Correction: Last week The Globe reported that the fix and health and safety committee were approved, but only the fix was approved.
During the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting this week, one club had its’ constitution approved.
The Ecos Socialist Club is a club centered around promoting green values or environmentally friendly values. The club’s primary focus is educating people about the beliefs of eco-socialists.
“We’re promoting green values and green candidates,” Senator Riley Mahon said.
The club also wants to make people aware of who their representatives are and just allow people to be more active in the community.
The constitution for the Ecos Socialist Club was approved with a vote of 10 to 0.
SGA also approved the final funding for all Point Park clubs. Originally SGA was requested $12,657.54 to be distributed to all the clubs, but clubs only got rewarded with $7,515.92. This led to every club not getting the amount they asked for and two clubs receiving no funds at all.
Additionally, SGA had guest speaker Chris Chonek at the meeting. Chonek is a representative of an administration in an office called institutional research and strategic planning. The office deals a lot with numbers and surveys Chonek said.
“The main purpose of my office is to inform the university about various things,” Chonek said. “The hope is that they use that data to make improvements.”
Chonek presented the results from the previous student satisfaction survey that was conducted last spring at Point Park. The survey consists of 83 questions ranging from campus living to transportation.
It is a national survey that allows each school to customize 10 questions to better fit each university individually.
One reason we don’t make up our own survey and use the national survey is so we can get data from other universities too, Chonek said.
According to the survey from last spring, “the health services staff are competent,” which is the first time this has happened at Point Park. On the flip side, for the first time, “campus is safe and secure for all students” is a challenge.
At Point Park, freedom of expression is also ranked incredibly high, which is low in comparison to other institutions.
Senator Grey Dixon brought forth the question of whether any survey questions pertained to accessibility on campus.
Dean of Student Affairs, Keith Paylo sits in on the meeting, he urges students to reach out accessibility services with their concerns.
“The director of accessibility services is willing to come here at any time to talk to you all.” Paylo said. “You all need to talk about those things as the student voice.”
For more information on accessibility services please email [email protected]. For more information on SGA please attend a meeting on the bottom floor of the student center every Monday at 3:15 pm.
