Clarion University Student Senate
Meeting Minutes
September 24, 2018
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Call to Order
President Shepherd called the meeting of the fall semester of the Clarion University
Student Senate to order at 7:30PM.
Roll Call
Absent:
Senator Henderson
Senator Bumoskey
Senator Mason
Additions to the Agenda
Senator Krupa – 1 under new business.
Approval of the Minutes
The minutes were approved as presented.
Officers Report
A. Vice President of Student Affairs – Dr. Fenske
Dr. Fenske is looking for students’ ideas on the NSSE survey; specifically, what
incentives to offer to students. The current incentive is the opportunity to win a
$750 gift card to book store courtesy of the CSA, a $500 Clarion University
Leadership Award (aka a scholarship), a North Face backpack, or 1 of 10 $25
restaurant or retail gift cards. Senator Klanica recommends the offer of additional
flex. Senator Matotek recommends using a gift card to Crooks as one of the gift
cards. President Shepherd recommends using local stores as gift card options.
Clarion University has recently learned of the passing of one of our faculty.
Anyone impacted by loss, or if you notice your friends are heavily impacted,
please go to counseling center on campus. This will be a tough time.
Student Senate took a moment of silence in honor of Mel Michele.
B. Advisor’s Report – Mr. Shaffer
On October 24, Clarion University will hold its 2nd annual Domestic Violence
Awareness Day. In the Gemmell MPR, there will be many activities and
resources.
A beta test was conducted on the check-in software last week. It was successful,
though there are some additional questions for Campus Labs.
C. Director’s/Board of Director’s Report – Ms. Machokas
Last year, we started to send out movie polls. There will be a new poll sent out
tomorrow. The poll will be sent through email and conducted on CU Connect.
There is a CSA board meeting this Thursday, September 27 at 6:00PM in Suites
on Main North.

D. President’s Report – President Shepherd
President Shepherd welcomes Dr. Dale to the meeting. Dr. Dale and her husband
are settling into the house. Dr. Dale has met with President Shepherd, to discuss
student concerns. Trustee Zuzzio has been committed to working with students.
Dr. Dale is aware of the housing and food concerns. She hopes to work together
to resolve some issues. The True North program has begun, which hopes to work
with enrollment and pricing. They are looking for a student to sit on that
committee. Dan Greenstein is working to better the system. He will be here Oct
16 and he wants your feedback. Dr. Dale looks forward to working with the
student body this year.
The Student Senate retreat was this past weekend. We brainstormed ideas on how
to be active on campus.
This weekend, Friday September 28, 2018 – Sunday September 30, 2018, seven
senators will be attending the BSGP Conference at Bloomsburg University.
We are also working on the contest to name Dr. Dale’s Car. All students on
campus can submit an idea on CU Connect starting on Wednesday, September 26,
2018. The winner of the contest will be announced the following Wednesday,
October 4, 2018. The winner will get to have dinner, with a menu of their
choosing, with Dr. Dale and a friend.
Tomorrow, September 25, 2018, is National Voter Registration Day. There will
be tabling throughout campus tomorrow as well as an informational event in the
evening.
We will be participating in Stuff-A-Truck this year. There is a box in the office
for donations. On October 4, 2018, we will turn them in to ABLE.
E. Vice President’s Report- Vice President Bumbarger
Student Senate had a very successful retreat. There were some great ideas for the
committees this year.
We have started ad hoc Relay for Life committee.
F. Treasurer’s Report- Treasurer Custer
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Large Item Capital Balance: $151,660.40
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Capital Fund: $327,709.04
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Senate Budget: $28,010.89
G. Vice President Rules and Regulations Report- Vice President Hinchberger
This is the last week of club re-registrations.
H. Student Trustee’s Report- Trustee Zuzzio
On Thursday, September 20, 2018, the Council of Trustees met at the Venango
Campus. There is a new math tutoring center in Becht Hall. It has been
successful, helping over 50 students. The council discussed offering a new
nursing degree in Somerset county.

