Cabinet
and
every
RA
in
Housing,
and
was
made
the
focus
of
at
least
one
ResNET
presentation.
The
Blyer
was
also
disbursed
through
Student
Congress
representatives
to
different
areas
of
campus. Instead
of
continuing
the
Tar
Heel
Tech
Fair,
ITS
and
Student
Government
both
decided
that
the
best
course
of
action
was
to
spend
our
time
and
efforts
publicizing
tech
resources
using
different
venues
and
means
to
reach
the
largest
number
of
students
possible.
On
March
1st,
a
representative
from
our
committee
visited
the
GPSF
senate
to
share
the
Blyer
with
graduate
student
representatives.
In
addition
to
sharing
information
about
free
tech
resources
with
these
representatives
as
well
as
encouraging
them
to
publish
the
Blyer,
we
also
took
feedback
about
revisions
to
be
made
to
the
Blyer. The
Tech
and
Web
committee
is
currently
evaluating
other
methods
of
distributing
the
Blyer,
particularly
to
graduate
students,
and
will
soon
begin
the
Blyer
revision
process.
Hogan will collaborate with ITS and the Tech and Web committee to introduce Apple laptops into the CCI program.
ITS
administrators
involved
with
the
CCI
program
are
aware
of
the
growing
Apple
laptop
use
and
students
desire
to
incorporate
these
laptops
into
the
CCI
program.
To
this
end,
the
CCI
program
has
engaged
in
negotiations
with
Apple
and
Apple
laptops
will
now
be
offered
through
the
CCI
program.
ITS-Help
student
walk-in
staff
have
undergone
Apple
Laptop
support
training
so
that
they
will
be
better
be
able
to
assist
students
with
troubleshooting
issues
with
Apple
products.
In
addition,
ITRC
staff
is
being
trained
to
do
physical
repair
of
Apple
laptops.
The committee will continue to provide individual website training and support to student organizations.
We
have
continued
our
twice-weekly
ofBice
hours,
and
have
had
several
student
organization
representatives
come
to
the
Student
Government
suite
or
email
our
listserv
with
questions
about
their
Joomla!
website
or
AFS-hosted
website.
We
are
continuing
to
work
with
the
Division
of
Student
Affairs
to
uncover
and
Bix
problems
while
planning
for
the
future
of
AFS
space
and
Joomla!
websites
with
the
release
of
CollegiateLink.
The
Committee
has
received
a
test
CollegiateLink
website,
and
after
attending
an
information
session
sponsored
by
CollegiateLink,
we
have
been
playing
around
with
all
of
the
features
the
website
offers,
including
but
not
limited
to
an
elections
feature
that
has
potential
to
be
used
on
a
wider
scale
throughout
the
university
and
a
calendar
function
that
could
efBiciently
keep
the
student
body
updated
on
every
event/meeting
of
most
of
UNCs
organizations.
From
here,
we
expect
to
continue
learning
more
about
the
website
and
how
it
works,
and
hopefully
it
will
be
successfully
integrated
into
the
student
body
within
the
next
year
or
two.
The committee will keep students updated on the tools available to student organizations for website management.
The
Division
of
Student
Affairs
new
student
organization
management
system,
CollegiateLink,
was
released
earlier
this
semester.
At
this
point
the
system
is
primarily
being
used
for
student
organization
formal
recognition.
CollegiateLink
will
be
sending
a
representative
to
the
school
next
month
to
provide
training
sessions
for
administrators
and
students,
and
the
Division
of
Student
Affairs
is
planning
to
publicize
the
program
to
students
in
January.
The
Tech
and
Web
committee
will
assist
the
Division
in
its
planning
and
publicity.
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The committee shall seek student advice and opinions about what content students desire to see on the ConnectCarolina site. Having student opinions reflected will increase the efficiency and use of ConnectCarolina.
Over
the
past
year,
the
ConnectCarolina
team
has
been
very
busy.
While
the
registration
and
student
Binancials
components
of
the
system
were
released
in
Spring
2010,
this
fall
brought
grades
and
transcripts
into
ConnectCarolina.
For
the
Birst
time,
faculty
submitted
their
grades
electronically,
an
impressive
technological
milestone
for
the
university.
This
semester,
advising,
degree
audit
(labeled
Tar
Heel
Tracker)
and
a
GPA
Calculator
were
released,
Binishing
the
initial
roll-out
of
the
student-facing
portions
of
ConnectCarolina.
Student
Central
was
completely
deactivated
this
February,
and
all
online
student
information
is
now
found
in
ConnectCarolina.
Throughout
this
roll-out
process,
the
Tech
and
Web
committee
has
worked
to
be
available
and
helpful
to
the
ConnectCarolina
team,
providing
input,
feedback,
and
testing
as
needed.
Some
of
the
features,
including
degree
audit,
are
only
currently
available
for
a
limited
subsection
of
students,
but
over
time
this
gap
will
decrease
due
to
the
departure
of
undergraduates
not
covered
by
the
new
system
and
as
the
ConnectCarolina
team
adds
additional
support
for
graduate
programs.
Throughout
t Due
to
the
completion
of
the
initial
implementation,
the
ConnectCarolina
governance
structure
has
changed.
The
initial
representative
committees
were
merged
into
a
public
Users
Forum,
which
is
responsible
for
gathering
input
and
suggestions
from
the
campus
community
and
making
recommendations
for
changes
to
the
new
ITS
governance
committee
in
charge
of
the
Enterprise
Applications
division
(which
includes
ConnectCarolina),
the
Enterprise
Applications
Coordinating
Committee
(EACC).
The
Tech
and
Web
committee
felt
the
best
way
to
improve
the
ConnectCarolina
system
is
to
widely
survey
the
student
body,
soliciting
and
ranking
feedback
in
an
open
and
fair
manner.
To
this
end,
we
created
a
feedback
forum
on
the
UserVoice.com
platform
letting
students
make
suggestions
to
improve
the
system
as
well
as
ranking
the
suggestions
made
by
others;
and
have
attempted
to
comment
and
respond
to
the
suggestions
made,
relating
any
progress
made
on
the
suggestion.
The
page
was
very
well
received
by
the
Users
Forum
and
has
been
expanded
to
become
the
ofBicial
feedback
mechanism
for
the
Users
Forum,
containing
forums
for
student,
faculty,
and
staff
feedback.
