SA meeting minutes

9/27/12 7:00pm

The following were noted at the most recent meeting of the Student Association on Sept. 24. 

 

Baker College Senator Jarrod Boyd presented a follow-up on Baker 13 conversations. He said that, effective for the next Baker 13 run, scheduled for Oct. 13, runners will be required to clean up afterward. Students will also not be allowed to enter buildings during Baker 13 runs, Boyd said. There will also be an attempt to reduce the number of runs to just the 13th of each month, except for historically large runs, such as the Halloween run, he said. He said these changes are experimental and may be adjusted according to results and feedback. 

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Barbara and David Gibbs Recreation and Wellness Center Director Emily Page and campus-wide Rice Health Advisor program coordinator Chris Keller announced the various events occurring during the first-ever Wellbeing Week and said that they hope to make Wellbeing Week an annual event in the fall. 

Dean of Undergraduates John Hutchinson announced that the Center for Teaching Excellence is now up and running. The center will work with faculty, undergraduates, graduates and community members who work in outreach programs for kindergarten to 12th grade, Hutchinson said. Sixteen faculty fellows, including faculty director and computational and applied mathematics professor Steve Cox, make up the body of the center. 

McMurtry College Senator Trent Navran announced a new entrepreneurship group on campus called OWLSpark. Navran said the group will pair up with a startup incubator in Rice Village. He asked SA senators and new student representatives to help gauge student interest in entrepreneurship by sending out a survey. 

The SA will next meet on Monday, Oct. 1, in the Farnsworth Pavilion at 9 p.m. 

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