Bryn Mawr College SGA Meeting – April 26, 2015
Roll Call
Announcements
Your Two Cents
Discussion Hosted by Hell Week Working Group
Representative Council Report Backs
Old Business
New Business
Roll Call
Present: Anna Kalinsky, Delaney Williams, Kristian Sumner, Grace Kim, Chanel Williams, Aleja Newman, Odeymarys Garrido, Ann Tran, Connie Lam, Shaina Robinson, Lyntana Brougham, Dani Weismann, Angie Koo, Carly Breen, Melanie Bahti, Joy Chan, Rachel Feynman, Prerana Vaddi, Leah Kahler, Olivia Hollinger, Elaine Holehan, Sofia Oleas, Marian Slocum, Shakari Badgett, Jillian Moroney, Sneha Bendapudi, Rhea Manglani, Julia Kim, Paola Bernal, Mikah Farbo, Natalie DiFrank, Miranda Smith, Makala Forster, Stephanie Montalvan, Lindsay Burak, Gabrielle Crossnoe, Nkechi Ampah, Catherine Wagner, Anna Sargeant, Pamudu Tennakoon, Pam Gassman, Dijia Chen, Swetha Narasimhan, Xavia Miles, Ava Hawkinson, Matison Hearn-Desautels, Leigh Peterson, Julie Henrikson.
Absent: Brenna Levitin, Modupe Olufemi, Heidi Gay, Alexis McDonald.
Charlie Bruce ‘16 called the meeting to order at 7:10pm
Charlie Bruce ’16: Hello everyone! This is our last meeting of the school year! Seniors, please stay after the meeting. The EBoard has something special planned for you!
Roll Call
Angela Motte ’17: Hi everyone! Just letting everyone know that in accordance with the state of Pennsylvania’s laws I am informing you that I will be recording this meeting.
Present: Anna Kalinsky, Delaney Williams, Kristian Sumner, Grace Kim, Chanel Williams, Aleja Newman, Odeymarys Garrido, Ann Tran, Connie Lam, Shaina Robinson, Lyntana Brougham, Dani Weismann, Angie Koo, Carly Breen, Melanie Bahti, Joy Chan, Rachel Feynman, Prerana Vaddi, Leah Kahler, Olivia Hollinger, Elaine Holehan, Sofia Oleas, Marian Slocum, Shakari Badgett, Jillian Moroney, Sneha Bendapudi, Rhea Manglani, Julia Kim, Paola Bernal, Mikah Farbo, Natalie DiFrank, Miranda Smith, Makala Forster, Stephanie Montalvan, Lindsay Burak, Gabrielle Crossnoe, Nkechi Ampah, Catherine Wagner, Anna Sargeant, Pamudu Tennakoon, Pam Gassman, Dijia Chen, Swetha Narasimhan, Xavia Miles, Ava Hawkinson, Matison Hearn-Desautels, Leigh Peterson, Julie Henrikson.
Absent: Brenna Levitin, Modupe Olufemi, Heidi Gay, Alexis McDonald.
Angela Motte ‘17: Thank you guys!
Charlie Bruce ’16: Next on the agenda is Announcements. During this item, any new items for discussion, questions, or announcements can be made. We have allotted ten minutes for this agenda item.
Announcements
Gabrielle Smith ‘17: The April Appointments Decisions are out! You can find out who has been appointed by checking out appointments.blogs.brynmawr.edu or on our SGA Facebook page! Please email me at gbsmith@brynmawr.edu if you have any questions.
Delaney Williams ’17 and Joy Chan ‘17: Decisions for elections will be posted soon. Songs Mistress for 2017 is still going on. Please nominate people.
Elizabeth Vandenberg ‘16: When do nominations end for 2017 Songs Mistress, and when are elections?
Delaney Williams ‘17: They end Wednesday, the election will be held the Monday and Tuesday during finals week.
Medoza Ameen ‘16: This past weekend was the Spring Board of Trustees meeting, so when we talked, they didn’t talk about hell week, but they talked about the new dorm being built. It will be completed in the fall as we come in in August. We also talked about December graduation- that’s an option if people didn’t know. They’re very excited about 360’s, too.
Aleja Newman ’17: What is December graduation?
Medoza Ameen ‘16: You can graduate a semester early if your credits are done.
Charlie Bruce ‘16: It’s not that people can graduate in December, but rather they can get their degree faster, which helps with jobs and stuff.
