Big-ticket items:
- Black Lives Matter survey
- ASUI President Lauren Carlsen sent out a survey about BLM which received 271 responses, according to Director of Diversity Yasmine Tovar. Tovar is looking to create a committee of several ASUI senators to address the responses.
- “At the end of the day, this is something that has been going on in our nation,” Carlsen said. It’s impacting students, impacting all students regardless of color and it’s a topic that is huge.”
- Midterm munchies
- ASUI Director of Community Relations Connor Dahlquist and four others are working in conjunction to get students snacks during midterms.
- Currier says a bill will be introduced to the senate next week.
- Free menstrual products
- Senator Dylanie Frazier is working to bring free menstrual products to campus.
- Frazier spoke with Kenneth McCurry, head of custodial staff, about how the University of Washington implemented plastic menstrual product dispensers and what steps UI can take to do the same.
- Meal swipes for pre-packaged meals in The Grid
- Senator Ezmy Perez gathered feedback from residence hall students asking if they would be interested in using their meal swipes for pre-packaged meals in The Grid.
- Perez said it’s been a unanimous “yes” from students.
- Increasing retention
- Senator Secilia Lopez talked about working with the Office of the Registrar to survey students who dropped out of the university.
- Responses will hopefully offer insight on how UI can increase student retention rates.
Carter Kolpitcke can be reached at [email protected] or @carterkolpitcke on Twitter