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ASUSU Minutes
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Executive Council Minutes
04/20/2011
Minutes From 04/20/2011
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Discussion on ASUSU House Rules and the 2011-2012 Budget
04/27/2011
Minutes From 04/27/2011
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Discussion about ECB 11-01 and a revision of the Administrative Assistants Charter
08/30/2011
Minutes From 08/30/2011
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First meeting of the school year. Discussion about Week of Welcome, Aggies for Change, and changes to the EC House Rules
09/06/2011
Minutes From 09/06/2011
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Presentation from Information Technology about Canvas, BlueZone, Virtual Desktop, and Remote Printing. Discussion about Week of Welcome and Regional Campuses
09/20/2011
Minutes From 09/20/2011
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Discussion about Homecoming Week, Humans vs. Zombies Registration, and upcoming events.
09/27/2011
Minutes From 09/27/2011
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Discussion about the Howl, Volunteer Database, the new cafe in the Fine Arts building. Public forum with Dining Services.
10/04/2011
Minutes From 10/04/2011
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Presentation from the Institute of Government and Politics. Discussion about the changes to the Summer Semester, Service Week, and a shared calendar subcommittee.
10/11/2011
Minutes From 10/11/2011
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HPER, Aggie Recreation Center, Outdoor Recreation, Facilities, Student Fees, CHaSS, College of Arts,
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Presentation by Vice President of Student Services James Morales on the Aggie Recreation Center. Discussion about feasibility, the HPER Fields, and funding/budget. GSSB 2012-01 passes as a first reading item with a minor amendment.
10/18/2011
Minutes From 10/18/2011
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Elections, GSS, Charter, CHaSS, College of Arts, Constitution, Decibel Meter,
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GSSB 2012-01 is passed, Amendment to the ASUSU Constitution to set ASUSU elections in February.
10/25/2011
Minutes From 10/25/2011
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Constitution, RCDE, Howl, Lobbying, Government Relations Council, Student Advisory Council, Waitlist, Registration,
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Announcement by RCDE Rep that RCDE will be added to the current ASUSU Constitution as an amendment. Some discussion about the Student Advisory Council and the Waitlist feature currently available during registration.
11/01/2011
Minutes From 11/01/2011
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ECB 2012-02, ECB 2012-03, Elections, Election By-Laws, Howl,
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Presentation by CityGro. Discussion and pass as a first reading item for ECB 2012-02 and ECB 2012-03 to clarify some elections by-laws.
11/08/2011
Minutes From 11/08/2011
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Discussion about ECB 2012-02, ECB 2012-03, and ECB 2012-04 which are changing Elections for the upcoming year. Some discussion about the conflict between Engineering Week and Elections week. ECB 2012-02 Tabled ECB 2012-03 Passes ECB 2012-04 Passes (as a first reading item)
11/15/2011
Minutes From 11/15/2011
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Capital & Support, Service Center, Volunteer Hours Tracking, Quasi Account, Programming, Funding, Budget,
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ECB 2012-04 passes EC will be cancelled the week of Thanksgiving ECB 2012-05 passes as a first reading item. ECB 2012-06 passes as a first reading item.
11/29/2011
Minutes From 11/29/2011
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Registration, Tuition and Fees, USU Eastern, Tuition Schedule, Fee Schedule, Tuition Plateau, Elections, Elections Week,
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Extensive discussion about Elections Week especially with the finalization of the schedule and the passing of several bills. ECB 2012-02, ECB 2012-05, and ECB 2012-06 passed after their second reading. ECB 2012-03 was amended. There was some discussion about the Tuition Plateau changing from 13-18 credits to 12-18 credits. This would also apply to USU Eastern (formerly College of Eastern Utah where the credit plateau is 10-18). The proposed changes would increase costs to part time students and reduce costs to full time students.
12/06/2011
Minutes From 12/06/2011
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Constitution, RCDE, Policies, TSC, Parking,
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Presentation about USU RCDE. Suggestion by RCDE Rep Justin Watkins to amend the ASUSU Constitution to better represent RCDE Students. Presentation by Zach Larsen to discuss some policies being addressed by the TSC Policy Board.
01/10/2012
Minutes From 01/10/2012
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USU RHA wins National Award. Discussion about moving EC to 6pm instead of 5pm.
01/17/2012
Minutes From 01/17/2012
01/24/2012
Minutes From 01/24/2012
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Presentation by Maddie Busteed of Aggies Giving Service, AGS, a volunteer tracking website.
01/31/2012
Minutes From 01/31/2012
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Course Reserves, Library, Academic Senate, Restructure, Academic Senate,
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First reading of ECB 2012-07, the bill to restructure the Academic Senate. Erik discusses adding a leadership class for campus leaders. Discussion also takes place about purchasing textbooks for the Library's Course Reserves.
02/07/2012
Minutes From 02/07/2012
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Presentation on the finalizing of AGS (Aggies Go Serve). Workshop on the ASUSU Constitution changes.
02/14/2012
Minutes From 02/14/2012
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AGS, Aggies Giving Service, Diversity, ASUSU Constitution, Constitution, Restructure,
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Presentation by Youth Discovery Inc (Krista Bustamante). First reading of changes to the ASUSU Constitution, passes. Amend ECB 2012-05 (C&S Volunteer Tracking System) to fund the entire project, passes.
02/21/2012
Minutes From 02/21/2012
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Ping-Pong Tables, Recreation, Taggart Student Center, TSC, TSC 3rd Floor, Capital & Support,
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Passing of ECB 2012-08, a Capital & Support Bill to fund ping-pong and foosball tables.
