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Page 1: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Brockport Student Government

2 0 1 8 - 2 0 1 9 Annual Report

2018-2019 Annual Report

Table of Contents

President amp Vice President Letter 4 Membership 5 Our Mission 8 Executive Report 9 Cabinet Reports 1 5 Senator Reports 2 4 Club Council Reports 3 0 Committee Reports 3 3 Student Court Reports 3 8 Priority Services 4 0 Additional Information 4 5 Contact Information 5 1

A Message from our President amp Vice President Dear Students

It has been our absolute pleasure serving as your president and vice president this year We would like to take this time to refect on the Brockport Student Governmentrsquos successes and challenges throughout the year

We have seen you all truly engaged in BSG all year long and for that we thank you You have participated in cam-pus-wide committees to represent the student voice on numerous issues We also had high participation in things such as our annual open fee forum Numerous students have been engaging with our new online petitioning sys-tem Echo We hope that our eforts have made Brockport feel more like a community for each and every one of you

BSG has also made eforts to hold ourselves accountable and to push ourselves to be responsible fduciary agents of the student activity fee We have paid attention to how everything we do contributes to our mission and making sure that the costs associated are things that students truly beneft from

Tis year has not been without its challenges we have had to make tough decisions felt opposition when trying to make changes and asked questions about how we can be better than ever before Tese are things that are not easy but are necessary to fulfll our goal in preparing our students for leadership roles in diverse and interdependent communities

Tank you all for keeping engaged throughout the year We are happy with what we were able to do and excited to see what the organization can do as we enter into next year

With sincerity

Joshua Mathews BSG President Katelynn Demskie BSG Vice President

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Membership 2018-2019

Executive Branch Joshua Mathews President

Katelynn Demskie Vice PresidentDawn Footer Treasurer

Elizabeth Fontaine Chief of Staff

Legislative BranchDestiny Johnson Service Council Senator

Jay Ptaszek West Academic Council SenatorJeraldine Morrison Cultural Council Senator

Tessa Hollar Social Arts Council Senator Deborah Olagunju Senator

Dhara Patel Senator HaiLee Hearburg SenatorJunior Auguste SenatorMeaghan Irving Senator

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator Rukia Abdi Senator

Smarika Bajracharya SenatorMallory Thorn Parlimentarian

Judicial Branch Emma Chilson-Cline Chief Justice

Keshauna Baptiste-Peters Associate Chief JusticeJonathan Piscitelli Recruiter

Aaron Brown Clerk of Summons 5

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Membership 2018-2019

Activities DepartmentAlexis Graesser Activities Director Pamela Fenton Senior Activities Coordinator Abbie Berl Activities Coordinator Allie Magoulas Activities CoordinatorHannah Danielski Activities Coordinator Izzy Stathis Activities CoordinatorJacklyn Favia Activities CoordinatorJolie Saltiel Activities Coordinator Madi Hiddie Activities Coordinator Meghan Ritter Activities CoordinatorSamuel Druzbik Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle Activities Coordinator Cody Conley Event Staff Coordinator

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson Advocacy DirectorDaniel Jimenez Advocacy CoordinatorJasmine Mohamed Advocacy CoordinatorMatthew Goris Advocacy Coordinator

Comunications DepartmentJacob Shea Communication Director Ashley Schepler Communication CoordinatorJake Bromsey Communication CoordinatorKalynda Culek Communication CoordinatorTori McLaughlin Communication CoordinatorVinny Croce Communication Coordinator

Te Activities Department is re-sponsible for planning and execut-ing all the campus wide events that

come from BSG From braingstorm-ing new events putting the logistics

together and day of execution it is done by this team Tey put on mid-day and late night events ev-

ery week and also our larger events such as Brocktoberfest Snow Day the Spring Concert and Eagle Day

Te Advocacy Department is responsi ble for researching issues that efect our student body building a plan to combat these issues and taking action to better

the student experience at Brockport

Te Communicaitons Department is responsible for creating and designing all

promotional materials that come from BSG Tis includes fyers videos promi

tional items t-shirts social media website maintenance etc Tey also develop new marketing strategies to better reach our

students

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Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

Presidentrsquos Email bsgpresbrockportedu Vice Presidentrsquos Email bsgvpbrockportedu 12

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

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Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

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Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

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2018-2019 Annual Report

Table of Contents

President amp Vice President Letter 4 Membership 5 Our Mission 8 Executive Report 9 Cabinet Reports 1 5 Senator Reports 2 4 Club Council Reports 3 0 Committee Reports 3 3 Student Court Reports 3 8 Priority Services 4 0 Additional Information 4 5 Contact Information 5 1

A Message from our President amp Vice President Dear Students

It has been our absolute pleasure serving as your president and vice president this year We would like to take this time to refect on the Brockport Student Governmentrsquos successes and challenges throughout the year

We have seen you all truly engaged in BSG all year long and for that we thank you You have participated in cam-pus-wide committees to represent the student voice on numerous issues We also had high participation in things such as our annual open fee forum Numerous students have been engaging with our new online petitioning sys-tem Echo We hope that our eforts have made Brockport feel more like a community for each and every one of you

BSG has also made eforts to hold ourselves accountable and to push ourselves to be responsible fduciary agents of the student activity fee We have paid attention to how everything we do contributes to our mission and making sure that the costs associated are things that students truly beneft from

Tis year has not been without its challenges we have had to make tough decisions felt opposition when trying to make changes and asked questions about how we can be better than ever before Tese are things that are not easy but are necessary to fulfll our goal in preparing our students for leadership roles in diverse and interdependent communities

Tank you all for keeping engaged throughout the year We are happy with what we were able to do and excited to see what the organization can do as we enter into next year

With sincerity

Joshua Mathews BSG President Katelynn Demskie BSG Vice President

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Membership 2018-2019

Executive Branch Joshua Mathews President

Katelynn Demskie Vice PresidentDawn Footer Treasurer

Elizabeth Fontaine Chief of Staff

Legislative BranchDestiny Johnson Service Council Senator

Jay Ptaszek West Academic Council SenatorJeraldine Morrison Cultural Council Senator

Tessa Hollar Social Arts Council Senator Deborah Olagunju Senator

Dhara Patel Senator HaiLee Hearburg SenatorJunior Auguste SenatorMeaghan Irving Senator

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator Rukia Abdi Senator

Smarika Bajracharya SenatorMallory Thorn Parlimentarian

Judicial Branch Emma Chilson-Cline Chief Justice

Keshauna Baptiste-Peters Associate Chief JusticeJonathan Piscitelli Recruiter

Aaron Brown Clerk of Summons 5

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Membership 2018-2019

Activities DepartmentAlexis Graesser Activities Director Pamela Fenton Senior Activities Coordinator Abbie Berl Activities Coordinator Allie Magoulas Activities CoordinatorHannah Danielski Activities Coordinator Izzy Stathis Activities CoordinatorJacklyn Favia Activities CoordinatorJolie Saltiel Activities Coordinator Madi Hiddie Activities Coordinator Meghan Ritter Activities CoordinatorSamuel Druzbik Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle Activities Coordinator Cody Conley Event Staff Coordinator

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson Advocacy DirectorDaniel Jimenez Advocacy CoordinatorJasmine Mohamed Advocacy CoordinatorMatthew Goris Advocacy Coordinator

Comunications DepartmentJacob Shea Communication Director Ashley Schepler Communication CoordinatorJake Bromsey Communication CoordinatorKalynda Culek Communication CoordinatorTori McLaughlin Communication CoordinatorVinny Croce Communication Coordinator

Te Activities Department is re-sponsible for planning and execut-ing all the campus wide events that

come from BSG From braingstorm-ing new events putting the logistics

together and day of execution it is done by this team Tey put on mid-day and late night events ev-

ery week and also our larger events such as Brocktoberfest Snow Day the Spring Concert and Eagle Day

Te Advocacy Department is responsi ble for researching issues that efect our student body building a plan to combat these issues and taking action to better

the student experience at Brockport

Te Communicaitons Department is responsible for creating and designing all

promotional materials that come from BSG Tis includes fyers videos promi

tional items t-shirts social media website maintenance etc Tey also develop new marketing strategies to better reach our

students

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Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

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Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

19

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

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Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

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Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Table of Contents

President amp Vice President Letter 4 Membership 5 Our Mission 8 Executive Report 9 Cabinet Reports 1 5 Senator Reports 2 4 Club Council Reports 3 0 Committee Reports 3 3 Student Court Reports 3 8 Priority Services 4 0 Additional Information 4 5 Contact Information 5 1

A Message from our President amp Vice President Dear Students

It has been our absolute pleasure serving as your president and vice president this year We would like to take this time to refect on the Brockport Student Governmentrsquos successes and challenges throughout the year

We have seen you all truly engaged in BSG all year long and for that we thank you You have participated in cam-pus-wide committees to represent the student voice on numerous issues We also had high participation in things such as our annual open fee forum Numerous students have been engaging with our new online petitioning sys-tem Echo We hope that our eforts have made Brockport feel more like a community for each and every one of you

BSG has also made eforts to hold ourselves accountable and to push ourselves to be responsible fduciary agents of the student activity fee We have paid attention to how everything we do contributes to our mission and making sure that the costs associated are things that students truly beneft from

Tis year has not been without its challenges we have had to make tough decisions felt opposition when trying to make changes and asked questions about how we can be better than ever before Tese are things that are not easy but are necessary to fulfll our goal in preparing our students for leadership roles in diverse and interdependent communities

Tank you all for keeping engaged throughout the year We are happy with what we were able to do and excited to see what the organization can do as we enter into next year

With sincerity

Joshua Mathews BSG President Katelynn Demskie BSG Vice President

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Membership 2018-2019

Executive Branch Joshua Mathews President

Katelynn Demskie Vice PresidentDawn Footer Treasurer

Elizabeth Fontaine Chief of Staff

Legislative BranchDestiny Johnson Service Council Senator

Jay Ptaszek West Academic Council SenatorJeraldine Morrison Cultural Council Senator

Tessa Hollar Social Arts Council Senator Deborah Olagunju Senator

Dhara Patel Senator HaiLee Hearburg SenatorJunior Auguste SenatorMeaghan Irving Senator

