Skip to main content

Senate Agenda - Student Government Association - 4/9/26 | Hofstra University

Page 1


Call to order

Agenda

of the Senate

Hofstra University Student Government Association (09, April, 2026)

Hofstra University

Meeting Called to order at 6:54 pm EST

A. Quorum Call

a. Quorum set to 19

B. New Business

a. Senator Vira moves to open the gallery

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

b. Welcome Senate Guest– Dean Christy

1. Dean Christy: I do agree that my office is not centrally located. It is hard for folks to know where I am. People don’t really hang out there. I sent Jessica Eads that statement. Hofstra is expensive. Most of you don’t live on this island and your parents don’t live with you on campus. My role is to do that on your behalf. For what you pay to go here, someone should be here to help you navigate when someone is minimizing your voice. It is up to me to amplify your voice. Faculty is not being very responsible about the doctor’s notes so I intervened there. I do have jurisdiction over your well being and if I have valid reasons. I don’t hold your hand. If you are wrong you are wrong. I also have that harsh reality. The other part is giving your families the har sh reality that they don’t know who you are on campus. It is on me to help you navigate between your family and who you are. I navigate anything and everything that happens outside the classroom. I like stirring things up. I treat you like my child because I have seen how your mental health plays on you. Sometimes faculty requires another adult to speak to them. I also deal with the student emergency fund including meal cards etc. You want to get this when you reach towards finals. Meals aren’t cheap, and I know the deals aren’t that great. I also deal

with the community response team. When someone puts in a report, I talk to them and we come up with an action plan. I am a first gen student. I have lived a life that most of y’all have lived. I try to remind you of who you are and remind faculty that sometimes home isn’t safe. I previously worked in housing, but Jessica Eads had a different plan for me. My job is also to detain Jess when she goes too form. I don’t play about y’all nor Jessica Eads, who’s my righthand. I also work with Dr. Ahmed, Sev, and others. I work 24 hours, 7 days a week and wouldn’t change that for the world.

2. Senator Pierre: What is a typical meeting like for you?

a. Dean Christy: It depends. I have a faculty meeting that is inflexible. Usually I ask “walk me through how you got here.” It is about bringing them back to the basics.

3. Chair Ahmad: I want to shift the conversation. In your role you advocate for students. How will Hofstra navigate a speaker coming in for a club that many students may feel uncomfortable with? How would you advise students advocating for guest speakers for themselves?

a. Dean Christy: That’s hard to ask because you are asking levels about me. We know that Hofstra prides itself on allowing freedom of speech and expression. My hope is that there are still safety methods in place when something happens. I am still not privy to everything that is happening but I am hoping that when it gets to a higher level, there are measures in place. I would hope you are meeting with faculty to get an answer even though it may not always be an answer you want to hear.

4. Senator Urban: The meal card sounds like a really good opportunity and many students may not know about this. How do we get it out so more students can know about this?

a. Dean Christy: It is not something we advertise. It is something that is a resource. The student emergency fund is based on donations. It is something student leaders know and will share with the masses.

5. Chair Chauhan: When students come to you in a crisis, what is the action plan and do you connect them to student counseling services and would it be beneficial if they were the first point of contact?

a. Dean Christy: On our care emergency response team, there are 12 of us. For housing, we might meet with Anita Ellis, and a landlord. The majority of students don’t want to go to counseling, so they may never come back and trust me. There are levels and coun seling is usually the 3rd and 4th. I am aggressive with students that feel like their life doesn’t matter. There is a risk assessment which most schools usually follow.

6. Senator Pierre: The student funds are donation-based, where do the donations come from?

a. Dean Christy: Most of it comes from President Poser and the university. When it is rolled out at the end of the semester, we allocate to it. There are pockets of students who contribute to these areas.

7. Chair Ahmad: What are the major concerns you get from students, and in what areas would support from SGA be beneficial?

a. Dean Christy: I think the biggest thing is finances. The economy is hard so I try to listen. I try to talk with students about the financial situation that they began with. Who do I attach them to? I don’t have an answer there. Students want to identify wi th the person they are referred to. Juniors and seniors often feel no connection but I’ll look into the orientation leader route.

8. Senator Pierre: In regards to that, have you tried pairing them with a peer advisor? Have you thought of programs or a mentorship for this?

a. Dean Christy: We pair them with the organization. Some sit in our office because they have difficulties communicating. Programmes are another layer that I can’t do but I can bounce them over Sev. We have a peermentor track with Russ Smith, so students can be paired with someone they identify with from the start.

9. Chair Ahmad: Is there a student aide in your office?

a. Dean Christy: There are two student aids and a graduate student.