The
Tech
and
Web
committee
is
continuing
to
offer
technical
support
for
the
Users
Forum
and
is
currently
creating
website
for
the
Forum
using
OASIS
Digital
Commons
platform.
The committee will seek to improve the ease of use of iTunes U for students by looking for ways for student organizations to easily record important events and get this content posted.
This
semester,
the
Tech
and
Web
committee
has
pursued
two
main
avenues
for
the
improving
the
ease
of
use
of
iTunes
U
for
students. First,
Tech
and
Web
committee
has
been
given
administrator
access
to
the
student
section
of
the
universitys
iTunes
U
page.
Having
administrator
access
has
allowed
us
to
modify
the
student
section
interface
to
make
it
more
user- friendly.
Additionally,
student
government
now
has
the
ability
to
upload
content
to
iTunes
U
giving
any
student
groups
a
point
of
contact
for
uploading
any
media
they
may
have.
Our
long
term
goal
is
to
have
a
permanent
role
in
student
government
for
assisting
in
the
administration
of
the
students
portion
of
iTunes
U. Second,
we
recognize
that
the
primary
barrier
to
making
iTunes
U
more
useful
to
students
is
the
limited
availability
of
tools
to
capture
events
that
student
groups
would
like
to
post
on
iTunes
U.
As
a
Birst
step
in
breaking
down
this
barrier,
Tech
and
Web
has
compiled
a
list
of
all
media
resources
offered
to
students
on
campus.
Our
next
step
is
to
Bind
the
best
method
to
publish
this
list,
so
that
students
can
be
aware
of
what
is
available
to
them.
Student Congress
Until
early
November,
the
databases
that
stored
all
information
on
the
Student
Congress
website,
including
appropriations
information,
were
hosted
and
controlled
by
a
former
Student
Government
member
on
his
personal
server
in
California.
Recent
security
changes
made
by
ITS
alerted
us
to
the
situation
and
provided
the
former
member
an
impetus
for
transferring
the
hosting
and
control
over
to
the
University.
Thanks
to
the
Division
of
Student
Affairs,
the
information
is
now
hosted
on
their
servers,
located
in
the
basement
of
Teague.
Tech
and
Web
facilitated
the
transfer
process
and
is
continuing
to
set
the
technical
foundation
of
the
Student
Congress
website
in
order
by
updating
the
permissions
on
the
Student
Congress
website
to
reBlect
the
current
Congress
administration
and
has
started
the
process
of
looking
for
an
underclassman
who
would
be
interested
in
the
technical
maintenance
and
development
of
the
Congress
web
applications.
Deputy CIO
ITSs
search
for
a
new
Deputy
CIO
is
drawing
to
a
close;
they
have
narrowed
down
the
possible
candidates
to
three
Binalists.
These
three
Binalists
recently
came
to
the
university
to
present
on
their
view
on
the
role
of
the
Deputy
CIO
as
well
as
their
ability
to
Bill
this
roll. A
Tech
and
Web
co-chair
attended
all
three
presentations,
taking
notes
on
each
of
the
candidates.
After
all
three,
we
discussed
the
strengths
and
weaknesses
of
each
candidate
and
provided
feedback
to
ITS
to
assist
in
their
hiring,
and
look
forward
to
working
with
the
selected
candidate.
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and dissemination of IT policy information. We have done good work, and I have no doubt that the future of Tech and Web and technology at UNC is bright.
Ben Hawks
As
Max
has
already
pointed
out,
the
amount
of
technical
changes
the
university
has
undergone
in
the
past
few
years
is
absolutely
astounding.
In
fact,
just
this
year
has
been
one
for
the
record
books.
With
the
introduction
of
a
new,
powerful
email
system,
the
completion
of
the
ConnectCarolina
system,
the
inclusion
of
Apple
computers
in
the
CCI
program,
and
the
decision
to
move
the
university
to
Sakai
instead
of
Blackboard,
the
technical
landscape
being
introduced
to
next
years
incoming
class
will
be
vastly
different
from
the
one
introduced
to
our
current
Birst
years. Tech
and
Web
has
played
a
signiBicant
role
in
many
of
these
changes
over
the
past
couple
years.
We
have
provided
valuable
student
input
on
the
email
transition,
worked
to
improve
awareness
of
the
abundance
of
resources
available
to
students,
and
been
intimately
involved
with
the
creation
of
the
ConnectCarolina
Users
Forum.
At
this
point,
I
feel
it
is
necessary
to
note
just
how
important
the
work
of
my
co-chair
Max
has
been
during
his
college
career.
He
has
worked
tirelessly
for
students
over
the
past
three
years,
and
his
contributions
to
the
technological
advancement
of
the
university
have
been
invaluable.
Thanks,
Max. Nevertheless,
this
past
year
I
have
realized
the
amount
of
work
we
need
to
be
done
to
make
Carolina
competitive
with
other
top
institutions
in
the
technical
resources
it
offers
to
students.
While
many
great
strides
forward
have
been
taken,
we
must
keep
working
to
ensure
that
Carolina
is
technically
equipped
to
provide
its
future
students
with
the
world-class
education
they
expect.
I
am
conBident
that
the
Tech
and
Web
committee
will
continue
to
be
instrumental
in
accomplishing
this
task.
The
relationships
that
Tech
and
Web
has
cultivated
over
the
past
few
years
(with
no
small
thanks
to
Max)
will
continue
to
bear
fruit,
and
the
experience
garnered
by
our
younger
committee
members
will
be
a
great
asset
to
the
Cooper
administration.
Although
the
Era
of
Max
is
over,
technology
at
Carolina
remains
in
good
hands.
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University Services
Jim Broughman Marissa Gluck
jimbro@email.unc.edu gluckm@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
University
Services
Committee
works
to
address
the
basic
concerns
of
students
with
regard
to
facilities,
dining,parking,
safety,
recreation,
and
other
similar
areas.
UNC OneCard
The
committee
has
investigated
additional
methods
for
students
to
add
value
to
their
expense
account.
The
possibilities
discussed
thus
far
include
an
option
for
students
to
bill
their
student
account
and
also
the
implementation
of
additional
credit
card
carriers.
The
committee
should
continue
to
speak
with
the
UNC
OneCard
ofBice
to
evaluate
the
practicality
of
these
options.