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator Rukia Abdi Senator

Smarika Bajracharya SenatorMallory Thorn Parlimentarian

Judicial Branch Emma Chilson-Cline Chief Justice

Keshauna Baptiste-Peters Associate Chief JusticeJonathan Piscitelli Recruiter

Aaron Brown Clerk of Summons 5

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-

Membership 2018-2019

Activities DepartmentAlexis Graesser Activities Director Pamela Fenton Senior Activities Coordinator Abbie Berl Activities Coordinator Allie Magoulas Activities CoordinatorHannah Danielski Activities Coordinator Izzy Stathis Activities CoordinatorJacklyn Favia Activities CoordinatorJolie Saltiel Activities Coordinator Madi Hiddie Activities Coordinator Meghan Ritter Activities CoordinatorSamuel Druzbik Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle Activities Coordinator Cody Conley Event Staff Coordinator

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson Advocacy DirectorDaniel Jimenez Advocacy CoordinatorJasmine Mohamed Advocacy CoordinatorMatthew Goris Advocacy Coordinator

Comunications DepartmentJacob Shea Communication Director Ashley Schepler Communication CoordinatorJake Bromsey Communication CoordinatorKalynda Culek Communication CoordinatorTori McLaughlin Communication CoordinatorVinny Croce Communication Coordinator

Te Activities Department is re-sponsible for planning and execut-ing all the campus wide events that

come from BSG From braingstorm-ing new events putting the logistics

together and day of execution it is done by this team Tey put on mid-day and late night events ev-

ery week and also our larger events such as Brocktoberfest Snow Day the Spring Concert and Eagle Day

Te Advocacy Department is responsi ble for researching issues that efect our student body building a plan to combat these issues and taking action to better

the student experience at Brockport

Te Communicaitons Department is responsible for creating and designing all

promotional materials that come from BSG Tis includes fyers videos promi

tional items t-shirts social media website maintenance etc Tey also develop new marketing strategies to better reach our

students

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Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

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Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

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Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

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Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

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Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

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Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

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Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 4: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

A Message from our President amp Vice President Dear Students

It has been our absolute pleasure serving as your president and vice president this year We would like to take this time to refect on the Brockport Student Governmentrsquos successes and challenges throughout the year

We have seen you all truly engaged in BSG all year long and for that we thank you You have participated in cam-pus-wide committees to represent the student voice on numerous issues We also had high participation in things such as our annual open fee forum Numerous students have been engaging with our new online petitioning sys-tem Echo We hope that our eforts have made Brockport feel more like a community for each and every one of you

BSG has also made eforts to hold ourselves accountable and to push ourselves to be responsible fduciary agents of the student activity fee We have paid attention to how everything we do contributes to our mission and making sure that the costs associated are things that students truly beneft from

Tis year has not been without its challenges we have had to make tough decisions felt opposition when trying to make changes and asked questions about how we can be better than ever before Tese are things that are not easy but are necessary to fulfll our goal in preparing our students for leadership roles in diverse and interdependent communities

Tank you all for keeping engaged throughout the year We are happy with what we were able to do and excited to see what the organization can do as we enter into next year

With sincerity

Joshua Mathews BSG President Katelynn Demskie BSG Vice President

4

Membership 2018-2019

Executive Branch Joshua Mathews President

Katelynn Demskie Vice PresidentDawn Footer Treasurer

Elizabeth Fontaine Chief of Staff

Legislative BranchDestiny Johnson Service Council Senator

Jay Ptaszek West Academic Council SenatorJeraldine Morrison Cultural Council Senator

Tessa Hollar Social Arts Council Senator Deborah Olagunju Senator

Dhara Patel Senator HaiLee Hearburg SenatorJunior Auguste SenatorMeaghan Irving Senator

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator Rukia Abdi Senator

Smarika Bajracharya SenatorMallory Thorn Parlimentarian

Judicial Branch Emma Chilson-Cline Chief Justice

Keshauna Baptiste-Peters Associate Chief JusticeJonathan Piscitelli Recruiter

Aaron Brown Clerk of Summons 5

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-

Membership 2018-2019

Activities DepartmentAlexis Graesser Activities Director Pamela Fenton Senior Activities Coordinator Abbie Berl Activities Coordinator Allie Magoulas Activities CoordinatorHannah Danielski Activities Coordinator Izzy Stathis Activities CoordinatorJacklyn Favia Activities CoordinatorJolie Saltiel Activities Coordinator Madi Hiddie Activities Coordinator Meghan Ritter Activities CoordinatorSamuel Druzbik Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle Activities Coordinator Cody Conley Event Staff Coordinator

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson Advocacy DirectorDaniel Jimenez Advocacy CoordinatorJasmine Mohamed Advocacy CoordinatorMatthew Goris Advocacy Coordinator

Comunications DepartmentJacob Shea Communication Director Ashley Schepler Communication CoordinatorJake Bromsey Communication CoordinatorKalynda Culek Communication CoordinatorTori McLaughlin Communication CoordinatorVinny Croce Communication Coordinator

Te Activities Department is re-sponsible for planning and execut-ing all the campus wide events that

come from BSG From braingstorm-ing new events putting the logistics

together and day of execution it is done by this team Tey put on mid-day and late night events ev-

ery week and also our larger events such as Brocktoberfest Snow Day the Spring Concert and Eagle Day

Te Advocacy Department is responsi ble for researching issues that efect our student body building a plan to combat these issues and taking action to better

the student experience at Brockport

Te Communicaitons Department is responsible for creating and designing all

promotional materials that come from BSG Tis includes fyers videos promi

tional items t-shirts social media website maintenance etc Tey also develop new marketing strategies to better reach our

students

6

Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

11

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

Presidentrsquos Email bsgpresbrockportedu Vice Presidentrsquos Email bsgvpbrockportedu 12

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

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Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

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Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

Page 5: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Membership 2018-2019

Executive Branch Joshua Mathews President

Katelynn Demskie Vice PresidentDawn Footer Treasurer

Elizabeth Fontaine Chief of Staff

Legislative BranchDestiny Johnson Service Council Senator

Jay Ptaszek West Academic Council SenatorJeraldine Morrison Cultural Council Senator

Tessa Hollar Social Arts Council Senator Deborah Olagunju Senator

Dhara Patel Senator HaiLee Hearburg SenatorJunior Auguste SenatorMeaghan Irving Senator

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator Rukia Abdi Senator

Smarika Bajracharya SenatorMallory Thorn Parlimentarian

Judicial Branch Emma Chilson-Cline Chief Justice

Keshauna Baptiste-Peters Associate Chief JusticeJonathan Piscitelli Recruiter

Aaron Brown Clerk of Summons 5

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-

Membership 2018-2019

Activities DepartmentAlexis Graesser Activities Director Pamela Fenton Senior Activities Coordinator Abbie Berl Activities Coordinator Allie Magoulas Activities CoordinatorHannah Danielski Activities Coordinator Izzy Stathis Activities CoordinatorJacklyn Favia Activities CoordinatorJolie Saltiel Activities Coordinator Madi Hiddie Activities Coordinator Meghan Ritter Activities CoordinatorSamuel Druzbik Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle Activities Coordinator Cody Conley Event Staff Coordinator

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson Advocacy DirectorDaniel Jimenez Advocacy CoordinatorJasmine Mohamed Advocacy CoordinatorMatthew Goris Advocacy Coordinator

Comunications DepartmentJacob Shea Communication Director Ashley Schepler Communication CoordinatorJake Bromsey Communication CoordinatorKalynda Culek Communication CoordinatorTori McLaughlin Communication CoordinatorVinny Croce Communication Coordinator

Te Activities Department is re-sponsible for planning and execut-ing all the campus wide events that

come from BSG From braingstorm-ing new events putting the logistics

together and day of execution it is done by this team Tey put on mid-day and late night events ev-

ery week and also our larger events such as Brocktoberfest Snow Day the Spring Concert and Eagle Day

Te Advocacy Department is responsi ble for researching issues that efect our student body building a plan to combat these issues and taking action to better

the student experience at Brockport

Te Communicaitons Department is responsible for creating and designing all

promotional materials that come from BSG Tis includes fyers videos promi

tional items t-shirts social media website maintenance etc Tey also develop new marketing strategies to better reach our

students

6

Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

11

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

Presidentrsquos Email bsgpresbrockportedu Vice Presidentrsquos Email bsgvpbrockportedu 12

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

19

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

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Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

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Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

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Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

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Membership 2018-2019

Activities DepartmentAlexis Graesser Activities Director Pamela Fenton Senior Activities Coordinator Abbie Berl Activities Coordinator Allie Magoulas Activities CoordinatorHannah Danielski Activities Coordinator Izzy Stathis Activities CoordinatorJacklyn Favia Activities CoordinatorJolie Saltiel Activities Coordinator Madi Hiddie Activities Coordinator Meghan Ritter Activities CoordinatorSamuel Druzbik Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle Activities Coordinator Cody Conley Event Staff Coordinator

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson Advocacy DirectorDaniel Jimenez Advocacy CoordinatorJasmine Mohamed Advocacy CoordinatorMatthew Goris Advocacy Coordinator

Comunications DepartmentJacob Shea Communication Director Ashley Schepler Communication CoordinatorJake Bromsey Communication CoordinatorKalynda Culek Communication CoordinatorTori McLaughlin Communication CoordinatorVinny Croce Communication Coordinator

Te Activities Department is re-sponsible for planning and execut-ing all the campus wide events that

come from BSG From braingstorm-ing new events putting the logistics

together and day of execution it is done by this team Tey put on mid-day and late night events ev-

ery week and also our larger events such as Brocktoberfest Snow Day the Spring Concert and Eagle Day

Te Advocacy Department is responsi ble for researching issues that efect our student body building a plan to combat these issues and taking action to better

the student experience at Brockport

Te Communicaitons Department is responsible for creating and designing all

promotional materials that come from BSG Tis includes fyers videos promi

tional items t-shirts social media website maintenance etc Tey also develop new marketing strategies to better reach our

students

6

Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

Page 7: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Membership 2018-2019

Professsional Staff Rebecca Bird Office Administrator Tyler Brown Business Manager

Office Assistants Adrianna Kremer Jess Hasenauer Jordan Small Linsey Rissinger

Advisory TeamKaren Podsiadly Cabinet AdvisorKimberly Piatt Senate AdvisorRyan Giglia Activities amp Communications Advisor