10. VP Young: When students are in a crisis situation, how do you separate yourself from being a therapist and get them the help they need?

a. Dean Christy: I am awkward at the moment. I center myself and then them. I do separate but I want to help. Sometimes I just listen. It is a building relationship.

11. Senator Pierre: Each graduating class is different. Do you treat classes differently from each other or the same?

a. Dean Christy: I treat everybody as they are. I don’t treat everyone the same. Law and graduates come with similar problems as undergraduates. I treat the individual differently but not the class.

12. President Quail: Do you ever feel students are uncomfortable coming to you because you are an administrator? Like a “wall” of some sort?

a. Dean Christy: I don’t think it is the wall. I think it is levels. Dean Christy’s personality may not be to their taste. That’s why they have different faculty members. They don’t have a clue of where my office is sometimes. It has to be strategic and thoug htful. People will find me because they know I exist.

13. Senator Chacon: How do you deal with different types of parents who raise their kids to a certain age? How do you experience cultural differences,

first gen students’ experiences, etc?

a. Dean Christy: I have no patience. I give them Jessica Eads’ email. The goal is for you to know who you are. I tell the parents. I try to go with open eyes and open hearts.

14. Senator Bokhari: You reach out via email if someone is concerned about a student. How do you reach out to students who are afraid of speaking or do not respond?

a. Dean Christy: I get ghosted quite often. I send a letter and then piggyback that with a text message. I say you are not in trouble, and I just want to know what is going on. That’s the only way I will get to y’all.

15. Chair Ahmad: You work with a lot of students via open office hours. Have any parents contacted you? How do you take care of yourself actively and deal with students actively if they view you as just an option??

a. Dean Christy: They did. I am still learning how to take care of myself. I don’t really get a shut off button. I go to church on Sundays all the way in Connecticut and that keeps me grounded. And I like to bowl. I can tell when a student doesn’t want to talk to me but I don’t care and I still push. The majority of students are nervous and want me to find out what they did before they admit they did it. I wish more students would be like I don’t know you like that. My personality is very loud and I need students to warm up to me. So many students come to me from referrals.

16. VP Young: Do you see a future of the dean of students office where there are there different roles with someone in charge of each of them?

a. Dean Christy: That is the goal. I was groomed for this role. Dr. Ahmed is getting there but not everyone’s patience level is like mine. In a perfect world, I would love that.

17. Senator Pierre: Is the student hearing board under your jurisdiction? How do you plan on growing it and interacting with how students are here? Your office is far away, how do you promote yourself being there and also other spaces? The town hall, a lot of people because black students had issues on campus, what have you done to help?

a. Dean Christy: Yes, they are. We have a lot of work to do. We recognize we need more community standards around clubs and organizations. It is based on trial and error, and that is a summer project. We are trying to promote that and nobody wants to be a sni tch. We need to show students that the board builds character. When freshmen come here, they see it in a negative light. I was there. The goal is for me to not hide that I am a woman of colour so students know I am here. I am also part of that now so when something is pushed in ethics points that comes to me. It is on

me to communicate we received it, we do an active investigation and then we close it. I don’t shy away from those types of conversations. We need to educate those that don’t look like me.

c. SA.2025.90.34

i. Presented by Comptroller Skeldon and President Quail

1. Comptroller Skeldon: This is proposing striking the victory fund and allocating that to rollover. The last time this fund was used was in Spring 2024 and it was only used for Club Sports. Campus Rec now funds club sports, so the only competitions we fund are for academic clubs. We have a separate fund for that, and when other clubs want money we have weekly allocations for that. We increased the funding40% for SGA Capital Fund and 20% for External Allocation Fund.

2. President Quail: Money sat in the victory fund doing nothing. The capital fund and external allocation fund do the most for students, so it makes sense to allocate it there now.

3. Senator Pierre: External funds is that for clubs? Does this take place in the next rollover or semester?

a. President Quail: Yes, it’s coming out of rollover and going into club funding. It is for clubs’ activities that are not internal. It would apply to leftover money from this semester.

4. Chair Chauhan moves to pass SA.2025.90.34

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

d. SA.2026.90.35

i. Presented by Chair Peri and Comptroller Skeldon

1. Chair Peri: This is just changing the wording for weekly meetings. We added two points including clubs signing up for a waitlist and appropriations club prioritizing a club if the situation is time sensitive. This isn’t changing anything. It is just updating the policy.

2. Comptroller Skeldon: It is fixing wording and ensuring 5 slots are available per week, we operate on a weekly schedule.

