The Retriever Report (April 2015) Find Out What's Happening in SGA!!!
A Note From Our President:

"As the academic year comes to a close, SGA and its members reflect on the work they have accomplished and the connections they have created for themselves and for the organization. This report showcases some of the work that is currently occurring in the organization and recognizes that SGA and its members are working hard to represent students and deliver on the organization's immense potential.

The SGA election will soon be upon us and campaigns are beginning in earnest. Candidates will be working hard in the coming weeks to earn your vote for the opportunity to lead this organization and build upon its successes. Your vote has a direct impact on the future of SGA and how it works for you, so don't take it lightly and be sure to vote!"

~ Ganesh Mysore, SGA President


ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

  • Department Director: Michelle Seu
  • Assistant Director: Anthony Nguyen


News & Updates:


  • Academic Standards Advisory Committee (ASAC): Academic Affairs has a student representative that sits on UMBC’s ASAC, which is currently discussing course “withdrawals” and the institution’s repeat policies for courses. It is impossible to re-program PeopleSoft to prevent students from re-enrolling in courses multiple times because of financial constraints. Academic Affairs has suggested to the committee that an alert should be coded into the software that would result in a pop-up notifying students that they should refrain from taking a course for a third time.


  • Course Evaluation & Implementation Committee (CEIC): Academic Affairs has reported that the CEIC is currently discussing the implementation of electronic submissions for Student Course Evaluations.


  • Campus Climate Change Work Group: Academic Affairs has reported that the Campus Climate Change Work Group has approved the existence of “preferred names” on UMBC Student ID’s!



COMMUNICATIONS

  • Department Director: Lynne Deckel
  • Assistant Director: Brad Ingram


Ongoing Initiatives:


  • Ganesh’s Corner: Communications has been producing a video series throughout the semester on SGA President, Ganesh Mysore, as he discusses the major programs and initiatives currently underway within the organization! Check them out on the SGA Facebook page!


  • This Is UMBC SGA: Communications has released an official trailer for another video series, which will display the inner workings and responsibilities of the various departments and student leadership within SGA.



DIVERSITY & MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

  • Department Director: Ahmed Eissa
  • Assistant Director: Isabel Geisler

Ongoing Initiatives:

  • Diversity Video: If you haven’t seen it already, make sure to visit the SGA Facebook page to check out the Department of Diversity & Multicultural Affairs’ Diversity Video initiative!


News & Updates:

  • Diversity Tapestry: For their next project, DMCA wants to create a “Diversity Tapestry” for UMBC students to express their identity and sense of self through writing and drawing! Upon completion, the tapestry would be displayed in The Commons for the entire school to see!



GOVERNMENTAL & INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

  • Department Director: Kyle Wood
  • Assistant Director: Josh Shear


News & Updates:


  • Tuition Affordability Letter Writing Campaign: The student-written letters from last month’s campaign were stamped, addressed, and mailed out to the State Senate Office Buildings last week! The Department of Governmental & Institutional Affairs would once again like to thank all the students who came out to voice their concerns to their State Delegates and Senators!



HEALTH & WELLNESS

  • Department Director: Jae Yang
  • Assistant Director: Caroline Taylor


Ongoing Initiatives:

  • Fitness Ambassador Program: Health & Wellness has accepted their first class of Fitness Ambassadors for their Pilot Program! Congratulations to UMBC Students: Karli Funk, Chloe Jackson, Thomas Liu, Dylan Ray, and Steven Snyder!


  • Emergency Preparedness: With the help of Commonvision, Health & Wellness plans to create informational brochures highlighting AED locations throughout campus, in addition to including other important facts, such as basic AED & CPR instructions and tips on how to recognize a stroke or heart attack. Health & Wellness hopes to have completed this project by May 1st!


  • Mental Health: In collaboration with NAMI and Active Minds, Health & Wellness is planning on launching their “Stick It To Stigma” campaign around the last 3 weeks of April, which will comprise of mental health screenings and surveys, movies, info sessions, and other interesting events! Additionally, Health & Wellness is gearing up for the semesterly Stress Free Zone to be executed in May around Finals Week!



LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

  • Department Director: Bentley Corbett-Wilson
  • Assistant Director: Deveraux Smith


Ongoing Initiatives:


  • ProveIt! Landmark Project: Leadership Development is currently in the process of choosing between 4 different vendors in purchasing the “paws” that will commemorate past ProveIt! initiatives, which are being designed in collaboration with Commonvision.



SERVICE & COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • Department Director: Ally Yang
  • Assistant Director: Nitya Kumaran


Ongoing Initiatives:


  • Red Card Program: Allows UMBC students to get discounts and deals at various local businesses by showing your student ID!