Marissa Gluck
As
co-chair
of
the
University
Services
committee
we
face
challenges
speciBic
to
the
operations
of
our
committee.
Because
much
of
our
work
involves
the
improvement
of
campus
facilities,
programs,
and
services,
we
often
have
to
work
with
administrators.
Though
UNC
administrators
and
campus
service
employees
do
value
student
input,
it
is
often
vary
hard
to
navigate
the
red
tape
of
a
beaurecratic
university
department
such
as
DPS
or
Campus
Facilities.
Once
we
do
get
past
this
red
tape,
Binding
a
solution
that
suits
student
needs,
administrator
responsibilities
and
is
feasible
is
often
quite
difBicult.
Though
Jim
and
I
both
worked
hard
to
build
relationships
with
these
departments
for
the
upcoming
year,
it
will
still
be
the
responsibility
of
the
next
co-chairs
to
maintain
them
and
Bind
good
paths
of
communication.
These
challenges
made
committee
progress
difBicult,
but
I
feel
myself
and
my
committee
have
learned
a
lot
of
great
skills
through
our
interactions
with
these
departments
that
we
can
take
away
and
apply
to
other
leadership
opportunities.
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Russell McIntyre
jrmcinty@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Carolina
Advocacy
Committee
is
a
student
lobbying
organization
which
regularly
communicates
and
meets
with
members
of
the
North
Carolina
General
Assembly
and
others
in
order
to
advocate
the
interests
of
the
Carolina
community.
This
group
will
promote
these
interests
through
routine
visits
to
our
state's
capitol,
holding
media
events,
and
gathering
student
support
for
issues
surrounding
higher
education
funding,
among
other
ideas.
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Russell McIntyre
This
spring
weve
really
been
able
to
enact
a
lot
of
our
goals
that
were
formulated
and
discussed
last
fall.
Last
semester
we
put
forth
a
great
plan
for
interacting
with
members
and
understanding
the
priorities
of
the
Universitys
administration,
the
undergraduate
population,
and
the
graduate
population.
Our
work
and
meetings
with
Erin
have
greatly
prepared
us
to
lobby
more
effectively,
and
with
her
experience
and
guidance
we
have
made
great
progress
with
preparing
our
committee
and
ourselves
to
best
represent
this
university.
We
have
fully
grasped
the
issue
of
tuition
and
understood
how
the
policies
of
the
GA
will
directly
affect
us.
Because
of
this,
we
have
an
understanding
of
how
to
best
lobby
to
push
forward
our
goals
and
concerns. As
Jordan
mentioned
above,
we
still
have
a
lot
of
work
left
to
do.
The
true
discussion
and
debate
on
tuition
within
the
General
Assembly
is
just
beginning.
The
next
months
are
the
most
crucial
in
the
budget
process.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
the
incoming
Cooper
administration
to
best
prepare
them
on
the
issues,
concerns,
and
great
progress
weve
made
with
the
GA.
We
both
feel
like
we
will
be
able
to
update
the
upcoming
Carolina
Advocacy
co-chairs
very
quickly
and
that
they
will
be
able
to
take
charge
leading
into
the
summer
months
and
represent
this
university
extremely
well.
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Grayson Cooper
graysonecooper@gmail.com
Overview of Responsibilities
COURSE
is
charged
with
investigating
and
promoting
ways
in
which
the
University
can
better
utilize
its
resources
and
expertise
in
education
to
improve
the
achievement
gap
in
the
state
of
North
Carolinas
primary
and
secondary
education
systems.
Movie Screening
On
March
23
COURSE
will
be
sponsoring
a
movie
screening
of
Waiting
for
Superman.
Waiting
for
Superman
is
a
documentary
about
the
status
of
education
and
reform
movements
in
the
United
States.
The
event
will
take
place
in
the
Union Auditorium. The movie screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Panelists represent local leaders in education including a representative from NCEA and the Dean of the School of Education. We are hoping to raise awareness about educational inequity and provide students with the resources to get involved in education within some capacity on campus or in the community.
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Peter Sheng
ssheng@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
ETM
is
a
mentoring
program
for
Birst-years
run
by
the
Student
Government
Executive
Branch
and
runs
for
six
weeks
during
the
fall
semester.
Our
aim
is
to
provide
a
network
of
resources
for
Birst-years
through
group
mentoring
pods,
led
by
student
mentors.
Each
pod
will
meet
once
a
week
to
discuss
topics
relevant
to
Birst- years.
Our
program
will
also
include
speakers
and
social
events
organized
by
coordinators.
In late August, applications for coordinators and mentors were released, and decisions were released in mid-September. The mentors represent numerous majors, hail from all over the country, and are campus leaders in many organizations. Next, applications for Airst years were released, and decisions were released in early October. The Airst year students were sorted into pods based on their preferences after reading mentor proAiles, and the majority was able to receive their top choice. A Kickoff Event took place on October 17th, which had great attendance. Mentoring pod meetings started the week of October 25th. For the remainder of the semester, the committee focused on updating the curriculum for the program. The coordinators worked hard on planning large group educational and social events for the Airst years.
Peter Sheng
I
am
excited
to
see
Excelling
Through
Mentoring
improve
and
grow
from
a
pilot
project
into
an
established
program
with
its
own
niche
in
the
university.
A
50%
increase
in
the
number
of
applications
from
last
year
show
that
more
students
are
becoming
aware
of
the
program.
Better
attendance
and
participation
at
our
events
and
pod
meetings
reAlect
that
more
Airst
years
are
taking
advantage
of
this
opportunity.
I
am
very
grateful
for
the
support
of
my
co-director,
coordinators,
peers
in
Student
Government,
and
especially
the
mentors
because
ETM
would
not
have
seen
such
success
in
its
second
year
without
all
their
hard
work.
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Overview of Responsibilities
The
mission
of
the
First-Year
Focus
Council
as
deBined
by
this
year's
members
is
to
introduce
committee
members
to
student
government
and
other
leadership
opportunities
at
UNC,
while
familiarizing
other
Birst-years
with
UNC
student
government
and
the
Carolina
community.
years an opportunity to see how other committees operate under the Executive Branch and possibly another realm to pursue leadership opportunities within Student Government. Hopefully, committee members will Binish the year with a more well-rounded view of the Executive Branch and will plan to continue their work in the organization.