Election Commissioners Alicia LongPassoon Ahmad

Box Office Staff Christina ConklingGenesis Candelario Kalina SingletonManuel Corona Nikit Gupta

Brockport Student Government employees over 50 students on this campus We want our students to understand that no matter what your academic major there is potential to work for this organization Our employees formal education ranges from Political Science to Business to Nursing and so on

7

Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

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BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Our Mission Our first responsibility is to all past present and future students of The College at Brockport BSG supports facilitates and encourages the development of students as they prepare for roles as leaders in diverse and interdependent communities

a d V o c a c y

Amplifying our studentrsquos

c O m m u n i t y p r I d e

a c C o u n t a b i l i t y e n g a g E m e n t

Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Executive Report

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Preferred Name Process At the end of last year we developed a process with the Office of Diversity and BASC for students to be able to use a preferred name rather than their legal name on their ID card We were very proud to see the wonderful response and use of this process from our student body With the new implementation of the Banner 9 (Web Banner) system students will be able to update their preferred name on all forms of college documentation

BSG Extended Cabinet We began to have a BSG extended cabinet to include different student perspectives on things such as the budget process concert process student outreach and surveying

Pep Band CommitteeJosh started a pep band committee to figure out how to get a pep band on campus to build pride at sporting events It met several times throughout the year and led to a course proposal through College Senate This course will be available for students interested in the Fall of 2019 semester

Narcan TrainingKate along with Amanda Diaz and Senator West brought two Narcan trainings to campus The facilitator trained over 50 stu-dents and each student walked away with a free Narcan training kit

Dean of the School of Business and Manage-ment Search Committee Josh served as the student representative for a search commit-tee for the dean of the School of Business and Management He reviewed 38 applicants with the other search committee members Unfortunately the search failed and will begin again in the fall

Restructure of our Advocacy DepartmentKate and Josh restructured the advocacy department over the summer to increase representation in the areas of off campus BSG internal and SUNY Student Assembly

Enterprise Risk ManagementJosh served as the student representative on the Enterprise Risk Management campus wide committee This committee looked at physical risks of the college One big change that was made was with the gate at the railroad track between Upper Quad and Eagle Hall This gate will ensure students are paying attention to any oncoming trains before crossing

Student Organization Event Policy CommitteeThroughout the year BSG reps including the Treasurer Activities Director President and Senate served on the Student Event Policy Committee to update campus policies surrounding student events The last student organization event policies were out of date and restrictive to how we operate The new policy will switch from classifications based on size and time to tiers based on campus resources needed to put on an event

Recycling in the VillageWe have been working on recycling in the Village of Brockport It was brought to our attention that many students off-campus do not have access to recycling The college is allowing students to bring recycling on campus if they do not have the current ability Looking ahead we hope to engage with the Village Code Enforcement Offi-cer to work with landlords on complying with Monroe County Laws surrounding recycling

Launch of Echo This project has been a continuation of work done by past administrations This year was the start of the roll out and we are excited by the success that we have seen Kate trained all the orientation leaders in the summer to present the site to the incoming students and this is something we hope to continue into the future Since the launch we have seen almost 600 student users and 134 submitted petitions Kate has continued to monitor the site and we have now responded to five petitions this semester and these petitions have sparked great conversation within the organization We have also made improvements to the site since it launched including adding a share button and revamping the FAQ page

10

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Regional Transit ServiceKate has worked with college administration in order to advocate for students needs surrounding the end of the 104a bus route Kate created a survey disseminated it to the student body and produced a report regarding the findings Kate attended multiple meetings with leaders of RTS and provided them with information on student needs when it comes to transportation

Commencement Committee Kate and Josh worked with the College on decisions being made around Commencement We gave the student voice on what days to have the ceremony speakers and more

Town Gown Committee Kate served on the Town Gown Committee which is a committee that brings members of the college and members of the Brockport community together on-campus Through this committee Kate served on the Alcohol and Other Drugs subcommittee where she discussed the legalization of marijuana and what that will mean for students as well as ways BSG can promote responsible drinking behaviors and good neighborly conduct on their social media before large events

Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Man-agement and Student Affairs Search Commit-tees Kate served as the student representative for a search committee for the two AVPs of EMSA She reviewed over 80 applicants with the search committee members conducted skype interviews hosted student sessions on campus and ultimately represented the student voice when the search committee was making recommendations The search was successful and they will assume their roles in July

College SenateThroughout the year we were able to partner with the College Senate through shared governance to find student representatives for every single College Senate standing committee This has given students a voice in areas such as undergraduate curriculum student policies and general education Kate has attended each College Senate meeting and given a report to the College Senate regarding the work of Brockport Student Government

Rochester Intercollegiate CouncilKate and Josh served on this council with representatives from all Rochester area colleges One of the big projects was a toiletry drive for Center for Youth in Rochester as well as a community service project with the Center for Youth which Brockport students attended

Student Leadership and Engagement Commit-tee Kate sat on the committee throughout the year and provided a student perspective on ways to improve collaborative training Kate also helped plan and execute Student Leadership Week which worked to educate prospective student leaders about the open leadership positions around campus for the next academic year This was a truly collaborative committee with membership from different departments on campus

SUNY SA This year we were able to bring students to both Fall and Spring SUNY SA Conferences We broguht club leaders student court jus-tices activities coordinators election commissioners senators and members of cabinet Voting delegates voted on multiple resolutions including ones to advocate for body cams on University Police and get feminine hygiene products in all academic building bathrooms Student got to attend engaging workshops and learn how to better advocate for students on Brockportrsquos campus

Community ConversationKate along with other students and members of University Police sat on a panel and heard the concerns of students regarding the conduct of University Police Kate along with Josh Advocacy Director Kelly Anderson and Advocacy Coordinator Daniel Jimenez met with Chief Vasile and expressed concerns and discussed ways in which BSG can help foster a more positive relationship between UP and students

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President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

Page 12: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

President amp Vice President ReportPresident Joshua Mathews amp Vice President Katelynn Demskie Brockport Foundation Board of DirectorsJosh served as a representative on the Collegersquos Foundation Board of Directors At the beginning of the year Josh brought students to the Board meeting to discuss how funds from the Foundation had impacted them in the areas of undergraduate research study abroad and internships

Josh also presented an idea with the Vice President of Advancement to have the BSG Finance Club be able to work with Alesco the invest-ment consultants for the Foundation Board on figuring out where a portion of new investments gets allocated The thought was that we would give the requirement that new investments would be SRI (sustainable and responsible investments) Unfortunately there ended up being legal challenges involving student guidance of these funds so we have tabled this discussion until a later date

Josh presented at the Foundation Board meeting in the spring semester on the BSG Year in Review This was a great way to engage alumni and donors as the College gears up for a capital campaign to raise the Collegersquos endowment substantially

Shared Governance bull We developed a document called the ldquoStatement on the Characteristics of Shared Governancerdquo with the President College Senate

President Provost and faculty representatives of the college This statement developed a shared understanding of shared governance at the College

bull We also developed a document on the constitution of committees for campus-wide committees This document states that each cam-pus-wide committee must review membership annually and determine how they are engaging in shared governance to include relevant stakeholders such as students

bull We made an effort to make sure that student representatives werenrsquot just the BSG President Vice President and Treasurer This allows us to have a greater scope in student representation than in past years

See the Additional Information section to find the ldquoStatement on Shared Governance for The College at Brockportrdquo document

Presidentrsquos Email bsgpresbrockportedu Vice Presidentrsquos Email bsgvpbrockportedu 12

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

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Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Page 13: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

The 2019-20 BSG Budget passed final BSG Senate approval April 26 2019 Due to declining enrollment at The College at Brockport State University of New York the projected revenue from the Activity Fee has dropped for the 2019-20 budget by $20000 Additionally concerns have been raised regarding student tuition and fee defaults rising in the 2019-20 academic year and continuing into the foresee-able future creating the potential for further revenue reductions Given the certain decline in Brockport Student Governmentrsquos revenues for the 2109-20 academic year and beyond this budget was created from a conservative fiscal perspective BSG staff events and operational efficiencies have been reviewed and changes have been implemented to preserve the integrity of our programming and the services we provide to the student body while eliminating waste within the organization

The following budget areaslines varied significantly from the 2018-19 budget and required further explanation Page numbers indicate where in the 2019-20 budget these items may be found

Administrative Payroll OperatingCompensation for full-time staff bull Full-time staff has not received a cost of living adjustment in

over two years A 2 COLA increase accounts for the increased allocation for these two positions as noted on page 3

Compensation for minimum wage bull Hourly wages for student-paid positions have been adjusted to

comply with minimum wage regulations (page 4) A breakdown of expected hours and hourly pay has also been included (page 5)

bull The number of Office Assistant positions has been reduced from seven to two accounting for the significant decline in allocation (page 4)

Senator stipend increases bull Senators of BSG are required to work a minimum of three-paid

hours a week as part of their eligibility to receive a stipend pay In reality BSG by-laws indicate that Senators work between four and six hours In anticipation of a legislative action to adjust the stipend to reflect this an hourly-pay adjustment has been made This increase accounts for the significant rise in allocation (pages 4-5)

Box Office Minimum wage bull Due to the significant rise in online ticket sales all Box Office

cashier positions have been eliminated The Assistant Manager position has been retained to assist when tickets are sold live at an event This reduction accounts for the significant decline in allocation (page 9)

Activities Communications Department Spring Concert bull With the reduction of BSG revenues due to falling enrollments

and increased student tuition and fee defaults as well as limit-ed performergenre availability and rising concert costs it was determined that the Spring Concert is no longer sustainable This accounts for a change to the Major Events line of approx-imately $62000 The Activity Department budget has been reduced from the 2018-19 budget by approximately $22000 and the remaining funds have been allocated to the other Activi-ties budget lines (page 14) The $22000 has been re-allocated to cover shortfalls in other budget areas (page 4)

Priority ServicesMedia Services bull The allocations for 891 The Point and The Stylus have risen

minimally Talon TVrsquos allocation has declined due to reserves on hand and limited capital expenditure projections for the 2019-20 academic year (page 19)

