Initiative Tracker - Undergraduate Student Government

Committee	Date of Update	Initiative	Email Address	Contact
Public Relations	05/09/2020	COVID-19 Response	USG has worked immensely to help implement administrative changes as a result of COVID-19, including extending the P/NP deadline until after finals, changing residence hall belonging removal policy, and more. For more info please take a look at the COVID-19 folder in the USG Public Access Google Drive COVID-19 folder	abg72@case.edu
Finance	2/27/2020	Finding alternative sources of funding for engineering clubs	Met with Mindy Baierl in Corporate Relations and we discussed moving forward with a fund for engineering experiential learning. We will start work with the co-op office and the career center to iron out details around April. Reached out to all USG engineering clubs to gather additional details.	riki@case.edu
Student Life	2/26/2020	Restructuring Nursing shuttles route	Looking to downsize the long, 40-person shuttles to smaller ones so it can make turns/destinations to students' desired locations.	jxl1833@case.edu
Finance	2/25/2020	Finding alternative sources of funding for engineering clubs	Met with Case Aeronautics Team, Case Rocket Team, CWRU MedWish, Engineers without Borders/Humanitarian Design Corps, Global Health Design Collaborative, Society of Women Engineers, Robotics Club, American Society of Civil Engineers year to date	riki@case.edu
Diversity & Inclusion	2/24/2020	Expansion of the Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Program by CWRU Police	Communication initiated with Cpl Pattie Cannon	reb155
Academic Affairs	2/20/2020	Extending allotted inactive time on KSL desktop computers	Spoked to Provost Hirshon at KSL	sxa767@case.edu
Public Relations	2/19/2020	Twitter revamp, USGxARK, USG website	Just started	ath75@case.edu
Public Relations	2/18/2020	Collab with ARK and PR	I have met with ARK president we are going to make presentation and present our initiative at GA	zxw611@case.edu
Public Relations	2/17/2020	Facebook Event Planner	Making an event/announcement for the DOSA study over.	idl3@case.edu
Public Relations	2/17/2020	Club Spotlight	Interest forms have been sent out to the general student body. First set of talks to be scheduled in the week of 02/16 - 02/24	pxm411@case.edu
Diversity & Inclusion	2/17/2020	Caucus Reform	preparing ppt to bring to GA abt caucus reform	nab122@case.edu
Public Relations	2/10/2020	YouTube	I am meeting with my partners to discuss a plan of action on the 12th of Feb	sxn434@case.edu
Public Relations	2/10/2020	Updating/Improving the Facebook Page	I have just been invited to edit the Facebook page. I am planning on seeing what specific changes I must make on the page	idl3@case.edu
Public Relations	2/10/2020	Connect With Student Orgs	Have done multiple collab Feedback Fridays with student orgs, post many club events in USG newsletter and as Instagram stories now, and will meet/schedule bonding with other SPR orgs	abg72@case.edu
Public Relations	2/10/2020	PR Office Hours	Scheduled them for 2 hours each week in office to connect with students more. Hope to PR them to students more + increase student interest in them	abg72@case.edu
Public Relations	2/10/2020	Other USG Outreach Events	Came up with idea of a Feedback Friday with ice cream in Tink ballroom. Need to plan details and execute. Will make us more fun/less serious to students	abg72@case.edu
Student Life	2/4/2020	Food Subcommittee	Had a food forum on 2/3 with VP Jamieson, following up on action steps	sxm1093@case.edu
Diversity & Inclusion	2/3/2020	Elimination of Caucus System	Made presentation for GA for Phase 1 of Caucus Elimination	nab122@case.edu
Academic Affairs	2/1/2020	SIS work study jobs	Contacted administrator in charge of SIS, said she would put me in touch with UTech administrators who would be able to help me	atx2@case.edu
Student Life	2/1/2020	Getting greenies on a public schedule to make them more reliable.	The next step is to meet with admin to figure out logistics for this initiative (Nikhil Madugula - nxm402)	nxm402@case.edu
Student Life	2/1/2020	Food Subcommittee - Food Forums	Food Forums held Mondays 7:30-8:30 with admin and RHA atleast 3 times a semester. Feedback from students collected, brainstormed solutions and agendas for each forum made in advance.	sxm1093@case.edu
Diversity & Inclusion	2/1/2020	Free Store	Picking up the initiative from the previous vice president. Meeting set to see why admin is holding off on this	sxm1093@case.edu
Academic Affairs	2/1/2020	Course Free Transparency	Awaiting previous SIS related resolution to be implemented. However, spoke to Dean's and FSCUE leader about concerns and positives	sxm1093@case.edu
Academic Affairs	2/1/2020	Increase Mediavision usage in engineering classes	Meeting with Coleen on action steps and correct admin to reach out to	sxm1093@case.edu
