9/15 Student Senate Minutes

Posted By Gettysburgian Staff on Sep 15, 2025 | 0 comments

The Gettysburg College Student Senate provided the following minutes. Besides formatting, they have not been edited in any way.

Approval of Minutes

• Motion passed.

Guest Speaker – Gavin Foster, Chief Information Officer

• Information technology assisted over 300 students register over 400 devices during first year orientation. Device registration is a complicated process.
• Created tool in CNAV to find what devices are registered to the student.
• Reengineering network to remove dissolvable agent, allowing students to just enter their Gettysburg email address, and use validation link. This will allow more devices on wifi. This process will be complete in May 2026.
• Students are using about 3.0 gigabytes at their most busy points, on a network that can run up to 17.0 gigabytes.
• New air conditioners in first year halls were conflicting with the internet, which has been mostly resolved.
• IT will be sending out a student survey on the registration process, speed, coverage / dead spots, and GTech. This will help the IT department make the changes needed to resolve issues in the network.
• Mr. Foster proposed an IT Subcommittee with the Student Senate to resolve the blind spots on technology issues on campus.
• Questions
  • Are the wifi upgrades complete?
    • Yes.
  • The claim made earlier was that the reason the wifi was not working in past months was because the wifi was not yet set up. Why is it that now that the renovation is complete, this has not been resolved?
    • The reason depends on the device. Communicating with the IT office allows them to determine the actual issues.
  • Are there plans for devices like TVs and video games systems to be on the wifi instead of ethernet?
    • Yes, by May 2026.
  • Can Alexa’s be paired to the wifi?
    • Not currently, but ideally by May 2026.

Officer Reports 

• President Roman Jordan
  • The Faculty meeting was held last Thursday.
    • Committee is working to review study abroad programs to diversity programs offered and make them more affordable.
    • Notetaking with AI is not considered an appropriate accommodation.
    • Motion to approve change to Student Handbook, to change academic suspensions from one year to a semester.
• Vice President Duquette
  • BOCC has been scheduled.
  • If you have ideas for a Senate bonding event, reach out to Jocelyn.
    • Minigolf is an option.
  • If you are interested in the IT Committee, reach out to Jocelyn
• Parliamentarian DiLuzio
  • Presidents have been emailed about nominating Affinity Group Leaders, so there was confusion about elections.
  • Affinity Group Leaders represent 1/7 affinity group leaders, and have full voting power.
  • Academic Clubs
    • Candidates
      • Isaiah Lares
      • Emily Cook
    • Winner
      • Isaiah Lares
  • Arts & Music Clubs
    •  Candidates
      • Bridget Fleming
      • Addison Journey
    • Winner
      • Addison Journey
  • Cultural Clubs
    • Candidates
      • Iveelen Bayasgalan
      • Olivia Hippensteel
    • Winner
      • Olivia Hippensteel
  • Political Clubs
    • Candidates
      • Manuela Aguirre Erazo
      • Bridget Fleming
    • Winner
      • Bridget Fleming
  • Religious Clubs
    • Candidates
      • Ephram Jacob
      • Ethan Composto
    • Winner
      • Ethan Composto
  • Service Clubs
    • Candidates
      • Sophia Dotterwich
    • Winner
      • Sophia Dotterwich
  • Social Clubs
    • Candidates
      • Lily Mader
    • Winner
      • Lily Mader
•  Treasurer Amer
  • BMC takes place every Thursday at 5:00 PM.
  • An email will go out with questions regarding the types of budgets.
• Secretary Bumps
  • Will be setting up new members on the website and Engage.
• Inclusion Officer Delena
  • Hispanic Heritage Month is beginning now.
  • Democracy Week is this week.

Advisor Reports

• Jon Allen
  • Thank you to everyone who attended the Activities Fair.
• Jeff Foster
  • No Report.

Committee Reports

• Academic & Career Affairs Committee – McKenzie Huff
  • Introduction of Chair.
• Budget Management Committee – Treasurer Amer
  • About $86,000 is left in the budget.
• Board of Committee Chairs – Vice President Duquette
  • No report.
• College Life Advisory Committee – Elle Brignati
  • Scheduling email has gone out.
• Inclusion Committee – Dejah Hill
  • Scheduling email has gone out.
• Opinions Committee – Alexandra Jurow
• Outreach Committee – Secretary Bumps
  • Email on scheduling will go out soon.
• Rules & Administration Committee – Parliamentarian DiLuzio
  • Members will meet after this meeting to find a time.
• Wellness & Safety Committee – Ethan Acevedo
  • Scheduling email has gone out.

Club Reports & Announcements

• Tristian Chen is a recent Gettysburg College alumni. He is working with The United States Anti-Slavery Organization. The organization is planning an event on incarceration with Professor Hartzell and would like to cosponsor with any Gettysburg College organization that is interested.
• Gettysburg Mayoral Debate is taking place in Mara Auditorium at 7:00 PM, being led by Professor Douds. There will be an open forum Q&A at the end of the Debate.
• Pie a Pi, Pie a Chi, Pie event will take place from 12-3 on CUB Green on Friday

Student Concerns 

• Updates on Previous Concerns
  • Mold & fungus were found in Q House.
    • The issue was not mold, and was cleaned up by the housekeeper last Tuesday.
  • The bookshelves were removed from first year houses.
    • Work orders will allow students to request a bookcase.
  • Staff salaries should be higher.
    • Gettysburg ranks higher than most similar institutions in terms of staff salaries.
  • Water fountains should be installed in upper classman dorms.
    • President Iuliano is working on this issue with alumni.
• New Concerns
  • SpeedQueen app is down across campus, and the company does not provide a good alternative, such as making laundry machines free. The situation began on Saturday and has not been addressed until Monday.
  • Who puts the quotes above the doors in the library?
  • Fans and spectators have been unsportsmanlike during games, yelling at cheerleaders, due to a stunt taking place during an injury, which was unintentional. The complainant would like a way to address the issue.
  • CNAV messages sending to students who are no longer enrolled in the college.
  • Laundry machine had out of order sign on it, but did not come to fix it until a work order was placed.
  • Outlook app is glitching, requiring a two factor authentication glitch.
  • When Q House did not have hot water, and when they were informed, there was no range of time for when the issue would be resolved.
  • Student email accounts cannot be linked to a Google account, to be used for G Suite.
  • 25 Live should be available for 30 minute slots.

Budget Requests

• None.

Old Business

• None.

New Business

• None.

Adjourned at 8:07 PM EST.