Brockport Downtown bull In order to better serve the needs of the students enrolled at

the Brockport Downtown campus the campus was added as a priority service provider in the 2019-20 budget (page 16) Go-ing forward the downtown campus will be submitting a formal annual budget request

13

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

bsgprogbrockportedu

MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

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Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

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Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

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Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

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Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

Page 14: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Treasurer ReportDawn Footer bsgtrsbrockportedu

BSG Clubs BSG Club Tier System bull The BSG Club Tier system is meant to help clubs work towards goals of creating a Better Brockport The 2018-19 academic year was

the Tier Systemrsquos second year in use as a club activity measurement tool In registering on time hosting timely meetings completing volunteer and service hours and being an active participant at workshops and campus-wide events it ensures that all clubs and their members are both having and providing memorable experiences for Brockportrsquos students The Tier system is meant to engage club officers and members in all aspects of the Brockport campus and its offerings

bull The Club Tier system was revised for the 2018-19 academic year It transitioned from a percentage completed system to a points earned system This change made it easier for clubs to track where they stood with regards to the various budget eligibility tiers

Budget Allocations for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull CBRC Club Fund $4833297 bull Academic Council $52100 bull Cultural Council $38045 bull Service Council $26200 bull Social Arts Council $9725

2018 BSG Financials Audit

To ensure transparency and to protect the interests of the Brockport students we serve Brockport Student Government engages a CPA firm to perform an annual audit of our financial statements and to issue an opinion on those statements These financial statements include the statement of financial position as of May 31 2018 and the related statement of activities and change in net assets and cash flows The Bonadio Group was contracted in 2018 to perform this service for three years starting with the 2018 audit

The 2018 opinion issued by The Bonadio Group

ldquoIn our opinion the 2018 financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Brockport Student Government as of May 31 2018 and the change in its net assets and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of Americardquo

In non-CPA speakour financial statements are accurate reliable and were created in accordance with standard accounting principles

14

Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

bsgprogbrockportedu

MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

bsgprogbrockportedu

Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

19

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

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Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Cabinet Reports

Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

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Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

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Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Chief of Staff ReportElizabeth Fontaine bsgchosbrockportedu

Policies I have been in the process of looking at New York State guidelines for policies to adapt them for the student government which are still under revision The areas that we are creaing policies for bull Sexual harassment policy bull Workplace violence policy bull Bullying policy bull Reporting form

Transitional Period I have been setting up meetings with all current directors and new hireselects for next year to help the incoming leadership can understand where we are leaving off and where they should head next year Planned our transitional meeting on May 5th with the help of our Advisors and the Activities Director which had attendance from leaving and incoming Cabinet members and Senators Which included deep discussion about BSGrsquos mission statement and what it means to us and the organization as a whole

Organizational Culture SurveyI created a survey which was sent out to the members of the BSG staff to gauge the organizational culture I wanted to get their honest thoughts on how they feel working for the organization as well as where they think we can grow

Hiring Processbull Sat in on interviews for advocacy director and activities director bull Will be looking at improving the hiring process for next year

Training

Fall 2018 Training bull BSG staff helped move in incoming first year students into their

dorms

Planned spring training for our staff which included bull Staff bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull Sexual harassment in the workplace presentation bull Green Dot Training bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

I have begun working on our Fall Training which will be taking place in August which may include bull Staff retreat to work on expectations and team bonding bull Conflict management presentation bull How to run an effective meeting presentation

16

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

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Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

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Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

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Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

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Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

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Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

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Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

17

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MLK Memorial Lecture - Bree Newsome April 8th - 7pm - Union Ballroom Bree Newsome is an American Filmmaker Musician Speaker and Activist She was chosen to be this years MLK Lecture speaker because she is not afraid to stand up for what she believes in is a strong activist and expressed to us a meaningful message to share about the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr

The planning committee starting meeting in the beginning of the Fall semester The AAS department used a survery to see who students wanted to bring as the lecturer Bree Newsome was the highest voted speaker

This event was a collaboration between the department of African and African-American Studies The Office of Equity Diversity amp Inclusion the Promoting Excellence in Diversity Grant and Brock-port Student Government Tickets were free and the event was open to the general public

The event went over smoothly Bree was very kind thank ful and very easy to work with Attendance was good considering that there was a date change due to inclimate weather The people who attended got a lot out of the lecture

After the lecture we held a reception with representatives from different areas of the college to thank Bree Newsome for coming on a more personal level This was a time where Bree could be in an informal environment with members of our college community to get the feel for our campus and why the Annual MLK Memorial Lecture is important to us

NACA National Conference Columbus Ohio - Feb 16th - 19th NACA is the National Assoication for Campus Acitivites Every year they hold an National Conference We sent 3 Activities Coordinators and 1 Communications Coordinator to the conference We attend this conference to get different ideas for programs that we can bring to Brockport scout out talent and network with other Universities We compare and contrast our programming efforts and experiences with schools who are similar and very different from us to be able to learn from each other and grow our department

Izzy Stathis Sarah Martelle Samuel Druzbik and Tori McLaughlin were selected to attend because they were identified as people who are leaders in these departments This gives them the opporunity for professional development and growth as student leaders

Concert Planning Process EducationThis year we decided to try to explain our concert planning process to students There is a lot that goes into a concert and we hoped that explaining the process and our budget the questions we receive about the concert may be answered This education was done with the use of info graphics and tabling events allowing students to ask us about how the concert gets planned Throughout the year I have given numerous presentations in front of Senate our full staff at training and classes about the concert planning process to educate as many students as possible and allow the information to spread by word of mouth around campus

Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

18

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

19

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Activities DeparmentAlexis Graesser

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Evenet Highlights We Pay WednesdayOn a few Wednesdays throughout the summer we hosted these events where we had some free food on campus for the students who take classes during the summer Mid-Day EventsMonday through Friday of every week we host smaller scale events during the hours of the day in which the Union is busy

Late Night EventsEvery week we have events on Thursday Friday and Saturday night from 9pm-12am Every Thursday night we would show a movie but with the lack of interest this year we will be rethinking this for next year The Friday and Saturday night events are different every week and decided by the coordinators who plan those nights These events are focused on being fun and build fond members with close friendsSome of our events were May the 4th Study Union Escape Rooms Brock Nrsquo Roll Gradening like a Moss Taste of Brockport and many more Welcome Week During welcome week we had an outdoor movie a tie dye eventa mentalist and grocery bingo PLUS We booked the mentalist through an agency that we met at NACA For the tie dye event we supplied shirts that depicted an outline of New York with a pin point where Brockport is located as well as the latitudinal and logintu-dinal coordinates of Brockport We These were all very successful with grocery bingo maxing out the capacity for the Ballroom

HomecomingWe played a large role in the execution of Homecoming this year We helped with the Parade planned a Homecoming Festival for be-fore the game put on a pep rally the night before the Homecoming game worked with Student Union amp Activities to supply 2000 free shirts and used our T-Shirt cannon during haltime to hype up thecrowd Last year was our first year doing the festival It was a great success so this year we chose to make it even bigger Hot Dog DayThis event has been a staple on this campus for a few years now marking the semester coming to an end We have been using the same guy for the hot dogs for years and he loves coming back everyyear to be apart of this special event We also had freshly made Kettle corn cotton candy lemonade Abbottrsquos milkshakes and gave out 400 shirts

Joe on the Go This event we have been doing for years Every Monday morning during the school year we have free coffee and hot chocolate to start your monday on a good note

Snow DayThe event was hugely successful This year we gave away 410 long sleeve shirts with the snow day logo printed on them We made a more masculine design because in the past our shirt designs are usually more feminine

Spring Fest Spring Fest was the week of April 22nd We had 250 shirts spring fest shirts which were coral with navy blue print On Monday we had a Spring Fest kick off where shirts ran out in 8 minutes On Tuesday we had a petting zoo that was a huge hit Wednesday we had Adam Pate come to campus to do 60 second caractures Thursday was our Spring Concert Friday morning we had a commuter appreciation event where we gave out commuter survival kits and Friday night we had Beach Bash a collaboration with CSA We closed out the week on Saturday with Eagle Day and then Silent Disco

Eagle Day April 27th was Eagle Day This is an annual carnivalesque event We had 1200 T-Shirts with the Eagle Day design on it to give away with the addition of 1000 reusable water bottles to try to limit the use of single use plastics during the event by offering water stations to fill the bottles instead of giving out single use plastic water bottles The weather was not ideal in the beginning of the day but the event went over without any problems

Concert On April 25th we had our Spring Concert with We The Kings as the opening act and Blackbear as the headliner This show was executed very smoothly because our staff was very prepared for this hectic day There were many staff members who have worked a concert before and it allowed everything to go over more smoothly

Brocktoberfest We had to move inside because inclimate weather The event was hugely successful We implemented a new idea having a hay thrown to add some decoartion and give people a place to take a photo withtheir friends We gave out 500 long sleeve shirts with the Brockto-berfest design on it

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Creation of BSGrsquos Equity Diversity and Inclu-sion Strategic PlanAt the beginning of the school year the Advocacy department was tasked with creating objectives in support of the Collegersquos EDI Stra-tegic Plan We started off by sitting down with our Chief Diversity Officer to get a sense of what he expected from BSG and he gave us full autonomy to decide how we wanted to contribute to the four goals

Many different voices went into the creation of our EDI plan In our Cabinet meetings we talked about where we think we are lacking as an organization and the changes that we want to see in the next few years We spoke to BSG club leaders to gauge where they feel we can improve how we can better support their organizations and what changes they want to see as well We took the EDI objectives to the EDI committee to come up with ways we thought we could work towards them

As of April 9th 2019 the EDI objectives have been submitted and approved by the office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion We have already started to implement the objectives for the next academic school year

EDI Management PlanFor the next academic school year the advocacy department has to gauge who should be responsible for each objective in BSGrsquos EDI Plan At the end of every academic school the president and director has to submit a report stating BSGrsquos progress on our chosen objec-tives Each objective will be specifically assigned to a person within BSG as their personal objective for the year

Voter Registration In this country individuals between the ages of 18-29 years old have a significant low voter turnout For the 2014 midterm elec-tions the voter turnout in the country for this age group was only 11

