MINUTES
NOVEMBER 6, 2014
I. Opening of Meeting
a. Call to Order
i. Vice President Bryson called the meeting to order at 5:00PM in the
Cascade Room of the Atwood Memorial Center at St. Cloud State
University.
b. Pledge of Allegiance
c. First Roll Call [x for present, o for absent]
President Gunnerson x
Vice President Bryson x
Executive Assistant Gunnerson X
Chief Justice Smith x
Chair Dyer x
Chair Gutschx
Chair Hagemeier o
Chair High x
Chair Muzammil x
Chair Pegg x
Chair Pradhan x
Chair Robinson x
Chair Vogl x
Chair Johnson x
Coordinator Swenson x
Senator Aurand Weisman o
Senator Blosser o
Senator Fisher x
Senator Gross x
Senator Hwang x
Senator Le x
Senator Manning x
Senator Meyer x
Senator Pexa x
Senator Phillips x
Senator Ronning x
Senator Schnoor x
Senator Scofield o
Senator Uecker x
Senator Witthuhn x
Senator Young x
Senator Drinkwine x
Senator Wething o
Senator Kollie x
Senator Sikorski x
d. Approval of Agenda
i. Moved to approve by [Senator Meyer]
ii. Seconded by… [Senator Meyer]
a. Agenda Approved…[Vice President BRYSON]
e. Approval of Minutes
i. Moved to approve by...[Senator Fisher]
ii. Seconded by…[Senator Manning]
a. Minutes Approved –Vice President Bryson
II. Hearings
a. Open Gallery I :
Lisa Foss: strategy planning, effectiveness of university, institutional data,
assessment and accreditation, useful to give you some background
information, overall we decided to look at our headcount and who are our
students, 15415 students on campus, 89.2% undergraduate students, 18-24
years old, about 31% is part time which is a trend that’s increasing,
anything under 12 credits is part time, students of color growth it is over
16% now.
-Slight increase of international students. Where do they come from? All
over the world! Equally male and female, youngest is 16 oldest is 74. 17%
are first generation, 1600 graduate students, median age for undergrads is
21. 76 is our oldest graduate student.
-More women grad students than men. Retention, difference of cohort
students we pay attention to. Increase in academic profile in new entering
students. Credit taking behavior is kind of alarming.
- Need 15 each semester, goes down the longer they are here. Predicting
new entering freshmen class, 30 credits equivalent to one full time student.
Question: Senator Sikorski: do you know the percentage of students that
take less than 12 credits and over 25?
Answer: I do not know that off of hand, we need to figure out what’s
happening there
Question Chair Robinson: do you know if those people transferred and if
that’s why it goes down?
Answer: Not likely transfer students, retention means they are leaving and
going somewhere else
Finance Hearings: NONE!
b. Internal Elections : None
i. Judicial Council:
ii. Fee Allocation : Anna:
Samba: International student from west Africa, new student,
started this semester, VP of international club, make them feel
at home, funds, budgets, I want to continue the experience I
had, as a community college we did not have a lot of money,
Question: Senator Schnoor: What made you want to come to
MN?
Answer: I spent 4 years in NJ and Philly
Chair Vogl: do you know any of the director managed areas?
Answer: No I am unsure
Chair Muzzamill: will you commit your time to the committee?
Answer: Yes
Senator Le: why pick SCSU?
Answer: good deal here
Chair Johnson: how do you remain unbiased?
Answer: I worked with diverse people, values and religion,
while working with them you want to base your decision on
how to get the goal done
Anna: tech fee chair in training, interested from
communication perspective, want to make sure connection is
there, want to be a part of the decision making process,
participating and observing, taking courses
Chair Vogl: do you know any of the director manager areas
Answer: Atwood, veterans, resources, women’s center, health
services, lindgren, LGBT, athletics
Chair Muzzamil: are you willing to commit your time?
Answer: yes
Chair Johnson: how will you remain unbiased?
Answer: worked at a law firm, have experience with that
already
Senator Schnoor: could you elaborate on why the connection
will help?
Answer: it will make major decisions easier!
Discussion:
Senator Le: Move To white ballot
Second
BRING EM IN!
iii. Senate finance
iv. Senator At-Large
v. College Senator
III. Plenary Session I :
a.
Unfinished Business :
i. SG Bill 003
Discussion:
Call to question
Second
Voice Vote: all in favor of approving SG bill 003 please say I
This Bill passes
b. New Business
i. SG Bill 004
Discussion: tabled for one week
Senator Meyer: Move to scratch 20 minute recess
Second
Discussion: move to change recess to 10 mins
Second
IV. Recess – 20 Minutes [strike 20 minute recess change to 10 minutes]
V. Officer Reports
a.
President [type reports for all]
b. Vice President
c.
MSUSA Campus Coordinator :
d. Chief Justice:
e.
Executive Assistant
f.
Academic Affairs:
g.
Campus Affairs:
h. Communications:
i.
Executive Board:
j.
Fee Allocation:
k. Legislative Affairs:
l.
Senate Finance:
m. Student Constitution:
n. Student Services
o.
Technology Fee:
p. Urban Affairs:
q. University Committees :
VI. Plenary Session II
SG Bill 004
Discussion: Chair Robinson: feel like it is straight forward
Chair Gutsch: Fee Allocation is going to develop another survey
Call to Question
Seconded
Objection
Discussion: Senator Le: fee all will use networks to get students to vote a
certain way
Chair Gutsch: find out what students on campus are using, encourage
them to get out to vote, all vets to come out and check off if they use the
service
Call to Question
Second
With that we will go into a vote over SG Bill 004
All in favor say I
All opposed
Any abstentions
SG Bill 004 has passed
a. Last Call for Business :
VII. Closing of Meeting
a. Open Gallery II: Senator Le : doing a fundraiser next Wednesday
November 12th
b. Open Statements:
c. Last Roll Call
President Gunnerson x
Vice President Bryson x
Executive Assistant Gunnerson X
Chief Justice Smith x
Chair Dyer x
Chair Gutschx
Chair Hagemeier o
Chair High x
Chair Muzammil x
Chair Pegg x
Chair Pradhan x
Chair Robinson x
Chair Johnson x
Chair Vogl x
Chair Johnson x
Coordinator Swenson x
Senator Aurand Weisman o
Senator Blosser o
Senator Fisher x
Senator Gross x
Senator Hwang x
Senator Le x
Senator Manning x
Senator Meyer x
Senator Pexa x
Senator Phillips x
Senator Ronning x
Senator Schnoor x
Senator Scofield o
Senator Uecker x
Senator Witthuhn x
Senator Young x
Senator Drinkwine x
Senator Wething o
Senator Kollie X
Senator Sirosky x
d. Adjournment – [ 6:57 pm]