OSA Senate Minutes
November 25, 2014 at 4:45 PM
Reeve Memorial Union, Room 221
I.
II.
Call to Order – Pledge of Allegiance at 4:48 PM
Roll Call –
College of Letters and Science (12)
Grayson Bourke – Present – by phone
Daniel Dennis – Present – by phone
William Fath – Absent
Valerie Hagen - Present
James Martine – Excused
Lindsey Newhauser – Present
Michael Riley – Excused
Benjamin Stepanek – Absent
Steven Thompson – Present
Hallie Turnbull – Excused
Troy Winkelman – Present
Kylee Kukbis - Excused
Jeramiah Gruendemann – Associate – Absent
Emily Herrick – Associate - Absent
Education & Human Services (5)
Nursing (3)
Taylor Bombinski – Excused
College of Business (5)
Anne Cummins – Present
Stuart Karas - Excused
Ashley Meyer – Present – by phone
Chase Mitchell – Present
Katrina Schiedemeyer – Present
III.
Open Forum - none
IV.
Approval of the Agenda – move SS 14-028 ahead of Officer Reports by Schettle, 2nd by
Winkelman (passed 11/25/14)
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VI.
VII.
Approval of the Minutes - approved
Guest Speakers – none
Officer Reports –
a. OSA Directors – none
b. OSA Office Manager – (Rae Ann - wetzelr@uwosh.edu) – marketing committee
will not be doing door to door on Dec 2nd because background checks will not be
complete by then, will do door to door next semester, still tabling on Dec 2 at
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
c. OSA Advisor – (Petra – roterp@uwosh.edu) – no report
d. OSA Academic Liaison – (Crystal - buss@uwosh.edu) – no report
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VIII.
Speaker Pro-Tempore –(Jackie – osaspeakerpt@uwosh.edu) – no report
Speaker of the Assembly – (Nicole – osaspeaker@uwosh.edu) – no report
Vice President Pro-Tempore – (Lindsey - osavppt@uwosh.edu) – no report
Vice President – (Graham – osavp@uwosh.edu) – no report
President – (Jordan - osapres@uwosh.edu) – working on veteran’s memorial
committee as a university committee. Met with Petra today and discussed budget
and inter fraternity advisor changing bylaws in regards to fines and Petra will
check on this. Winkelman: What are these fines? Answer: fines may be coming
from a change that they did not agree upon. Will need advisor’s side as well.
Presidential Appointments –
OSA 14-017
BE IT RESOLVED: That the OSA Senate and Assembly approved the following Presidential
Appointments and/or recommendations:
1. Crystal Knuth, Academic Policy Committee
Sponsored by: Jordan Schettle, OSA President
Dispense
Motion to move to floor Bourke, 2nd by Newhauser
Vote, voice passed, no objections, no abstentions (11/25/14)
IX.
Unfinished Business –
OSA 14-016
WHEREAS, the Federal Perkins Loan Program is the nation’s longest running student loan
program; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Perkins Loan Program has yet to be reauthorized for the September
30th 2015 deadline and if the program fails to be reauthorized by this date, it will cease to exist
on October 1st 2015; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Perkins Loan offers low-interest, subsidized loans to students attending
college within the University of Wisconsin System, and more specifically the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh; and
WHEREAS, these loans assist students with significant financial need to finance the quickly
growing cost of higher education; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Perkins loan “fills a critical gap that exists for many students after the
federal Pell Grant and Stafford Loan funds are applied”; and
WHEREAS, many of these loans are awarded to students of lower income status who may not
have the ability to finance their education through private loans, which carry higher interest
rates; and
WHEREAS, the program offers more favorable loan forgiveness opportunities to students than
any other federal loan program, allowing students to eliminate their debt by working in high
need, public service areas; and
WHEREAS, without this loan program, many students may be unable to complete their
education; and
WHEREAS, in the 2012-2013 academic year, The Federal Perkins Loan program provided loans
to 15,285 students across the University of Wisconsin System; and
WHEREAS, by eliminating this program, up to $28.4 million in financial aid will be taken
directly from the students across the University of Wisconsin System; and
WHEREAS, if the US Congress does not reauthorize this program, students attending college
during the 2015-2016 school year, and the years thereafter, will not receive loans through The
Federal Perkins Loan Program;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Oshkosh Student Association urges the
reauthorization of the Federal Perkins Loan Program; and
BE IT FURHTHER RESOLVED, that if the Federal Perkins Loan Program is not reauthorized
by the current deadline, the Oshkosh Student Association urges Congress to put in place a
program that will ensure that the affected students will receive adequate financial assistance to
complete their education; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution will be delivered to Dr. Andrew
Leavitt, Chancellor of UW Oshkosh; Dr. Petra Roter, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs; Mr.
Kim Donat, Director of Financial Aid; and Dr. Ray Cross, UW System President.
Sponsored by: Jordan Schettle, OSA President
Dispense
Motion to move to floor Winkelman, 2nd by Thompson
Vote, passed voice vote, no objections, no abstentions (11/25/14)
X.
New Business –
SS 14-028
BE IT RESOLVED: The OSA Senate approves the 2015-16 budget.
Sponsor: President Jordan Schettle
Dispense
Motion to move to floor by Winkelman, 2nd by Thompson
Vote, roll call vote, Cummins I, Meyer I, Mitchell I, Schiedemeyer I, Bourke I, Dennis I,
Hagen I, Newhauser I, Thompson I, Winkelman I, no objections, no abstentions (11/25/14)
SS 14-029
BE IT RESOLVED: The OSA Senate approves the creation of University of Wisconsin,
Oshkosh Veterans Memorial Committee.
Sponsor: President Jordan Schettle
Dispense
Motion to move to floor by Bourke, 2nd by Winkelman
Discussion Bylaws for committee submitted to you if senate approves this will be a
university committee five appointed, two advisors, one from the foundation. OSA senate
will be voting on next week, look over bylaws any language you want changed should be
created by the next meeting
XI.
XII.
Committee Reports – Allocations not meeting for the rest of the semester if you have
questions contact Nate or Joe
Discussion –
a. Collegiate DECA came to OSA asking to support a branch of DECA we cannot
create it if the students don’t want it. If this body thinks a good idea we can
pursue. Schiedemeyer: PBLA and FBLA are like sisters hold on with DECA
until we get PBLA’s opinion
XIII.
Announcements –
Safe and Happy Holidays
XIV.
Adjourn – Motion to adjourn at 5:15 pm by Schiedemeyer, 2nd by Dennis, voice vote
passed, no objections, no abstentions (11/25/14)