MEETING START TIME: 6:00PM

 

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Chair Morabito, Vice Chair Nelson, Senator Leach, Senator Newbery

Absent:

Non-Committee: VP Howard

 

DISCUSSION:

TOPIC 1: DOC Sardihna and Chair Morabito went to talk to the OMBUDs

• OMBUD coming to public forum during late October or early November
• They have no idea what Academic Affairs or Senate does
• Confused but happy that we also get academic complaints
• Want to reach out the name of the OMBUD to HRL and more
• No one really knows what they OMBUD does
• There are there for “if people have been treated unfairly”
• They are looking into the programs Early Alert and Anchor
• Their office is in Roosevelt at 138A
• Email: officeofombud@etal.uri.edu

TOPIC 2: Indigenous People’s Day

• Meet with director of MSSC to discuss
• He thinks it may be a losing fight
• Might send president Adriana with questions about indigenous people’s day during her meeting with Dooley
• As long as we are making progress it is still worth looking at

TOPIC 3: Council of Post Secondary Education

• RI Post-Secondary Councel comes to URI a few times on Wednesdays at 6pm

TOPIC 4: Elections Day

• Chair Straube knows someone who may “have a way to get elections day off for URI students”

Extra:

• “Rite Aid is literally CVS, but different”
• Can Gage’s Dad really donate school supplies from Rite Aid?
• Senator Newbury taking a lead the school supply donation project
• Final exam rights need to be dome before 2 weeks before finals, probably in November

 

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 6:37