Presidential Platform

Jay Caughren and Tara Buchheit
"Working Together to Better the Coe Community"
Communication - Campus Life - Structuring Senate

I. Communication is Key: Strengthen Campus Connections

  • Provide information as to how money is allocated on campus, including a breakdown of how a student's tuition is spent.
  • Utilize campus media as a connection between Senate and the students
  • Provide new means of communication to replace campus email, utilizing Facebook as a way to provide Senate meeting minutes as well as upcoming information
  • Increase communication between Administration and Students
  • Initiate communication with other student government programs with associated colleges through an exchange program
  • Increase communication with organizations on campus, allow Senate to become more than a funding source

II. Home is Where the Heart is: Campus Environment

  • Explore the possibility of using Coe Cash in other locations on and off campus
  • Emphasize diversity as an asset of college life through creating a recognized, celebrated, Diversity Day
  • Improve and expand Uptown District Discount Cards making them plastic
  • Work to provide security cameras and better lighting in the Eby parking lot to strengthen security
  • Establish a timeline and initiate installation of 24 hour key card access to academic buildings
  • Ensure further progress of Environmental Club's campus recycling program
  • Sponsor one campus event each month with an organization such as the NRHH and Student Senate's Organizational Fiesta
  • Be an advocate for all residential concerns

III. Hit The Ground Running: Senate Representatives

  • Create an anonymous outlet for student and senator feedback
  • Establish a goal timeline set by the senate as a whole and reflect upon progress
  • Provide an information session on parliamentary procedure to ensure the efficiency of Senate's meetings
  • Number senator positions from each respective hall and re-arrange Senate seating at meetings so that representatives from each hall sit together and work as a team
  • Be open and approachable, a positive presence on campus
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