Creighton Students Union Committee Meeting
Monday, October 5th, 2015 | 5:15 pm | Skutt 105
Present: Lulu Alvarez, Shravan Atluri, Christopher Ceresa, Aditi Dinakar, Hailee Domagalski, Delaney Ellfeldt, Claire Ellis, Sarah Huddleston, Haley Kavanugh, Nina Kelley, MJ Kirk, Sara Knowles, Sarah Knust, Clarie Liang, Ryan Lunn, Ty Medd, Mina Mirzaie, Chad Nieri, Emily Pass, Vinny Salazar, Nick Willsdorf, Kayman Nixon, Zach Pierce, Alex Kubicek, Mattie Smyth, Julia Neppel, Katie Kelsey, Michelle Bogard, Guest: Jessica Sheldon - talked with Campus Planning Committee
Not Present: Jenny Fleegel, Chad Nieri
Agenda
I. Opening Ceremonies
a. Call to order (5:18 PM)
b. Invocation (Alex)
c. Roll Call (Claire)
d. Approval of Minutes
i. 9.21.15
1. Amended change of JayWalk donation from $55,000 to $5,500 (Approved 20-0-1)
II. Committee Time (15 minutes)
III. Executive Reports:
a. President: Mr. Kayman Nixon
Thank you with Inauguration
- University Accreditation Help
Review Criteria in five categories
b. Executive Vice President: Mr. Zach Pierce
i. DoIT Update: Mobile App (Improve iCreighton App)
10-5 Proposal App Improvement
Wifi On the Mall: Slowly Improving
c. Vice President for Finance: Mr. Alex Kubicek
i. Appropriations Reports
Omicron Delta Kappa:
Leadership Juniors & Seniors in College of A&S
Requested: $200 Approved $200
Cycling Club
Requested $3000 Approved $0
-Struggling identify as recreational or sports club
- Ask to send 1 person to 12 competitions
Creighton Students for Life
Requested $30,500 Approved $10,000 ($100 per student)
- Request Error
- Growing in popularity and talk
ii. Elections
- Rules meeting is 104 tomorrow 5 pm
- Email Kubicek if cannot make it
d. Vice President for Programming: Ms. Mattie Smyth
i. Night of Chocolate
Thursday October 5, 2015 9pm, Skutt Ballroom
-Formal Attire Suggested
ii. Fallapallooza
-Saturday October 10th, 2015
Sold out of tickets: Waiting List
Buses start 6:30-9
Opener: Radical Something
e. Speaker of the Board: Ms. Julia Neppel
i. Rep Spotlight
Ty Medd
Nick Wilsdorf
ii. Coffee with CSU Dates
Monday, October 15th – Dental School (7:45 AM to 9:00 AM)
Wednesday, October 14th - Undergrads Outside Skutt (7:45 AM to 9:30 AM)
iii. Student Organization Responsibilities
- Email coming out tonight (October 5, 2015)
- CC Julia to the Email
- Must be sent out to presidents of clubs (October 12th, 2015)
IV. Open Discussion
Committee Chairs
Intercampus Relations
- Library Hours: email draft
- Public Safety: email draft
- Shuttle maintenance hour change: email draft
Campus Planning
- Green Certification: Sustainable Events
Meeting with Sodexo, saving money at events
-Parking Petitions: Meeting, we don’t have a shortage of parking, data of walking times of lots to buildings, building more eventually
- Director of Public Safety: Students not getting rides, surprised, we WANT to walk students to cars to interact with students, promote service, no reason to walk then drive
Marketing
- #CSyou: promoting how CSU can and does promote student experiences, post legislation, showing representatives help, relating it back to students
- Possible Guava and Java this semester
External Affairs
- 1-credit hour labs
- 6-8 Jesuit schools have more
- Contacting A&S President
Sodexo Dining Plans: No more meal exchange, lack of concept
-Backlash: Got more dining dollar to use whenever, disgruntle students
- Picking to big of a plan
- May run out of dining dollars to soon= more disgruntle
- New plan to show how much an you have left on an account and
- Possible to add more dining dollars? Or just Jaybucks
- Skutt Website still offers meal exchange
- More info night, MEAL Night? Table cards, Dining Hall TVs
V. Student Organization Announcements
None
VI. Old Business
None
VII. New Business
VIII. None
IX. Announcements
a. Advisor’s Update
None
b. Upcoming Funded Events
None
X. Adjournment (6:13 PM)
Respectfully Submitted,
Claire Ellis