MEETING START TIME: 04:58 PM

ATTENDANCE: 

Committee: Solomon, Patterson, Natowich, Lee, Montecalvo, Pasquale, Uy, Goldstein, Maynard, McQuade

Absent: Schaffert, Consuegra

COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:

 

• Student Affairs Diversity Committee
• Meets first Wednesday of every month at 1 pm
• Trying to get more student representation
• McQuade
• Solomon: Meeting with Melvin
• MCC: Working with a group, MUSIC
  • Multicultural Unity and Student Involvement Council
  • They want to request money to give to cultural groups
  • Basically a sub- senate for the MCC
  • Bruce believes MUSIC should exist, but with limited powers
  • Use MUSIC to help us with the end of semester event
• End of Semester Event:
• Work with MCC and MUSIC  
• To get cultural food:
  • Contact Dining Services to have them fill out a form saying that the multicultural foods we’re interested in are not possible for them to make (forcing us to get the food from other vendors)
  • Bonfire
• Alternative to this: smaller events weekly/ monthly
• Rhody Paws
• Start contacting ASAP
• Concept:
  • Dog goes through training with it’s owner
  • Receives certification to be a service dog
• Go to hospitals, schools, help wounded soldiers, etc.
• Very well trained, friendly
  • Way for a people to feel better
  • Brings people together, love of dogs
  • Out on the quad, let dogs roam
  • Free
  • Counseling services is present
• Tentative Date: Monday April 28, second to last day of classes
  • Rain Date: Tuesday April 29, last day of classes
• Additional Ideas:
  • If you give a donation, you can get a picture with a dog and Rhody with a fancy camera
  • Rubber bands for cash box
• Safety and Risk Management:
  • Cynthia Stanton: Patterson

• Assignments:
• Keep thinking of ideas y’all
• Patterson: Contact Cynthia Stanton: Safety and Risk Management
• Solomon: Talk to SAA for Rhody at Rhody Paws, talk to Cheryl
• Maynard: Talk to Rhody Paws before end of February
• Uy: Facebook Page

 

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 05:26 PM