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Jeremy Knight
This
semester,
committee
members
have
had
a
larger
role
in
determining
the
direction
in
which
the
committee
goes.
They
have
created
and
executed
all
events
themselves
with
us
as
co-chairs
to
help.
Each
committee
has
worked
more
independently
spearheading
their
initiatives.
They
have
realized
the
challenges
that
come
with
executing
some
of
their
ideas.
I
think
this
will
assist
them
in
the
future
when
running
and
starting
campus
initiatives.
They
have
really
used
our
lessons
in
utilizing
organization
toolscreating
a
listserv,
speaking
with
housing
and
dining,
seeking
donations,
reserving
space
on
campus.
Im
glad
to
see
them
using
these
tools
and
skills
that
will
prove
beneBicial
in
the
future.
Music Festival
Sunny Huang Vilas Sankar
sunnyh@email.unc.edu vsankar@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities The Music Festival Committee is charged with organizing a spring concert for students that attracts top-rate talent to Carolina.
126
Sunny Huang
Vilas
has
essentially
summed
up
the
important
points.
In
addition
to
the
thoughts
related
above,
I
would
like
to
also
stress
the
importance
of
assembling
and
mobilizing
a
strong
team
of
committee
members.
We
did
not
do
a
great
job
of
that,
and
as
a
result,
we
sometimes
overloaded
on
tasks
and
responsibilities
and
fell
short
of
certain
goals.
My
primary
piece
of
advice
is
that
once
the
major
funding
players
have
been
established,
be
assertive
and
set
weekly
(or
monthly)
meetings.
That
way,
updates
can
be
relayed
quickly
and
organizations
are
more
likely
to
contribute
if
they
know
others
are
as
well.
Last
but
not
least,
START
EARLY.
Second Start
Jasmine Colquitt Uhlee Oh
Jasmine1@email.unc.edu Uoh@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Second
Start
Committee
is
charged
with
helping
Sophomore
Students
overcome
the
problem
of
a
Sophomore
Slump
and
excel
in
their
academic
experiences.
Platform Progress Help sophomores avoid the sophomore slump by providing information about the variety of resources Carolina has to offer
Throughout
the
2010-2011
academic
year,
the
Second
Start
committee
has
succeeded
in
its
goal
of
launching
a
completely
new
event
on
campus
designed
speciBically
for
sophomores,
but
still
open
to
students
of
all
grade
levels.
This
was
achieved
through
the
Birst
annual
series
of
Coffee
Hour
events.
This
is
an
event
that
we
hope
will
continue
and
earn
the
support
of
future
administrations. Coffee
Hour
was
essentially
an
opportunity
for
sophomores
to
become
better
acquainted
with
their
professors
outside
of
the
classroom
on
a
more
personal
level.
Often
times,
students
are
too
scared
or
intimidated
to
approach
their
professors
in
ofBice
hours,
especially
if
they
are
not
performing
their
best
in
class.
The
Coffee
Hour
functioned
similarly
to
a
traditional
ofBice
hour,
in
that
it
allowed
students
to
ask
questions
and
converse
with
their
professors
about
any
topic,
ranging
from
classroom
lectures
to
career
opportunities;
however,
the
difference
was
that
it
was
held
outside
of
the
professors
ofBice
in
a
local
coffee
venue.
The
outside
venue
helped
create
a
more
relaxing
and
comfortable
atmosphere
to
foster
student-professor
relationships.
During
the
Fall
semester,
the
committee
as
a
whole
put
on
two
Coffee
Hour
events
for
professors
of
sophomore
(200)
level
courses
at
two
of
our
local
coffee
venues--one
for
Professor
Loeb
(psychology)
at
McAlisters
Deli
and
one
for
Professor
Balaban
(economics)
at
Jack
Sprat
Caf. During
the
spring
semester,
the
Second
Start
committee
was
divided
into
two
subcommittees,
and
each
subcommittee
was
held
responsible
for
hosting
its
own
Coffee
Hour
event
for
a
professor
of
their
choice.
These
professors
happened
to
be
Dr.
Johnson
(biology)
and
Professor
Bliem
(chemistry).
The
average
turnout
of
each
event
was
approximately
6
to
8
people,
and
the
professors
tended
to
speak
to
groups
of
students
at
one
time,
rather
than
seeing
a
single
student
one
after
another.
This
method
of
communication
allowed
quality
time
for
the
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professor and all students in attendance to engage in building deep and impacting relationships that oftentimes is not achieved in traditional ofBice hours due to intimidation and feelings of time constraint. Overall, seeing that this was a Birst time effort, we consider these series of Coffee Hour events to be very successful, with room for improvement in the following years to come.
Uhlee Oh
Working
with
the
Second
Start
committee
has
truly
been
a
rewarding
learning
experience!
Our
committee
was
able
to
assess
a
need
on
campus,
envision
a
way
of
resolving
the
need,
and
turn
the
vision
into
a
reality!
I
am
so
honored
to
have
been
able
to
work
with
a
unique
group
of
people
who
were
able
to
share
their
various
creative
ideas
to
collaborate
on
this
project!
I
hope
that
this
project
will
be
picked
up
by
the
next
administration
because
although
this
is
our
Birst
year
carrying
out
the
Coffee
Hour
project,
we
were
able
to
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
38
sophomores
by
helping
them
approach
professors
that
they
normally
would
not
have
approached
without
the
help
of
Coffee
Hour.
Through
my
experience
of
working
as
a
leader,
a
team
player,
and
a
liaison
on
student
government
this
year,
Ive
gained
a
plethora
of
useful
skills
that
I
know
will
be
of
great
value
in
all
aspects
of
my
life.
One
thing
I
would
have
done
differently,
however,
is
to
incorporate
fun
bonding
events
like
weekend
outings
for
the
committee
members,
just
so
they
could
have
gotten
to
know
each
other
on
a
more
personal
level
as
well
to
form
friendships
outside
of
student
government.
Having
said
that,
Im
truly
blessed
to
have
worked
as
part
of
this
administration,
and
I
wish
the
best
for
the
incoming
co-chairs
and
members
of
Second
Start!
Speaker Series
Matt Miller
Mjmiller89@gmail.com
Cameron Kneib
ckneib@email.unc.edu
Background on Series
The
Speakers
Series
is
a
student-led
and
student-run
series
that
was
created
in
2007
by
our
late
student
body
president,
Eve
Carson.
