ASCWU-SG Report BOT December 2014

Agenda• Communication

• Name Change• Social Media• Using Campus Services

• Commitment• Increasing Student Involvement• Improving Student Tech Services• Outreach to Other State Universities

• Collaboration• Serving CWU in Olympia• Working With University Administration•Progress Report

Name Change• ASCWU Board of Directors is now ASCWU Student

Government.

• Name change allowed for complete rebranding of student government.

Social Media• Using new Platforms

• Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.

• Publicizing scholarship opportunities. (VP Academic Affairs)

• Collaborating with departments and organizations to publicize events and improve student involvement.

Using Campus Services• Publicity Center

• Hype• Increased social media collaboration

• The Observer Newspaper• Weekly Columns.

• 88.1 The ‘Burg• Regular contributions.• Announcements for Clubs, Campus Committees, and Student

Organisations.

Central Class Ring

Homecoming• Steve DeSoer Purchased T-Shirt cannon for Student

Government to use during homecoming

• 200 Homecoming were made and given away to students who followed us on Twitter & Instagram

Midterm Elections• Get Out The Vote

• ## Students Registered in time for Elections• VP Legislative Affairs and WSA involvement in 2 Phone Banking

events to remind students to vote• Elections Assistance Center hosted in the SURC, allowing students

to turn in ballots or print out ballots if they didn’t receive one.

Improving Services• Residence Hall Printing Stations

• Coordinated effort between Tech Fee Committee, RHA, and Student Government.

• Printers will be housed in lobby areas to provide an efficient service and provide a safer alternative to walking to the Library at night.

• Will serve as a first step that will ultimately change technology services will be provided at CWU.

• Campus Wide Service Improvements • Hosting a Joint EISC/Tech Fee Committee meeting in Spring to

discuss the future of computer labs and improvements to existing internet services.

• Bike Sharing

Community Involvement• Central Transit

• Working with City of Ellensburg and Hope Source to constantly improve the service.

• Find a continual local source of revenue.

• Club Outreach (VP Clubs and Orgs)• Encouraging Clubs to get more involved with campus and

community engagement.• Improving recognition process for clubs

COLLABORATION

University Administration• Serving CWU in Olympia

• Tuition Freeze.• Communicating and seeking support from Olympia during the

Budget Year.

• CWU Foundation Involvement

• Class Ring• Student Government effort to create a standardized and affordable

class ring.• Working with University Advancement to create a survey that will

guide the design process.• The goal is to increase School spirit and create a tradition.

Progress Report

Progress Report•Discovery Orientations, Wildcat Welcome, Get Engaged Presentation, Big Tuesday

•Experience Leadership Project

•Revised Student Technology Fee contract passed

•Revised smoking policy passed

•Student Government sponsored bench at Central Transit stop

•Class Ring Survey is open

Conclusion• Improved communication between students, student government,

and university administration.

• A larger voice for CWU in Olympia.

• Implementation and exploration of technology services that will save the university money, and improve service efficiency for students.

• Summer 2014 has been utilised to give Student Government a head start on engaging students.

Questions