Elaine Holehan ’16 and Kristal Sotomayor ’17: Hey guys! We’re your film series coheads! If you have any suggestions please email us at eholehan@brynmawr.edu or ksotomayor@brynmawr.edu to give us ideas. We would really like your input! We’re also interested in working with clubs.
Kristian Sumner ‘17: What are your emails again?
Elaine Holehan ’16: eholehan@brynmawr.edu or ksotomayor@brynmawr.edu
Anna Kalinsky ’15 and Sofia Oleas ‘15: Hey guys, here is our recap on the Board of Trustees meeting. We participated in the Buildings & Grounds Board of Trustees meeting this past Friday, April 24th. We discussed New Dorm, the Park renovation project, and had some preliminary discussion about other buildings, such as Cartref, West House, Arnecliffe, and the Health Center. We toured New Dorm this past Tuesday – New Haffner has the most common spaces of any dorm, an elevator, laundry on every floor, and basically just looks like it’s going to be really pretty. Additionally, from the BoT meeting we can update that the interior of the building is nearly finished. Courtyard landscaping will begin mid-May and should be finished by July 10th. Furniture will be moved in mid-July. We’re still on time and on budget. They’ve also been speaking to masonry experts about the red brick on the dining hall and new Perry House. While putting in new brick or a facade is prohibitively expensive, they are figuring out ways to instead dye the bricks. This has the advantage of being cost-effective, long lasting (~20 years, as opposed to 3-5 for paint), and of the bricks not being one solid color they way they would be with paint. This would match better with the new addition to the building. This will not be done before the start of next semester, and they’re waiting to see how the buildings look with more landscaping before proceeding. On to Park, the purpose of this renovation stage is to open the building and make it more accessible, by replacing obsolete infrastructure, upgrading labs, classrooms, and study spaces, updating/reimagining the library, and showcasing the library. There is also work on making the building more green. Construction for stage 1 will tentatively take place between July 2016 and December 2017, though this isn’t set in stone. They’re also working on figuring out how to move people around while still making significant progress. Many of the buildings, such as the Health Center, West House, and Cartref are in various states of disrepair and are also not efficient spaces. For the most part they are residential spaces purchased by the College and modified to become administrative, which isn’t conducive to using space effectively. For the Health Center specifically, a task force has been looking at it and is nearing the end of its observation. There is potential talk of tearing down all of the buildings and combining West House, Cartref, and the Health Center – though this is still really speculative. Renovation of these spaces is estimated to cost roughly $4.5-6 million, and the Health Center is being prioritized. Also, as far as faculty housing: A few years ago, Bryn Mawr sold Pen-y-Bryn, which housed 16 faculty apartments. Arnecliffe is the only remaining faculty-housing space, and currently 6 of its 8 apartments are functional and being used. Renovating Arnecliffe would cost about $1.5 million dollars. About $800 million still remains from the sale of Pen-y-Bryn. The potential of knocking down old Perry House and using the impermeable space allotment to expand on Arnecliffe. Any questions?
Aleja Newman ‘17: So, what I’d like to call a point of information for brick dying?
Anna Kalinsky ‘15: So, new dorm is grey, so to better match the stone work with the other buildings, we’re going to dye the bricks. The other buildings around are all this grey color, and the remaining structure is red, so we’re going to just make it all match.
Aleja Newman ‘17: How about we take a student poll to gauge interest in this?
Anna Kalinsky ‘15: We will graduate before we could get that done.
Aleja Newman ‘17: What is an obsolete space in Park?
Anna Kalinsky ‘15: Have you been in park?
Sofia Oleas ‘15: Some of the rooms aren’t used for anything, like to the best of their ability, so like they’re trying to change that. Anything else? Ok. Thanks.
Molly Mac Dougall ‘16: Due to a lack of votes, the ballot for New Dorm Dorm President will be open 4/26 10pm – 4/27 10pm.
Sharkari Badgett ‘17: When will the votes be counted?
Molly Mac Dougall ’16: All results will be released at the same time, so when you find out the other dorm presidents.
Charlie Bruce ‘16: Graduation is on the horizon! Which means that we need marshalls. The marshalls participate in the procession and wear the black robes along with the other seniors. Lisa Zerneke, head of conferences and events, asked me to for the names of three student volunteers for commencement. email me at cebruce@brynmawr.edu if you’re interested. You will need to be available for a couple of rehearsals.