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Venango Campus is working with the county and a local plastics industry to set
program to help train new hires. Clarion University has hired ten new tenure track
faculty. The steam lines on campus have been approved and the asbestos has been
removed from them.
The Board of Governors are currently working on redesigning the system, looking
at over 100 policies to rollback to give more power to university presidents and
allow things to be handled internally without as much bureaucracy.
The Venango Senate has set their 2018-2019 goals, which include: extending the
library and lab hours, updating classrooms, and adjusting parking prices. They
have had success with programming by working in conjunction with faculty.
Trustee Zuzzio will be attending, and later reporting on, the PACT conference
October 12, 2018 in Harrisburg.
I. Secretary’s Report- Secretary Boyle
No Report.
J. Faculty Senate Report- Senator Skunda
Faculty Senate held their biweekly meeting today. Dave Dollins came in and gave
a presentation on enrollment and retention. He presented a lot of data, mostly
showing how we compared to other schools, and had great ideas.
Representative Committee Reports
A. Clarion Call
No Report
B. University Technology Advisory Committee- Senator Bolha
52 Computers are up for redistribution through the fall 2018 cycle, the call for
tech proposals and requests are due October 15, 2018.
C. Panhellenic Committee
We have Bonnie Shade coming in. She’ll be at Hart Chapel talking about sexual
assault/violence awareness.
National Hazing Prevention Week starts this week. We will be tabling to raise
awareness Tuesday, September 25, 2018, Wednesday, September 26, 2018, and
Thursday September 27, 2018.
Greek Sing will be March 23, 2019
D. Interhall Council
Interhall Council is required to be affiliated with CAACUR. The conference is
fantastic to learn about rules, policies, and meeting proceedings. This year it will
be held in Ohio.
Chad Thomas will be at our meeting this week to address the facility concerns of
the students.
Interhall Council will be selling Sheetz booklets.
Clarion’s Got Talent is November 30, 2018 and is open to all. Clubs will be
tabling and donating prize baskets.
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Glow yoga is this Friday, September 28, 2018 8:00PM – 9:00PM get tickets at info
desk.
The Miss CU pageant is this Saturday, September 29, 2018, and also has a glow
theme.
If you want to be on the PR Committee, see Aaliyah McMullen.
F. ABLE
ABLE is the biggest community service organization on campus. We average 2228 students each meeting. Stuff-A-Truck will be this weekend. We stuff a truck
with as much food then we send it to a larger collector. We average 40% of
donations. Interhall Council plan on having residence halls compete in collecting
the most donations.
CU Service Day is ABLE’s named event where they come together and bring as
many students as possible. They go out in the community and offer students for
service.
They learned about what it is like to recycle. They went to a plant and saw how it
was done. ABLE wants to start a recycling initiative on campus.
The Kids at Heart committee works with kids to give back to the committee.
The Service Trip committee is going to Gettysburg to learn about service and
leadership.
Conrad Warner will be at Tuesday’s meeting to see what concerns the community
has, they are not sure if Donna Oberlander will be there.
G. BSU
BSU wants to spread the message that they are not only open to minority students,
anyone can join.
BSU’s Vibe Out was last Thursday, September 20, 2018. Their grill was stolen
from the suites on main south if you know anything, please let BSU know.
This Thursday, September 27, 2018 from 6:00PM until 8:00PM, in the library on
level A is the annual student body meeting.
The Unity Community dinner will be Sunday, September 30, 2018 from 6:00PM
until 8:00PM in Moore Hall.
H. Allies
Allies now has a webpage on the clarion.edu website with resources for students,
faculty, and staff, as well as a resource list of what is in the allies office, an all
gender neutral bathrooms map, and they spoke with Dr. Radaker about creating a
safe zone map.
Standing Committee Reports
A. Appropriations Committee- Treasurer Custer
The appropriations committee moves to approve a $300 request for a float for
ROTC/Leadership and Excellence Club. It will be designed like a tank in
conjunction with ROTC. The motion passes with one abstention.

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B. Student Relations Committee- Senator Klanica
The Social Equity dinner will be November 14, 2018 at 7:00PM. Senator Klanica
will be holding a meeting with Senator Henderson, Amy, and Matt next Monday,
October 1, 2018, to find out what is required from her committee. They will be
meeting to discuss budget and responsibilities.
C. Academic Affairs Committee- Senator Skunda
Watch for the GroupMe and the first meeting date.
D. Rules and Regulations Committee- VP Hinchberger
They begin training on reviewing new constitutions. They have four in right now.
E. Student Facilities Committee- Senator Bolha
The Student Facilities Committee survey has 100-180 responses. They are setting
up meeting with others to discuss results of survey. They will also set up tabling
times. The main focus is on what to put in the empty room by mail room.
F. Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Concerns Committee- Senator
Lopreiato
Senator Lopreiato met with Vice President Bumbarger and discussed some new
ideas. The Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Concerns Committee will
be starting cookies for comments, where they hand out cookies and take in
comments from students. They will make safety facts posters. They could address
BSU concerns and set up new, or more, cameras. They will also be setting up the
Safety Walk.
G. Community Relations Committee- Senator Claypool
Senator Claypool met with Tyler Kitzmiller and decided to reschedule the Good
Neighbor Program canvassing to 11:00AM – 2:00PM next Wednesday, October 3,
2018 and 1:00PM – 4:00PM Friday, October 5, 2018. Hopefully this extra time
gives the committee a chance to get materials gathered and more students
involved.
They will meet with other organizations.
Next Tuesday, October 2, 2018, the borough council will be meeting in the
Clarion Public Library. They will mostly be discussing ALF.
H. Website Management Committee- Senator Brush
President Shepherd was the first senator of the week. It went over really well. The
new senator, which was drawn tonight, is Senator Blakely.
Student Senate is currently reaching over 500 people on all platforms.
Unfinished Business
New Business
Senator Krupa moves to be excused from the September 17, 2018 meeting, as she
was sick. Senator Skunda seconds. The motion passes without abstentions.
Open Forum or Announcements

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The Clarion County College Republicans is an RSO that upholds republican
ideologies and assist republican candidates in local and state positions. They have
worked closely with Donna Oberlander, as she is running for her tenth year. Her
opponent is Warner. They have been door to door promoting Donna Oberlander,
as well as calling the voter registration list.
They have started fundraising. They hope to sell Scotty’s Donuts.
They are growing in numbers. Last year they had 4 members, now they have 12
members. They hope to get to 14 members. They tabled at activities day.
They have partnered with ABLE for CU Day of Service. They hope to expand by
hosting events this year, we plan to partner with the College Democrats for a
couple events. They plan to partner with Slippery Rock to host a large-scale
debate, hopefully with Clarion College Democrats.
Adjournment
A. Motion to adjourn the meeting by Treasurer Custer. Seconded by Senator Fryer.
Meeting adjourned at 8:16PM.