VCSU Student Senate
Meeting Minutes
February 27, 2012
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Call to Order
a. Krueger calls meeting to order at 7:03pm.
Roll Call
a. Total: 16
b. Present: Aune, Dahlberg, Dammel, Davis, Edinger, Faure, Haugeberg, Hoover,
Johnson, Kyei Asare, Krueger, Martin, Oakes, Oladosu, Pederson, Wright
c. Excused: Jilek, Rhyan, Shadlock
d. Unexcused: NONE
e. Quorum: Met at 84.21%
Approval of Minutes
a. Hoover moves to approve the minutes.
i. Motion passes
Approval of Agenda
a. Dahlberg moves to approve the agenda.
i. Motion passes.
New Business
a. Glen’s Goodbye
i. Glen is leaving within the next week
ii. Last year we got him a jacket and a clock
iii. Come up with something to give to him or do something for him
1. VCAB is giving him a tree, and the RA’s are giving him a grill.
2. He golfs and fishes
iv. Dahlberg motions to get a stepping-stone and a gift certificate to a
restaurant for Glen for his retirement.
1. Faure amends the motion to use student funds to buy the stone
and a card, and student senate chips in to buy a gift certificate.
a. Motion passes
2. Main motion passes
b. VPSA
i. There will be four candidates for this position
ii. We need to meet with them on March 5, 19, and 20 at 11:00am on all
three of the days.
iii. There will be a fourth one
1. No notification on when this one will be
iv. We will dress up for this.
c. All-Senate-Get-Together
i. Every fall and spring, we hold this event
ii. Oladosu volunteers to coordinate event
d. NDSA Requirements
i. It is required for senate members to attend NDSA at least twice
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ii. Needs to be a constitutional change, and become effect during Fall 2012
iii. Edinger motions to approve that if you miss an NDSA, it is two unexcused
absences at the discretion of the president.
1. Motion passes
e. Condolences
i. Send a card from student senate to NDSU and to DSU student senate for
the times they are going through on their campus with administrative
issues and being grounded to the campus
ii. Dammel motions to send condolence cards to NDSU and to DSU.
1. Motion passes
Unfinished Business
a. Spring Blast
i. Got notification from the co-chairs that we have been assigned
Wednesday as the day for our activities.
ii. Need to get ahold of Dairy Association
iii. Need to talk to facility services
iv. Pederson volunteers and Krueger will call the Dairy Association
v. Senate would be willing to work the Wednesday dance
b. Viking Pilot
i. Two nominees
ii. Keep voting for people
c. Teacher of the Year
i. Get an email out
d. Student Advocate
i. Has a form from last year that needs to be sent out
ii. Week after spring blast
e. Viking Spirit
i. Two weeks ago winner was Erin Edinger
ii. Last week’s winner was Alan Spanier
Reports
a. President
i. Attended a marijuana webinar about the impact of marijuana and it’s
evolving atmosphere
ii. Also had planned Success 2015
1. HLC did not get documents out
iii. Had a university and city task force meeting
1. Further discussions on the prevalence of what should be done
around campus and within the city to make it more beautified.
2. Looking at creating a blanked ordinance around Valley City
3. Discussed options for replacing housing along College Street.
a. All the houses on the north side of the road will be cleared
b. Bought out by the city by FEMA
4. Looking at other options for housing and where housing people
should build apartments around campus to attract students
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5. Also talked about building the apartment and leasing it to the
college
a. Would be under University Policy
iv. Has environmental task force meeting next week with Aune being
Krueger’s replacement
Vice President
i. Had IT mini grant meeting
1. Approved a couple of grants
ii. One-Card Meeting
1. Project is well underway
2. New camera system is in place
3. Will go live with the system July 9
4. Card swipes on residence halls
5. Contact list
a. Touch your card or have it near it
Treasurer
i. We have $37739.12 in our account
ii. Finance commission meeting for DECA and SHRM
iii. Working on budget for next year.
Secretary
i. Spoke to IT about possibly getting a projector in.
