{"id":6140,"date":"2017-02-07T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/?p=6140"},"modified":"2017-02-07T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T14:02:18","slug":"cultural-11-16-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/studentsenate\/cultural-11-16-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural 11-16-16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEETING START TIME:\u00a0<\/strong>5:03 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>ATTENDANCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Committee:\u00a0<\/strong>Chairwoman Brittany Kraft, Michael Bachilas, Laura Creese, Kelly Watka, Evan Cummiskey, , Darien Strassfield, Ryan McWeeney, Nicolette St. Amand<\/p>\n<p><strong>Late:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Absent: <\/strong>Kevin Speckmann<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-Committee<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>COMMITTEE DISCUSSION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">International Education Week\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Senate volunteers may be needed for various events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Culture on Campus\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Want to make sure that every student feels comfortable on campus<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Senate press statement released 11-16-16<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Possibly conduct a forum for students to express ideas about how campus culture can be improved<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Spirit of Giving\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Awaiting information about recipients<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Donations will be collected by Student Senate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Stress Relief Program\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">1<sup>st<\/sup> 7pm-8pm<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Yoga taught by Laura Creese<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Meditation (?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Counseling Center\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">PowerPoint presentation\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Statistics about counseling trends on college campuses<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Current information about URI Counseling Services<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Comparing URI\u2019s Counseling Services with UCONN\u2019s and UNH\u2019s<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Addressing concerns about URI\u2019s Counseling Center\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">NAMI Recommendations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Senate\u2019s Recommendations\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Schedule appointments online (Starfish)\n<ul>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">\u201cchat feature\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Ensure policy is in place to treat mental well-being\/health the same as physical<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Reform Early Alert<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Increase group counseling and general services\/outreach<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Consider \u201cExpect Me\u201d app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"minutes_text\">Start the conversation with Counseling Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a05:53pm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEETING START TIME:\u00a05:03 pm ATTENDANCE: Committee:\u00a0Chairwoman Brittany Kraft, Michael Bachilas, Laura Creese, Kelly Watka, Evan Cummiskey, , Darien Strassfield, Ryan McWeeney, Nicolette St. Amand Late: Absent: Kevin Speckmann Non-Committee: COMMITTEE DISCUSSION: International Education Week Senate volunteers may be needed for various events Culture on Campus Want to make sure that every student feels comfortable on 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