BUSAC Presentation
September 10, 2013BUSU PresidentCooper Millard
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Since we last met…
• Projects:– Sustainability – Turf Field– Hybrid Space– Pedagogical Innovation– Student Life– Wellness Week– Program Review– For the Future
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Sustainability
• Drinking fountains installed!– Union Station (2)– GB (1)– Scotia Bank Hall (1)– Tower (1)– Market, Thistle, Welch, Tower (2nd)?
• Water Bottles! Please use them! – We have 4000, tell your friends!
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Sustainability Cont’d
• Environmental Committee– Liaising with Sustainability Niagara– Presentations, Seminars, Best Practices, Campaigns– Working with Roland and Advocacy dept. for Organic
Waste/ Sustainability Campaigns
• Working with Brock and Brock’s Sustainability Committee
• GB making great strides in Sustainable practices!
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Hybrid Space
• Cairns Furniture delivered!• GB Furniture delivered!• Walker Complex furniture here Sept. 20• Working on space in Plaza for 24-Hour study• Mac Chown?... Email [email protected]
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Pedagogical Innovation
• Meetings with Anna Lathrop, Sandy Howe, Linda Rose-Krasnor
• Experiential Learning vs. Service Learning vs. Traditional Undergraduate education
• Hoping to draft a Political Policy next BUSAC meeting – PI is a core principle of Brock’s SMA and Strat. Plan!– Also, Online Learning, Tri-Semester and Research
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Student Life
• Ongoing meetings for oversight of Student Life Fee spending/ MOU completion
• Committee meetings • Sitting on 24-Hour Social/ Study Space
Committee– Completed!
• Update: LIBRARY ENTRANCE NOW OPEN !!!– Doors will be accessible until Library closed (Friday
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Wellness Week
• Planning Ongoing! – 5 Pillars: Mental, Emotional, Physical, Spiritual,
Lifestyle (wellness)– Programming based each day on ONE pillar– Events, seminars, prizes, 24-Hour study
programming
• Goals: De-stress, Anti-Stigma, Educate & Entertain
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Program Review
• Currently Sitting on Task Force for Program Review Committee– Also a Working Group– In Process of accepting Program Identification
Forms– Next will be Program Prioritization Forms– October-December will be evaluation,
organization and prioritization period– Ongoing talks with University Senate/ Senators
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For The Future
• Work with BUFA– Student Led Teaching Awards
• Part of Academic Affairs mandate?
– Encourage more Service to Undergraduate Students (Evaluations, Awards, Incentives)
• New Building– Discussions/ Focus Groups– Comprehensive study of other institutions– Meetings with Goodman School of Business
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For the Future
• Campus Planning– Atrium Project– Transit Station Transformation– The “Brock Mall” and Commemorative Project– Taro – BUSU courtyard?
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