Student Senate Meeting Agenda

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 – Sorrell Center 2018, 5:30pm

• Call to Order
• Roll Call
• Guest Speakers
  • Dr. Dele Davies, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and Melissa Diers, Senior Instructional Designer for UNMC IT – discussing recent Digital Campus planning session and collecting student feedback about IT services at UNMC
    • Email m.diers@unmc.edu or talk to Sarah if you are interested in participating in the Think Tanks for Digital Campus.
    • If you have questions or suggestions surrounding technology, email Melissa or Sarah.
    • UNMC E-Learning (search on google) has free, interactive modules created by faculty and students available 24/7
    • Competition is hosted to create a module ($1,000 prize) every year
  • Approval of Minute- approved
  • Advisor’s Report
    • Peer support interest group should have received PowerPoint from Dr. Carver, next step is to meet with Dr. Carver to individualize peer support for each college.
    • Reach out to Dr. Carver if you are interested in being a peer support person for your college.
    • UNMC hosting AMA speaker about campus wellness (Scott Crossing Event Center Friday, Feb. 15) more info to come.
    • Inclusivity presentation on January 30th from 12-1, MSC 2018. Lunch will be provided & Shaker will be presenting!
• Executive Council’s Reports:
  • President:
    • All-campus weekly communication update
    • Weekly event submission by Thursday night, will go out Sunday afternoon
    • Special section for “Helpful Hints” (e.g., advertise Lyft credits, parking changes, UNO sporting event access, etc.)
    • Events separated out into “all college” events and college-specific events
    • UN system Student Government Conference – 2/2/19 @ UNL
    • Changes to parking- options have been expanded after 5pm
  • Vice President
  • Secretary-no report
  • Treasurer- no report
• Committee Reports
  • Executive
  • Academic Affairs
    • Mock interview for all campus students in the second week of February. Lunch might be provided
  • Activities
    • Inclusivity event mentioned above.
  • Issues
    • Overview of town hall meetings across colleges will be provided after all meetings wrap up
    • BOSS proposals will be opened soon..spread the word!
• College Reports
  • College of Allied Health- no report
  • College of Dentistry- no report
  • College of Graduate Studies- no report
  • College of Medicine- no report
  • College of Nursing- no report
  • College of Pharmacy- no report
  • College of Public Health- no report
  • Liaison Reports- no reports
•  New Business
  • Student Organization Liaison position creation proposal- approved
  • Interprofessional Education Liaison position creation proposal- approved
  • “Make them Fall in Love with You” Mock Interview proposal- approved
  • Student and Faculty Excellence Award Banquet proposal- approved
• Next Meeting:
  • Committee – February 6th, 2019
  • Full Senate – February 20th, 2019 
    • (Likely tour of iExcel beforehand – will e-mail as soon as it is confirmed)
• Adjournment