3. Chair Ahmad moves to pass SA.2026.90.35

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

e. SA.2025.90.36

i. Presented by Chair Ahmad and Chair Peri

1. Chair Ahmad: This involves removing e-board office hours and some constitution changes. Nobody is really doing them and many organizations said that it wasn’t reasonable. We also changed the repetition of some language. Many constitutions are also not unif orm

and clubs aren’t abiding by them. Every constitution will have the SGA preamble and policies that state how elections will be held, including that it will be once a year either spring and fall semester. There should also be standard measures for impeachmen t. Even advisors don’t know when offices change. We also specified that a constitution must satisfy all the requirements.

2. Chair Peri: Regarding elections taking place per one academic year, this is to stop constant turnover.

3. VP Young: Is this restricting or allowing? You can only hold elections once per year?

a. Chair Ahmad: Yes, and this will only apply to the main 4 e-board positions. I am open about adding language to include special elections.

4. Chair Chauhan: After the senatorial action is passed, many club constitutions say that elections are semesterly, how will this be handled?

a. Chair Ahmad: Every advisor is going to be looking over all the constitutions for their clubs over the summer, and this will be enforced by the future CR chair.

5. Senator Urban: For enforcement regarding new clubs, how are people creating new clubs going to be aware of these changes?

a. Chair Ahmad: Next week I will be sending a constitution to OSLE including more information that I just got feedback from Sev today.

6. Senator Pierre: Prior to this, how were office hours taken into consideration?

a. Chair Ahmad: It only went to the CR chair as it only makes sense for it to go to them. There were QR codes in every single office space and there were at least 80 responses, but they lacked usefulness.

7. Chair Ahmad moves to propose language to section 11 item 1 “This request shall be at the discretion of any member of the Student Government Association Executive Board, the Club Resources Chair, and the Appropriations Chair”

a. Motion seconded

a. Motion passed

8. Senator Thani: If a club uses funds to buy something, can anyone use it?

a. Chair Peri: Yes, because it is essentially our item. It is so we don’t have to fund the same item many times.

b. Chair Ahmad: This ensures we are not spending so much money on the same stuff.

9. President Quail: Could this create an incentive for clubs to take things offcampus and not keep it within the space

a. Chair Peri: Yes, I see the concern.

10. Senator Urban: There is no language to tell clubs in advance. How are we going to notify them?

a. Chair Ahmad: I think most E-Boards would know to notify the club.

b. Chair Peri: We are not going to just ransack a club’s storage.

11. Comptroller Skeldon moves to strike language from section 11 “and stored within a club’s office space.”

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

12. Senator Vira: When clubs do allocations, how do you keep track of what they order?

a. Chair Peri: We do look back at the club’s allocations and the club closet.

b. Comptroller Skeldon: We have a document that records everything funded for every club.

13. Senator Pierre: It says it is up to the discretion of those members of SGA, is it at discretion of one member or all of them.

a. Chair Peri: 6 people have the power to make this request and I feel these are the ones who should have the power to make these requests.

b. Chair Ahmad: So basically, we have given tabletop 200 board games. If they request, say, chess, we will put them in contact with chess club.

14. Chair Chauhan: I do not understand that if it is something we already do, putting this in writing may mean e-boards lack trust in us? It is not our stuff and we should not have authority over all of it. Other e-boards may look at it and there could be a lack of trust. What I do not understand is the thought process to put this into policy. I am taking this in a negative connotation.

a. Chair Peri: Everything is ours as we buy it. This saves money and we are lending their items to other clubs. I see your points and we want to add to the policy to provide more clarity for clubs. Yes it can be taken negatively but we want clubs to know what we are doing.

b. Chair Ahmad: Specifically I chose to include the language “borrow.” Stuff funded by us is for every single club. This policy I do not think will be read as long as we build relationships with these organizations. We are doing this to prove we are not abusing power.

15. Senator Pierre: There should be a period after organization. What is policy if the item comes back destroyed?

a. Chair Ahmad: This is a really fair point and there is no procedure for how the replacement would go.

b. Chair Peri: I believe there is a policy somewhere about damaged items.

16. Senator Noel: Would you need to check with the club before taking their item from their room?

a. Chair Ahmad: In theory, yes we could.

b. Chair Peri: This request in section A, we should be notifying clubs. We should tell the club and let them know what is going on.

17. Senator Vira: Are you going to notify clubs? They should have priority regarding what clubs need access to it.

a. Chair Ahmad: I agree and that is exactly what happens. We did it for a previous social event and we borrowed board games from the Table Top club.