The Advocacy Department first started working with CommunityDevelopment because they are also committed to pushing voter reg-istration annually We have done multiple tablingrsquos in the Union Main Lounge teaching students how to fill out a voter registration form while also encouraging them to get registered on the spot We also talked to club leaders getting permission to teach members how to register to vote We also came up with the idea of setting up a voter registration box in the Union with instructions on how to fill it out so students can get registered themselves without our presence

After the voter registration deadline was passed we then focused on educating students on where they can get the information they need about their local and state candidates We were in commu-nication with the President of the State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) Michael Braun and he expressed to us that SUNYSA allocated part of their budget to support a website called Ballotreadyorg which is a nonbiased source that will give you information on the initiatives that your local state and federal candidates will be taking on

After familiarizing ourselves with how to use the website we then took the initiative to teach students how to use Ballotreadyorg We have had many tabling sessions in the Union attended club meet-ings to show students how to use Ballotreadyorg and even went to students classes with the professorrsquos permission to tell students about Ballotreadyorg

University Police Community Relations CommitteeWe hosted a forum to address the relationship between University Police and the students of color on campus The goal of this forum was for students to come tell their stories ask questions and gives solutions to improve relationships Before the forum we met with Chief Vasile and Dr Wilson to address students concerns and debrief

This lead to the creation of the University Police Community Relations Committee The purpose of this committee will be to establish a strong ongoing partnership among students and University Police staff with the shared goal of creating a safe campus and community where all members are respected and valued The committee will also be responsible for creating open lines of communication within and outside of the group so regular feedback and opportunities for partnership occur

19

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Retention Rates of Male Students of Color Underrepresented Minority Students (UMS) have statistically lower retention rates SUNY-wide According to the SUNY Trusteesrsquo Aca-demic Affairs Committeersquos meeting report from September 2013 the graduation rates while increasing steadily since 1999 remains consistently 10-15 lower than non-UMS Additionally students identifying as male have a lower retention rate than students iden-tifying as female Therefore men of color SUNY-wide have lower retention rates than other intersecting identities

Brockport Advocacy has been marketing available leadership posi-tions to students in the Cultural Clubs on campus Thus students of color applying for leadership roles set precedents for incoming students

While the statistics have remained somewhat consistent over the last 20 years wersquove brainstormed a number of reasons that these numbers remain 1 Financial Aid 2 Lack of Representation in

bull Leadership Roles bull Classmates bull Professors

3 Racial Prejudice- not feeling safe or protected on campus

ldquoDrdquo course

EmpowHERmentOriginally Planned for Saturday March 9th Two guest speakers and a number of presenters and performers were asked to attend Registered students would begin their day at 1000am and partici-pate in workshops and watch performances until the late afternoon Keynote speakers Zuleika Shepard Virginia Wilson from Rochester Regional would have presented during dinner Sponsors from Student Social Work Services and Collaboration offered to aid in funding 1 Presentations and Performances

bull Deja Baxter bull Deborah Olagunju and African Student Union (ASU) bull Matthew Goris bull Woman of Color Emporwerment specifically Desti-

ny Johnson and Alexandra Hammonds bull Jasmine Mohamed bull Brockport Muslim Student Association (BMSA)

2 Hosts and Keynote Speakers bull Zuleika Shepard bull Virginia Wilson bull Andishey Simmons

Due to conflicting schedules we decided to reschedule this event for next semester

While serving on the Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and Inclusion (PCDI) committee we revised the diversi-ty statement and defned what equity diversity and inclusion means to the college Tese were passed through college senate on April 29th 2019

With the revision of these defnitions came the revision of the Student Learning Objectives (SLO) language With this revision the qualifcations for a class to classify as a ldquodiversityrdquo course have changed as well Tis allows stu-dents to take classes that actually teach about the history of another individual to count for the diversity general education requirement Majority of these classes will fall in the African and Afridcan-American Studies (AAS) department and Women amp Gender studies etc

On behalf of BSG and as the Advocacy Director I wrote a letter of support for the Revised SLO language that was read at college senate on April 29th 2019

As of May 6th 2019 the revised SLO language has been approved and the committee will now be reviewing the D-code over the summer Tis will go into efect for the next academic school year

20

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

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Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

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Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 21: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Advocacy DepartmentKelly Anderson bsgadvcybrockportedu

Presidentrsquos Council for Diversity and InclusionAt the beginning of the year the main focus the committee had was to revise the collegersquos diversity statement and definitions for equity diversity and Inclusion This was a tedious process because many of the faculty and administration had one viewpoint and student representation had another The PCDI committee voted on having a new seat added which will be filled by a representative from the University Police Department

Club Officer Training Club officers asked that during club officer trainings we allocate time for club leaders to get to know the other club officers thus creating connections so collaborations can be made easier through-out the year We contacted Amy McNulty Tyler Brown the current Treasurer and Treasurer Elect to set up a meeting to discuss chang-es The Student Organization Steering Committee will be working on this over the summer to implement these changes during fall trainings

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Improving Open Education Resource (OER) Courses bull Continuation of the minority male initiative committee bull Creating a plan to bring compost to the college bull EDI Management Plan

21

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 22: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Digital SignageWe chose to invest in digital signage through the company REACH This is the program that allows a multitude of departments on campus to remotely upload and share information through the use of their respective televisions In October Student Union amp Activities purchased the computer for BSG to connect to the television that we have mounted outside of our office We did not use our television that much because it was difficult to update with new content but with this program it changed that for us With the help of REACH we are able to access the computer connected to the televisions from anywhere and consistently keep the content being displayed up to date

ECHO Promotional Video At Golden Eagle Orientation in July of 2018 BSG was fortunate to launch ECHO our new online petitioning service We partnered with Talon Television to create a promotional video to explain to students how to use the site We asked Dr Cephas Archie to star in the video and he graciously accepted The video has been seen over 2000 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecomwatchv=XhcTCGKaV5s

Vote YES in AprilEvery other year BSG holds a referendum to see whether students want to keep the Student Activity Fee mandatory or not for all students The referendum takes place in April during elections for our following academic yearrsquos officers We spread the word in our normal conventional ways but also by creating Outlook and Facebook events and our staff invited all the people they know at Brockport We also sent an email to 3883 students who are registered members of clubs on My Brockport to educate students where their Student Activity Fee goes and to encourage them to cast their vote Every flyer throughout the year has had out Vote YES in Aprilrsquos logo on it During the week leading up to the referen-dum we used our Instagram and Snapchat stories specifically to educate students on all that Brockport Student Government does with the money collected through the fee In April 7558 of the students who voted chose the option to keep the Student Activity mandatory with a total of 644 voters

Ballot Ready Promotional VideoThe Student Assembly for the State University of New York (SUNY SA) worked with Ballot Ready to create a site which would allow students to plug their address in and every election that they were eligible to vote in would be brought up Students would then be able to see who was running for each position what their political affiliation was as well as what the views were on different hot topic issues We partnered with Talon Television and Community Devel-opment to create a promotional video starring Kim Piatt to explain to students how to use the site and to encourage students on the Brockport campus to practice their civil duty and vote on election day The video has been viewed over 1200 times across multiple platforms The video can be found here httpswwwyoutubecom watchv=M6NyeAclDvg

Website RedesignIn May of 2018 we started working with members of College Com-munications to begin work on what would be our new website Over the summer we created a multitude of new pages explaining all that we do and listed the resources we provide to students in hopes that that information as well as the students who work for BSG would become more accessible to the students of this campus College Communications was impressed with all the work we had gotten done of the website and offered to update our pages to the newest versions or the program as well as redesign the page to match the branding of our organization because previously we had the same design branding and layout as the collegersquos website We are very grateful for the immense help that we received from College Communications on this project

BrandingOver the course of the year we began to build a brand for BSG by sticking to using the same colors fonts and styles across all of our work This brand will be continue to be built next year with the creation of Style Guides which will outline everything related to maintaining our brand There will also be a folder passed down to the next Communications Department with all of the most up to date files used in our designs

22

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

Page 23: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Communications DepartmentJacob Shea bsgmktbrockportedu

Relationship with College CommunicationsWith the transition to a new BSG communicationrsquos department we thought it would be beneficial to create a better relationship with college communications We had long talks about how we wanted to support each other by promoting information coming from both areas to try and maximize the amount of information that reaches our students BSG also wanted this relationship to be able to have professionals working in this field to better help us understand the different areas of communications in which we could grow Through-out the year there have been numerous occasions where we have reached out to College Communications for advice on how to do particular things that we have never done before This relationship will only continue to grow stronger as we expand our horizons on what it means to be a communications department

Introduction of New Marketing Strategiesbull Purchased a Retractable Banner bull Use of T-Shirt Cannon bull IG TV bull Use of Animations in our marketing bull Use of Videos to highlight open positions in the organization bull Emailing club presidents and department chairs about open

positions within BSG bull Expansion of Softwares used (adobe spark post adobe spark

pages)

Fall 2018 in Review For the first time BSG published a Semester in Review where we highlighted all of the work that we did during the Fall 2018 semes-ter This was done with the use of Adobe Spark which is a program that we have never used before We plan to continue to create these reports to increase transparency with students as to what we offer to them The recap of Fall 2018 has been seen over 470 times by students faculty staff and administration of The College at Brockport We were happy to hear from people representing the college that they found it insightful They encouraged us to continue publishing these reports in years to come

Designs MadeOur department has made over 300 different designs whether they be for a flyer a T-Shirt or another promotional item We worked closely with the Activities department to promote all of their events

AnalyticsWe have seen a huge increase in followers views impressions interactions comments likes and shares with our post across all so-cial media platforms from being more strategic with our marketing

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continued maintenance on the new website to keep information up to date bull Organization of communications internal documents to more fluid pass down of departmental knowledge bull Continue to publish a Mid Year amp Annual Report to increase transparency with the work that we do increase accountability within the

organization better our institutional knowledge and present our work to the community in a professional manner bull Research and implementation of unique creative and engaging marketing tactics bull Build on our use of film as a marketing tool bull Continue a relationship with College Communications and develop a better understanding of what a communications department

encompasses

23

Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Senator Reports

Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Destiny Johnson Search for Director of Hazen I sat on a committee that consisted of a combination of faculty staff administration and students who lead a thorough process in search of the next Director of Hazen Center for Integrated Care The candidate had to fit a number of qualities but overall be the best fir for the students at The College at Brockport