News & Updates:

  • Blood Drive: Service & Community Outreach is currently preparing to host a campus blood drive that would be held all day in the UC Ballroom. The exact date and times are TBD, so be on the lookout for more details on Facebook and flyers around campus!



STUDENT ORGANIZATION SUPPORT TEAM

  • Vice President of Student Organizations: Michael Burgos

Ongoing Initiatives:

  • Card Reader System to help Student Orgs’ Fundraising Efforts


News & Updates:

  • UMBC Athletics & School Spirit: The UMBC Men’s Lacrosse Game was a huge success, with a total attendance of 712 students, of which 108 were representing student organizations and clubs! Congratulations to the orgs/clubs with the highest attendance: Men’s & Women’s Ultimate Frisbee, Men’s Club Rugby, Global Brigades, Women’s Club Lacrosse, and UMBC Crew.


  • LeadingOrgs: SOS is currently planning their end of the year celebration for student organizations!


  • SGA Website: VPSO, Michael Burgos, is in discussion with faculty and student leadership regarding the utilization of the SGA website as the primary forum for student org resources and information.


If you would like to learn more about SGA or get in contact with any of these departments, please feel free to email Chief of Staff, Austin Nam with your inquiries/requests! (ausnam1@umbc.edu)
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This survey is for students interested in working WITH a Fitness Ambassador

The survey will be used in order to match you, the student, up with the best possible Fitness Ambassador depending on your goals!
Please be aware that this is for the APRIL 2015 FITNESS AMBASSADOR PILOT PROGRAM ONLY. Due to this, we will unfortunately only be selecting a small number of students to work with a Fitness Ambassador for this Pilot Program. The selection will be first come first serve and this survey will close ON SUNDAY, April 5, 2015 at 11:59pm.
Students will be notified if they have be selected for the Pilot Program on April 6, 2015.
Please be aware that, again, this is ONLY a pilot program and we plan on fully launching this program in the Fall of 2015 on a much larger capacity.

If selected, you will be notified on who your Fitness Ambassador is and then it is the student's / Fitness Ambassador's responsibility to set up a meeting time.
We are requiring that the student and the Fitness Ambassador meet up at least once a week for either a 30 minute or 1 hour long session during the three week pilot program.
At your first meeting with your appointed Fitness Ambassador, he or she will then let you know all the guidelines and rules you must adhere to as a student participating in this program. 
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Please help us congratulate our newest and first ever Fitness Ambassadors!

Steven Snyder
Dylan Ray
Chloe Jackson
Karli Funk
Thomas Liu

UMBC students please look out for a survey that will be up by tonight which will give you a chance to work with a Fitness Ambassador for the Pilot Program! Please note that for the Pilot Program we will only be selecting a few students to test out the program!
It is our hope that the Program will fully launch in Fall 2015 in a much larger capacity!

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From the Student Fee Advisory Board:

In addition to tuition, every student at UMBC pays fees that support student life on campus. These fees are broken down into six categories: Athletics, Technology, The Commons, Transportation, Auxiliary Facilities, and Student Activities.

Every year, UMBC engages students in a process to review each of these fees and assess how to increase and allocate their funding. Student input is a valuable component of the fee review process and the SGA Student Fee Advisory Board makes a formal recommendation to approve or amend each fee on behalf of students.

Below is a link to the 2015 Mandatory Fee Review Survey. It is an online form that explains the details of proposed fee increases and collects your input on how you feel about each fee and its related expenditures. The fee advisory board uses this data to directly advocate for fees and expenditures that students support.

sga.umbc.edu/sfab

It it immensely important that you take and share this survey so the largest possible percentage of students' direct feedback can be represented by the Board and its recommendations. So paw this post and share it on facebook!
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This is Anthony Jankoski, your SGA Treasurer! Are you interested in FREE T-SHIRTS FOR YOUR STUDENT ORGANIZATION?! You probably are! If you would like to apply for the SGA T-shirt Fund for, please see the email sent out to student org leaders from Sara Leidner (sent February 6). In this email, you will find a t-shirt request form and simple directions for completing your application. Along with the completed form, I will need screenshots from your vendor's website. Sara and I have provided you all with a list of acceptable vendors in our email, so be sure to consult it! If you have any questions or do not have the t-shirt fund email, feel free to email me at anjanko1@umbc.edu. I look forward to your requests! :)