Our
series
brings
to
UNC
nationally
and
internationally
renowned
Biguresmen
and
women
who
have
distinguished
themselves
through
their
ideals
and
accomplishmentsfor
the
purpose
of
stimulating
a
campus-wide
dialogue
about
important
contemporary
issues.
The
values
set
forth
for
speakers
in
our
series
are
those
to
which
we,
as
Carolina
students,
aspire:
a
strong
ability
to
lead
themselves
and
others,
a
commitment
to
public
service,
and
the
proven
ability
to
enact
real,
positive
change
in
a
community.
Eve
believed
strongly
in
Carolina
students,
saying,
its
us
the
student
body
who
make
UNC
what
it
is.
She
believed
in
the
importance
of
speakers
to
strengthen
the
values
of
the
student
body
and
better
equip
the
students
of
our
University
to
serve
their
communities
and
the
world.
Committee Progress Improving the sustainability and publicity of Speaker Series website:
This
area
has
been
a
slow
start,
but
we
are
now
well
on
our
way
to
having
an
improved
website
before
the
semester
break.
Brian
Payst,
of
Student
Affairs,
is
working
on
how
to
make
our
website
easier
to
populate,
and
we
have
expanded
the
committees
involvement
in
the
day-to-day
updating
of
the
website.
While
sometimes
a
mundane
task,
this
opportunity
gives
our
committee
members
a
chance
to
feel
more
involved
throughout
the
semester
and
take
ownership
of
the
events.
We
have
also
kicked
off
our
collaboration
with
other
groups
on
campus,
so
that
more
speaking
events
are
included.
We
fortunately
had
a
freshman
take
over
as
the
webmaster
for
the
group,
which
was
a
great
way
to
involve
some
junior
committee
members. In
addition,
we
received
an
e-mail
from
the
SGA
Chief
of
Staff
at
Georgia
Tech,
Jimmy
Williams,
who
was
interested
in
our
feedback
on
how
to
best
foster
collaboration
with
disparate
groups
on
campus
for
speakers.
We
have
been
in
contact
and
are
helping
them
on
this
issue.
Perhaps
our
website
will
lead
to
improved
collaboration
on
other
campuses.
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Other Projects:
We
have
ofBicially
named
the
series
The
Carson
Lectures:
The
Students
Speaker
Series.
We
learned
that
we
did
not
need
go
through
the
naming
committee,
so
we
hope
to
have
the
Birst
ofBicial
lecture
of
this
series
this
Spring
or
next
Fall.
We
have
been
working
hard
on
bringing
speakers
with
name
recognition
to
campus
in
conjunction
with
the
Womens
Leadership
Council
and
the
Johnston
Center
for
Undergraduate
Excellence.
We
nearly
brought
Governor
Beverly
Purdue
to
campus,
but
she
had
to
cancel
at
the
last
minute.
We
are
still
in
the
process
of
raising
funds
to
bring
former
White
House
Press
Secretary
Robert
Gibbs
to
campus
this
Spring.
We
have
also
reached
out
to
many
more
speakers
to
prepare
for
future
years
early.
Hopefully
these
speakers
will
respond
positively
and
we
can
continue
to
grow
the
presence
of
this
series
on
campus.
Cameron Kneib
This
year
on
Speaker
Series
we
have
been
working
hard
to
achieve
our
goal
to
bring
a
speaker.
Due
to
budget
cuts
in
departments
and
professional
schools,
it
has
been
harder
to
Bind
the
funding
needed
to
bring
a
big
name
speaker
to
campus.
I
feel
that
if
we
can
Binalize
bringing
one
of
the
few
people
we
are
in
contact
with,
we
will
go
a
long
way
toward
building
the
presence
of
this
committee
on
campus.
Our
website
and
listserv
has
grown
quite
a
bit
this
semester,
and
I
think
we
have
done
a
rather
good
job
of
publicizing
most
of
the
larger
speaking
events
on
campus.
We
still
need
to
do
a
lot
of
work
to
build
our
endowment,
which
is
currently
struggling
to
Bind
the
funding
pledged.
All
in
all,
I
feel
that
we
have
done
a
lot
of
good
work
this
semester
and
are
on
our
way
towards
building
a
well
supported
lecture
series
on
this
campus.
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Peer Advising
Kelsey Farson
kelseyfarson@gmail.com
Jesse Addison
jaddison@email.unc.edu
Overview of Responsibilities
The
Peer
Advising
Committee
is
charged
with
overseeing
and
expanding
the
student
run
peer-advising
program
that
seeks
to
expand
student
access
to
course
related
help.
Committee Progress Select Peer Advisors for the 2010-2011 School Year
In
the
spring
of
2010,
we
selected
12
Peer
Advisors
to
serve
in
the
8
academic
departments
that
are
associated
with
the
Peer
Advising
Program
at
Carolina.
The
Peer
Advisors
were
selected
based
on
achievements
in
their
majors,
relationships
with
faculty,
and
depth
of
understanding
in
their
Bields
of
study.
These
12
Peer
Advisors
were
trained
in
September
2012.
occurs in Dey Hall throughout the week. Peer Advisors are encouraged to go and answer any questions that students may have about the major. Also, we hope to encourage the major unions (e.g. Public Policy Majors Union) to spread the word about the services that Peer Advisors can provide.
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Jesse Addison
Peer
Advising's
Birst
year
as
a
committee-like
apparatus
of
the
Executive
Branch
of
Student
Government
has
been
a
success.
We
have
rendered
the
peer
advising
program
more
salient
in
campus
life
by
working
to
recruit
and
support
our
team
of
capable,
outgoing,
approachable
peer
advisors
who
represent
what
Carolina
is
all
about.
The
peer
advising
program
at
UNC
has
a
bright
future.
As
we
move
forward,
peer
advising
needs
to
become
institutionalized
as
a
program
like
traditional
advising
or
other
longer-lived
campus
resources.
Moreover,
peer
advising's
perceived
legitimacy
and
usefulness
will
be
greatly
bolstered
by
its
expansion
into
new
programs
and
departments,
which
should
remain
one
of
the
central
goals
for
our
incoming
co-chairs.
