SOARC 10-3-16

MEETING START TIME: 4:00 pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Sam King, Eric Wang, Jen Scotti, Romanuel Percy, Michael Bachials, Natasha Nemeth, Austin Faria Absent: Dan Bertel, Austin Cordova Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: URI NAMI Required documentation of their recognition under the URI Student Senate to be recognized under their national organization Write letter for NAMI Provide copy of […]

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Campus 10-4-16

MEETING START TIME: 6:00 PM ATTENDANCE: Boutmy, Cocozza, Igbineweka, Speckmann, Williams, Strobel Committee: Boutmy, Cocozza, Strobel, Williams, Speckmann, Igbineweka Absent: Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Safety and Lighting Walk President Dooley is joining the event Splitting up in small groups going around campus Looking for dark spots and testing blue lights on campus Garbage Trucks Morgan meeting […]

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Academic 10-6-16

MEETING START TIME: 3:30 ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairman Garcia, Vice-Chair Temple, Senator Curtis, Senator Russo Absent: Non-Committee: N/A COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Library Hours Workshop Our current library hours: Weekdays: 7:30AM-12:00PM Fridays: 7:30 AM – 8:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 8:00PM Sunday: 1:00PM- 12:00AM Including finals week We feel that the library is not accessible enough to […]

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Exec 10-3-16

MEETING START TIME: 6:15PM  ATTENDANCE: Committee: Anderson, Araújo, Boutmy, Buck, Donnelly, Garcia, Inkley, King, Kraft, Montecalvo, Stikeman Absent: Non-Committee: Maureen McDermott COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Maureen McDermott Looking for some funding for the new furniture in the Airport Lounge Had previously spoke about Senate’s willingness to help with funding Senate had verbally committed to about $30,000 last […]

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SOARC 9-26-16

MEETING START TIME: 4:00 pm ATTENDANCE: Committee: Sam King, Eric Wang, Jen Scotti, Austin Cordova, Romanuel Percy, Michael Bachials, Natasha Nemeth, Austin Faria Absent: Dan Bertel Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: URI Flow Who attended: President Meeting time and place: Not set time and place yet. Members – 145 Elections held to our standards: Yes Purpose: Diverse […]

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Exec 9-26-16

MEETING START TIME: 6:00PM ATTENDANCE: Committee: Anderson, Boutmy, Buck, Donnelly, Garcia, Inkley, Kraft, Montecalvo, Stikeman Absent: Araújo Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: SOARC – Chairwoman King Assigned committee members groups for rerec. Rerec ongoing, committee members contacting respective groups Bill going on the floor Wednesday. Amending student senate voting procedure. Want groups to be able to be […]

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Campus 9-27-16

MEETING START TIME: 6:00 PM  ATTENDANCE: Boutmy, Cocozza, Igbineweka, Speckmann, Williams, Strobel, Anderson Committee: Boutmy, Cocozza, Strobel, Williams, Speckmann, Igbineweka Absent: Non-Committee: Anderson COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Garbage Complaints Garbage trucks coming earlier Going to talk about it Resource Booth Went really well with PLEASE PLEASE wants to talk about resources we have on campus and how […]

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Academic 9-29-16

MEETING START TIME: 4:05 ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairman Garcia, Vice-Chair Temple, Senator Curtis Absent: Senator Russo Non-Committee: N/A COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Library Hours Workshop Our current library hours: Weekdays: 7:30AM-12:00PM Fridays: 7:30 AM – 8:00 PM Saturday: 10:00 AM – 8:00PM Sunday: 1:00PM- 12:00AM Most schools have more than one libraries. Brown University has 8 Libraries Plan […]

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Academic 9-23-16

MEETING START TIME: 3:58 ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairman Garcia, Vice-Chair Temple, Senator Russo, Senator Curtis, Senator Porter Absent: N/A Non-Committee: Paul/ Natalie (Bookstore representatives) COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Book Store Used URI bookstore survey to make a comparison to national data. Survey didn’t pinpoint course materials, but focused on customers’ perceptions of bookstore 1000+ responses to survey expected […]

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Academic 9-15-16

MEETING START TIME: 3:58 ATTENDANCE: Committee: Chairman Garcia, Vice-Chair Temple, Senator Russo, Senator Curtis, Senator Porter Absent: N/A Non-Committee: Paul/ Natalie (Bookstore representatives) COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: Book Store Used URI bookstore survey to make a comparison to national data. Survey didn’t pinpoint course materials, but focused on customers’ perceptions of bookstore 1000+ responses to survey expected […]

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