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman
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First Year Ambassador (FYA) Program - The First Year Ambassador Program serves as an introduction to the Student Government Association (SGA) at UMBC and provides training so that new students are equipped to tackle any problems they recognize at UMBC. Each FYA is responsible for attending five one-hour training sessions over the course of five weeks and a regular FYA meeting once every month. Additionally, each FYA will receive a placement in one of the following branches of the SGA:

- Executive Branch - The Executive Branch is organized into departments: Environmental Affairs, Health & Wellness, Communications, Leadership Developement, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Academic Affairs, Service and Community Outreach, Governmental and Institutional Affairs. Each First Year Ambassador learns about the expectations and responsibilities of a staff member in a department while going through training, and then solidifies his or her placement for the remainder of the semester at the end of the training period.
- Senate - The Senate meets every Monday at 5:30 PM in the Commons, Room 318. Senate members are responsible for connecting with other students, sitting on University committees, taking positions on university policy issues, and initiating projects to improve the undergraduate experience.

- Finance Board - The Finance Board meets every Tuesday at 5:30 PM in the Commons, Room 318. Finance Board members are responsible for allocating funds to student organizations to support their programs and events. 


Applications for the Spring 2015 cohort are due Friday, February 13th, at 11:59PM.

If you have any questions, contact Bentley Corbett (bcorbet1@umbc.edu), the Director for Leadership Development. Thank you!

 Click the button below for the application.
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Are you interested in making a difference on campus? SGA Senate, Finance Board, and Exec departments have openings to help YOU make that happen! 

Senate:

Senators are elected by students during the May election. Due to vacancies we are looking for enthusiastic students to fill open positions for Spring 2015. 

Some of the responsibilities of Senators include:
- Foster open communication with the student body
- Represent the student voice to different parts of the UMBC community
- Take actions to improve our campus
- Take a stance on issues relating to any matters including, but not limited to, policies and practices at UMBC. 

Senators are required to:
- Attend the Senate meetings at 5:30pm on Mondays (the meetings usually run for 3 hours)
- Serve on university shared governance committees

Please contact the Speaker of the Senate, Hannah Khan, at khan12@umbc.edu if you have any more questions. 

Financial Support Team:
The Financial Support Team assists the SGA Treasurer in making allocation decisions, scheduling student organizations for meetings with the Finance Board, and communicating with leaders of student organizations. In this position, you will work with the SGA Treasurer and the Director of FST to help prepare for meetings and efficiently communicate with student organizations.

Some of the responsibilities of FST members include:
- Work in the SGA Office once a week to assist the Treasurer in his/her duties
- Meet once a week with all other members of FST and the Treasurer to compile a weekly report
- Email or otherwise communicate with student organization leaders as directed by the Treasurer/Director. 

Candidates should be willing to learn, effective communicators, efficient office workers, and interested in financial procedures.

Please contact the SGA Treasurer, Anthony Jankoski, at anjanko1@umbc.edu if you have any more questions."

Click "visit website" to go to the application!  Deadline is Feb 6th!
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First Year Ambassador (FYA) Program - The First Year Ambassador Program serves as an introduction to the Student Government Association (SGA) at UMBC and provides training so that new students are equipped to tackle any problems they recognize at UMBC. Each FYA is responsible for attending five one-hour training sessions over the course of five weeks and a regular FYA meeting once every month. Additionally, each FYA will receive a placement in one of the following branches of the SGA:

- Senate - The Senate meets every Monday at 5:30 PM in the Commons, Room 318. Senate members are responsible for connecting with other students, sitting on University committees, taking positions on university policy issues, and initiating projects to improve the undergraduate experience.

- Finance Board - The Finance Board meets every Tuesday at 5:30 PM in the Commons, Room 318. Finance Board members are responsible for allocating funds to student organizations to support their programs and events. 

- Executive Branch - The Executive Branch is organized into departments: Environmental Affairs, Health & Wellness, Communications, Leadership Developement, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Academic Affairs, Service and Community Outreach, Governmental and Institutional Affairs. Each First Year Ambassador learns about the expectations and responsibilities of a staff member in a department while going through training, and then solidifies his or her placement for the remainder of the semester at the end of the training period.

Applications for the Fall 2014 cohort are due Wednesday, October 1st, at 11:59PM.

If you have any questions, contact Bentley Corbett (bcorbet1@umbc.edu), the Director for Leadership Development. Thank you!

 Click the button below for the application.
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First Year Ambassador (FYA) Program - The First Year Ambassador Program serves as an introduction to the Student Government Association (SGA) at UMBC and provides training so that new students are equipped to tackle any problems they recognize at UMBC. 

Sign up for more information about the FYA Program for Fall 2014!

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