September 12, 2013 Minutes Members present: Raymond Banda, President Amanda Bird, Vice President Ariana Makini, Treasurer Isaiah Keamo, Secretary Noah Keamo, Senator Jenna Lo, Senator Raezheen Pascua, Senator Michael Bayrd, Senator Michael Connolly, Senator Joei Gomez, Senator Advisor: none Excused absence: Lexer Chou Meeting is called to order at 3:04p.m. I. Guest: Dr. Manaseri 1. Maka’ala referrals went out to students a. Campus early alert program b. Tells students if their academic standing is not good c. Professors and counselor are notified if student isn’t doing well • It was hard to inform students that they weren’t doing well because many students have changed their phone numbers without changing it on their MYUH d. Purchased Starfish last semester • Asks instructors to provide which students have attended 1st week of the semester e. Will do Maka’ala 5th week of semester too 2. “No Show” List • Data wasn’t very good from last semester • Person in charge was manually inputting students into class so she forgot to drop the students from the class that dropped the class a. Students aren’t allowed to drop their last class online • If student receives a bill, they have to write an appeal to Dr. Manaseri 3. 8th Week- send out surveys to professor a. Student gets informed about performance in class 4. Many campuses are uploading Starfish software a. Representatives from each campus are coming to Leeward for workshops on Starfish b. There will be a publication about Leeward receiving a “Rising Star Award” 5. VSOC a. Veteran’s admin pays to have vet rep. work here at Leeward • Bill and Michael b. Provides more support for Vets c. Still pushing for a Vet Center • Grant is helping to do this • Looking for a vet counselor • Currently space is an issue for a center d. Perhaps center will be located at West O’ahu spot e. Classes will be held in E building f. $2million allotted to Leeward to renovate UHWO space 6. Halau a. Has a grant to renovate the Halau 7. Renovations for UHWO space a. Hired someone to estimate repairs • Will cost about $2million 8. OCEWD Buildings will become rail station a. Money from state will probably go to UHWO renovations b. Park and ride station at Pearl Highlands • Perhaps parking permit or structure 9. Department of Labor gave $22Mil to all the Hawaii CCs for Department of Labor office 10. Many requests from high schools to offer early college classes a. High schools have grants to pay for student tuition • Waipahu High is most aggressive b. National early college conference in November • Students can earn associates before they graduate from high school c. Early start program is also happening in Waianae program d. Students who take early start, have better success rate than in college e. Will early start programs become pathways? • Example is “medical pathway” • Hoping to get to that point, but we’ll have to wait a bit 11. Professors not using Laulima a. Hard to schedule meetings unless you talk to them personally • That’s why we have Starfish • Date will be added to their calendar too 12. Out to Lunch Program a. Talk to Tommy Lynn about student price b. Look at Student Success mini-grant 13. Student Success a. Conference in Hawaii b. Take your professor to lunch program from University of SC • Students can take their professor out for lunch • Lunch will be paid for c. John Gardner will do a webinar on Oct. 14th at 2:00p.m. • Students and faculty will be invited to come • Will be held in the theatre 14. Team Care a. Sept. 25th- program in GT 105 on cyber safety b. Early in October there will be a relationship workshop c. Nov. 6th- is suicide prevention workshop 15. Better signage on campus a. Is there a way the paper signage can be switched to some kind of plaque or something 16. Showers a. We were told about the theatre ones b. Mark Lane told us that the Ed. Building would have showers Break- 3:58p.m. Called back to order- 4:04p.m. II. Announcements A. Schedule 15min meetings with Lexer; talk to Melina, Steph, and May B. Only use painter’s tape on the walls in the office • Other tapes will take paint off wall • Preferably tacks • Painter’s tape goes bad III. Approval of Minutes from September 5, 2013 with Corrections Michael motions to approve the minutes with corrections Rae seconds 9-yes 1-abstain Motion carries IV. Unfinished Business A. Event Attendance a. Make sure to keep count of people at meetings b. Mike made a document on the Z-Drive about events • Make sure to check off when you’ve attended an event • Amanda also printed a hard copy V. New Business A. DSA and E-Cigarettes 1. When Raymond and Amanda met with Mark Lane a. You can get fined for not using DSA when smoking b. Asked Mark Lane if it’s possible to get a HPD to give tickets on campus c. Which route should we take? 1. Either go completely smoke free 2. Or only have students smoke in DSA locations We are all in agreement with moving with the DSA 2. E-Cigarettes a. We will make a sign for the Lounge • We’ll have to meet with Lexer • Tabled for next week b. E-Cigs can be labeled as a distraction B. October Tabling Ideas a. Isaiah will write a list on the white board in the office C. Community Service Ideas 1. Malama Hale’iwa Loko’ Ea 2. Relay for Life 3. Habitat for Humanity 4. Angel Tree Project 5. Toys for Tots 6. Buddy Walk for Kona Silva 7. Helping Abandoned Babies in Hospital 8. Mao Organic Farms 9. Adopt-A-Highway 10. Hokulea Visits Makua 11. Haunted Plantation 12. Pumpkin Patch 13. Service Baseball Fields Joei will make a list on the Google shared drive D. Funding Approval for Movie Tickets a. Student Life movie tickets • Regal: $715 • Consolidated: $683 • Total: $1398 Rae motions to increase the amount for movie tickets from $1325 to $1500 to purchase tickets for both Regal and Consolidated Cinemas Isaiah seconds Unanimous decision Motion carries E. ACUI Funding Approval • 6 of us will be able to attend for 3 days • 1 will be able to attend 2 days a. Raymond couldn’t find any other hotel surrounding the Hilton that were cheaper b. Hotel- $205 per night c. Registration per person- $150 Ari motions to approve $3500 for the ACUI Conference • Hotel: $2000 for hotel • Registration: $1500 Rae seconds the motion Unanimous decision Motion carries F. Computer- tabled for next week VI. Committees 1. Academic Grievance 2. BOSC 3. Campus Council 4. Caucus 5. Commencement 6. Curriculum 7. DVAC 8. Space Committee 9. Faculty Senate 10. IT Standing 11. Ka Mole 12. Library Advisory Board 13. Marketing 14. Student Success A. First Year Experience a. Workshops on Big Island B. Committee for students about Student Success C. “Out to Lunch” a. “Coffee Break”- Amanda D. John Gardner a. $50,000 per semester E. If students don’t pass Compass test, they’ll be suggested to take a different class 15. Sustainability 16. Student Conduct Code 17. UHCC Strat Plan 18. Unsatisfactory Academic Progress VII. Exec. Board Reports 1. Isaiah a. 9/11 event b. JPS Open House 2. Ariana a. 9/11 • Prepared signage • Took down flags b. Emails for B&F c. Has to change her office hours for Friday 3. Amanda a. Met with Mark Lane b. Student Success c. Requests: • Food survey to see what is popular in the café Joei will create the survey online We’ll also have a paper survey • T-shirt vendor approval Mike will find the vendor approval Michael will assist Mike w/ designer • Create a sign for the road out in front that it’s not owned by Leeward Noah will make a blurb for Facebook 4. Raymond a. 9/11 b. Met with Mark Lane VIII. Weekly Reports 1. Jenna 2. Raezheen a. Student Success b. Decorated for 9/11 event in Waianae c. Talked to professor about the Great Aloha Run • Wants t-shirts for club 3. Michael a. 9/11 event 4. Mike a. 9/11 event 5. Joei a. Called food places for caucus b. Steve Jaques requested for help with LRC conversation groups 6. Noah a. Brainstormed ideas to help teachers with tech b. Helped pull flags from 9/11 event Meeting adjourned at 5:19p.m.
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