Also, we have a special guest: Jim Roese, who is hoping to get stock photographs for the website of people participating at SGA. If you’re uncomfortable with being photographed, please let her know. Also an announcement from Kersti Francis from development. The development office is in the midst of a fundraiser called The Class Color Challenge. The theme is Evens versus Odds and they’re filming a video with KCass to celebrate the winner. They need as many people as possible from all 4 class colors to make it look awesome! Anyone interested in being volunteers in the video just need to show up to the Senior Steps on Friday, May 1st, by 12:15 wearing their class color. It should be done by one at the latest. Also SENIORS on the representative council, don’t leave until the very end! The Eboard has a special surprise for you.
On to your two cents! We have allotted ten minutes for this agenda item.
Your Two Cents
Molly Mac Dougall ‘16: Spring 2015 Hearing Report! This semester, a total of 5 academic hearings were held. These hearings considered inappropriate use of sources, inappropriate citations, inappropriate use of translators in language courses, and inappropriate use of resources for an exam. Resolutions for the cases involved combinations of the following:
• Final Grades for the course to be lowered
• Grade caps on assignments
• grade caps in courses
• redoing assignments
• Reflective pieces
• Requiring students to work with Professors and Deans to plan better for stressful situations in the future and create support systems
Takeaways:
• Grades and opportunities attached to them are not more important than personal growth and integrity
• Ask for extensions or have your dean ask for you
• Know and use the resources available to you, including the writing center, reference librarians, academic support people, etc.
Anyone have comments or questions?
Charlie Bruce ‘16: With that we will move on to the next agenda item.
Discussion Hosted by Hell Week Working Group
Charlie Bruce ‘16: Members of the Hell Week Task Force are here to report back on the listening conversations that were held this past week. This agenda item is hosted by Pam Gassman ‘16, Dijia Chen ‘16, Maritza Vasquez-Trejo ‘17, Mary Beth Horvath, Francine Francl, and Dean Balthazar. We have allotted fifteen minutes for this agenda item.
Pam: We just want to give you all an overview. It’s not really a task force; it’s more of a working group.
Dean Balthazar: The working group, which includes four trustees, one other alum, Prof Francl, two staff, and three students (soon to be five)
• has met by ourselves 4 times.
• In addition, we have held two meetings with the entire community–two with students alone– and one walk-in session for faculty and staff alums. More than 200 people attended total.
• We have received more than 200 emails, 30 anonymous responses.
Dijia Chen ’16: As we review the information we receive, we will keep in mind
• the legal risk to the college and, most importantly, legal and mental health risks for the students.
• The intersection of a tradition designed to welcome entering students (but that involves the entire community) with concerns about alcohol use, title ix issues, community values of honesty and respect, hazing laws, and mental health.
Pam Gassman ’16: Over the next few weeks, we will
• review all information
• welcome two new traditions mistresses,
• meet with the college’s lawyer, with our title ix coordinator, and with the director of the counseling center
• Review policies regarding hazing, pledging at other schools
• talk further with students and
• bring our preliminary findings back to the community
We will then report to the board, the president and the community
Once we have defined the parameters–and our goal is to make them as broad as possible–we will move on to support the traditions mistresses and Hell Week committee as they develop a revised tradition.
Also to the person who wrote, “No one is going to read this LOL”…I read that so, we are reading them. Anyone have any questions?
Elizabeth Vandenberg ‘16: So because your mission involves looking at title IX issues and hell week, how have you involved the title IX coordinator?
Judy Balthazar: We’re currently gathering information, and when we have everything we want compiled, we are going to meet as a group and discuss it.
Pam Gassman ‘16: Any more questions?
Aleja Newman ‘17: I know that you said that you had two meetings with the community, but even after guidelines are made, will the community have room for input?
Pam Gassman ’16: Yes, it’ll be a continual process, but it’ll be up to everyone to support it and move forward.
Dijia Chen ‘16: So far our meetings have mostly been to get the communities input on what the values of hell week are, so we know which direction to push towards, and to gain more information about the legal parameters, and after this preliminary report is issued, we are expecting to work with the traditions mistress for next year. We also want to speak to the community to define values.