The team has worked closely with representatives from ITS for almost a year to establish a cohesive campaign strategy for the new e-mail system. Bi-weekly meetings offered us knowledge of the programs development and helped us shape our goals. We worked with the executive branch of student government and ITS to choose the domain name, service name, program appearance and a communications timeline. We branded the system HeelMail. Our strategies that we created before the October report are currently being implemented. HeelMail social media has launched and the student body will be able to make the switch to the new system in April. It will be mandatory to switch by August. We worked closely with the Tech & Web committee to make sure that ITS was working with the students in mind. We helped form a complete strategy between the two organizations, ITS and student government, to promote the new e-mail system. We have worked really hard to make sure that this is a successful switch from Webmail. The team is currently working with Microsoft, CUAB and Springfest to put on a concert sponsored by Microsoft. They have provided funding for a concert, giveaways and materials to pass out. We are looking forward to a successful launch in April.
We collaborated with Kangaroo Express, Largemouth Communications and Tar Heel Sports Properties to participate in the Battle for Bean Street. The competition is between UNC, Duke and NC State to see which universitys fans purchase the most branded coffee cups at Kangaroo Express convenience stores. The winner will receive a $20,000 donation to the charity of their choice, with UNCs proceeds going to Build a Block.
Environment Affairs
We
worked
with
the
Environmental
Affairs
committee
on
their
project
during
Homecoming
weekend
for
the
Game-Day
challenge.
We
attended
their
meetings
and
advised
them
on
their
public
relations
plan.
Since
the
beginning
of
the
spring
semester,
the
student
government
PR
team,
along
with
the
EAC,
has
been
working
together
to
promote
their
event,
Recyclemania.
To
assist
with
this
campaign,
the
PR
team
created
a
new
logo
and
slogan
for
the
organization.
The
PR
team
also
wrote
a
press
release
for
the
event
and
we
helped
members
of
EAC
to
create
a
PR
campaign
to
promote
Recyclemania.
The
campaign
includes
a
Facebook
event,
tweets,
a
painted
cube,
and
a
recycling
drive
to
be
held
Wednesday,
March
23.
Recyclemania
ends
April
2nd.
Public Safety
During
the
spring
semester,
the
PR
Team
worked
with
Student
Affairs
to
brainstorm
publicity
strategies
for
Smart
911.
Smart
911
is
a
service
that
allows
UNC
students
to
create
a
proBile
in
case
of
an
emergency.
If
the
student
calls
campus
police,
the
students
proBile
will
become
available
to
responders.
The
proBile
can
include
anything
the
student
thinks
might
be
useful:
name,
physical
description,
photos,
make
and
model
of
her
car,
and
any
medications
she
is
taking.
The
proBile
also
uses
GPS
signals
from
the
students
cell
phone
to
determine
an
approximate
location.
Information
is
voluntary,
private,
and
helps
prepare
police
so
they
can
respond
quickly
and
effectivelyeven
if
the
student
never
says
a
word
on
the
phone. Student
Affairs
planned
to
launch
a
UNC-Chapel
Hill
Smart
911
website
in
early
March.
Prior
to
the
launch,
the
PR
Team
met
with
Student
Affairs
to
discuss
their
vision
and
recommend
several
strategies.
We
recommended
that
Student
Affairs
operate
a
table
in
the
Pit
after
the
launch,
where
students
could
learn
more
and
sign
up
for
the
service.
We
also
suggested
contacting
The
Daily
Tar
Heel
and
running
a
Smart
911
piece,
perhaps
as
a
letter
to
the
editor.
Finally,
we
agreed
to
write
a
blog
about
the
service,
which
is
awaiting
publication
on
Student
Governments
blog
page.
The student government public relations team also worked with public safety to create logos for Smart 911 and a logo for their new website. We advised them on a slogan for their website in addition to general content.
Other Projects
We
worked
on
smaller
publicity
campaigns
for
several
different
committees.
We
helped
publicize
the
diversity
awards
for
the
university
diversity
awards
committee.
We
helped
PSAC
with
publicity
for
a
couple
of
projects.
The
PR
team
assisted
them
with
the
Food
Drive
and
we
also
started
developing
a
campaign
for
Carolina
United.
And
Binally,
we
worked
with
student
life
to
create
a
Blyer,
a
Facebook
event
and
a
logo
for
the
Carolina
Mens
Networking
Night.
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A total of 95 applications were received for the Eve Carson Scholarship this year, by the deadline on November 19, 2010. That is a decrease from the 123 received last year, which was a decrease from the approximately 140 received the previous year. This means, we need to consider how to more effectively recruit applicants especially as the classes continue to know less and less about Eve, since next year will be the Birst year no one who attended UNC with Eve will be on campus. The Selection Committee had three rounds of application reading. During the Birst round, each application was read by three members of the Selection Committee. The applications were ranked according to the Selection Criteria. Approximately the top 20% of applicants were moved forward to the second round of reading. In this round, all of applications were read by every member of the Selection Committee. The committee then met to deliberate on which of these applicants would move on to the Binal round. Six students were chosen as Binalists. These six students were asked to provide supplementary materials outlining their potential plans for the summer, their current Binancial aid situation, some sort of original work that gave the committee further insight and a peer recommendation. All six of the applicants were interviewed by the entire Selection Committee on Sunday, January 30th, 2010. After all six applicants were interviewed, the
committee
deliberated,
selecting
Mark
Clarke
and
Zach
De
La
Rosa
as
this
years
Eve
Carson
Scholars. Mark
Clarke,
of
Fairview
in
Buncombe
County,
is
majoring
in
English
in
the
College
of
Arts
and
Sciences,
with
minors
in
history
and
creative
writing.
Clarke,
a
2008
graduate
of
A.C.
Reynolds
High
School
in
Asheville,
is
the
son
of
Betsy
and
Douglas
Clark.
Growing
up
on
a
farm
that
has
been
in
his
family
for
generations,
Clarke
gained
a
passion
for
food,
the
process
that
it
goes
through
before
it
reaches
our
plates
and
its
integral
place
in
building
a
community.
He
helped
start
the
Carolina
Campus
Community
Garden
over
the
past
year
and
a
half.
The
garden
began
as
a
student
garden
co-op
but
was
changed
to
a
community
garden
that
grows
fresh,
organic,
inexpensive
produce
for
housekeepers
and
other
low-wage
UNC
staff
members.