Academic Affairs	2/1/2020	Academic pardons/extensions for full-time students with 1 or more jobs	- Had a meeting with Dean Wolkowitz where he opposed the initiative strongly - Written a proposal to further push initiative and is working with Sophie and Bids to get feedback	nrs86
Academic Affairs	1/31/2020	Extending allotted computer time for desktops in KSL, clarifying process for how to drop a class	Computers - almost done, dropping class - planning/in progress (Shivika Aggarwal -sxa767)	sxa767@case.edu
Finance	1/28/2020	Finding alternative sources of funding for engineering clubs	Met with Donovan Young at the Office of Corporate Relations and discussed current initiatives he is working on as well as potential action steps moving forward. (Riki Motoyama riki@case.edu)	rikI@case.edu
Finance	1/21/2020	Finding alternative sources of funding for engineering clubs	Met with the Case Alumni Association to discuss the financial needs of engineering clubs and possible solutions. (Riki Motoyama - riki@case.edu)	riki@case.edu
Diversity & Inclusion	11/18/2019	Including Mandated Reporter status in Syllabi	Benchmarking, going to email Bidisha (VP Academic Affairs)	nab122@case.edu
Diversity & Inclusion	11/18/2019	Addressing Food Insecurity	Had a meeting with the Dean of Students, Auxiliary Services, and Bon Appetit to discuss addressing food insecurity on campus. We are planning on creating actions steps to creating long term plans to address food insecurity. Meeting with Director of OMA to discuss the future of Swipe Out Hunger.	sns118@case.edu
Academic Affairs	11/5/2019	Course Fees	Working on a presentation to present to the Faculty Senate Committee for Undergraduate Education to acquire feedback from the faculty and administrative level (Committee Initiative - bxr192)	bxr192
Diversity & Inclusion	11/4/2019	Donating Meal Swipes	Set up Food Insecurity Taskforce meeting, meeting with dean patterson, met with naomi to discuss future of initiative, visiting food pantry at csu	sns118
Student Life	11/4/2019	University Food Committee	Food committe 2019-2020 formed. Meeting dates set. Agendas discussed	sxm1093
Diversity & Inclusion	11/4/2019	Zero Balance Policy Petition	Sonia and I met with Venus and Kathryn Schmidt this week and decided to send more reminders through thrive and usg newsletters for tuition payment before course registration.	sxs1989
Diversity & Inclusion	11/4/2019	Guide to Financial Insecurity	Checking in with members of task force to hear about their progress	jxc1236
Public Relations	11/4/2019	USG Instagram	Increased following by over 100%. Posting on feed and stories over double the rate of the prior year	abg72
Public Relations	11/4/2019	Newsletter	Currently evolving - now has new design, colors, etc and includes club events for the following week	abg72
Public Relations	11/4/2019	Feedback Friday	Going partially paperless. Want to emphasize usage of QR codes and computers. Will also have designated speakers to go into classes each week and speak in order to gain feedback from the student body and go to them rather than force them to come to us.	abg72
Student Life	11/4/2019	Handling of religious food at leutner	There has been a lot of work on either creating a new station for vegetarian students along with having color coded utensils for vegetarian food. (Harshita Kumar- hxk613)	hxk613
Student Life	11/4/2019	Better Nutritional Information	The dietitian has rechecked all labels at the food halls. There has also been increased training about portion sizes for the staff and a clearer labeling method has been implemented (Harshita Kumar- hxk613)	hxk613
Diversity & Inclusion	10/28/2019	International Student State ID	Contacted Mar Maggio in International Student Services to get key information placed in international student weekly newsletter (Sienna - sxw658)	sxw658
Student Life	10/28/2019	Meal Plan Improvements	Met With Bon App, Had the Observer pass information out to Students, Got a meal cost breakdown from Case Admin, Plan to meet VP Stark	sxm1093
Diversity & Inclusion	10/14/2019	Closed Captions for Media Vision	I am meeting with UTech again after fall break to check the progress of media vision captions.	sxs1989
Diversity & Inclusion	10/14/2019	First-Generation Student Advocacy	I am meeting with Mr. Mason on Friday, October 25th to go over concerns regarding summer class registration and first year students. I sent a survey to the president of first CWRU to send to the members of that organizations and they will be filling it out so I have some data to show Mr. Mason.	wme9
Diversity & Inclusion	10/14/2019	Donating Meal Swipes	Working on an initiative to get students out to campus events using Campus groups. Including non athletes to help build spirit. (David Dolansky dcd56) Planning donation of meal swipes	dcd56
Public Relations	9/24/2019	Improve USG Outreach to RHA	I met with RHA's President Doug Spizarny. In process of planning a joint Exec and then a USG visit to RHA GB's (Alex Gould - abg72)	abg72
