2008 Woodie Awards
Student Organizations Get Underway
News Briefs from Student Life Committee and Academic Senate
Issue date: 10/8/07 Section: News
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Student Life Committee: On September 11, The Wilf Campus' Student Life Committee, an arm of YSU, held their first meeting, conducted by YSU President Daniel Stokar. The committee, convening in the President's Conference Room, garnered a large attendance of student leaders as well as several administrators. Stokar introduced the new year's agenda by calling for an "invigoration of the student body."
The new agenda includes a set of minor, yet immediate goals for the campus. Students and administrators in attendence praised this tactic, citing the more realistic nature of these points than past Student Life Committees.
Upon agreeing to advise the SLC, University Vice President for Administrative Services, Jeffrey Rosengarten, suggested that the committee reorganize itself to become more efficient. Specifically, Mr. Rosengarten suggested that SLC leaders form subcommittees on particular issues before major SLC meetings. Mr. Rosengarten envisions these subcommittees saving "valuable time for student leaders and busy administrators."
Mr. Rosengarten added that with the formation of subcommittees on issues like residential housing, security and food services, SLC participants "can spend the time we have here to accomplish more without dealing with smaller issues that only affect a small number of the participants at these meetings."
Academic Senate: The Wilf Campus's Academic Senate, chaired by Matt Williams, held their first meeting on September 20 in Furst 535. As the meeting began, Williams and the other Senators, including six Yeshiva College students and one Sy Syms School of Business student, got straight to work redefining the jurisdiction of the Senate.
"Defining our jurisdiction is of utmost importance," Williams said. "Without a definition and a new constitution, we will be hard pressed to do our jobs,"
According to Mr. Williams, the reason the Academic Senate must redefine their place at Yeshiva University is a result of various new faculty committees which have "effectively gutted all constitutional responsibilities that the Senate once had... Our constitution is basically void."
During the meeting, Mr. Williams affirmed that the Senate came up with two avenues to accomplish "a few things vital to the continued positive momentum that the Wilf campus presently has."
The first, he said, is to increase student advocacy. The second, a "classical" approach to the Senate, will require Senators to submit three rounds of proposals, to be reviewed on a bi-weekly basis, that will identify academic problems and attempt to solve them.
Matt Williams told The Commentator that "the Senate, as a body of students committed to the University's prosperity, is in a unique position to offer guidance and direction to students either unsatisfied with their academic opportunities or bothered by the faculty or administration."
Therefore, he said, each Senator holds information and ideas "that should be harnessed by the administration to affect positive change in our university's academic mission."
The new agenda includes a set of minor, yet immediate goals for the campus. Students and administrators in attendence praised this tactic, citing the more realistic nature of these points than past Student Life Committees.
Upon agreeing to advise the SLC, University Vice President for Administrative Services, Jeffrey Rosengarten, suggested that the committee reorganize itself to become more efficient. Specifically, Mr. Rosengarten suggested that SLC leaders form subcommittees on particular issues before major SLC meetings. Mr. Rosengarten envisions these subcommittees saving "valuable time for student leaders and busy administrators."
Mr. Rosengarten added that with the formation of subcommittees on issues like residential housing, security and food services, SLC participants "can spend the time we have here to accomplish more without dealing with smaller issues that only affect a small number of the participants at these meetings."
Academic Senate: The Wilf Campus's Academic Senate, chaired by Matt Williams, held their first meeting on September 20 in Furst 535. As the meeting began, Williams and the other Senators, including six Yeshiva College students and one Sy Syms School of Business student, got straight to work redefining the jurisdiction of the Senate.
"Defining our jurisdiction is of utmost importance," Williams said. "Without a definition and a new constitution, we will be hard pressed to do our jobs,"
According to Mr. Williams, the reason the Academic Senate must redefine their place at Yeshiva University is a result of various new faculty committees which have "effectively gutted all constitutional responsibilities that the Senate once had... Our constitution is basically void."
During the meeting, Mr. Williams affirmed that the Senate came up with two avenues to accomplish "a few things vital to the continued positive momentum that the Wilf campus presently has."
The first, he said, is to increase student advocacy. The second, a "classical" approach to the Senate, will require Senators to submit three rounds of proposals, to be reviewed on a bi-weekly basis, that will identify academic problems and attempt to solve them.
Matt Williams told The Commentator that "the Senate, as a body of students committed to the University's prosperity, is in a unique position to offer guidance and direction to students either unsatisfied with their academic opportunities or bothered by the faculty or administration."
Therefore, he said, each Senator holds information and ideas "that should be harnessed by the administration to affect positive change in our university's academic mission."
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