SUNY Shared Governance Award Committee I sat on this committee with faculty members where we were tasked with assessing departments on their ability to adhere to the shared governance policy that has been passed in College Senate at The College at Brockport

Jay Ptaszek West

Did not submit a report

Jeraldine Morrison

Did not submit a report

Tessa Hollar

Service Council Senator

Recruitment and Retention Committee I sat on the Recruitment and Retention Committee which is a sub-committee of President MacPhersonrsquos PCDI Committee The main focus of the committee is to research how we can prevent students from leaving Brockport and what attracts students to the Brockport campus We looked into various initiatives programs and more bringing more opportunities for students to have access to on cam-pus I was a part of a focus group that the committee created that was comprised of students who were tasked to share how inclusive and welcoming they believed the Brockport campus to be

Self-Care SundayWomen of Color Empowerment put on this event on April 14th in the Union Ballroom in collaboration with the Cultural and Service Coun-cill The theme of the event was to explore the various techniques to self-care and why it is important to maintain physical mental emotional and spiritual well-being

Academic Council Senator

Cultural Council Senator

Social Arts Council Senator

Did not submit a report

25

Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

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Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Dhara Patel Senator

Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic BuildingsI did research and came up with a detailed explanation to why we can not get air conditioning in the residential halls as of now I looked into other schools such as SUNY Geneseo University at Buffalo and Stony Brook to see what their AC situation is in their residential halls We have concluded that our campus is not behind on this issue and that the project would be very expensive We currently do not have the money or resources right now to solve this issue The smartest and most cost effective time to install AC in residential buildings would be during a renovation which is in the process of being planned

HaiLee Hearburg Membership on Committeesbull Personnel Committee bull Collaboration Committee bull Appropriations Committee bull Commencement Committee

Activities Coordinator Search Committee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year

Member of our Personnel Committee We bettered our hiring process by changing the process and added new questions to applications and interviews I personally oversaw and organized the search committee for our 2019-20 Advocacy Director I scheduled the interviews and the members of BSG who would be conducting the interview as well as prepared all of the necessary materials needed for the interviews (ie Resumes applications submitted materials)

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Continue to build better relationships with the other depart-

ments within BSG and other outside departments bull Encourage students to us ECHO bull Encourage the general student body to attend different commit-

tee meetings that interest them to voice their opinions bull Continue to advocate for the student populations and encourage

them to come to us about issues they face on campus

Senator

26

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

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New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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bsgbrockportedu

Page 27: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Junior Auguste Senator

Learning the Ropesbull I spent this past year as a Senator observing the role and

learning from those around me on how a Senator should operate within BSG

bull I learned the power and ability I have with my position to be of service to my constituents

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Promoting ECHO more bull Supporting the new Senators as a returning Senator bull Increasing exposure of the BSG senate and what we do across

other parts of campus bull Working closer with clubs organizations and other groups to

help advocate for our studentrsquos concerns such as bull Sustainability bull Involvement amp engagement with the surrounding

Brockport Community

Meaghan Irving Senator

Membership on Committees bull Joint Planning amp Budget Committee (JPBC) bull Goal 2 Committee (Brockport Strategic Plan) bull Appropriations Committee bull Legislative Committee

Joint Planning amp Budget Committee bull Goal 1 To be a great college at which to learn bull Goal 2 To be a College engaging with itrsquos Commu-

nity bull Goal 3 To be a sustainable institution for the 21st

Century bull Goal 4 To be a great college at which to work

Communication Coordinator Search Commit-tee I helped with the process of hiring our activities staff for the 2019-2020 academic year Through this I got to learn about other areas within BSG and what they do

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Help build a tight knit community with our clubs

by bull Promoting their events bull Helping them understand our mission

statement bull learning about the general members and

not just their E Board bull Advocate for under-represented students (ie

LGBTQIA+ students with disabilities adult learn-ers etc)

bull Develop events focused around inclusivity bull Provide a better platform for BSG in years to come

27

Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

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Rosanna Arias Gutierrez Senator

Transfer Student Outreach Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year I have engaged with many transfer and it has made me realize that we as an organization have to do better for them Very few of them knew about the opportunities and resources that BSG has to offer them When I come into contact with trasnfer students I educated them on what we do to give them insight on how they can utilize BSG and what we have to offer in the future

Rukia Abdi

bull I plan to put myself outside of my comfort zone to invite students to learn more about who I am and how I can help them through their college experience through my position in BSG

bull Attend a variety of club meetings from different councils bull Promote the use and purpose of ECHO bull Help Brockport Buddies to grow to be more impactful on this

campus bull Build on the relationship between the Senate and BSGrsquos Activi-

ties Department

Senator

Personnel Committee Helped improve our hiring process by bull Creating a rubric to better evaluate a candidates level of qualifi-

cation to the respective role in the organization bull Developed new questions for applications and the interview

stage

Appropriation Committee

I was working with financial aid on how to increase financial literacy among students Although I was not able to set workshops for this school year this can be something that can be continued next year I think students can definitely benefit from these workshops

28

Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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Deboarah Olagunju Senator

Did not submit a report

Smarika Bajracharya Senator

Did not submit a report

29

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 30: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Club Council Reports

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 31: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Academic Council Jay Ptaszek West Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($52100)Comprised of twenty-three active clubs twelve academic clubs received small (lt $500) or $0 budgets in 2018-19 due to a lack of budget submission or low tier system ranking Most of these clubs have recovered and submitted timely Tier 3 and Tier 2 budgets accounting for the councilrsquos significant allocation increase (page 29 of budget)

Academic Council Most Valuable Club ndash EuroSim As part of Academic Council this club has been connecting Brockport students with students from around the world since 1987 It has given students a chance to travel understand a unique political system through simulation and learn how to debate modern issues Now in its 32nd year the club has expanded to other colleges and universities in NY Pennsylvania and Europe and is no longer just a Brockport phenomenon During the 2018-19 academic year this club achieved the highest total club budget tier points at 652

Cultural Council Jeraldine Morrison

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($38045)Comprised of seven active clubs only one club achieved a Tier 1 budget this year Four clubs were downgraded to a Tier 2 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result These clubs will have an opportunity to request large event reserves from the CBRC fund as needed on an event-by-event basis The tier downgrade of former Tier 1 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 30 of budget)

Cultural Council Most Valuable Club - The Hip Hop Dance ClubAs a part of Cultural Council this club provides a fun and judgment-free zone where any student interested can learn the dance style of Hip Hop This year the club performed at OSADrsquos Blackout Battle of the Schools ALASrsquos La Gala and at the fall and spring club craze events It also collaborated with BMSA on events such as Trivia Night and Brush it Off By embodying the true meaning of collaboration cooperation and student engagement this club truly upholds the pillars of Brockport Student Government

31

Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

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Service Council Destiny Johnson Deliverance of Service OpportunitiesWithin our Service Council meetings I would provide members of service council clubs with a multitude of service opportunities My hope was to allow clubs and individuals to further their involvement in the Brockport area through community service

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($26200)Comprised of nineteen active clubs one club was down-graded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and four clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 32 of budget)

Service Council Most Valuable Club - Habitat for HumanityAs a part of Service Council this club believes that every person and family deserves to have a safe and affordable place to live This group not only helps families in need in the Rochester area but also all over the country This year they participated in a variety of volunteer events near Brockport like making meals at the Ronald McDonald house collecting clothing for the homeless and making care packages for the House of Mercy homeless shelter in Rochester During spring break they traveled to South Carolina to help build two homes This dedicated group is passionate about giving to others and improving not only our own community but also the communities of those miles away They are true examples of Brockportrsquos compassion caring and commitment to making the world a better place

Social Arts Council Tessa Hollar

Council Allocation for 2019-2020 ($9725)Comprised of twelve active clubs one club was downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 and three clubs were downgraded from Tier 2 to Tier 3 due to a lack of earned tier points and therefore experienced significant budget reductions as a result This council was also granted a significant reserve for the 2018-19 academic year Due to the introduction of the CBRC Fund the Service Councilrsquos reserve allocation has been significantly decreased The reserve reduction combined with the tier downgrade of former Tier 1 and 2 clubs accounts for the significant decrease in this councilrsquos allocation (page 31 of budget)

Social Arts Council Most Valuable Club Brockport Swing Dance SocietyAs a part of the Social Arts Council this club has put the swing in many Brockport studentsrsquo steps This year they collaborated with GEM for Gender Equity Night Foreign Language Club to provide students with Salsa lessons and Honors in Biology Club to raise funds to pur-chase foldscopes for a school in Cambodia Focused on the desire to dance this group has taught us the Lindy Hop the Shag and the Jive This Jitterbugginrsquo crew has definitely proven that it donrsquot mean a thing if it ainrsquot got that swing

32

Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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Committee Reports

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 34: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Appropriations CommitteeMeaghan Irving Budget for the 2019-20 Academic YearAs a committee we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Treasurer on the budget -There has been a major addition of the CBRC Club Fund This reserve allows clubs and councils to request additional funding as needed

Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year bull Create a plan to execute a payroll conversion for elected em-

ployees to close the discrepency between the number of hours worked and the hours paid for

bull Seeking out ways to promote finanical literacy for students through workshops speakers and informational postings

bull Looking into what we can do to help clubs understand their budgets and the tier system

Campus Affairs CommitteeJunior Auguste Central Air-Conditioning in Residence Halls and Academic Buildingsbull The committee was assigned by Vice President Demskie two

petitions that were threshold on the Brockport Echo Petitionrsquos website page

bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Residence Halls bull Adding Central Air-Conditioning into the Academic Buildings bull The committee worked on these petitions from Fall 2018 until

Spring 2019 reaching sources such as the Associate Director of Residence Life to the Manager Facilities Budget amp Procure-ment

bull The results were that the campus does have plans for these two projects in the far future as prices for the projects are highly expensive and wonrsquot be happening until 2030

Support for Tables with Outlets in the Librarybull Was asked to assist by the President of BSG in writing a

proposal for the library to receive support for more tables with outlet ports

bull Due to working on two large projects as well as reviewing and reworking on by-laws alongside with having little hands available to work Chairperson Auguste chose to not add this additional task for the committee

bull The proposal still went through and was a success without the committeersquos help

Accessibility and Access on Campusbull The committee took upon the work from last yearrsquos Campus

