2008 Woodie Awards
Senators Informed on Campus Issues
Vanessa Persico
Issue date: 10/14/05 Section: News
The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate meeting on Tuesday, October 4, was heavy on presentations and light on discussion.
"It's good to get [senators'] information so they can talk knowledgeably to their constituents," SGA Vice President Preston Burnes said.
The meeting centered on talks from University President Rebecca Chopp, Dean of the College Adam Weinberg and Vice President for Administration Mark Spiro.
Chopp commented on several of the year's initiatives and issues, such as building projects, the wireless initiative and the search for a new Dean of the College.
Chopp called for the SGA's input on problems students may be having with the transition out of the old Case Library building renovation has been re-started after various construction difficulties.
She also reported on the excavation and landscaping of the Robert Hung-Ngai Ho Science Building, which began on Monday, October 10.
Colgate is moving toward offering wireless Internet access "everywhere that students live or study," according to Chopp. In the future, this may include Broad Street locations, as well as off-campus apartments. Olin Hall may prove difficult to include in the wireless network, because it is a stone building within a building.
Additionally, Chopp said that a search committee would soon be meeting with student groups about searching for a new Dean of the College to replace Weinberg, who will be leaving Colgate in December to become Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at World Learning and the School for International Training. She asked the SGA to come up with a list of character traits that would be of value in a candidate for this position and said that candidates will be around campus by January 2006.
In his brief speech, Weinberg spoke optimistically about the future of student leadership at Colgate. Response to the first-year class elections, he said that it was the most enthusiastic it has been for a decade.
"It's good to get [senators'] information so they can talk knowledgeably to their constituents," SGA Vice President Preston Burnes said.
The meeting centered on talks from University President Rebecca Chopp, Dean of the College Adam Weinberg and Vice President for Administration Mark Spiro.
Chopp commented on several of the year's initiatives and issues, such as building projects, the wireless initiative and the search for a new Dean of the College.
Chopp called for the SGA's input on problems students may be having with the transition out of the old Case Library building renovation has been re-started after various construction difficulties.
She also reported on the excavation and landscaping of the Robert Hung-Ngai Ho Science Building, which began on Monday, October 10.
Colgate is moving toward offering wireless Internet access "everywhere that students live or study," according to Chopp. In the future, this may include Broad Street locations, as well as off-campus apartments. Olin Hall may prove difficult to include in the wireless network, because it is a stone building within a building.
Additionally, Chopp said that a search committee would soon be meeting with student groups about searching for a new Dean of the College to replace Weinberg, who will be leaving Colgate in December to become Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at World Learning and the School for International Training. She asked the SGA to come up with a list of character traits that would be of value in a candidate for this position and said that candidates will be around campus by January 2006.
In his brief speech, Weinberg spoke optimistically about the future of student leadership at Colgate. Response to the first-year class elections, he said that it was the most enthusiastic it has been for a decade.