Pam Gassman ’16: We have time for one more question. Ok, none? Thanks. You can contact us at traditions2015@brynmawr.edu, we also have our anonymous forum. The board has also asked us, the students, to give our honest opinions. We’re here to talk to you guys, and we’re here for you guys, so please don’t doubt that.
Francine Francl: The chair was very clear that she wanted to read all of the information.
Pam Gassman ‘16: She wanted our personal opinions, so thank you guys for sending in those responses, thank you to the 200 people that came to our meetings. We’ll be in touch. Thanks!
Rep Council Report Backs
Charlie Bruce ‘16: Hey everyone! So last week, I asked the members of the representative council to report on things that they learned this year and things that they wished they had done differently. We have a lot of report-backs, so keep your responses quick and speak with enthusiasm! If you haven’t sent your report back to Angela yet, please do so.
Angela Motte ‘17: Please don’t forget to say your name and class year when you go up!
Pamudu Tennakoon ’15 and Anna Sargent ’15: This year, Anna and I acted as the Co-Heads of the Social Committee. Together, we worked hard to energize the position, which in the past few years had stagnated. We expanded our duties by helping the 2014-2015 e-board plan and execute BMLOW, the Bryn Mawr Leadership Orientation Workshop, an event run at the beginning of every semester. We also acted as a resource for any clubs or individuals who are interested in planning events. In addition to the Campus Center Halloween Party, the Committee planned and hosted the Winter Formal in Rhoads Dining Hall. This event had over 600 participants. Finally, we increased the use of the Bouncers Club, a paid bouncers position organized by the heads of the committee. Our bouncers helped bounce our own events, dorm events, and numerous Hell Week Events.
Paola Bernal ’17 and Shakari Badgett ’17: We’ve struggled this year in changing Erdman’s community dynamic, but we have encouraged people to express themselves artistically through chalk art in our walls. We’ve also had a lot of performances in Erdman this semester, which is great because people come in and are welcome to the community.
Leah Kahler ‘16 and Melanie Bahti ’16: We were elected as Rhoads South Co-Dorm Presidents in late February, so we had a pretty short term. We collaborated with the North DPs to host DLT meetings and worked to open communication between residents and ResCo. We also just hosted a very well-attended tea this afternoon for all of Rhoads.
Leah Kahler ’16: We are also successfully the tallest dorm presidents.
Prerana Vaddi ‘16 and Carly Breen ‘16: Hey everyone! Carly and I are Co presidents of Rhoads North. This year, we organized two HUGE dorm bashes in collaboration with the HAs and customs folks of Rhoads North. Since we all combined our budgets, we had a lot of food and a lot of fun! We definitely recommend other DPs doing the same because it saves a lot of time and energy and the turnout is GREAT. If we were to change something about our position, it would be that we were more connected with the peer mentors and honor board liaisons for our dorm.
Leigh Peterson ’15: My name is Leigh Peterson and I am the Merion dorm president. This semester, I did not initiate any new events, as I was busy addressing dorm problems, such as pipes bursting, theft, and resident’s troubles. (But I hosted one tea on Room Selection and will be hosting another the theme of which will be ‘the year in review.’) However in light of these troubles, I believe the Merion DLT came together and communicated well with each other in order to make our residents feel safe and understood. If I were to change something in the future, I think more interaction with the faculty adviser and Graduate assistant for the dorm would be a good way to better comprehend the extent of our resources and get advice when things seem too overwhelming.
Xavia Miles ’16: This semester I worked on outreach as well as working closely with Stephanie Nixon.
Dijia Chen ‘16 and Pam Gassman ‘16: We planned Parade Night, Lantern Night, and Hell Week this year and are almost finished with May Day. Our agenda this year has been to re-evaluate what Traditions means to the community, what the goals of Traditions are, and shape Traditions into safer, more accessible, and enjoyable experiences based on those goals. Some examples of initiatives we took are providing gloves for Lantern Night, making Heller Training online and into a quiz, instituting Dorm Reveal Support Team, etc. With that said, we ask the community in moving forward with the subject of Hell Week, not to jump to conclusions, respect individual opinions and attempt to envision a new and better Hell Week for the incoming class. Today , in a later section, the working group will also give a report of what we’ve been doing for the past few weeks and what we hope to do by the end of May.
Aleja Newman ’17 and Odeymarys Garrido ’17: We did a lot of things, such as the Hell Week Organization, Sophomore Senior Dance setup and bouncing, Tea with 2018, Tea in DVR, and we ordered lizard key chains.
