Student Council will hold its last meeting of the calendar year next Tuesday in which Council members say they plan to carry over several projects and ideas implemented this fall into the spring semester.
Council Executive Vice President Nicholas Jordan said he thought Council has improved from past years.
"People are getting to know each other better," Jordan said, citing changes such as having committee chairs and representatives sit together at weekly meetings. "It's helped a lot with collaboration with projects."
One project that Council is pursuing is the installation of LCD screens throughout Newcomb Hall as part of a "virtual flyering program," said Jordan. This will be another way for groups to advertise, he said, and added that only installation of the screens remains to be done.
With all five rounds of appropriations completed, Vice President for Organizations Anna Popova said she was pleased with how appropriations went this semester, especially with the introduction of the new online application program.
"I think it worked out well," Popova said. "We're making additions to [the online program] but the basics are in place ... I think everyone really likes it."
According to Popova, Council appropriated approximately $400,000 in funds to CIOs last spring in the annual process, and appropriated approximately $100,000 this fall throughout five rounds of the rolling process.
"We want to see how the system works out yearly, so we'll continue with this system next semester," she said.
Engineering Rep. Matthew White, chair of the Presidential Debate Ad-Hoc Committee, said Council's work to submit a proposal for the University to host the 2008 presidential debates is receiving increasing attention from others outside the University.
"Both the city and the county are very excited about what we're doing; far more excited than the administration at this point," White said, mentioning that several meetings have been held with city and county officials.
White said the Committee hopes to present the proposal to President John T. Casteen, III by the end of this week.
Additionally, Diversity Initiatives Committee Chair Ryan McElveen said, as the next step in the curriculum globalization initiative, he plans to submit a survey dealing with curriculum diversity to University faculty and students by February.
"I think [the idea of curriculum globalization] came around once we got the initial plan out there and people were able to give feedback," McElveen said, explaining the student response to the globalization initiative this semester.
McElveen said he also plans to create a University-wide diversity pledge, mirroring the pledge already in place at the Law School. Apart from UJC regulations on diversity, McElveen said he would also like to see a more "emotional" commitment to diversity from students. He plans to seek Greek co-sponsorship of the initiative next semester and to implement the pledge next fall.
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