4/13 Student Senate Meeting Minutes

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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 

• Staci Grimes, Director of Marketing and Digital Engagement
• Gettysburg College Website Redesign.
• Project Purpose
  • The website is the College’s most important digital platform for recruitment, student experience, storytelling, and advancement
• Cross-Campus Collaboration
  • Project informed by the Cross-Campus Committee
  • Gathered feedback on student information needs among current students and prospective students.
• Stakeholder Themes Across Groups
  • Frictionlist, mobile-first user experience.
  • Optimize content to draw users into the site immediately and lead them down the funnel.
  • Dual-site architecture with seamless transition from site to site.
  • Personalized experience.
  • Liberal Arts & Career-focused programs.
• Website Ecosystem
  • Sites with distinct audiences
    • Marketing site for prospective students, families, and alumni.
    • Intranet for current students, faculty, and staff.
• Intranet Strategy
  • Makes internal information easier to find.
  • Provides a personalized list of links.
  • Improves prospective student experience (marketing site).
• Timeline
  • Discovery and strategy are nearly complete.
  • Design phase is underway.
  • Next steps are design refinement, content migration, governance implementation, and internet rollout.
  • Goal rollout is late summer / early fall.
• Key Takeaways
  • The website redesign is a strategic investment in Getysburg’s digital experience.
  • The new structure clarifies audiences and improves usability.
  • Communications & Marketing will centrally steward the marketing site and intranet.
  • Campus engagement is underway.
• Questions & Answers
  • Will the password-protected intranet be off-putting to prospective students?
    • The redesign of the site should make it easier for prospective students to engage.
  • How often do you plan to make updates to the website to avoid confusion among students?
    • The site being planned now should have greater longevity than the current site, to ensure there is minimal disruption.
  • Does the website redesign include the student center, which is very outdated?
    • Departments are being encouraged to update their sites frequently.
    • When searching on the website, the results are clogged up by irrelevant results.
    • That is being addressed on the website redesign.
  • What is the purpose of the intranet, given the number of tools needed?
    • The website will serve as a directory of tools, but will not synthesize them.
  • Is the coding for the new website being done in-house?
    • The College is working with an external contractor with experience in Higher Education websites.
  • Have you looked at other colleges’ websites and found any that are especially impressive?
    • Stanford University has a very impressive website.
  • Will this overhaul of the website lead to the overhaul of other difficult sites, such as CNAV?
    • IT oversees CNAV, but that is a potential in the future.
  • Will the fonts on the website be changed?
    • Yes.
  • Can an AI chatbot be included in the website?
    • That has been considered. There is a chatbot tool for any number of needs, or a site search chatbot.

Officer Reports 

• President Roman Jordan
  • Sorry for not being here last week.
  • The gear shop is getting a new vendor, and the name is being changed, so a
    survey is out on the digest.
• Vice President Duquette
  • Next year, the last Senate meeting of the month will take place in the Junction, open to all students.
• Parliamentarian DiLuzio
  • Elections are underway and close at 11:55 PM on Wednesday.
  • Vote Totals
    • 2029: 147
    • 2028: 59
    • 2027: 33
  • Split tickets are not enabled on Engage, but they will be sorted out.
  • Results will be sent on Thursday morning.
•  Treasurer Amer
  • The receipts from BurgBurst have not yet been tallied, but $7,000 is remaining.
• Secretary Bumps
  • No Report.
• Inclusion Officer Delena
  • Student Senate is collaborating with the DEI Office for the Immigration and Community Event on 4/16 in CUB 260 from 2:45 to 3:45 PM.

Advisor Reports

• Jon Allen
  • The next two weekends are busy with programming, so get out to attend the events!

Committee Reports

• Board of Committee Chairs – Vice President Duquette
  • No Report.
• Academic & Career Affairs Committee – Raiyat Haque
  • Wednesday 7 PM in CUB 206.
  • Absent.
• Budget Management Committee – Treasurer Amer
  • Thursday 5 PM in CUB 230.
  • There will be donuts and pizza at this week’s meeting.
• College Life Advisory Committee – Nataleah Jones
  • Monday, after Senate.
  • CLAC is tabling with Outreach for student concerns.
  • No meeting this weekend.
• Dining Committee – Trey Hunter
  • Tuesday 3 PM in CUB 206.
  • Tzatziki will be available.
  • Bullet will have margarita pizza available as a special in the fall.
  • Veggie nuggets and burgers will be less dry.
  • Proposal that a meal should be based on price rather than a specific set of items in Bullet.
• Inclusion Committee – Dejah Hill
  • Wednesday 4:30 PM in the Library.
  • An event is being planned for April 24
• IT Committee – Parker Dominick
  • Friday 1 PM in West 229.
  • Reach out with suggestions for IT.
  • IT is working on mapping out all buildings for WiFi, and the map will be published.
• Opinions Committee – Charlotte Bruchey
  • Friday 1 PM in CUB.
  • Working on bookstore opinion.
• Outreach Committee – Secretary Bumps
  • Wednesday 4 PM in CUB 251.
  • Partnering with CLAC on tabling.
• Rules & Administration Committee – Parliamentarian DiLuzio
  • Club Council policy alternatives will be discussed tonight.
• Wellness & Safety Committee – Sophia Hume
  • Friday 5 PM in CUB 206.
  • Tabling event is being set up within the next week or two on First Aid awareness.

Club Reports & Announcements

• Culture Shock is taking place on 4/19.
• Lambda Chi Alpha is hosting the Antica Napoli 5k on 4/17 at 4 PM on the Cross Country Course. The event raises funds for Saint Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
• SCAAP is hosting an Empty Bowls Fundraiser, and tickets are sold out.
• Alexander Hamilton Society is hosting Patrick Quirk on 4/20 at 5 PM in Glatfelter 301.
• Eisenhower Institute is hosting a two-day Leadership Showcase on 4/13-15.
• Walk a Mile is taking place on 4/16, raising funds for Safe Home.
• Gamma Phi Beta is hosting Moonball on 4/24 in the Field House. The cost is $20 per team of 4. Shirts will be sold, and there will be prizes. There will be a faculty team.
• There will be a test run of the DC Shuttle Program on 4/18.
• Alpha Chi Rho is hosting Splash a CROW on April 14 on Stine Lake.

Student Concerns 

• Linguini and chicken are too frequently served in Servo.

Budget Requests

• None.

Old Business 

• None.

New Business 

• Club Policy Options are being reassessed.
• Motion to table Club Council Policy indefinitely.
  • Motion passed.
• Motion to remand the Club Policy issue to RAC
  • Motion passed.

Adjourned at 8:35 PM EST.