Student Senate Minutes Oct. 5

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

Guests: 

Richard Russell – AI Initiative  

• Overview, Goals & Structure of AI initiative   

• • Goal is to help college prepare students to flourish in a world with AI  

• • 3-year initiative, starting with a faculty-facing front (year 1) 

• • If the goal is to prepare students to flourish, the preparation needs to come through the faculty  

• • Has already begun to place things in motion about AI in teaching and learning  

• • In the process of hiring students to join the AI initiative in 2 roles; wants to hear student voice and offer positions  

• • Encouraging faculty to explore different ways of teaching, new variations in teaching styles and learning experiences, trying to learn through experimentation as to what works with teaching and learning with AI tools.  

• • 2nd year (Next year) will be another experimental year, beginning to build the Gettysburg unified approach, and will be testing it  

• • 3rd year will be developing models and editing them to revolve around the Gettysburg AI Approach with policies and curriculum. 

• • Pieces of the program:  

• • • Central college-wide AI leadership team of students and faculty  

• • • Every academic area will have 2 AI coordinators, one student & one teacher, to serve as discussion facilitators and bridge the gap across different academic disciplines. 

• • • Smaller goals  

• • • Every faculty member will have knowledge, skills, and informed opinions on the role of AI in education and society.  

• • • Develop a Gettysburg approach on AI, with a set of values to inform policies and curricular decisions (course policies, etc)

• • Q&A 

• • • What has faculty response looked like?  

• • • • Yes, varies by individual member and sometimes by department, but there has been less resistance than there used to be  

• • • Where have the funds come from for this  

• • • • President Iuliano claims a donor has sponsored this through donated funds; defer to others.  

• • • Is the initiative looking to have different approaches across majors? 

• • • • Short answer: yes, but it will take time to make a streamlined approach and experiment with it  

Officer Reports: 

• President Duquette 

• • Announcement for almost fall break; no report as of right now.   

• Vice President Bumps 

• • Cavaliere Award Announcement: Professor Ryan Johnson – Associate Professor of Physics – 12 years on our faculty 

• • Next week, no Senate meeting 

• • Week of the 19th, we will be back in CUB 260 now that it has been renovated  

• Parliamentarian McCrea 

• • Brief overview of Constitution and Senate operating rules Gettysburg_Senate_Constitution_Pres.pptxQR Code Link for questions, comments, concerns   

• Treasurer Paine 

• • DiscipleMakers Christian Fellowship budget request 

• Secretary Migut 

• • Minutes for committees  

• • Senate T-shirts form – shirts will be coming soon  

• Inclusion Officer Hippensteel 

• • Defer to Brianna Wright, chair of Inclusion Committee  

Advisor Reports 

• Jon Allen 

• • Reminder for homecoming tailgate spots  

• Jeff Foster 

• • No report  

Committee Chair Reports 

• Academic & Career Affairs Committee – Amir Hasan 

• • Virtual meetings Fridays at 9; working on planning out a calendar  

• Budget Management Committee – Treasurer Paine 

• • BMC will be meeting 10/08 at 6:30 PM in CUB 230. 

• College Life Advisory Committee – Bridget Hallinan 

• • Meeting on Tuesdays at 1 PM, CUB first floor  

• • Discussing yearly procedure  

• Dining Committee – Hailey Clark 

• • Meeting after Senate  

• Inclusion Committee – Brianna Wright 

• • Meeting Mondays after Senate  

• IT Committee – Parker Dominick 

• • IT Committee will be meeting tomorrow at 4. Parker will be sending out an email with more information tomorrow 

• Opinions Committee –  John Towey 

• • Every Wednesday, 6:30 pm, 1st floor of the library  

• • Talks about servo and AI initiative  

• Outreach Committee – Secretary Migut 

• • Tomorrow at noon in the junction  

• Rules & Administration Committee – Parliamentarian McCrea 

• • Meeting Tuesdays at 8 pm in the junction, still discussing SAAC and Greek rep legislation 

• Wellness & Safety Committee – Joshua Snyder 

• • Mondays at 6 pm, meetings alternating between Servo and Bullet, plans to meet with Title IX and discuss events in light of recent events at colleges.  

• Board of Committee Chairs – Vice President Bumps 

• • No meeting this Friday; will be meeting Friday following fall break and meetings will be biweekly.  

Club Reports & Announcements 

• Title IX Office hosting Open Discussion Wednesday 7 PM CUB 208 

• Football game at 1 PM this Saturday  

• Ultimate frisbee team success, 2nd place win, highest placement in 7 years   

• GLC encourages teams and clubs to do team bonding programs & sign up soon 

• Tour Guide applications open on Wednesday  

• Class of 2030 will be tabling Thursday 11-1 outside of Stine for student concerns and outreach 

• MSA and Peace and Justice – baking for human rights event in CUB all week  

• October 14th LASA event  

Student Concerns 

• Updates:  

• • New stapler in the QLC  

• • Hailey with dining updates from her meeting with Mike Bishop: 

• • • Lines in servo and self-service are being dealt with; he appreciates and encourages hearing concerns   

• • • Bullet dishwasher was fixed 12 times before giving up last year; the new made-to-order dishwasher has now been shipped but will be fully installed in the next few weeks 

• • • Fruit portions in Bullet – fruit has been changed to pre-packaged because of staffing, and you can buy two fruits to serve as one side with a meal 

• • • New bullet hole manager will be here soon; will work to increase variety  

• • Post office will be changing lockers over break; there will be new lockers, and those will be the main place to pick up packages. Mail will still be at the window. 

• • Bookstore is now independent and will be designing things; encourages feedback from students and faculty.  

• • Turtle in McCreary Hall – concerns with tank too small – President Duquette addressed that when there was a bigger tank implemented, the turtle became depressed and stopped eating, so the tank is an approved size. Updated concerns: algae buildup and skin irritations on turtle’s shell  

• • Bathroom smell in Musselman Stadium public bathrooms  

• • Lack of vegan options in Servo  

• • Real bacon at Servo Saturday mornings opposed to turkey bacon  

Budget Requests 

• DiscipleMakers Christian Fellowship 

• $1560 requested 

• Requested for Fall Conference of their Christian ministry, in Lancaster, PA 

• Attending since the 2000s, 115 for non-commuting members, $65 for ‘local to Lancaster’ members 

• Payment is for lodging and meals  

• 19 participants, 6 new DCF members  

• ($1,560) is an average of $82 per person  

• Motion to approve in full: Motion passes.  

Old Business 

• None 

New Business 

• None 

Adjourned at 8:10 PM EST.