SGA Weekly with Victoria Durgin, Asst. Digital Media Editor
The committee charged with reviewing Susquehanna’s learning goals has begun their process. The committee asked the Student Government Association (SGA) for input on the current goals which they plan to use while considering any changes.
Concerns included the suggestion to make the goals more measurable and less broad than they currently are: specifying or defining the key words and phrases currently used.
SGA evaluated the possibility for service to be more explicitly referred to within the learning goals of the university, as it is one of Susquehanna’s pillars: Achieve, Lead and Serve.
SGA also discussed questions surrounding the central curriculum, which is also being reviewed through the 2019- 2020 academic year.
Topics such as the requirements of a class to be counted towards central curriculum and the evaluations of classes were directed to the provost’s office for further clarification. SGA also directed questions concerning language requirements and the designation of “intensive” classes to the provost.
Students looking to be on one of several university committees can nominate themselves by Nov. 19. The list of committees as well as details on all of them were emailed to the student body on Nov. 12.
The email also includes the form needed to apply for any of the committees. SGA will choose the students for each.
The Selinsgrove Borough will be hosting several events in the coming weeks.
On Nov. 17 and Dec. 8 holiday-themed farmer’s markets will be held at Selinsgrove Commons. The markets will feature live entertainment and vendors selling food and crafts related to the Thanksgiving and winter holidays.
On Dec. 1, the borough will host a holiday pet parade from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The event is open to the public and will feature residents and their pets dressed in Christmas costumes.
Selinsgrove will also host several different runs. The first is the Santa Sprint 5k which will also take place on Dec. 1.
Angelo Martin, director of Public Safety, says he is looking into creating business cards for all Public Safety officers to distribute as needed.
This idea was suggested at a previous SGA meeting after members expressed that it is sometimes difficult to ask for names of officers while dealing with a situation.
Martin thinks the cards could be useful to the entire student body and especially resident assistants who often are asked to name officers in incident reports. There is currently no definite plan to create business cards.
SGA also discussed the possibility of Public Safety sending out follow-ups to safety alerts emailed to students.
The goal of the follow-ups would be to inform students when threats are dismissed and to provide more information on incidents when they occur.
