March 9 2022 - VPSA

ASCIT Board of Directors VPSA Meeting

Minutes for March 9, 2022. Taken by Nicole Heflin.

Officers Present: Ayooluwa Odemuyiwa, Mohini Misra, Katherine Chang, Matthew Hajjar, Kavya Rajagopalan, Aditi Venkatesh

Guests: Kevin Gilmartin, Felicia Hunt, Tom Mannion, Lesley Nye

Call to Order: 12:06 pm

President’s Report (Ayooluwa):

  • Bylaw Amendments → voting will be on Thursday; clarifying ASCIT dues
  • Future discussions for unaffiliated student representation
  • GSC Discussions → setting up future meetings so that undergrads and grads can support each other
  • Faculty Appointments
  • Biweekly meetings with Dr.Howes to discuss student concerns like occupational therapy, etc.

Officer’s Reports:

V.P. of Academic Affairs (Mohini):

  • Spring term classes timing issues → only 3 menu courses offered and all at the same time; addressing course conflict concerns with Bi 1; Bi10 is not being offered but it is important for pre-meds and bio majors

V.P. of Non-Academic Affairs (Katherine):

  • Rotation process discussion
  • Interhouses → future meetings with Tom and Felicia to hopefully have interhouses next term; upcoming construction training for building interhouses
  • House dues → addressing concerns about collecting supplemental dues with new system
  • Discotech (Caltech Unplugged) → discuss how to introduce prospective freshman to houses

Director of Operations (Aditi):

  • SAC study room renovations → bought chairs and bookshelves for study rooms
  • Club locker room cleanup

Treasurer (Matthew):

  • Tech MOU Discussion

Social Director (Kavya):

  • ASCIT Formal logistics & budgeting
  • Midnight Donuts happening Friday (3/11)
  • Potential Spring Events (Field Day + Multicultural Fashion show + Pi day)

If anyone has any questions or concerns about a section of the minutes please email the appropriate officer. We are happy to answer any questions.

Meeting Adjourned: 12:31 pm