Julia Kim ’18: Hello, my name is Julia Kim, class of 2018. I am a member-at-large. This year, I helped out Charlie and Angela with hanging up posters and advertising events. If I can change one thing, I would try to increase the involvement of international students in SGA.
Anna Kalinsky ‘15 and Sofia Oleas ’15: We tried to meet the community and situational demands of this year’s tribulations, including the Confederate flag incident, pipes bursting, and thefts, as well as more typical residential life concerns such as dorm maintenance and room draw. We also worked to increase staff transparency and to facilitate stronger relationships between Dorm Presidents and different staff offices, most notably Housekeeping, Campus Safety, and Facilities. We would like to see continued growth in the relationships between students, staff, and administrators in order to create a more productive, healthy, and safe community.
Rachel Feynman ‘15 and Lindsay Burak ’16: This semester, we hosted several successful teas including a PlenarTea to learn more about Plenary and how it works, and a Room Draw tea, which had great turnout. We resolved inter-hall issues, attended weekly res-co and SGA meetings, and led monthly DLT meetings. If we had to improve upon how we performed our roles, perhaps we would do more inter-hall/whole dorm activities.
Angie Koo ‘15 and Gabrielle Crossnoe ‘15: I am Angie Koo, 2015, and I am Gabrielle Crossnoe, 2015, and we are the Dorm Presidents of Pem East. This year we held two dorm teas (an afternoon-tea tea, with scones and assorted teas, and a game par-tea, with board games and guitar hero). We also coordinated with our Traditions Representatives to pull off all dorm-wide Hell Week events. Additionally, we found that residents really enjoyed colorful emails with terrible puns, and we think that contributed to a lot of great intra-dorm communication. If we could have done one thing different, it would have been to hold a hall vs. hall or East vs. West dorm Olympics.
Angie Koo ‘15 on behalf of Heidi Gay ’15: The Student Curriculum Committee met over the course of the year to discuss strengths and weaknesses of the current curricular design and started brainstorming ways we would like to see it changed. As the student representative to the Faculty Curriculum Committee, I have provided the student perspective and student experience in discussions and had numerous, productive conversations with members of the Committee with regards to the College’s curriculum. There are a couple of things I’d like to change – I’d like this role to have a greater working relationship with the student representative to the Faculty, because I feel that there could be some really productive conversations between the two positions, and secondly, it would be ideal if the Committee would have a defined role similar to the Faculty Committee.
Ava Hawkinson ’16 and Brenna Levitin ’16: This year, Brenna Levitin and I held Done is Good teas, created in-person and virtual office hours for off-campus students, coordinated with Dining Services regarding the Harry Potter Dinner and May Day meals, surveyed off-campus students about their off-campus experience and hosted a forum explaining the results and informing non-off-campus students of these results, and held a Q-discussion regarding sexual objectification in the BMC queer community in place of a Q-forum. It would’ve helped us to do our job better if we had hosted several “Get to Know Your Off-Campus Rep” teas near the different off-campus communities at the beginning of the year. More be people would’ve been motivated to come to our later events.
Marian Slocum ’15 and Makayla Forster ‘15: This semester has been very busy for us. We have arranged and organized the Senior Week activities which has included budgeting for these events, working with the Presidents Office, Conferences and Events, Student Activities, and the Alumni Association to coordinate for different activities, contacted and worked with the various venues involved in Senior Week activities, contracted transportation for students to all the events, and managed student sign-ups for the activities. We have also made Class of 2015 shirts and planned and organized two Senior Cocktails. We plan on having a third as a kick-off event for Senior Week. We have also worked with the Sophomore Class presidents and Junior Class presidents to host joint class teas as well as arranged a Senior Hoop tea with the Traditions Mistresses. One thing that we would change would be to have clearer instructions on who to coordinate with for Senior Week and Graduation activities that the Senior Class President(s) is/are involved in. We’d like to have a greater institutional memory for the position about what the end of year responsibilities for senior class president(s) include and how to best accomplish them.
Mikah Farbo ’15: Hey friends, I’m Mikah Farbo 2015, SAAC president. This year, we introduced “Show Your Colors” to increase fans at our athletic events and are hoping to have at least one per season next year. If I were to change something about my position, I would add more people to the representative council to represent athletics because one person is not representative of all athletes.
