Student Union Assembly Officers’ Goals for 2014-15
Cory Fong
Assess the Community Safety Officer (CSO) program by:
Understanding how the program works
Reviewing the type of training CSOs receive
Collecting student input
Developing a way for CSOs to more effectively work with students to create a safe environment
Address lighting issues on campus by:
Taking a lighting tour with the police to assess current light fixtures
Collecting student input by interacting with various parts of campus
Developing a plan to provide better lighting for heavily traversed areas of campus
Show students that SUA is important, relevant and effective by:
Outreaching via “fireside” chats on YouTube and holding town hall style meetings where students can directly engage with SUA officers
Hiring a communications director to promote SUA and communicate with the student body
Focus on advancing University of California Student Association (UCSA) initiatives by:
Aiming to address skyrocketing tuition by urging Gov. Jerry Brown to seek “long-term, sustainable revenue sources through the support of Proposition 13 reform”
Working with Investing in Graduation, Not Incarceration, Transform Education (IGNITE): AB420 was signed, which “reduces the school-to-prison pipeline by limiting suspensions and expulsions for ‘willful defiance,’ or an overly broad and arbitrary rationale given for suspensions and expulsions that has led to disparities in suspensions and expulsions for students of color,” according to the UCSA website.
Develop a structured Lobby Corps, which educates students on campus issues and legislative campaigns and takes them to Sacramento to advocate for these issues:
Of particular concern is the recognition that tuition is unlikely to stay frozen in the coming years
Develop and advance health, wellness and self-care campaigns by:
Working with Student Health Outreach and Promotion (SHOP) and the Health Center
Promoting CruzFit, the annual campuswide wellness incentive program to motivate the UCSC community to exercise and stay healthy
Working with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) to provide greater accessibility to students in need
Bring back the Ethnic Student Organization Council:
Developing better structures so it lasts
Inviting more ethnic organizations, including the original SUA representatives — African/Black Student Alliance (A/BSA), Asian Pacific Islander Student Alliance (APISA), Filipino Student Association, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlán (MEChA) and the Student Alliance of North American Indians (SANAI)
Continue Edge of Eden by:
Exploring the idea of orienting the funds to benefit something like cancer research
Looking for an alternative venue to the OPERS East Field
Outreaching to student organizations to volunteer for the event
Deciding on a more diverse lineup
Continuing UCSC’s Got Talent:
Keeping the date of the event close to UCSC’s 50th anniversary
Outreaching to alumni to perform at the event
Send a delegation to the Student of Color Conference
Establish stronger connections among diverse offices on campus by:
Making information from SUA offices more accessible
Outreaching to student organizations by speaking with them
Continue Holifest, but make it more educational by:
Having Indian food vendors
Having the DJ periodically speak about the significance of Holi and its origin
Asking the Indian Student Organization to perform during the event
Collaborate with the Cantú Queer Center to develop a queer representation project called the “Nifty Fifty,” which aims to:
Recognize people who identify as queer on campus
Highlight that queer is more than how it’s often stereotyped, as a gay, white male
Start in January alongside UCSC’s 50th anniversary
Establish a “meet and greet” between students and professors from the five primary educational divisions on campus (biological sciences, physical sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities) by:
Giving students the opportunity to engage and network with professors
Encouraging students to provide feedback about what classes are helpful for their respective majors
Inform and educate students about issues under consideration within the Academic Senate:
The Committee of Educational Policy is exploring a C- grade option
Currently, there are no grade points between a C, which is a 2.0, and a D, which is a 1.0.
A C- would assign a 1.70 grade point
Data would be collected during the winter and a proposal would be made during the spring
Work on the CLASS (Class and Lecture Availability Student Survey) by:
Asking students whether or not they’re getting into their classes
Giving data to administration and academic senate faculty
Integrating the survey into course evaluations or holding a campaign for the survey during winter quarter
Establish a campus clean-up day to:
Raise awareness around the UC Smoke and Tobacco Free Policy
Host the event around Earth Day and UCSC’s Alumni Weekend
Develop a volunteer core:
Keep students informed about opportunities for volunteering for the various SUA offices and keep them aware of when their student governments meet
Maintain connections with student movements, service workers and the labor unions by reaching out to each group, setting up meetings and listening to their concerns.
Early development of referenda:
Reintroduce the five constitutional amendments proposed for last year
Amend Measure 8 (the Campuswide Student Government Fee) to increase the student fee from $7 per quarter to an undetermined amount
There is a concern that SUA has a small budget and lacks resources
The last time Measure 8 was amended was in 2003, when the student fee increased from $2 per quarter to $7 per quarter