It
also
helps
strengthen
relationships
between
students
and
UNC
staff.
Clarke
loves
helping
build
community,
either
through
gardening
or
in
his
work
as
the
Outreach
and
Service
Chair
at
the
Reformed
University
Fellowship
at
UNC.
In
his
spare
time,
Clarke
plays
the
harmonica
in
a
band
and
spends
as
much
time
gardening
and
with
friends
as
possible.
Zach
De
La
Rosa,
of
Raleigh,
is
double
majoring
in
mathematics
and
economics
in
the
College
of
Arts
and
Sciences
with
a
minor
in
philosophy.
De
La
Rosa,
a
2008
graduate
of
the
North
Carolina
School
of
Science
and
Math,
is
the
son
of
Mark
and
Carol
De
La
Rosa.
He
helped
start
the
economic
development
center
of
the
Carolina
chapter
of
the
Roosevelt
Institute
Campus
Network.
He
believes
that
economics
and
access
to
money
help
people
realize
their
dignity
as
humans.
De
La
Rosas
peers
recently
elected
him
president
of
the
Carolina
chapter.
De
La
Rosa
hopes
to
spend
his
Eve
Carson
Scholarship
Summer
Experience
working
with
a
micro-Binance
initiative
internationally.
He
wants
to
better
understand
the
real-life
effects
of
poverty
in
other
countries
so
that
his
study
of
economic
development
is
more
tangible
and
applicable.
De
La
Rosa
has
overcome
hearing
problems
and
taught
sign
language
to
students
in
the
Triangle.
He
has
not
let
his
hearing
problems
as
a
child
stop
him
from
becoming
a
strong
public
speaker.
He
is
a
senator
in
the
Dialectic
and
Philanthropic
Societies
a
student
debate
and
literary
group
chair
of
the
rules
and
judiciary
committee
of
Student
Congress
and
a
member
of
the
choir
at
the
Newman
Catholic
Student
Center.
The
members
of
the
Selection
Committee
for
this
year
were:
Name Hogan
Medlin Katherine
Novinski Lauren
Shor Maribel
Sierra Ted
Baxa Meg
Petersen
Posi*on Student
Body
President Director Senior
Student Senior
Student Senior
Student Faculty/Sta
Member
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Rep. of Scholarships and Student Aid Rep. of Division of Student Aairs Alumnus
Jon Curtis and Jordan Meyers will serve on the Selection Committee again next year to complete their two year commitment. Meg Petersen and Joe Templeton will have the option to serve on the Selection Committee again. If they choose not to serve another term, other individuals will be appointed. Both Zach De La Rosa and Mark Clare are currently Binalizing their Summer Experience plans.
Fundraising
The
Eve
Carson
Scholarship
Executive
Committee
set
a
goal
to
raise
$100,000
in
the
June
2010-June
2011
Biscal
year.
By
February
8,
2011,
we
had
raised
$84,441.54.
On Friday, November 5, 2010, we had the second annual Eve Ball, hosted by Lori Burgwyn and Franklin Street Yoga. Ticket prices were reduced from $20 to $15 in order to be able to sell more ticket to seniors and we worked with the Development to make sure that the Eve Ball Ticket, since it is a donation to the Eve Carson Scholarship, counted as a Senior Class Gift. For this reason, SoBia Wilson, Co-Director of External Development for the Scholarship, established a relationship with the Senior Class Marshalls. Each Marshall was given tickets to sell to help them reach their Senior Campaign Goal and to help us sell tickets. This relationship will continue next year, as This year, the Eve Ball raised $10,000 instead of $12,000 despite our efforts to involve the Senior Marshalls. Approximately the same number of seniors attended, however, Lori said her attendance was a bit lower as were sponsorships. The fact that the event was the weekend after Halloween did not help, but there was no option since Homecoming was Halloween weekend. In the future, we discussed with Lori making sure the Eve Ball always falls on the weekend of Halloween or earlier. Additionally, the Eve Ball will be open to all classes next year, not just 21+. The Thriller in the Pit Event was new this year and was held on Monday, November 1st to publicize the Eve Ball. This event will occur again, as it created lots of media publicity thanks to Chancellor Thorp, Patti Thorp and the Mayor volunteering to learn the dance to Thriller in the Pit. Bob and Teresa Carson came to the Eve Ball this year as a surprise!
This year, the Eve 5K and Eve Ball fell on the same weekend, as the Eve 5K was on Saturday, November 6, 2010. This was a challenge for publicity and attendance, because individuals who would have normally attended both did not want to spend $30 in the same weekend. Additionally, the Eve Ball was the night before the Eve 5K, so that also hurt attendance. Next year, the Eve Ball will be on the weekend of Halloween and the Eve 5K will return to the weekend of Eves Birthday, Saturday, November 19th. Still, the Eve 5K was a huge success as more runners registered than last year and fundraising increased, which is a huge testament to the work of Katherine Richey and Bill Cook who were the Eve 5K Directors. They worked tirelessly to make sure the Eve 5K brought in more money than last year, because normally memorial 5Ks raise less money the 3rd year. It actually was raining the morning of the 5K, however, it was inspiring to see that over 1,000 people still showed up to run in the rain. This year, we received $25,000 from the Eve 5K, whereas last year we received $12,700. This is a result both of an increase in overall funds raised, but also because the Eve Carson Scholarship received 75% instead of 60% of funds raised this year. We also established a much better working relationship with the Eve 5K this year and will be able to improve upon that relationship even more next year, especially in terms of publicity efforts. Both Chase Jones and Caroline Fish spoke at the Eve 5K. Additionally, Chase and Caroline visited the Eve 5K meetings to that the 5K Committee could really see who they were supporting. Letters from the Scholars were also included in the registration packets to enable participants to see where the money was going.
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We wanted to create a T-Shirt which continued the tradition of the Eves Dance Party T-Shirts but which also connected the idea to the Eve Carson Scholarship. Keeping the idea of Eves Dance Party alive maintains the student, silly, ridiculous, fun, human side of who Eve was so that she does not become idealized in the minds of the students. Every student at the Eves Birthday Bash received a T-Shirt, thanks to a generous donation. Next year, we are considering doing an Eves Dance Party event as a kick-off to Every Moment Counts in March, as opposed to doing it in the Fall, because we already have so many events in the Fall. This event would be focused on providing outreach and awareness to the Scholarship as opposed to being a fundraising event.