18. Senator Pierre: Would the proposed language be redundant or fix this issue?

a. Chair Ahmad: Depends on the language being proposed. If we say any item being funded by SGA can be requested by SGA for use by another organization would this fix the issue?

b. Chair Peri: I feel like it is pretty explicit, but maybe adding that we would notify clubs.

19. Chair Ahmad moves to propose language to Section 11 subsection 1: Any item funded by SGA for use by SGA

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

20. Senator Pierre: A friendly that “organization” needs to be followed by a period.

21. Senator Urban moves to pass SA. 2025.90.036

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

f. Spring 2026 Elections Commission Report 3

i. Presented by Elections Commissioner Skeldon

1. Comptroller Skeldon: Nothing much from us this week. Next week is the start of President/Vice President campaigning. This week we sent out the packets and confirmed eligibility. Info-sessions for senators start next week. President/Vice President campaigning opens at 9am on Monday. Senator packets are due on Thursday, April 16th at 12:00 pm. Friday after, eligibility will be sent out. Review the reminders and rules in the series. The debate is Monday 4/20 at 1pm in Breslin 100.

a. Senator Pierre: If we want to repost the info sessions are we allowed?

i. Comptroller Skeldon: No campaigning, but you can say elections are happening.

g. Senate Merch Ideas Voting

i. Quarter Zips!

ii. Google Form

iii. Link for size chart - QZ

C. Approval of the Minutes

a. Senator Smook moves to pass the Senate minutes from 4/2.

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

b. Senator Bokhari moves to pass the Cabinet minutes from 4/8.

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

D. E-board Reports

a. President

i. Thank you for being here :)

ii. Provost meeting

1. Canceled classes…

2. 9th and 10th floor closed to members of the community?

iii. Meeting with Novia… soon

1. Reslife concerns?

a. Cleaning of shower

iv. Renewed discussion about AI at graduation

1. Senator Pierre: Will this be permanent for the future? If it is the same discussion every time might as well do the other thing. Is there a distance between you and faculty in terms of the emotion behind it? Can students read their names out loud?

a. President Quail: They want this to be permanent. In a logistical way it does not hold water for people emotionally. The general belief from admin is that students who went here right now were in the transition period and they want to see if this is a susta ined concern and they do not expect to keep having the same kind of concern. I have expressed concerns to faculty, but students also feel happy that they can vet the pronunciation of their name. I have expressed it feels impersonal for students to have their names read by AI. That doesn’t sound feasible to me. I have talked about what alternatives could look like. We talked about having a female voice as well. I can ask about a different way of having a recording.

2. Chair Ahmad: There is a lavender graduation. Do they say students’ names there?

a. President Quail: Generally yes, those names are still being said by the respective deans. The more we tell people what is going on, the better informed they can be.

3. Senator Pierre: If there is enough discontent, could administration change this policy?

a. President Quail: I do not think everything is set in stone forever. For this year, nothing can really be done as it is already being

b. Vice President

i. Senior Sunset!

planned. Administration is really listening to graduates’ concerns and I think this can still be pushed next fall.

1. May 4th from 6:30 PM-8:30 PM

a. Senior Sunset Staffing Sheet

ii. Special Elections

1. May 1st a. 12:00 PM

c. Comptroller

i. Made a new Accounting File

ii. Budget Weekend

iii. Purchase Request Form

d. Secretary

i. Formal Sign-Up Sheet

1. Formal Awards

2. Formal Awards Sign-Up Sheet

ii. Stoles ordered, ordering end of year gift Friday

E. Committee Chair Reports

a. Appropriations

i. 4/7/26 Appropriations Minutes

ii. BUDGET WEEKEND

iii. Talking with Advisors about off campus catering

b. Club Resources

i. 04.06.2026 Minutes

ii. Club Office Space Decisions sent out

1. Almost every club that applied got an office space!

2. Rental Room: 260f

3. Transition to the new office spaces will be probably at the end of April/early May.

c. Communications

i. Minutes

ii. TVs are all connected

1. Working on graphics!

d. Programming

i. Programming Minutes 4/7

ii. Compass Karaoke Next wednesday!!!!!!

1. April 15th in Hofusa from 7-10pm

2. Karaoke sign up: https://forms.gle/hynjwScAuzADXvBd8

3. Sign up for karaoke yall!!!

iii. Helping plan Senior Sunset with Sophia and DaeJa

1. Senior Sunset Staffing Sheet

2. NON SENIORS PLS SIGN UP

iv. Finals Frenzy April 28th 12-3pm w/ so many different offices!!

e. Academic Affairs

i. AA minutes from 04/09

ii. Met with CERT

1. Canvas Studio Update

a. Contract signed; Canvas Studio should be installed in April.