Academic Senate Minutes
04/18/2011
Minutes From 04/18/2011
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Presentation by the Student Nutrition Access Center and University Advancement. Discussion of House Rules and Budget recommendations for 2011-12
04/25/2011
Minutes From 04/25/2011
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Discussion of the House Rules and ASB 2012-01, selection of the Senate Pro-Temp.
08/29/2011
Minutes From 08/29/2011
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First meeting of the 2011-12 school year. Topics include: Student Voice Committee, Aggies for Change, Logan Regional Hospital, and Academic Senate Week. Creation of the Classroom Improvement Fund subcommittee.
09/12/2011
Minutes From 09/12/2011
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Presentation from the SILC staff about Travel Authorization and from the Sustainability Office.
09/19/2011
Minutes From 09/19/2011
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Discussion about Business Week and Academic Senate Week. Discussion and voting about the Classroom Improvement Fund. Changes made to application process and timeline.
10/03/2011
Minutes From 10/03/2011
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Classroom Improvement Fund, Academic Opportunity Fund, Faculty Evaluations, Business Week, Natural Resources Week,
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Discussion about the Classroom Improvement Fund, Academic Opportunity Fund, and Faculty Evaluations.
10/10/2011
Minutes From 10/10/2011
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Bear Lake Training Center, BLTC, Internet, Service, Graduation Requirements, Graduation,
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Discussion about the BLTC internet access, service hours requirement for graduation, and the Academic Senate Council Training.
10/17/2011
Minutes From 10/17/2011
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Extensive discussion and revisions made about the Academic Opportunity Fund Bylaws including funding, application deadlines, and presentations. Discussion about recitation leaders and ineffective recitation courses.
10/24/2011
Minutes From 10/24/2011
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College Weeks, Programming, Retention, Graduate Student Senate, Faculty Advisors,
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Discussion about Retention, levels of involvement from Graduate Student Senators and faculty advisors. Extensive discussion about the role of Senators and their college weeks.
10/31/2011
Minutes From 10/31/2011
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Presentation on the Aggie Recreation Center for VP James Morales,
11/07/2011
Minutes From 11/07/2011
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Caine College of the Arts, Arts Senator, Elections Week, Engineering Week, SWORD Committee, Aggies for Change,
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Presentation by Aggies For Change about the colleges competition. Discussion of the conflict between Elections Week and Engineering Week. Updates from the SWORD Committee. First Reading Item of updates to the Arts Charter
11/14/2011
Minutes From 11/14/2011
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Pass changes to the Arts Senator Charter (second reading) and discussion about an AOF Applicant from the previous week's meeting. Creation of two committees to address Open Source Textbooks and the online course fees
11/28/2011
Minutes From 11/28/2011
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Classroom Improvement Fund, Tuition, Tuition & Fees, USU Eastern,
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Discussion about a resolution that may come to Academic Senate about tuition differences at Main Campus and USU Eastern. Officers vote to allow Arts College to adjust their Classroom Improvement Fund award from last year. Extensive discussion about Classroom Improvement Fund Applications and communication between ASUSU and the Colleges.
12/05/2011
Minutes From 12/05/2011
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Announcement by Jordan Hunt about Faculty Senate meeting which included discussions about budget, general education courses, and IDEA Course evaluations.
01/09/2012
Minutes From 01/09/2012
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Presentation by PR Director to discuss Elections and A-Frames for Senators. Discussion about a Senate Newsletter, The USU Student Code, and AS representation at EC.
01/23/2012
Minutes From 01/23/2012
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GSS, Graduate Student Senate, Academic Senate, Constitution, Aggies Giving Service, AGS, Val R. Christensen Service Center,
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Presentation by Maddie Busteed to discuss the Aggie Giving Service volunteer hour tracking website. Discussion about the possible dissolving of the Graduate Student Senate (GSS).
01/30/2012
Minutes From 01/30/2012
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Presentation by Brooke Evans, ASUSU Diversity VP, on an individual service-learning project. First reading of ECB 2012-07, the bill to restructure the Academic Senate.
02/06/2012
Minutes From 02/06/2012
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Aggies for Change, Graduate Student Senate, GSS, Restructure,
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Presentation from Aggies for Change about the College Competition. Final passing of ECB 2012-07
Graduate Student Senate Minutes
09/21/2011
Minutes From 09/21/2011
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Discussion about IDEA, the new MS program of INternational Agribusiness, Introduction of Graduate Program Review, PhD credits, and the 150th year anniversary of the Morrill Act. GSS Constitution amended to remove International Senator.
10/05/2011
Minutes From 10/05/2011
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College of the Arts, Teacher Evaluations, IGRS, College of Engineering,
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Discussion about teacher evaluations (IDEAS), IGRS, and computer science moving to the College of Engineering. Research Award Committee Formed. Senator position created for CHaSS and Arts College.
11/02/2011
Minutes From 11/02/2011
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Graduate Student Insurance, Enhancement Award, Graduate Students, GSS,
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Discussion about the Enhancement Award, Grad Day, and creation of a committee for brochures to make a GSS motto and flier. Discussion about Graduate Student Insurance.
11/16/2011
Minutes From 11/16/2011
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Discussion items include Mary Cleave and Student Health Insurance.
11/30/2011
Minutes From 11/30/2011
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Presentation by Public Relations Director to review Elections Week Schedule