Connie Lam ‘18 and Ann Tran ‘18: During this past year, we have hosted teas such as two sister class teas, a heller-hellee mixer, a reds and dark blues tea, and have also hosted a tea for the Class of 2018. The heller-hellee mixer was a success in that we saw some people go along with our theme and stare into each others eyes and walk away with a new heller or hellee.
Elaine Holehan ‘16 and Olivia Hollinger ’16: As Dorm Presidents of Rock this school year, we hosted teas, tried some outreach meetings to get students more involved with SGA in our dorm, lead our dorm to victory in the Dorm Decorating Contest with the Winter Wonderland that became our Common Room, and threw a successful Rock St. Patty’s with the help of many students in our dorm and outside of it! Before the end of the year, we will be throwing our final dorm tea, a small-prize BINGO in the Rock Common Room during finals. We are happy to say that it has been a wonderful year in Rock and we are thrilled to have served in this position!
Grace Kim ‘16 and Chanel Williams ‘16: Hi Everyone. Our names are Grace Kim ’16 and Chanel Williams ’16 and we are the Co-Presidents of the Class of 2016. One initiative that we started is having a postcard-making event for those juniors studying abroad. We held this event both semesters and they were both a success. I would encourage the Class President(s) of the rising junior class to reach out to us if they are interested in hosting an event similar to this. One idea that we had, but couldn’t complete was making Class of 2016 shirts for this year. We would change our planning out of that idea so that it could be more effectively executed.
Sneha Bendapudi ‘16 and Jillian Moroney ‘16: We are the Dorm Presidents of Pembroke West. We gave a little something special to those being helled in our dorm by using the budget to get mason jars for the flowers. Also, throughout the semester, we stuck to our campaign promises and had a dorm hangout for the residents to meet the dorm traditions reps, a chocolate and henna tea, and are planning to hold one more hangout as a stressbuster during finals week.
Miranda Smith ‘16: It’s been an incredibly busy year here in McBride-land, so I’m going to limit this just to second semester initiatives; this Spring we completely revamped our McBride elections process- I’m happy to report that we are incredibly pleased with participation in this year’s elections round, and believe it can be attributed to increased accessibility and focused engagement with our community. If I could change one thing about my position, I would find ways to have more McBrides in attendance at SGA events.
Shaina Robinson ’17: This semester I worked with my fellow Members-At-Large to continue effectively representing the voices of the Bryn Mawr undergraduate community. I went on fact-finding missions for the Mawrk Notes and worked with Stephanie to compile them. I also helped design posters for the SGA Alumnae Panel that was held recently. Perhaps one of my favorite Member-At-Large tasks this semester was to write scripts and co-anchor SGA Meeting Recap videos with Matison and Stephanie. I had a lot of fun doing them and hope that our viewers liked them as well. I’ve really enjoyed being a Member-At-Large and getting the chance to work with my wonderful fellow MALS. This has been a great year for SGA and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.
Joy Chan ‘17 and Delaney Williams ’17: Delaney and I have been adjusting and balancing the responsibility of Election Heads. We just went through our first round during April and are still holding emergency elections for Songsmistress 2017. Although it’s a demanding job, we are excited to bring new initiatives to the election process and keeping it running as smoothly as the other heads have done before us. This round, we reached out to different mediums of publicity such as table toppers and a Facebook page for elections. However, we want to incorporate more popular forms of publicity such as exciting posters and “I Voted” stickers. We also plan on making the bylaws more transparent in writing and making the election process easier to follow.
Matison Hearn-Desautels ‘18: The most meaningful thing I did this year in my position: This year, I worked with my fellow Members-at-Large to increase visibility of and access to SGA. In my opinion, the most effective thing we did in terms of achieving this goal was producing weekly SGA meeting recap videos, which concisely update members of the community on important news. I hope that future Members-at-Large will continue making these videos.
Something I could change: I would change how well my position is defined and outlined. I think that given clearer expectations for the position members and the tasks they will be focusing on could make a significant impact on the productivity, effectiveness and accessibility of SGA.
Natalie DiFrank ’17 and Swetha Narasimhan ‘15: Hi I am the CPD Representative. This year we had a fall open house that got some new students in the CPD. I have also worked with other Career Peers on a Facebook page that reminds students about Walk in hours. The star has also begun to put up signs that say ask me LGBTQ+ Career questions to make sure students know that they are available for that. If would change anything it would be to increase the amount of events we have with either another open house or have the CPD sponsor workshops with clubs and affinity groups on campus. I also would want to better market the CPD so they understand what they can offer.