5 Eve Carson Scholars. This letter will be sent out to all donors by the end of March.
Stewardship
We
have
also
placed
an
emphasis
on
Stewardship
this
year.
A
video
was
created
and
distributed
to
all
UNC
donors
in
the
Fall.
A
one-pager
about
the
Scholarship
has
been
created
which
can
be
distributed
to
donors,
with
plans
to
create
a
more
formal
PowerPoint
presentation
that
External
Development
can
use
when
approaching
donors.
Lori
Burgwyn
of
Franklin
Street
Yoga
and
the
Director
of
the
Eve
5K,
Katherine
Richey
and
Bill
Cook,
both
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
both
Chase
and
Caroline,
as
did
the
Morehead-Cain
Foundation
Staff.
We
have
met
with
other
donors
and
supporters
of
the
Scholarship
as
well,
and
have
stayed
in
good
contact
with
Bob
and
Teresa
Carson,
but
this
is
an
area
that
we
need
to
continue
to
improve
upon.
Scholar Support
Next
year,
a
goal
will
be
to
increase
the
support
that
we
provide
Scholars
in
the
planning
of
their
Summer
Experiences,
as
well
as
during
the
year.
plan to explore options of how to create a log-in to the Eve Carson Scholarship website, especially with plans to do a website re-design. We feel keeping track of all of these individuals now is extremely important for long-term sustainability of the Scholarship as well. We also met with Jim Ferguson, Director of the EATS Program, to discuss the idea of a Faculty Connections Program for Scholars. A Director of Scholar Support and Assistant Director of Scholar Support have been added to the Executive Committee for the Eve Carson Scholarship. Matt Fox, the 2011-2012 Director of the Scholarship will make Applicant Recruitment and Scholar Support a focus for next year.
SafeWalk
Christina Lynch, Director
lynchcm@email.unc.edu
Description: SafeWalk
is
a
student
run,
late
night
safety
escort
service
that
pairs
students
with
a
team
of
DPS
trained
walkers
to
ensure
students
are
safe
on
campus.
The
service
operates
from
11pm-3am
Sunday-Thursday.
Expand Off-Campus
Expansion
has
been
the
focus
of
this
spring
semester.
The
SafeWalk
Executive
Board
has
met
with
Dean
Blackburn
and
Chapel
Hill
police
to
speak
about
the
risks
of
expanding
off
campus.
We
have
set
up
an
expansion
plan
that
takes
into
account
all
potential
scenarios
that
could
occur.
It
is
a
three-phase
expansion
plan
to
ensure
that
our
off-campus
plan
is
going
well
each
step
of
the
way. We
implemented
the
Birst
phase
on
Wednesday,
February
16.
It
includes
Martin
Luther
King
Jr.
Blvd.
up
to
Longview
Street
and
Mill
Creek
Apartments;
Hillsborough
Street
down
to
Townhouse
Apartments;
Henderson
Street;
and
North
Street.
The
Birst
phase
will
also
expand
coverage
of
Franklin
Street
and
Rosemary
Street.
On
Franklin
Street,
SafeWalk
will
cover
between
Roberson
Street
and
Davie
Circle.
On
Rosemary
Street,
SafeWalk
will
serve
locations
between
Rosemary
Village/Mitchell
Lane
and
Boundary
Street. The
second
phase
began
on
Sunday,
March
20,
2011.
It
includes
Cameron
Avenue
and
McCauley
Street.
SpeciBically,
the
locations
that
will
be
added
are
Mallette
Street,
Kenan
Street,
Cameron
Court,
Basnight
Lane
and
Roberson
Street.
Additionally,
Ransom
Street,
Vance
Street
and
Pittsboro
Street
will
be
covered
along
McCauley
Street. The
third
and
Binal
phase,
beginning
on
Sunday,
April
17,
2011,
will
cover
areas
around
Church
Street.
On
Church
Street,
SafeWalk
will
serve
up
to
Caldwell
Street,
thus
covering
Lindsay
Street,
Cotton
Street,
McDade
Street,
Brooks
Street,
Carr
Street
and
Pritchard
Avenue.
On
North
Columbia
Street,
SafeWalk
will
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expand coverage up to and including Longview Street, Stinson Street, Stephens Street and Isley Street. After the implementation of the third phase, SafeWalk will be expanded to its fullest extent that it feasibly can at its current state of operation.
Funding
We
are
doing
well
in
terms
of
budgeting
and
having
enough
money
to
cover
the
budget.
We
saved
$1,200
by
hiring
three
work-study
employees
last
semester.
We
are
also
using
demand-based
stafBing
to
control
costs.
Makani
Dollinger,
the
Finance
Director,
has
been
keeping
up
with
our
budget
and
advising
the
team
on
how
much
money
we
have
to
spend
in
speciBic
areas
such
as
publicity,
wages
or
insurance. Parents
Council
gave
us
$15,000
again
for
the
fall
2011
to
spring
2012
school
year,
and
we
will
be
requesting
money
from
more
of
the
same
places.
We
have
also
applied
for
the
Strowd
Roses
grant
from
the
Town
of
Chapel
Hill,
and
we
are
awaiting
the
results
of
the
grant.
Publicity
Jacob
Horvat,
the
Marketing
Director,
has
been
coming
up
with
new
ways
to
promote
SafeWalk
such
as
an
A-frame
outside
of
the
Undergraduate
Library.
We
are
putting
up
Blyers
in
all
of
the
dorms
to
promote
the
expansion.
We
are
also
doing
a
large
social
media
campaign
through
Facebook
by
having
people
tag
SafeWalk
in
posts
and
giving
gift
certiBicates
out
every
few
weeks.
We
recently
sent
out
a
survey
to
5,000
random
undergraduates
and
had
730
people
respond.
In
this
survey,
96
percent
of
the
people
responded
that
they
had
heard
of
SafeWalk.
The
respondents
said
that
The
Daily
Tar
Heel,
CTOPS,
friends/word
of
mouth
and
the
announcements
in
the
UL
and
Davis
are
the
top
four
places
that
they
had
heard
of
SafeWalk.
Of
the
respondents
who
had
used
SafeWalk
before,
97
percent
felt
safer
using
SafeWalk.
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