The Budget Priorities Committee (BPC) is the primary source for allocating
funding to student groups. In the winter 2002 semester, a new initiative was
launched to allow groups to apply for funding more than once each semester. The
current system is made up of three cycles per semester. Groups can apply for
funding in any or all of these funding cycles. The hope of BPC is that this new
system will make it easier and more convenient for student groups to obtain
funding, while increasing the efficiency in which allocations are made.
CGC nominates students to University committees and acts as a liaison between MSA and its appointees on these committees. CGC also maintains a list of committees to which MSA appoints, and current appointees to those committees.
We publicize and promote the Michigan Student Assembly on campus. We are
working to build the ties between the assembly and the student body. It is our
hope that as more people learn about MSA, what it does, and how it works, we
will attract more students who are interested and qualified to get involved in
student government. Additionally, we want more students to not only understand
how to contact and bring their issues to the assembly, but to feel comfortable
doing so.
Here's a list of our projects:
- Festifall/Winterfest/Open House - recruitment
- Last year we wrote a blurb in the RHA move-in guide, an MSA insert in the orientation folder, and put an MSA poster up at orientation to reach out to freshmen. We'll be doing the same again this year.
- Meet-a-Rep Night - held to give students in dorms a chance to
ask questions about MSA.
- Helping other Committees and Commissions publicize their events
and reporting upcoming MSA events to the Daily.
- Entree Plus expansion
- MSA Diag Boards/Banners/Posters
- Fireside Chats - held with the president and 20 students chosen
randomly.
- This semester we will have two Fireside Chats with President Joe
White, one with the athletic director and all the varsity head coaches, and one
with all 8 of the Regents.
- The Communcations Committee has a GREEK RELATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE
We're working on....
- Getting a bus out to the rock
- Helping to facilitate ties between the Greek system and the administration.
The Campus Safety Commission focuses on all of the issues that surround safety on campus. Recently, we have been focusing on the recent wave of Residence Hall crime, meeting with DPS Director Bill Bess and other safety
officials. We meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday nights, and we would love to see you there with concerns and ideas. E-mail unsafe@umich.edu if you have any questions!
CSC is one of two funding bodies in the Michigan Student Assembly (MSA).
University of Michigan students passed a ballot question that added $1 to the
annual tuition per student to be used for community service projects by U of M
students; this is where CSC gets its money for student groups. CSC funds
projects which focus on direct service (i.e. Soup kitchens), community
development (i.e. events that bring the community together and raise
awareness/education for certain community issues), and community organization
(i.e. events or projects which organize the community to work on certain issues
together; activism). CSC funding works on a reimbursement process.
Currently the Health issues commission is working on sending a letter to all
Freshman outlining current health issues that impact students and ways to keep
students safe and healthy. They are working with upper level administrators at
UHS and Student Affairs, and also with the UM Health System.
Topics so far include STDs, nutrition, eating issues, Mono, and a host of
others.
Also, the commission is working on combating smoking in Ann Arbor, and
possibly providing workshops through the university health system on how to
quit. They are working with the City Council, and possibly state representatives
and senators to get a proposal passed that would reduce/eliminate smoking in
some facilities in Ann Arbor.
The International Student Affairs Commission (ISAC) exists in order to
address the concerns, issues, and problems and enhance the educational
experience of International Students at the University of Michigan.
The International Student Affairs Commission serves International Students by
providing a voice in MSA, keeping them informed about the activities/resolutions
of MSA that may affect them and maintaining a budget with which ISAC can
create and/or co-sponsor programs and events in collaboration with international
student individuals or organizations.
Current projects of the North Campus Affairs Commission Include:
- Weekly North Campus Movie Nights
- Comprehensive Parking Study
- Restarting the Bursley "Vomit Comet"
- Advertising for SpringFest
- Painting murals in bus stop huts
Through the exemplary work of Elliot Wells-Reid, the North Campus Affairs
Commission has built the foundation for much-improved relations between UM's
Parking and Transportation Services.
See this page for more details on adding a parking structure to North
Campus, and working to change bus routes.
Check out our web page at: [http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~eroeder/ncac/]
Currently the Voice Your Vote Commission is working on bringing political
leaders to campus, especially for the upcoming election for Governor, Secretary
of State, etc. They also are trying to start up the Democracy Project again.
This newsletter/pamphlet discusses an issue, and presents both sides on the
issue and is available to students. They also hope to co-sponsor a debate on an
issue like Civil Liberties, and as always, they are active in getting
students register to vote.
Current projects with the Women's Issues Commission include:
- Taking a stand against sexism and sexual assault by working with
the media
- Increasing issue visibility on campus
- Supporting peer education programs
- Building the V-Day and Take Back the Night rallies
- First Year outreach programs.
WIC is looking forward to taking a leading role in the planning for FemFair 2002 starting the week after Spring Break.
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