Public Relations	9/24/2019	Initiative Spotlights	Bringing them back starting now. Expect to see videos featuring different USG reps weekly from now on. They will be posted on the newsletter and the USG YouTube (Alex Gould - abg72)	abg72
Public Relations	8/30/2019	S'Party	Revamped - now in a new location ft. giveaways, an emcee, professional sound/lighting, and professional DJs!	abg72
Student Life	8/23/2019	Meeting with Auxiliary Services to provide freshmen with the same meal plan options as sophomores	Met with the administrators for auxiliary services for the speed dating and asked them about that. They did not have a direct answer and seemed like they were willing to continue the conversation further. "(Jonathan Qiu - jxq106)"	jxq106
Diversity & Inclusion	4/8/2019	Resolution 27-01 Enforcement	menstrual products will be put in Fribley, water is being tested all throughout campus to see if it is contaminated	ppj9
Academic Affairs	4/2/2019	Self Study PE Credit	Emailed Ms. Backus to schedule another meeting to discuss meeting notes from Dartmouth's self study PE class.	dfz2
Diversity & Inclusion	4/1/2019	Guide to Financial Insecurity	Meeting with committee this week, RHA next week to gather info	jxc1236
Diversity & Inclusion	4/1/2019	International Student State ID	Went with 9 international students to the BMV this past Saturday (3/30) and 8 were able to get their IDs!	sxw658
Diversity & Inclusion	4/1/2019	Disability Accessibility in Academic Spaces	Had a very successful meeting with Stephen Campbell (Vice President of Campus Planning & Facilities Management). He will walk through all buildings I pointed out and reach out to me once that is completed. I will also put together a map of accessibility points in academic buildings to be handed out at Orientation to build awareness for access points in academic buildings.	abg72
Academic Affairs	3/26/2019	Book Store Improvements	I wanted to introduce a new step with ordering books online through the bookstore. If you order a used book but they fill your order with a new one that can increase the bill by a lot, so I want there to be an email that goes out to the student so that once the book store realizes they do not have a used book to fill your order they send an email asking the student if they still would like the order to be filled.	dfz2
Student Life	3/26/2019	Improving Printing Resources	I am meeting with Associate Vice President of Client Experience this Friday to discuss the feedback Friday results and future steps.	Nja40
Student Life	3/22/2019	Extending Cramelot's Hours	Found students willing to work from 8PM-3AM every day of the week; currently corresponding to allow Cramelot to be open at these times.	smv53
Student Life	3/22/2019	Hosting a Forum with CWRU Police Department	Currently planning to meet with campus officials to expedite this	smv53
Student Life	3/21/2019	Air Conditioning in First Year Residence Halls	Proposal was submitted to the engineering firm hired by Case University Housing last fall semester and passed the first round of evaluation. A site walk with engineers is to be scheduled this semester so the university may start working out the logistics for the installation of ACs.	yxz1690
Student Life	3/20/2019	Nursing Transportation	Confirmed a shuttle/meal plan options!	smv53
Student Life	3/20/2019	Improving Water Quality on Campus	Finished meeting with Erin Kollar, Reached out to Sam Arlia and Alex Zheng	sxm1093
Student Life	3/20/2019	Improving Community Development Programs in FYE	Met with RHA, USG. Meeting with COC today, UPB Monday, SEC Wednesday	sxm1093
Student Life	3/20/2019	Campus Safety & Security	Beginning to plan a lighting tour on campus to find places where lighting can be improved at night. Also looking to setup a security forum for student body to have a more open discussion about campus security (similar to the food forum at Leutner, but more related to campus safety).	nxm402
Student Life	3/20/2019	Campus Safety & Security	Chat with the Chief event in Tink (similar to Dean's study break) and campus lighting tour are in planning stages	hrb37
Student Life	3/20/2019	Enhancing School Spirit	Have contacted important people and waiting to set meeting with them. Initiative in progress.	bxw331
Diversity & Inclusion	3/18/2019	Disability Audit of NRV/SRV	We will be doing a feedback Friday this week to collect data on what students want to see in the residence halls in terms of disability accessibility. This way we will gather more information on what we should look for in an audit.	kxd249
Student Life	3/17/2019	Updated Safe Ride Hours	Safe Ride hours have been changed to 6pm-3am and will stay this way beyond the time change.	arb201
Student Life	3/9/2019	Weekly Shuttles to Target and Walmart	Shuttles have started. To reserve your spot, email spplusshuttlereservation@gmail.com	hrb37