2. SimpleSyllabus

a. a. 70-75 instructors using SimpleSyllabus. This is below what EdTech had hoped for.

iii. Pat and Lily met with Dr. Blue and the undergrad committee

1. Attendance policy update

2. YAY PAT AND LILY!!!

f. Equity & Inclusion

i. Minutes

ii. Eat Around the World last week next week!!!!

iii. Equity Council meeting tomorrow

iv. Impact Awards April 21st at 5PM in Guthart Cultural Center Theater

v. Inclusive Programming throughout the next week at the end of my minutes!

g. Facilities & Operations

i. Minutes

ii. Approval of Memorial Hall 012 Student Project

iii. Meeting with Tim Murray and Caitlin Sullivan

1. If there are any facilities/accessibility concerns, please email or DM me on GroupMe.

h. Wellness & Campus Safety

i. Minutes for April 9

1. SCS Meeting

2. Senator Pierre: Student internship opportunities for Counseling Services and a more diverse staff?

ii. Take Back the Night

1. April 22!!!!

iii. Food Drive with NSLS

1. Sign up to table here

F. Approval of Committee Minutes

a. Chair Ahmad moves to pass the committee minutes from 4/6.

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

G. Approval of Allocations

a. ________ moves to pass the allocations from ___-

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

H. For the Good of the Order

a. Anything SGA related!

b. Takeover photo!

I. Announcements

a. Any clothes to donate- NSLS thrift store

b. HSLA Awards Nominations on GIHU!

J. Snap Cup

a. Decorum suspended

K. Adjournment

a. Chair Chauhan moves to close the gallery

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

b. Senator Ruffo moves to adjourn this meeting

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

1. Meeting adjourned at 8:52 EST

Spring 2026 Meeting

PPAW Conference Room 260D April 7th, 2026 - 6:30pm

Meeting Commenced: 6:27 pm

Attendance:

Comptroller Maddie Skeldon

Chair Nene Dzaveluri

Senator Pat Bruso

Senator Bianca Yepez

Senator Ferheen Bokhari

Senator Rebecca Noel

Senator Jake Urban

Associate Jake Tenebruso

Associate Brett Hoerner

Associate Albert Li

Late:

Absent:

Guests!

Agenda:

Ice Breaker:

Budget Weekend Resources:

● Club Closet

● Budget Weekend Groups and Cheat Sheet

● SGA Policy Series - funding policies in section 3C

● Hofstra Catering Menu

Announcements:

● Budget Weekend

○ Friday & Saturday 11-3

● Elections info sessions:

○ Go to Maddie with any questions.

○ Friday, April 10th @ 4pm

■ Student Center 145

○ Monday, April 13th @ 1pm

■ Breslin Hall 105

○ Tuesday April 14th @ 5pm

■ Student Center Plaza East

○ Wednesday April 15th @ 1pm

■ Breslin Hall 100

Budget Weekend Sheet:

● Budget Weekend Sheet

Gold Club Budget Reviewing:

Blue Club Budget Reviewing:

Meeting Adjourned: 7:30pm

Respectfully Submitted, Appropriations Chair Prahlad Peri

Meeting Agenda

Spring 2026

6:30 pm, Apr 6, 2026

SGA Conference Room

Meeting Commenced 6:29 pm Attendance

Chair Maisa Ahmad

Chair Aarushi Chauhan

Senator Lily Hoffman

Senator Dayanna Rubio -Chacon

Senator Jean Pierre

Senator John Vira

Associate Balina Singg

Associate Sai Vignesh Vajinapelly

Senator Sophia Apostal

Late Arrival

Absent

Associate Lily Hiebert Visitors!

Chair Prahlad Peri

Senator Kripa Thani

I. Icebreaker

A. Telephone!

II. Club Constitutions

A. MSA ( Alisha Paracha and Wasih Gillani)

1. Deliberation:

● Grammar - capitalize proper nouns.

2. Senator Vira moves to update the Club Constitution

3. Chair Chauhan seconds the motion.

4. Motion passed!

B. Hofstra Democrats (Jake Urban)

1. Deliberation:

● Friendly: capitalize Co -President

● Secretary Section Dii;

● Article IV, section B number are wrong

2. Senator Pierre moves to update the Club Constitution

3. Chair Chauhan seconds the motion.

4. Motion passed!

C. AMWA (Alyssa Shim)

1. Deliberation:

● Adjust co -presidents under Secretary

● Adjust B-h for consistency

● Article IV Membership -> no discrimination

2. Senator Vira moves to strike the Club Constitution

3. Senator Pierre seconds the motion.

4. Motion passed!

III. Senatorial Actions

A. Senatorial Action S.A.2026.90.034 Policy Series Updates

1. Comptroller Skeldon presents S.A.2026.90.034

2. Deliberation:

● Looks good!

