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USG plans to mobilize student community
Kelli Schlueter
Issue date: 10/2/06 Section: Features
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Recently, USG met to discuss their plans and intentions for the upcoming 2006-2007 school year. Joining forces in proposing feasible goals, President Edgar Staren and Vice President Faizan Shakeel are proving to be a productive team thus far.
The most important issue USG is currently dealing with is that of the Students of the Improvement of Teaching Program (SIT).
"We've done everything we can do," Staren said of the SIT Program.
Proof lies in USG's recent retrieval of a statement in writing from Lon Kaufman, Vice Provost of UIC, which guarantees that teaching evaluations will be available for students in time for Spring registration.
The next issue on the table concerns the Student Assembly, whose attendance was only ten at the end of the Spring semester. Over the summer, eight more members were recruited, but USG is seeking to reach capacity at 25 members, preferably of freshman standing.
To become an Assembly member, students must attend one USG meeting, participate in an intensive orientation session with senior leadership, obtain 50 signatures of endorsement, and prepare a speech to present in front of USG, who will then vote on who they believe to be the best candidates. If elected, there is a five-strike system in place, which results in automatic removal upon the fifth strike.
"A key thing, different from last year, is that if people don't do their work, they are going to be gone," Shakeel said.
USG has already had to let some assembly members go due to poor attendance in meetings and not keeping up with the responsibilities of their job.
Now that USG has accomplished some of what they set out to do, they are looking to the immediate future for reaching more recently proposed goals. Priorities for Staren include the restructuring of USG to make it more efficient.
He intends to do this through usage of highly organized and relevant committees and cleaning up the USG offices for greater productivity and accessibility to students. Vice President Shakeel also sees a need to form better communication with committees by working in closer conjunction with them to reach achievable goals.
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The most important issue USG is currently dealing with is that of the Students of the Improvement of Teaching Program (SIT).
"We've done everything we can do," Staren said of the SIT Program.
Proof lies in USG's recent retrieval of a statement in writing from Lon Kaufman, Vice Provost of UIC, which guarantees that teaching evaluations will be available for students in time for Spring registration.
The next issue on the table concerns the Student Assembly, whose attendance was only ten at the end of the Spring semester. Over the summer, eight more members were recruited, but USG is seeking to reach capacity at 25 members, preferably of freshman standing.
To become an Assembly member, students must attend one USG meeting, participate in an intensive orientation session with senior leadership, obtain 50 signatures of endorsement, and prepare a speech to present in front of USG, who will then vote on who they believe to be the best candidates. If elected, there is a five-strike system in place, which results in automatic removal upon the fifth strike.
"A key thing, different from last year, is that if people don't do their work, they are going to be gone," Shakeel said.
USG has already had to let some assembly members go due to poor attendance in meetings and not keeping up with the responsibilities of their job.
Now that USG has accomplished some of what they set out to do, they are looking to the immediate future for reaching more recently proposed goals. Priorities for Staren include the restructuring of USG to make it more efficient.
He intends to do this through usage of highly organized and relevant committees and cleaning up the USG offices for greater productivity and accessibility to students. Vice President Shakeel also sees a need to form better communication with committees by working in closer conjunction with them to reach achievable goals.
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