Emma W-B ’11 calls meeting to order at 1:10 PM
Roll Call
Excused: Emily Tafyaro ’12, Nga Nguyen ’12, Eileen Downs ’12, Sara Jane Rodgers ’13, Colleen Hayley ’11, Sarah Sherman ’11, Simran Singh ’10, Taline Cox ‘10
Unexcused: Julia Fahl ’12, Katherine Lewis ’12, Samantha Newman O’Gara ’12, Sophia Abboud ’12, Ellen Butler ’13, Pragya Krishna ’13, Shanna Fricklas ’10, Caitlin Evans ’12, Kali Graham ’10
Announcements
Katherine Redford ’10: The honor board heard no cases in the month of October. The Senior Gift Committee finished their first week of tabling and are now at 12% participation and have raised over $1000.
Amanda Darby ’10, Naomi Hamermesh ’10: We’d like to introduce ourselves as the two student representatives on the Goodhart Steering Committee. At present, the committee is working on preparing a document that covers all policies and procedures regardingGoodhart. We are here to act as liasons between the faculty on this committee and the student body. We’ll probably be collecting some formal feedback later on in the process, but in the meantime, if you have opinions or questions about policies regardingGoodhart, please feel free to contact either of us and we will try to answer your questions as best we can. Thanks!
Recruitment and Retention Policy
Emma W-B ’11: So a couple of weeks ago there was a comment made about the recruitment and retention policy at Bryn Mawr and we have a statement from the administration clarifying that.
Jenny Rickard’s Statement:
Our goal each year is to recruit and admit talented students from throughout the country and around the world, to bring to Bryn Mawr a diverse group of students with outstanding intellectual ability. This has included, and will continue to include students from across the spectrum of economic means. Like most colleges and universities nationally, Bryn Mawr expected to and did spend more than in previous years on financial aid for incoming and returning students. A strong financial aid program is an important part of what makes Bryn Mawr such an extraordinary institution. In fact, we are proud that among highly selective liberal arts colleges nationally, Bryn Mawr ranks fifth in terms of the socioeconomic diversity of our student body. Even when the economy is stronger, we are very aware that an investment of $50,000 per year for a private, liberal arts education is one that families consider very carefully. Because 50% of the College’s revenue is derived from tuition and fees, it is important for the College to convey clearly the great value and competitive advantage that a Bryn Mawr education provides its students and graduates. Conveying that message is an important part of the admissions office’s recruiting efforts.
Emma W-B ’11: Dean Tidmarsh also wanted to add that Bryn Mawr historically has been a school that attracts students from lower ends of the economic spectrum because of our need policies, however, students from the higher end of the economic spectrum have a higher rate of transferring out because they aren’t bound to Bryn Mawr because of aid. So that this recruitment and retention policy is one that we’ve always had in place.
Julie O’Neil ’10: I know we are need-sensitive, so how do they determine if people are on the higher side of that economic spectrum?
Emma W-B ’11: I’m not sure but I would guess that they look at people who don’t apply for FAFSA, or perhaps don’t get aid.
SGA Institutional Memory
Emma W-B ’11: This is a problem that we as a SGA community have had trouble with in the past, which is this idea of continuity and institutional memory. La is going to come to a meeting in the future to discuss creating binders, which can be passed down from year to year. There’s also a piece of paper that we’re going to ask all of you to fill out that says what you do for your position on a daily, weekly, and semester basis. Co-positions will be filling out one binder together, so for example: each dorm will have a binder, but the co-presidents can create it together.
Old Business
Emma W-B ’11: So about Yearbook—there has been some response that people do want a senior yearbook, and we want to work towards creating a committee that can talk about this.
Caroline Heffernan ’10: So the Gym, Cathy and I are going to come talk to you about it. The week before Thanksgiving, we are going to transition the fitness center into Rhoads. Kathy can answer your questions next week, and if you have any questions you can ask them then.
Jill Settlemyer ’10: As Res-Co head, just wanted to remind all of you about ProjectDormroom, and that submissions are due by November 11, 2009
New Business
None
Meeting adjourned at 1:32 PM.