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The Syracuse University Student Association will hold an on-campus spring planning meeting on Dec. 4 to review fall programs and organize the spring semester schedule.
SA leaders hold a planning meeting just before the regular general meeting to tentatively develop new goals and programs for the upcoming semester.
SA Vice-President Yasmin Nairouz said the organization was drawing inspiration from the success of recent inaugural events, including the Currenton Music Fest and Native Heritage Painting Workshop, to develop new initiatives in the future. He said he would like to do so.
“We hosted a wonderful cultural event that celebrated the diversity of our campus,” Nerouz said in a statement to the Daily Orange. “Through our programming, we want to increase students’ sense of belonging to campus.”
Eden Gardner, SA Chair of Community Engagement and Government Affairs and Vice President of SUNY ESF’s Mighty Oak Student Association, said the state is participating in the annual Spring in to Action He said he is in the early stages of planning a week-long volunteer opportunity for SUNY ESF students.
Gardner said the event will have a similar format to this semester’s Fall Into Action Week, which SA held from Nov. 4 to 12.
“We have a lot of great connections and systems in place for when we do Spring Into Action next year,” Gardner said.
Gardner said he was pleased with the outcome of “Fall Into Action” because SA was successful in raising money for the greater Syracuse community. SA partnered with the New York Public Interest Research Group to host a trick-or-eat food drive that collected a total of 742 nonperishable items for the Hendricks Chapel Food Pantry, NYPIRG President Chet Guenther said in November. This was stated at the SA meeting on the 14th. .
SA will also continue to advance the university’s sustainability goals jointly announced by SA and university officials in April.
Mr Gardner said SA plans to start implementing its own four-year plastic elimination plan, which will include a sustainable It also includes an internal audit system for gender.
Mr Gardner said SA’s Sustainability Forum wanted to establish a system to encourage the use of the guide when preparing internal purchase invoices.
“We’re still a new committee and we’re definitely trying to get things up and running again,” Gardner said. “We are serious about raising awareness of sustainability across campus.”
As we prepare for the new school year, SA continues our ongoing student advocacy efforts.
SA will be distributing sexual assault prevention kits each day this week at the Shine Student Center, including drink covers, a 10-drink spike detection test set, a portable door lock, and a Birdie personal alarm. SA’s Donuts With The Dean and Residence Hall Clothing Drive events will also continue throughout the semester.
Neyrouz and SA President William Treloar said SA will actively utilize the student advocacy model this semester and inspire new goals for the spring. SA members also said they will continue to meet with administrators to address student concerns regarding on-campus facilities such as transportation and food services.
“We have made great progress in many of our advocacy efforts,” Treloar said. “We were very satisfied with the program for the fall semester.”
Treloar also said addressing student engagement on campus will be a priority for SA for the upcoming spring semester, especially as the student body emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This new class came in with incredible interest,” Treloar said. “We want to continually improve it and bring back that sense of campus community.”
Published on November 26, 2023 at 10:51pm