Affairs Committee where the previous committee focused on making Brockport a more inclusive and welcoming space of higher learning by working on accessibility ramps elevators and accessibility doors all throughout campus

bull The current committee collaborated with Brockportrsquos PCDI Committee on Accessibility Student Accessibility Services and Residential Life as well as Brockport Advocates for individuals with Disabilities (BAD)

bull The results of this project found that most of the college is not inclusive towards individuals with varying abilities but also that a lot of the accessibility points on campus are in poor shape

bull Further work on this project will be continued by providing the appropriate personnel the data and information collected but the work to see any changes will take some time

Goals for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull Collaborate and work with the Advocacy Department on plans

to benefit the Brockport community bull Having greater committee membership bull Bringing forgotten groups into important conversations bull Hosting four forums as a survey means of the students

bull Two in the beginning of every semester serving as an introduction and briefing

bull Two in the middle of the semester around the time where students have already settled into the college environment

34

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 35: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Club Budget amp Resource CommitteeDawn Footer New Clubs passed through Senate bull Creative Writing Club bull United Student Filmmakers (USF) bull Education Club bull Brockport Eaglettes bull Glamour Gals bull Military Appreciation Support Club bull Rolfball bull Brockport for UNICEF bull The Club of Chess

Club ActivityThe following charts present council activity for the 2018-19 academic year based on fall and spring club activity reports submitted to the BSG Treasurer toward the Club Budget Tier System

Club Activity by Council

35

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 36: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Collaboration Committee Elizabeth Fontaine This year we approved 40 requests and denied only 8 requests We have approved requests spanning from monetary requests to asking to borrow our prize wheel games or supplies for events At the beginning of the year we had $30000 and I am happy to say that the Col-laboration account is currently left with $152 We were able to contribute essentially our entire collaboration committee budget to different organizations on this campus towards events educational opporunities and service projects

Approved

Monetary requests Marketing requests Misc Requests 28 20 6

The collaborations that we approved Women in Power ndash Women Empowerment Series Panel Discussion amp The Center for Select Respect Tailgating with Resources ndash The Center for Select Respect amp RESTORE Sexual Assault Services Senior Toast ndash Golden Eagle Senior Council Veterans Day 5K ndash Brockport Military Engagement and Action Committee Election Night Out ndash WBSU 891 The Point Flip-out-Friday ndash Exercise Science Club Souvenirs de Sculpture ndash Eagles for Global Solidarity Girl Up Speaker Series ndash Public Administration End Days ndash Harlequins End Days Production Team Guest Speaker Silvio Torres Saillant ndash ALAS Tunnel of Oppression ndash Student Union and Activities Social Work Month ndash Great Rochester Collaborative Master of Social Work Program KISS Day ndash The Center for Select Respect Purple Run 4(k) Change ndash The Center for Select Respect International Womenrsquos Day ndash The Center for Select Respect TIE DYE FRIDAY ndash Girl UpBASIC University Technology Transfer amp Commercialization ndash SUNY CID Workshop ndash Department of Business Administration Holiday Lights Parade ndash Gold Leadership Development Student Leadership Conference 2019 ndash Leadership Development Program

Denied

Monetary Request Marketing Request Misc Request6 2 2

Student PatrolBSG uniforms ndash University Police Student Patrol Clemson Men of Color Summit ndash Enrollment Management amp Student Affairs and the Office of Diversity amp Inclusion Festival of Ten XI ndash Fine Arts Series Jigsaw Literary Magazine ndash Printing Costs ndash English Club Health and Wellness Day ndash Academic Success Center Wersquore Bubbling over to Meet You ndash Hazen Center for Integrated Care Commencement Fair ndash Office of Alumni Engagement MPA Open house ndash Public Administration Department (MPA) EmpowHERment ndash Advocacy Department of BSG Scholars Day 2019 ndash Scholar and Grants Development Office Social Work Month ndash Masters of Social Work End of the Year Celebration ndash The Office of Community Develop-ment Self-Care Sunday ndash Women of Color Empowerment Roberts Rules For Beginners ndash Real Politik European Politics and Pizza ndash Real Politik The Taste of Europe ndash Real Politik Wingfest ndash Student Union and Activities Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Grey Group) Spring Spruce Upndash Leadership Development Program (Gold Group) Cystic Fibrosis Awareness 5K Walk ndash Office of Community Devel-opment Initiation ndash Counselor Education

36

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 37: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Legislative CommitteeMeaghan Irving amp Emma Chilson-Cline Legislation Passed through Senate Goals for the 2019-20 Academic Year Bill L-59-18 Changing the Bylaw 12311 which impeded making bull Become more established within BSG payroll changes outside of the regular Annual Budget change in the bull Help others in BSG learn how to write legislation Spring allowing payroll to be changed outside of that time frame if necessary for the successful legal andor equitable operation of the organization

Personnel Committee Emma Chilson-Cline Throughout the year the Personnel Committee convened 14 Search Committees interviewed more than 30 people for various positions The Personnel Committee also created and edited the new Interview Rubric We also created and added to the new Interview Questions Bank

Two of our most notable achievements of the year include being the first committee to research complete and post an ECHO response from BSG and creating myBrockport pages for all BSG Committees

Equity Diversity amp Inclusion CommitteeDeborah Olagunju

Did not submit a report

37

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 38: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Student Court Report

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 39: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Student Court Emma Chilson-Cline bsgstudentcourtbockportedu

This year the Student Court started out short staffed After a successful hiring season in the fall the Court gained four more fantastic Justices With a full court we set goals of reviewing the Constitution for grammatical errors and errors of clarity as well as goals of mak-ing previous case information more secure and accessible for future Justices Aside from our goals we presented dicta on the committee requirements of Senators Dicta is a written statement of how the Court interprets the Constitution or Bylaws when they are unclear Along the same lines the Court assisted in ensuring the constitutionality of various pieces of legislation throughout the year

The focus for the Student Court is to conduct trial when a Writ is received A Writ or Writ of Certiorari is a document containing an accusation of wrong doing and evidence The Court then reviews the Writ for merit and votes on whether to hear the case or not This year the Court received three writs Two of these were resolved outside of court The one Writ that the Student Court mediated was resolved quickly and amicably To those involved in any of these situations we thank you for your cooperation

39

Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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Priority Service Reports

Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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Brockport DowntownJessica Pelz amp Shanelle Hodge

41

New FacilityBrockport Downtown opened in 2018 and is located on the 5th floor of the Rochester Educational Opportunity Center in Rochester We assisted with informing students on the new facility and resources offered at this location Students have enjoyed the new campus downtown which offers additional food selections through the B-Stro numerous student computer stations a spacious student lounge and gorgeous views of the city

Continuation of Established Events We have continued to implement successful events that were orig-inally held at the previous location This academic year we put on a Flu Shot Clinic in collaboration with Hazenrsquos Student Health Center connected with community organizations through our Health amp Wellness Fair and provided students with resources on stress man-agement and refreshments through our De-Stress Weeks We also have continued to provide use of a Keurig which we receive very positive feedback from the students We hosted multiple giveaways including shirts pens and flash drives for students

Brockport Downtown Gives BackWe have implemented multiple initiatives to give back to the com-munity We collected funds for Breast Cancer Awareness Month wrote words of encouragement and collected donations for RESTORE Sexual Assault services and assisted in multiple initia-tives held by the programs located at Brockport Downtown

New Intiatives This academic year we have implemented multiple new initiatives We have brought creativity and beauty through paintings outside the student lounge to correspond with events and seasons We encouraged students to make mid-semester goals through our Goals of Gold event which were displayed by the student lounge to en-courage other students We expressed student appreciation during our Valentinersquos Day event and provided refreshments Brockport Downtown has many new initiatives ahead to continue supporting students

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 42: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

The StylusPanagiotis Argitis Changes and Website Featuresbull Our Web Manager spent time making improvements to

the website including cleaning up the files loaded on it and perfecting the staff page

bull The traffic in our website only improved rising steadily throughout the semester The website continues to be updated on a regular basis as well with stories and unique online content from all four of our sections

bull We have utilized our social media Twitter and Instagram spe-cifically to a new level never seen before from The Stylus We post content multiple times a week in order to reach a greater audience and interact with readers on a new more accessible level

bull We were also able to close out the semester with a full staff of four copy editors four section editors two executives an advertising manager editorial cartoonist web manager photo editor and distribution manager

Awards

Delivery of productWe at The Stylus continue to evolve and better the production of our newspaper and the ways in which the community receives it

bull Added new off-campus locations to our delivery route including the Seymour Library in the Village of Brockport as well as Java Junction and Lift Bridge Book Shop

bull Added a new column focused on important fashion companies throughout history and their prominence in modern culture

bull Published 12 issues 1300 copies a week to continue deliver-ing news and information to all of our readership

bull We are looking forward to our ldquoFunrdquo issue to be published on May 8 which will include satirical news conspiracy theories and more exciting one-time-only changes to our paper

The Stylus sent two representatives to the ACP Best of the Midwest Journalism Convention in Minneapolis Minnesota on February 15-17 There The Stylus entered into multiple Best of Show categories among over 60 competitors We were honored with two different awards

bull In the Individual Award for Best Single Page Design category our Sports Editor Carson Werner won 6th place with the submis-sion of Vol 123 Issue No 6 page 28 published on Oct 10 2018

bull In the General Excellence Best Four-Year Newspaper Weekly category The Stylus won 9th place with the submission of Vol 14 Issue No 2 published on February 13 2019

Our Mission We at The Stylus make it an integral process of our everyday duty to report and inform on the latest involvements of our community campus and nation All of which are created and communicated by students at The College of Brockport

For more on The Stylus stop in at the basement of the Seymor Union room B30 or visit brockportstylusorg

42

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 43: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

Talon Television Terrence Dickey Shows Sports Department bull Eagle Talk bull Highlights bull Courage Bowl Coverage bull Pep Rally Coverage

Entertainment Department bull Whatrsquos up Whatrsquos Down bull Overhead Brockport bull Tea Time with Terrence bull Hanging with Hannah

News Department bull Cover local government and campus affairs news bull Interfaith Servie and Honor Coverage for the Tree of Life