Diversity & Inclusion	3/4/2019	Zero Balance Policy Petition	Sonia and I met with Krystina Schmidt and she explained the zero balance policy further. We are looking for ways to make the policy clearer to students.	sxs1989
Diversity & Inclusion	3/3/2019	Guide to Financial Insecurity	Working on PowerPoint presentation to show other SEC organizations	jxc1236
Diversity & Inclusion	2/25/2019	Accessibility Guide For Student Orgs	set up meetings with Arik Stewart from UDC and Naomi Sigg from OMA to discuss inclusion in student organizations (reb155)	reb155
Diversity & Inclusion	2/25/2019	Donating Meal Swipes	Talked to Naomi Sigg about next steps and talked to Swipe Out Hunger representative about getting a sponsor at Case Western	sns118
Diversity & Inclusion	2/19/2019	Winter Break Housing for 1st and 2nd Years	Had a meeting with John White and Loretta Sexton. Discussed the possibility of using respite housing for first and second-year students during winter break, but all of those spaces are typically filled. There currently is not extra space for students to move into during winter break, or enough demand from students to keep entire buildings open. Am reaching out to Auxiliary Services/Travel Office to work on potentially working on reducing hotel rates during winter break. -jxc1236	jxc1236
Diversity & Inclusion	2/18/2019	All-Gender Bathroom Taskforce	Secured funding for converting almost all single-stall bathrooms to all-gender bathrooms! In the process of compiling a final list right now.	dkm45
Diversity & Inclusion	2/18/2019	Disability Audit of NRV/SRV	Meeting with Disability Resources to prioritize basic accessibility features. Creating a taskforce to complete the audits.	sxm1093
Diversity & Inclusion	2/18/2019	Keeping Grants for Off-Campus Housing	Waiting to have a meeting to Venus to get updated on the newest progress and ongoing administrative discussions. (aii3)	aii3
Student Life	2/18/2019	Improving Community Development Programs in FYE	Completed meetings with RCD's/ARCD's and RHA president. Planning a proposal for next GB meeting.	sxm1093
Diversity & Inclusion	2/14/2019	Disability Audit	Met with Disability resources and the director of University Housing. Debrief and Feedback collection in progress.	sxm1093
Student Life	2/9/2019	Expanding Tink Meal Hours	Meal Swipes in Tink are now accepted from 1 pm (instead of 2 pm), and from 1 pm in Tomlinson (instead of 1:30 pm)	hrb37
Diversity & Inclusion	12/12/2018	Bon Appetit Misconduct Allegations	Got proper conduct training enforced by Jim O'Brien and spoke to Darnell Parker and will do policy review with Bon Appetit next semester	ppj9
Student Life	12/5/2018	Campus Safety & Security	General outline of what to be done. Couple ideas to gain insight from other institutions (OSU's bike bugging/Other institutions using decoy bikes). Contacting OSU's USG or OSU security in general to ask them the basics of their programs and how they implemented it on their campus.	hxj209
Student Life	12/4/2018	Increasing availability of Student Performing Arts spaces	Met with Karen Potter (Head of Dance Department), Jerrold Scott (Head of Theater Department) and Cyrus Taylor (Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences). Discussed Maltz Phase II and what the departments want out of the space. Because of the Theater Department's limit of 2 fully teched shows in the Blackbox for PTG, looking into other subsidized performing arts spaces, such as the Spot. With the creation of Maltz Phase II and the demolition of Eldred, there will essentially be no real theater where students can perform on their own.	mee57
Diversity & Inclusion	12/4/2018	First-Generation Student Advocacy	Janee Kelley in OMA will be serving as a first-generation coordinator and will be working with the Navigators in the Student Success Initiative to serve as an adviser for first-generation students. Further, all Navigators have gone through comprehensive training on how to advocate for first-generation students.	dkm45
Diversity & Inclusion	12/4/2018	Housing Contract Cancellation Fee	Housing allows students to petition the fee and in situations of financial insecurity it is rarely applied.	dkm45
Academic Affairs	11/30/2018	Peer Mentorship	Starting a presentation outline to be reviewed by the Pre-Med advisor	svr14
Finance	11/28/2018	Athletics Funding	I met with Pat Kennedy, Associate Athletic Director, and discussed the theology of student leaders of club sports and their wants and needs. I will plan on following up with Dan Conway, Assistant Director for Intramural and Club Sports, as well as attending a club sports meeting to better educate myself on the matter. I can be reached at cxr306@case.edu with any questions or comments.	cxr306
Diversity & Inclusion	4/1/2018	Creating a Physical Resource Center	Everything is being moved into the space in the Church of the Covenant. Rebranding to "Free Store." Opening orientation week!	dkm45