Julie Henrikson ’16: Hey y’all, I’m Julie Henrikson ’16, Batten House representative. This year Batten has better organized weekly community dinners, and we are planning a game night as house bonding that should be excellent. If I were to change something about my position, it would be finding a better way to integrate Batten’s commitment to consensus with SGA/ResCo’s need for one consistent representative.
Dani Weismann ’15 and Lyntana Brougham ’16: This year, we held two dorm teas in the fall and one in the spring. Our most recent tea was held around the beginning of room draw so our residents could come and ask us questions about room draw. We plan on holding a de-stresser tea during finals outside on Denbigh green. One thing we would have done differently is work harder to get residents to come to our teas.
Kristian Sumner ’17: Hi I’m the student Representative to the faculty. I attend every faculty meeting as well as every SGA meeting. I work with Mary Osirim to help spread information involving job talks and how students can get involved in how Bryn Mawr chooses its professors and faculty.
Stephanie Montalvan ’18: As a member at large this past year I worked closely with my other fellow members at large to improve communication between the undergraduate community and SGA members. I also work specifically on formatting and making Mawrk Notes.
Rhea Manglani ‘17: I put out two general surveys on people’s reactions with public safety on Hell Week and how Tom King and psafe handled the winter weather. I got mixed results from these surveys, but overall, found them helpful as discussion points for my meeting with Lil Burroughs, Mike Ramsey, and Art Weidle. However, through my one meeting with the three of them, I realized I was very passive as COPs head and should’ve established monthly meetings with them. Through this meeting, I realized I should’ve told the student body how much of a resource psafe is and how they are willing to bring in guest speakers on subjects like domestic violence or just meet with students at teas. I will help whoever gets this role next year not repeat the same mistakes that I committed.
Nkechi Ampah ’16 and Catherine Wagner ’15: This year, Catherine and I are most proud of the way that the Radnor community came together post the confederate flag incident and our dorm BBQs. Radnor welcomed first years again last semester, people new to Radnor, returners, and a four year resident. All of the community came together for our favorite dorm tea, the Radnor BBQ. We’re excited to announce our next BBQ, this Thursday at 4pm!
Charlie Bruce ‘16: Thank you all for sharing the wonderful things you’ve done and learned. With that, we’re going to move on to old business. During old business, material that has already been presented may be revisited, questioned, or announced. We have allotted 10 minutes for this agenda item.
Old Business
Charlie Bruce ’16: No old business? Ok, what about new business? Any new items for discussion, questions, or announcements can be made that relate to the representative’s position. We have allotted 10 minutes for this agenda item.
New Business
Charlie Bruce ’16: Nothing? Ok! We are nearing the end of our last meeting. Seniors please stay afterwards.
Anna Kalinsky ’15: I motion to end the meeting.
Grace Kim ’16: I second.
Charlie Bruce ‘16: This is a representative council vote only; please consult with your co-held position.
(Voted to adjourn meeting: Anna Kalinsky, Delaney Williams, Kristian Sumner, Grace Kim, Chanel Williams, Aleja Newman, Odeymarys Garrido, Ann Tran, Connie Lam, Shaina Robinson, Lyntana Brougham, Dani Weismann, Angie Koo, Carly Breen, Melanie Bahti, Joy Chan, Rachel Feynman, Prerana Vaddi, Leah Kahler, Olivia Hollinger, Elaine Holehan, Sofia Oleas, Marian Slocum, Shakari Badgett, Jillian Moroney, Sneha Bendapudi, Rhea Manglani, Julia Kim, Paola Bernal, Mikah Farbo, Natalie DiFrank, Miranda Smith, Makala Forster, Stephanie Montalvan, Lindsay Burak, Gabrielle Crossnoe, Nkechi Ampah, Catherine Wagner, Anna Sargeant, Pamudu Tennakoon, Pam Gassman, Dijia Chen, Swetha Narasimhan, Xavia Miles, Ava Hawkinson, Matison Hearn-Desautels, Leigh Peterson, Julie Henrikson)
Charlie Bruce ’16: Meeting adjourned! Thank you all for everything you’ve done!
Meeting Adjourned at 8:03 pm