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November 13th, 2017

AgendaMinutes

Student Fee Advisory Committee

Meeting Minutes

November 13, 2017

Present: Suini Torres, Alan Christy, Ian Gregorio, Sabina Wildman, Cathy Thomas, Lisa Bishop, John Steele, Lucy Rojas, Regina Gomez, Gina Tu, Alice Malmberg, Ashley John, Bryna Haugen, Amanda Kazden, Kiryl Karpiuk

  1. Approval of Agenda, Minutes, Announcements

a. Check-in question – sweet and salty

b. Regina moves to approve the agenda; Gina seconds the motion. Motion carries.

c. Gina moves to approve the minutes; Ashley seconds the motion. Motion carries.

d. Announcements

i. Announcements

  1. Campus Elections: Groups that came to the orientations: TAPS, E2,

Student Environmental Center, Career Center, Health Center/Slug Support Facility, SUA/Resource Centers, SUA/Measure B.

  1. Alice shares that there are a number of campus committees still looking for representatives and she passes around some informational flyers.

  2. Funding

a. Suini explains that she will draft the Google form so everyone can review it this week.

  1. Other Topics

a. Discussion: preparing for visit with Jaye Padgett

b. Discussion on ideas to build relationships between administrators and students

c. Secret Santa

i. Cathy: trapezoid, blue, Star Trek, Yara, M

ii. Sabrina: orange, paisley, henna design, M

iii.Ian: blue, circle, Star Wars, L

iv. Alan: green, triangle, Star Trek, XL

v. Kiryl: green, adjacent circle (venn diagram), Star Wars, M

vi.Suini: sphere, purple, Game of Thrones, S

vii.Bryna: Wes Anderson yellow, hexagon, Star Trek, M or L

viii.Ashley: blue, hexagon, Game of Thrones, S/M

ix.Alice: blue, stars, Harry Potter, coffee, M

x. Gina: blue, diamond, Harry Potter, M

xi.Regina: gray, faded blue, plum bob, Game of Thrones, M

xii.Amanda: burnt sienna, dodecahedron, Star Wars

xiii.Lucy: circle, blue, Ray Donovan, XL

xiv.John: circle, blue, Star Trek, L

xv.Lisa: lavender, equilateral parallelogram

xvi.Jaye: ochre, Star Wars, Star Trek, Game of Thrones, M, sphere

  1. Visit with Vice Provost Jaye Padgett

a. Introductions

b. Jaye begins by introducing himself and his background. About four years ago he was

invited by CPEVC to work on special academic initiatives. That position has evolved into the Vice Provost for Student Success position, which now oversees a number of departments and services.

i. Vice Provost is different from a Vice Chancellor position in that Vice Provosts are

Academic Senate members.

ii. Discussion about our campus’ specific model around delivering student services. Student Success is dependent on a number of factors; in addition to academic success, there are factors such as housing, mental health, financial aid, basic needs.

iii.Jaye provides an overview on initiatives that he is engaged in.

c. Questions/discussion about housing market, Housing West project, renters union,

Community Rentals.

i. Alice mentions an idea of hiring peer advisers in Community Rentals

d. Jaye will come to a future meeting.

  1. Adjournment

a. Ashley moves to adjourn the meeting. Gina seconds the motions. Motion carries.

Meeting adjourned at 2:31 pm.