Call to Order (9:04): Ben
Role Call: Present: Heidi Bauman, Brent Beachy, Sarah Beck, Benjamin Bergey, Gabe Brunk, Brendon Derstine, Sara Derstine, Giles Eanes, Peyton Erb, Janelle Freed, Darian Harnish, Drew Kirk, Katie Landis, Will Morris, Karissa Sauder, Hans Weaver, Larisa Zehr, Vi Dutcher, Amy Springer
Absent: Ken
Prayer: Janelle Freed
Approval of Minutes: Motion 1-20090923: Janelle
Second: Karissa
Motion passed unanimously.
Announcements: Just a reminder that office hours have started and make sure to be in the SGA office during the time you signed up for. Nice work making the log book entertaining.
Committee Reporting: Sarah shared about the Institutional Review Board (IRB)’s first meeting on Monday. The board met to discuss the year and most dialogue will be conducted through e-mails. The committee approves various proposals that deal with human subject research and surveys that will be published for formal academic research.
Old Business:
–Institutional Committees: Karissa Sauder cannot attend the meetings for the committee she signed up for. Katie Landis agreed to switch and be on her committee.
–SGA Retreat: The retreat is this Saturday, September 26 at 9:00 am in Martin Chapel. Make sure to be there! There will be scrumptious food served and great ideas shared!
New Business:
–Tim Jost health care speaking: Karissa Sauder mentioned that Res Judicata is also working on making this happen so it may become something we work together for.
–Dean Search Committee: Dave Detrow explained the purpose of the search for a new academic undergraduate dean. Roughly 7-8 people are on the committee and they have been advertising the new position in several publications, including Mennonite publications. The committee has been asking many different people about what they would like in the new dean, and now would like to know what SGA has to say about what students would like to see in the potential dean. The dean’s job involves overall leadership of faculty to ensure students get the best education and heads up the overall undergraduate learning environment. Senate members shared qualities they liked in Marie Morris and would like to see in a new dean such as enthusiasm, global perspective, approachability, well-rounded faith perspectives, and a desire to help EMU continue to function sustainably and peaceably. Many students are also looking for a little diversity, in areas such as race, religious experience, and cross-cultural experience.
–Peace Fellowship Report: Jenny Hochstetler shared that 6 Peace Fellowship members would like to attend the MCC UN conference in New York City October 29-31. They are requesting $350 to help cover the expenses and are willing to share about their experiences to students (possibly speak to classes and/or CG event?) about what took place at the conference. After Jenny left, the SGA entered into a dialogue about it. Will wondered about the rest of the allocated money to Peace Fellowship, and Larisa said that a lot of the money is being saved for the intercollegiate conference in January. She also explained a little about what the conference does. We talked a little about how funding requests work and talked about the value in giving this much money to one organization. Most people seemed excited and thought this is a wise investment of money. Ben also suggested that this may make a great WeatherVane article if there isn’t much interest in a CG event.
Motion 2-20090923: Gabe Brunk motioned to give the Peace Fellowship $350 to go to the MCC UN event provided that they present the information to students in a way they see fit.
Second: Larisa Zehr
Motion passed unanimously.
Open Floor: Janelle brought to our attention that the SGA Exec will be updating and revising the SGA constitution, so if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please feel free to share them with us!
Adjournment: Motion 3-20090923: Darian Harnish
Second: Will Morris
Motion passed unanimously.
Closing: (10:03)