3. Senator Pierre moves to pass S.A.2026.90.034.

4. Senator Vira seconds the motion.

5. Motion Passed!

B. Senatorial Action S.A.2026.90.035 Policy Series Updates

1. Chair Peri presents S.A.2026.90.035

2. Deliberation:

● Looks good!

3. Senator Pierre moves to pass S.A.2026.90.035.

4. Senator Vira seconds the motion.

5. Motion Passed!

C. Senatorial Action S.A.2026.90.036 Policy Series Updates

1. Chair Ahmad and Chair Peri presents S.A.2026.90.036

2. Deliberation:

● Looks good!

3. Senator Pierre moves to pass S.A.2026.90.036.

4. Senator Chacon seconds the motion.

5. Motion passed!

IV. Chair Updates

A. Club Office Space

1. Rental Room

2. Current floor plan

3. Applications

4. Our plan!

B. Interested in being the CR Chair, Senator, anything at all? Meet with me (only if you want.. No pressure)!

V. Reminders

A. Be sure to take a look at the CR policies. It is definitely long but not a hard read! It will be GREAT if we all have an understanding of the policies.

B. You can reach me at (832) 417 7912 if you have any questions or need anything at all!

C. If you’re going to be absent , email me, sga_secretary@pride.hofstra.edu; sga_ethicsandconduct@pride.hofstra.edu; sga_vicepresident@pride.hofstra.edu!

Meeting Adjourned 7:11 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Maisa Ahmad

Club Resources Chair

Communications Committee Meeting

Student Center Rm 142 April 6, 2026

Meeting Called to Order: 6:01 pm

Quorum

Present:

Chair Kyle Denson

Senator Michael Araba

Senator Wasih Gillani

Senator Yoni Smook

Associate Nathan Arscott

Absent:

Chair Ronit Malhotra

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator Harish Subramanian

Agenda:

1. Icebreaker:

a. What is your favorite song at the moment?

2. Updates

a. Issue with Reels

i. Hoping Canva will help fix it

b. Promoting

i. Stop the Bleed/Narcan Training

ii. Plan Van

iii. Chargers in the Library

iv. Karaoke Night

3. Graphic Activity

a. Adobe Express Practice!

i. You have 20 minutes to create an Instagram story graphic for Programming Wellness Chair Aari’s “Take Back the Night: Poster and Mirror Making” event.

ii. Tuesday, April 21

iii. 6- 8pm in the Student Center 143

iv. SGA Event

1. In collaboration with: a. EmpowHer

v. At the end of the timer, each committee member will share their graphic and we will vote on which one is used to promote the real event!

1. I might make small edits to the graphic that is chosen according to feedback from Aari and to ensure it matches our branding

2. Congrats Yoni!

Reminders:

● If you have to miss committee, please email Ethics, VP, Secretary, and me. If you are missing Senate, make sure to email the Ethics, VP, and Secretary.

● If you are interested in my position, feel free to reach out and ask me questions

Meeting Adjourned: 6:33 pm

Respectfully submitted, Kyle Denson Communications Chair

Programming Committee Minutes

Weekly Meeting

Date 4/14/26

Meeting Commenced 6:00 pm

Attendance

Attended

Senator Salvatore Ruffo

Senator Jack Ehrlich

Senator Joseph Vazquez

Senator Gabe Kurtz

Senator Kripa Thani

Associate Anna Chiu

Associate Jesse Silver

Associate Kellsie Verdone

Absent: Chair Celeste Orellana

Guests:

1. Check in

a. Icebreaker: Favorite inside joke you have

i. This semester:

ii. Senior sunset

1. Senior Sunset Staffing Sheet

2. Sal is picking up stuff before 5

iii. Compass Karaoke Night, April 15th, 7 -10pm, Hofusa

1. Karaoke sign up: https://forms.gle/hynjwScAuzADXvBd8

2. Help: Joe, Kripa (from 8:30)

iv. Finals Frenzy April 28th 12-3pm

1. Finals Frenzy Tabling

a.

b. I won’t be at senate, who wants to do the report!!!

i. Senate report:

If you are interested in my position please let me know and set up a time for us to meet!!

Meeting Adjourned 6:27 PM

Respectfully Submitted,

04/09/2026 PPAW

Meeting commenced at 6:02 pm EST

Attendance:

- Attended:

Chair

Senator

Chair Jacob Iacobovici

Senator Lily Hoffman

Senator John Vira

Senator Dayanna Rubio-Chacon - hi!!