Synagogue shotting in Pittsburgh PA bull News Minutes bull News 4 Brockport

Collaborations bull ECHO amp Ballot Ready Promotional Videos - BSG bull ROTC bull Blacklisted USA

Athletics bull Exchanged footage for sportscast with SUNY Oswego Platts-

burgh and Cortland bull 3 part series on HPV and the HPV vaccine - C-STEP Hazen

Center for Integrated Care and Public Health Students

New Opportunities for Studentsbull Created Intern positions for students who needed experience

with cameras editing transcribing shooting and more for classes

New Equipmentbull iMac bull Rain Gear bull New Camera

Accomplishmentsbull Views bull Conference

Plans for the 2019-2020 Academic Year bull upgrading our equipment (buying 2 new camers camera bags

tripods etc) New Show in the Works bull This Week in Politics bull Weather Minutes bull Brockport Speaks bull Style Watch bull Brockport Shuffle

43

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

Page 44: 2018-2019 Annual Report · 2019. 6. 3. · Samuel Druzbik, Activities Coordinator Sarah Martelle, Activities Coordinator ... Enterprise Risk Management. Josh served as the student

891 The Point (WBSU)Catherine Mattis 22nd Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcast Broadcasted for the 22nd year in a row for our Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame broadcast in Cleveland Ohio Recorded version of our broadcast can still be listened to on our SoundCloud (httpssound-cloudcomuser-818599982)

Brockport High School Fashion ShowDJrsquos Derick Abbey and Shay Gauthier hosted the Brockport High School Fashion Show and our public relations team gave away a gift certificate to The Dog Wash

WBSU Hall of Fame Planning has begun for our second induction ceremony for the WBSU Hall of Fame that will be Saturday April 4 2020

National Association of Broadcasters We sent 3 students to Orlando FL to be trained by industrial profes-sionals

Notable Achievements 891 The Point won six New York State Broadcasting Awards for the following categories bull Promotional Announcement bull Public Service AnnouncementCampaign bull Spot News bull Morning Show bull Election Coverage bull Best Personality 30 state or national awards over the last 32 years

College Broadcasters IncWe sent 2 students to Seattle WA to learn what other college media is doing across the country

Work Completed891 The Point operates 247365 so we need to complete certain work daily On top of all the work we need to complete for general up keep this work is new this semester bull Became sponsors of an Oakfield-Alabama Little League team bull Added 5 pm reports for news and sports reporters

New Industry Standard Equipment and Soft-ware bull Purchased Tieline remote Voice over IP equipment which

allowed us to broadcast live from sporting events more often bull Made a switch to ZETTA and GSelector which are industry

stanard audio-recording and playback and music scheduling programs

44

Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

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51

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Additional Information

B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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B ROC KP ORT STU D EN T GOVERNMENT SE NAT E 2018 -2019

Comm ittee Leg islative Prin cipal A uthors Jos h Ma thews and Ka telynn Demskie

B ill No L-57- 18 V ote 8-0-3 D ate Nove m ber 9 201 8

Titl e of Bill Shared Gove rnance

l WHEREAS The col leges administration has been investigating ways to fairly distribute 2 power to stakeholder groups and 3 4 5 6 7

WHEREAS President which was composed and BSG and

Macpherson has convened the Shared Governance Task Force of representatives from College Adm ini stration College Senate

8 9 WHEREAS The Shared Governance Task Force has formed a statement on what shared

10 governance means to t he co llege t her efore be it 11 12 RESOLVED That BSG endorse the document Statemen t on Shared Governance as is 13 14

and t herefore be it finally

15 16 17

RESOLVED That BSG holds true to the principles exemplified in this document in order to foster a strong culture of shared governance between the dec ision-mak in g groups

18

Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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Definition of Shared Governance As defined by SUNY In a shared governance system faculty professional staff administration governing boards and students participate in the development of policies and in decision making that affects the institution1 At The College at Brockport our shared governance bodies include College Senate Brockport Student Government (BSG) College Council and College Administration Together we see shared governance as the means by which we most effectively and sustainably implement the priorities of the College as established in our Strategic Plan2 The values of community excellence engagement and transformation are central to the Colleges collective commitment to the highest quality public higher education and integral to our shared governance system

The Characteristics of Shared Governance for the College at Brockport I Trust Trust within and among the various constituencies depends on and is reflective of the broader culture and the effective working relationships among individuals and offices at the College Trust is the single most important barometer of the effectiveness of a shared governance system as it often reflects the extent to which the expectations for governance are being met

2 Transparency Transparency in decision-making allows the College community to see the interests involved in any major campus decision to understand its origin the problems it attempts to solve and the predicted results for the new policy or practice Transparency both supports the development of trust and sustains it during crises

3 Effective Communication Effective communication within and among the various campus constituencies must be timely allowing for collaboration in decision-making to the extent possible for the most critically informed inclusive creatively considered and sustainable resolution of discrete issues One of the most critical tools of effective communication is the art of listening to what others say seeking to understand what they believe to be true learning from others insights inquiries experiences and expertise

4 Consultation Fully informed collaborative decision-making through shared governance requires timely consultation Constituent group representatives are brought into the consultative processes at the earliest relevant point in the development of initiatives In addition consultation respects the fundamental rule that representatives are chosen (in one of several ways)3 by the group they represent

1 httpswwwsunyeduaboutshared-govemance 2 Building a Better Brockport 3 At The College at Brockport executive committee members of shared govemance groups are best placed to ensure fair representation of their interests and each group is empowered to determine the best practice for representation

5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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5 Inclusiveness We seek to make visible our respect for differences in ideas in approaches to knowledge and in experience within the diverse society we share and serve Shared governance serves the communi ty best when the voices engaged in decision-making reflect our diversity to the extent possible

6 Honesty and Integrity Shared governa nce requires sharing as much information as possible without compromising confidentiality Such disclosures need to be honest direct and relevant Personal professional and institutional integrity must be maintained at all times

Guiding Principles for Shared Governance for The College at Brockport I The College at Brockport w ill employ its sbared governance practices and procedures as defined by College policies governance group bylaws etc for the development of new policies as well as the review of exist ing policies

2 Shared Governance is at its heart representative and broad consu ltation with appropriate constituent gro ups is fundamental to the decision-making process

3 The College at Brockport administra tion will routinely engage different co nstituent representatives at an appropriate time in a decision-making process In most cases this is at the earliest possible point

4 The constitue nt governance groups at the College commit themselves to provide conside red and t imely responses to proposed initiatives through regu lar procedu res or ad hoc appointments as needed

5 Constituent groups nominate those who serve as their representatives accord ing to the ir respective practices and procedu res There are a number of different means by which th is can be accomplished giving other groups an opportunity for choice but the general principl e stands those who serve must be nominated by the group they represent

6 The leadership of the constituent groups will regularly consult with one another to seek ways of developing more effective relationships among the groups and individuals

7 College administration and shared governance leaders will regularly examine the effect iveness of the Colleges shared governance system which according to Middle States Standard VII should be included in the personnel reviews of the campuss senior administra tive leadership Personal accountability is an essential element in creating and sustaining an effective system of shared governance

College Administration may sugges t parameters for these governa nce groups to consider including inclusivity and diversity If appropriate College Senate may be represented by faculty or staff who are non-senators students may be represen ted by students not on Student Senate the important principle is that the relevant group elects or appoints its own representatives according to its own policies and proced ures College Administrat ion may for the purposes of inclusion (see point 5) appoint a limited number of members at large or as presidential nominees to ensure the widest possible range of voices are heard

Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

bsgbrockportedu

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Conclusion We intentionally commit ourse lves to working collegially with one another on the decis ions we face as members of the College professional organizat ions different disciplines departments schools as students as staff or as administrators

As indicated in the AGB whitepaper we know that Shared governance is complex It require s action from multiple people serv ing in a variety of roles regular policy review habitual reflection on policy implementation and ongoing dialogue should be sought by all involved 4

The broadly participatory nature of these deliberation s among part ies with different interests offers part icular relevance for public colleges and univer sities as shared governance allows us to mirror the best practices for collective governance in a democratic culture

This document was ratified by the followin g bodies on December 6 2018

College Senate

Brockport Student Government

Presidents Cabinet

College Council

This docum ent will be formally reviewed every 3 years

Next Review Date December 202 1

4 Shared Governa11ce Changing with the Times A11 Associatio11 ofGove min g Jocrds (AGIJ) White Peiper 2017 p6

SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

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SUNY Student Opinion Survey ResultsSUNYrsquos Office of Institutional Research conducts the SOS on a three-year cycle The information collected by Institutional Research is used to support System planning and processes including SUNY Excels budget allocation presidential evaluations and campus assessment The purpose of the SOS is to receive feedback from the students on their opinion regarding everything SUNY

Comarative ReportStudents were asked to ldquoIndicate your level of satisfaction with each of the following aspects of this collegersquos services facilities and environmentrdquo in terms of

Student Government bull Brockport Student Government received an average score of 360 When comparing us to the other University Colleges we ranked

3rd highest out of 12 with the average across the 12 schools being 346 If we include the Doctoral Degree Granting Institutions we ranked 5 out of 27 4-Year Institutions with the average being 345

Opportunities for involvement in campus clubsactivities bull The College at Brockport receieved a average score of 411 This score is not only focused on the clubs and activities offered by Brock-

port Student Government but we definitely have an impact on this high score Brockport ranks 4th out of the 12 University Colleges and 5th out of 27 when comparing all 4-Year Institutions

Satisfaction with Student Government In 2015 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 50 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo Only 26 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

We are happy to say that in 2018 when asked about their level of satisfaction with the Student Government at The College at Brockport 60 of students who responded to the SOS stated they were ldquovery satisfiedrdquo or ldquosatisfiedrdquo That is a 10 increase over a 3 year span Only 25 of responses said ldquoneither satisfied nor dissatisfiedrdquo

50

Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

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Brockport Student Government

109 Seymour College Union350 New Campus DriveBrockport NY 14420

Phone 8583952550 Fax 5853955610

Website bsgbrockportedu

Facebook Brockport Student GovernmentLinked In Brockport Student Government

Twitter bsgbuzzInstagram bsgbuzzSnapchat bsgbuzz

Created by Jacob Shea Communications Director Questions about our 2018-2019 Annual Report Contact bsgmktbrockportedu

51

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