{"id":23703,"date":"2019-02-20T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T18:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/?p=23703"},"modified":"2019-02-20T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T18:04:21","slug":"january-studco-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/acronym\/2019\/02\/20\/january-studco-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"January StudCo Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January Reflection<\/p>\n<p>Hey IMSA,<\/p>\n<p>With a new year comes a new progress report from StudCo. Throughout the end of last year and the beginning of this one, we\u2019ve been working hard to implement the changes you want to see here at IMSA. From Sodexo updates to policy changes, we\u2019re making big strides and are excited to share them with you!<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to talk to any StudCo member. All of the contact information for the current cabinet members is on the official StudCo website, linked <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.imsa.edu\/studco\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nSophie Pribus<br \/>\n02 Hall Senator<\/p>\n<p><strong>Halls to Teachers Program Revisions<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Gloria Huang, Faris Shaikh, Sophie Pribus<br \/>\nPurpose: To revise the Halls to Teachers Program to increase the number and quality of student-teacher interactions in the halls<br \/>\nProgress: Data for the event preferences of each teacher has been collected and is available to RSL\u2019s at request.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: Hall senators will work with RSL\u2019s to invite teachers to hall events through the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sodexo Committee<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Ashley Homecgoy, Alex Sobczynski, Monika Narain<br \/>\nPurpose: To provide feedback to and work with Sodexo so that they can give students nutritious, diverse, and delicious eating options<br \/>\nProgress: The Sodexo Committee is contacting vegetarians and vegans to form a focus group for Sodexo meal option improvements. They are also creating a menu item survey to get more cohesive student feedback and are working with Head Chef Glenn to change up the menu.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: The Sodexo Committee will run the vegetarian\/vegan focus groups and release a menu item survey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MI Reform<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Surya Cannon, Faris Shaikh, Eric Pan, Alex Sobczynski<br \/>\nPurpose: To provide student perspective and feedback on the MI curriculum.<br \/>\nProgress: Preliminary ideas and data have been collected and compiled.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: The team will be meeting with the Math team to discuss future plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IMSA Gardens<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Alex Sobczynski, Sophie Pribus, Ketu Patel, Brian Schatteman<br \/>\nPurpose: To create a small garden for IMSA students in each hall.<br \/>\nProgress: Data about interest in a garden and ability to care for plants has been collected from members of each hall.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: The team will meet with Chris Kornsey and Amy Woods as well as Residential Life to develop a plan for introducing the garden boxes into the halls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome Week Reform<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Monika Narain, Vinay Tummarakota, Sophie Pribus<br \/>\nPurpose: To revise the Welcome Week schedule and activity list for the class of 2022.<br \/>\nProgress: The activity list has been revised and the schedule rearranged to adjust timing for various presentations.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: Approval for the&nbsp;final schedule is pending, and some activities may be changed to be more engaging for the greatest number of students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jefferson Dinners<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Kaushal Gumpula, Surya Cannon, Ashley Homecgoy, Kanika Leang<br \/>\nPurpose: To host intimate conversations with a select group of students about student issues.<br \/>\nProgress: The first Jefferson Dinner was held with Dr. Eysturlid to discuss the political climate at IMSA. More Jefferson dinners are currently being planned.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: The team is working with Dr. Eysturlid to host another Jefferson Dinner in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign Out Reform<\/strong><br \/>\nProject Leader &amp; Members: Kaushal Gumpula, Ray Shang, Ashley Homecgoy<br \/>\nPurpose: To reform the signout process to utilize LiveSafe and allow scooters for longer-distance traveling<br \/>\nProgress: The team has met with Dana Ginnett to discuss future improvements and will have a follow-up meeting in February to set up concrete changes to policies concerning the project.<br \/>\nFuture Plans: The team is completing a rules framework for the scooter policy and will be working on revisions to the student handbook to allow for further progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January Reflection Hey IMSA, With a new year comes a new progress report from StudCo. 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