Senator Joseph Vazquez

Senator Michael Araba

Senator Patrick Bruso

Associate

Associate Isabella Dempsey

Associate Luca Giordano

Guest

- Late:

- Absent:

Ice Breaker

- Add anything you want to the minutes (maybe just say “Hi”..? So I know you read the minutes).

- JRV: Hi Nene

Chair Updates

1. Meeting with CERT

a. Canvas Stats i. Stats shared in the Appendix of these minutes. Canvas Studio Update

ii. Contract signed; Canvas Studio should be installed in April. Possible Fall rollout for the tool. David will be looking for volunteers who are teaching in the summer to pilot Canvas Studio.

iii. There will be training offered by EdTech to help faculty adjust to Canvas Studio.

iv. David affirms all privacy features are intact, and faculty have full control of who has access to the videos, just like on Kaltura

b. SimpleSyllabus

i. a. 70-75 instructors using SimpleSyllabus. This is below what EdTech had hoped for.

ii. They will be having more training to encourage faculty to use this tool more.

c. Remote Teaching Activities for Hofstra Faculty

2. EdTech is updating the default course template on Canvas.

a. EdTech and David are looking for comments about what can be added to the template, what modules can be added or removed, and what resources should be highlighted in the template.

i. The plan is to roll out the new template this Fall.

ii. EdTech is working with Instructure to allow faculty to import a prior course into the “old” template, but right now, that is not possible.

3. Pat and Lily will give me notes from the meeting with the undergraduate committee for the next meeting

a. Take notes, guys!!!

b. These were our notes from the meeting:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15pMdDTr3Xi7qMtGH1d4ZpyLonD2DdJ9eEesV7zoL- o/edit?usp=sharing !!!

i. TLDR: Administration will be more firm with faculty about how students must be excused for religious absences; they will be sending updated language for professors to add to their syllabi!!!

ii. And they wanted students to know that 1) they should notify professors at the start of the semester of expected absences and 2) if they have issues, they should go straight to the department chair - Lily :)

4. Next committee meeting

a. Newsletter VOL 4

5. Upcoming meeting with Dean Ploran

a. April 17th

Upcoming meetings/events/initiatives

- Are you smarter than ChatGPT? April 21st at 6:30 pm in Monroe Lecture Hall.

- Finals Frenzy- April 28th, 12-3 PM, Plaza Rooms

Initiative/Goal Tracker

- 2025-2026 Goal Tracker

- Please write down any ideas or initiatives you would like to work on!!! Even if it is something small!!

Open for your questions/comments

1. If you are going to be absent, email the secretary and CC your chair, VP, and ethics

2. Anything else you may want!

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 6:30 pm EST

Respectfully Submitted, Nene Dzaveluri

Academic Affairs Chair

Equity and Inclusion-Meeting Agenda

Spring 2026

6:00 pm, Apr 9, 2026

SGA Conference Room

Meeting Commenced 6:00p.m.

Attendance

Chair Orellana

Chair Maisa Ahmad

Senator Sophia Apostol

Senator Rebecca Noel

Senator Jean Pierre

Senator Yoni Smook

Associate Juan Carlos Flor

Associate Spencer Hamilton

Late Arrival

Absent

`Visitors!

Secretary Danek

Senator Dayanna Rubio -Chacon

Senator Lily Hoffman

Associate Anusha Khan

I. Icebreaker

A. Tiktok Roulette

II. Chair Updates

A. Eats Around the World

1. Sheet

2. Keep supporting, send pics in the social chat!!!!

3. If you want me to pay I will!

B. Elections for 91st Senate

C. Formal

D.

III. Brainstorming

A. Ideas for AAPI @ Hofstra

1. Scavenger Hunt

a) Stamp your passport

b) Different areas: Different activity tailored to that culture

c) Karam board

d) Collaborate with clubs

B. Eats Around the World Feedback

1. PSA Chicken: Inaccurate to what the food is

2. Taste test for the club

3. Sourcing ingredients from which vendors for the menus

C. Questions for Dean Christy

1. What Dean Christy does

2. Are there any ways we can make clearer instructions to know where the office is?

a) Signage

3. Hallway leading up to OSLE, Orientation, Dean of Students can have more signage

4. Colored Arrows in Stu

5. How does she promote the office to the student body?

6. How does her office support people who take a leave for a sudden family event or health?

D. Equity Council tomorrow

IV. Upcoming!

A. Shabbat Dinner Friday 6:30P Student Center Greenhouse

B. HSA Garba Night Friday Hofusa 6 -11PM

C. Creativz Soulaan Night April 11th 7PM SC Theater

D. Anthropology Club Taste of the World Stu 142 Apr 15 1:00PM

E. Fireside Chat Breslin 111 Apr 15 1PM

V. Reminders

A. You can reach me at 347 -481-9150 if you have any questions or need anything at all!

B. Email SGA Equitysga_secretary@pride.hofstra.edusga_ethics@pride.hofstra.eduif you're going to be absent from committee and sga_vicepresident@pride.hofstra.eduif you're going to be absent from the senate!

