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Presidential Platform

JUSTIN NYLIN & KELLY STROHM

FOR STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT

"JUSTIN AND KELLY, STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE WITHIN THE COEMMUNITY"

CAMPUS LIFE:

  • Increasing School Spirit, including the potential expansion of Clarke Field.  Work with both the Public Relations office and the Alumni Office to maintain and produce campus traditions
    • Provide an informational booklet for the incoming first-years to explain current traditions
  • Working to correct parking issues, ensuring that all Kohawks can find a spot for their car at all times
  • Work with the Administration to explore future residential options for students on and around the college campus
    • Work with the Residence Life Office to find suitable living spaces that are comfortable should the need for converted living spaces arise
  • Work to change the atmosphere of the PUB and Upper Gage to provide more of a student union atmosphere
  • Continue the combined work of Sodexo and the Food Committee to find a way for students to actively voice their opinions
  • Work to extend campus hours for buildings, allowing students to utilize the space for a longer period of time in the day
  • Work with our current laundry company to get “Laundry View” to eliminate laundry problems

TECHNOLOGY:

  • Work to make sure that all technology is current with modern technology
  • Produce a Daily Digest: a means for all campus emails to be formatted into one daily email with campus announcements and upcoming events
  • Modify the current Senate portion of the coe.edu website to include:
    • F.A.Q.s about Student Senate
    • Senator Biographies including photos, this will increase pride within the senate and also raise awareness on campus as to who is a senator
    • Voice Your Opinion: a means to anonymously state ideas or concerns from the Coe community
    • Include all the minutes from past meetings, this will allow future students to see what is currently being addressed on campus
  • Work with the Public Relations office to go through the college website, searching for any and all grammatical errors
  • Hold a monthly photography competition of Coe students, the best photo making it on the website’s main page

SUSTAINABILITY:

  • Work to educate the student body on what the college is currently doing in terms of sustainability, as well as provide information on ways to become more environmentally friendly
  • Work with the college to find a way to collect the recycling receptacles from the residence halls on a weekly basis
  • Work to hold an on-campus energy consumption competition between the residence halls
  • Continue the efforts of the Environmental Club with their work on campus

COMMUNICATIONS:

  • Continue to be the means of communication between the Administration and the student body, holding the Administration accountable if necessary
  • Hold weekly office hours to provide an easy outlet to voice ideas, issues, and concerns

STUDENT SENATE:

  • Reorganize the functionality of the weekly Senate meetings
    • Hold a monthly working meeting to allow time for senators to work to accomplish campus goals
  • Work to make the meetings more enjoyable
  • Maintain an active agenda but allow upcoming ideas, issues or concerns to be heard and dealt with as necessary