1. Should be in next semester
NDSA
i. Constitution and Finance to be turned into Internal Affairs committee
1. Passed
ii. Going to get an extra voting delegate
1. Have 40 for every 1000 students
iii. Have three delegates assigned to each committee
1. Need to find people for next fall
iv. Finance committee is looking at switching how money is handled
v. Further discussion on efficiency document
1. Decided to support LMS and lecture capture systems as well as
accepting new students
2. Low enrollment not supported
vi. Textbook options
1. We want professors to consider use of e-books and abbreviated
textbooks
vii. Sent condolences to DSU for hardships
viii. Nominations
1. Dammel for Internal Affairs
VCAB
i. Upcoming Events:
1. February 29: Work Out Wednesday—Zumba
ii. Past Events:
1. February 21: Black History Month
2. February 22: WOW—Zumba
3. February 24: Vikings After Dark
g. IRHC
i. NO REPORT
h. Viking Ambassadors
i. NO REPORT
i. Athletics
i. Basketball
1. In the first round of the tournament, the Viking Women defeated
Dakota State University 61-45. On Saturday in the Semifinals VCSU
defeated #7 Jamestown College by a score of 58-50 to earn
another bid to the National Tournament. On Sunday afternoon
the Viking Women were defeated in the finals by California State
University in O.T. 52-54 to place 2nd in the A.I.I. tournament.
2. The #25 Viking Men lost in the semifinals of the A.I.I. tournament
to Dakota State University 73-82 to finish the season with a 20-10
record.
ii. Softball and Baseball
1. The Viking softball team was in action this weekend as they
defeated Jamestown College 9-3 at St. Cloud University. The
Vikings then played Division 2 opponents, Augustana College and
Upper Iowa they lost both contest by scores of 4-10 & 3-8.
2. The Viking Baseball team was swept by Division 2 Crookston
College 5-0 & 5-4. They came back the next day as they split with
Division 3 St. Johns University losing the first 2-0, & winning the
second 2-1.
iii. Track & Field
1. The Viking Women will make their second consecutive bid to the
National Tournament which will be held at the Tyson Sports Arena
in Sioux City, IA starting on March 7th – More information to
follow.
2. The Viking Track and Field team qualified two athletes to the
indoor Championships held in Geneva, OH. Wayne Engelhard will
compete in the 800 and Darien Moore will compete in the Weight
Throw and Shot Put. The Championships get underway on March
1st.
j. Fine Arts
i. NO REPORT
k. Communication and Social Sciences
i. NO REPRESENTATION
l. Business and Information Technologies
i. This week we will have (3) candidates on campus for the Economics
position interviews:
1. Ram Lau (Monday, February 27th)
2. Juan Garces (Tuesday, February 28th)
3. Vicar Valencia (Friday, March 2nd)
ii. DECA will be Co-chaired by Rick Ross and Brenda Finger now.
iii. SHRM will be Co-chaired by Phil Deger and Jamie Paurus
iv. We had 35 students complete the Advisor survey.
v. BIT Division will be working on Budget Requests. Some of the items we
are requesting are:
1. Remodel McF 122 to be similar to McF 121
2. BAIT Camp Resources
3. Leadership Day Funding
4. Newsletter Funding
m. Education
i. NO REPORT
n. Science and Math
i. NO REPORT
o. Other Reports
i. CIFT
1. There are faculty interviews going on for Biochemistry, education,
and BIT.
a. Music also has an offer to get a new faculty person.
2. Graduate school has a couple of applications for summer
3. The IT is obtaining a new employee
4. Enrollment services are working on promoting VCSU at ND, SD,
MN, Wyoming, and Montana
5. Applications are less than how many were received from last year
6. 80% of freshman have returned for this semester
7. Summer schedule has been finalized
8. The board office came out with a subplan with a Bachelor of
University Studies to tag students who are undeclared
9. Fall semester registration is April 3rd and 4th
ii. Curriculum Committee
1. Discussed policies
a. How curricular changes should be handled
b. Looking into adding a schedule of what changes need to go
where and how to handle them
2. Textbook policy
a. Long discussion on royalties
3. New course proposed for next catalog
a. ENGL 493: Theory, Practice, and Writing
iii. Library meeting
1. Do some more library programming
2. Two more for this semester
3. Strongly encourage
4. Viking Voyagers
a. Incorporate into English programs to have students aware
of resources and how to use them correctly
5. Need more suggestions for purchase
6. Did something with e-book selection
7. Have five different schools that you can check e-books on.
8. New website for library is going to be up soon
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Announcements
a. Vote for Viking Pilot
b. Rick Ross sent out email about chili cookoff
c. Keep telling people to register for the Blackboard Senate Site.
Adjournment
a. Dammel motions to adjourn meeting.
i. Motion passes
ii. Adjourned at 7:34pm