C. SGA Policy Series

D. SGA Constitution

Meeting Adjourned 6:24PM

Respectfully Submitted, Celeste Orellana Equity and Inclusion Chair

Facilities & Operations Committee Minutes

S25 Meeting, Zoom

Date: 04/02/2026

Meeting Commenced @ 6:32PM

Attendance

Chair Malhotra

Chair P. Peri

Senator J. Ehrlich

Senator H. Subramanian

Senator W. Gillani

Senator S. Ruffo

Senator B. Yepez

Senator J. Urban

Associate A. Osso

Associate A.Gramarossa

Associate A. Carrasco

Senator H. Subramanian

Late Arrival

Absent

I. Icebreaker

A. Favorite food spot on Long Island?

II. Facility Updates

A. Meeting with Tim Murray and Caitlin Sullivan to discuss our accessibility initiative regarding QR codes o ADA doors.

B. Rebranding of Memorial Hall 012 Project Approved!

C. Facilities Reporting Form

III. Upcoming Meetings

A. Campus Access Committee - May

B. Tim Murray & Caitlin Sullivan - April 16

IV. Any Facilities and Operations concerns on campus?

A. The printer in Breslin is not working.

V. Ideas related to Facilities and Operations?

A.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:45PM

Respectfully submitted, Ronit Malhotra

Wellness and Campus Safety Committee Minutes

Weekly Meeting - Student Center Room Greenhouse

Thursday- April 9, 2026

Meeting Commenced - 6:17 pm

Attendance

Present:

Chair Aarushi Chauhan

Chair Kyle Denson

Senator Ferheen Bokhari

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator Kripa Thani

Associate Trisha Painuli

Late Arrival:

Absent:

Senator Gabe Kurtz

Associate Ava DiSanto

Associate Milena Aparicio

Visitor:

1. Check-in

a. Attendance

2. Chair Updates

a. Met with Donna Willenbrock

i. Executive Director of Student Health services

ii. The more detailed notes are linked here

iii. She wanted to know if we as a committee would like to go to the Health Center and get a tour

b. Food:Science and Sustainability

i. April 14th, 4:30 pm

ii. Learn more about it here

iii. RSVP if you want to go

3. Event Updates

a. One Love Workshop

i. Gabe will tell us how it went

b. Food Drive with NSLS

i. Sign up to table here

ii. Flyer 1 and Flyer 2

1. Working with them to update the dates!

c. Stop the Bleed x Narcan training

i. Wednesday, 15 April - Common Hour, Plaza East & Middle

ii. RSVP using this link

1. If you RSVP yes and cannot make it, update it as soon as possible

iii. Here is the flyer

d. Take Back the Night

i. April 21, 22 6:30 - 7:30

1. Mandatory for everyone

2. If you cannot be there it will be an absence; no exceptions

ii. Creativz is performing

e. Finals Frenzy

i. Almost all set

1. Waiting for a few offices to respond and tell us what they are doing

2. Follow planning using this document

ii. Flyers are ready, thank you Adiba!!

iii. Sing up to table here

4. Ideas and Discussion

a. I will not be here on April 16th but

i. Adiba will chair that day

1. Everyone please be nice to her and participate in the conversation

b. We are going to use the last few committees brainstorming events and initiatives to help create a roadmap for the next chair and committee

i. Please come prepared

ii. Roadmap

5. Reminders

a. If you have any concerns or questions about anything wellness or campus safety related I would be more than happy to help you address them

i. Please reach out to me via email, group me or text me at 408-495-1786

b. If you are interested in running for Wellness and Campus Safety Chair please reach out to me or use this link to schedule a time to meet

c. If you have not already, please send me a baby photo of you for the end of semester presentation

i. Text, email or group me

ii. I will start name dropping by next committee

d. Remember to email Vice President, Secretary and Ethics Chair if you have to miss Senate

i. Please add me on the email if you have to miss committee meeting

e. Policy Series and Constitution

Meeting Adjourned - 6: 25 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Aarushi Chauhan

Wellness and Campus Safety Chair

Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Senate Agenda - Student Government Association - 4/9/26 | Hofstra University by Hofstra University - Issuu