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Call to order

Agenda of the Senate

Hofstra University Student Government Association (02, April, 2026)

Hofstra University

Meeting Called to order at 6:59 pm EST

A. Quorum Call

a. Quorum set to 26

B. New Business

a. Senator Thani moves to open the gallery

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

b. Welcome Senate Guest

i. Dean of Students, Chermele Christy

c. Welcome Senate Guest

i. Vice President of Equity & Inclusion, Cornell Craig

1. VP Cornell Craig: I have come today to share the results of the sense of belonging survey that we administered last fall. We wanted to do an assessment of our campus culture, including the experience of our students and in the classroom space. There is also information that each dean received specific to their population. This is baseline data so we want to look at change over time. When we do it in 2 years, we will analyze growth then. We did undergraduate and graduate students non-law and non-medical. We looked at SGA and how they can help make the campus a good learning environment. Students that feel more engaged and belonging on campus, perform better. Tracking this sends a message that this is important to us but we have to measure it. Administered November 3rd - 24th. We had a 16% response rate, 18$ undergraduate and 13% graduate. This was a good start and

it’s hard to get a new survey off the ground. Things were scaled for the most part - Likert scale. There were some open-ended questions. We identified key demographic groups, social belonging vs academic belonging, correction to overall exclusion. Strength s were high levels of respect and acceptance (73%, top -two boxes), strong classroom fairness (82%), and school environments perceived as inclusive and supportive (>4 on most items). Lower scores were for feeling valued (65%), feeling part of the community (62%), and trust in leadership to respond to bias (64%). This is lower than we want it to be. Subgroups reporting lower belonging were students identifying as “other” gender, students of color, and continuing students. That is something to be aware of and something to continue on as a campus. These are great numbers: 75% pleased with their decision to attend, 73% feeling accepted and respected, included, being themselves and leadership demonstrating strong dedication to ensuring this. Many participants felt that their school creates community, encourages students to engage in activities, making students feel included and respected, and feeling secure. We know the value of being involved in clubs but if we are losing something when students are in the classrooms it is bad, so we want balance. We want to be responsive to these situations. Most students (60%) never or rarely felt excluded, while 10% of students felt excluded often or always. 40% are experiencing some sort of exclusion. You can feel this based on your own experience, family, home, household experiences. This can be an individual thing but you can also feel excluded based on campus settings. We know 0% is not realistic but over time we want exclusion rates to be much smaller. Students reported reasons for feeling excluded. Political views, ethnicity, academic performance, mental health etc. were explanations presented. Students could have filled out many responses. Some people filled out options of not knowing and reasons not listed. Feelings of exc lusion were aligned with multiple groups like ofgender, color, underrepresented, disability, off- campus, etc. There are different categories of exclusion. Students gave feedback and shared the value of being involved in clubs and study groups, saying that they feel included and found their people. These show the value of being involved and engaged on campus. Recommendations include strengthening campus -wide belonging,addressing declines in belonging among continuing

students, improving school-level support and classroom inclusion, and addressing equity perception gaps. We need to do work as an institution to ensure we are creating an environment where everyone feels valued. I have an infographic that I will share with you via email that makes everything concise for students.

2. Chair Dzaveluri: What specific trainings are faculties going under that would be beneficial on dealing with these issues with students?

a. VP Craig: We get all faculty on orientation. We reinforce these values. They also have training opportunities to learn on a school level. They learn what is the best and inclusive way to discuss information. We practice different ways in which students get information. These are things we talk about. We focus on university design that appeals to all, looking at examples we use.

3. Chair Ahmad: Is the belonging survey apart of the Middle States Survey Hofstra is using to check in? Have you considered decreasing the number of questions for future surveys?

a. VP Craig: It is going to be used but no. Middle states want to know what we are doing for our community. The survey was sidelined for a while but now we are doing it. This is the first time we are doing the survey and there were a number of hurdles. We are looking at how to cut it down. A lot of students who started the survey didn't finish it. We are looking to incorporate faculty more so you can do it as part of class time, and also giving out t-shirts etc.

4. Chair Orellana: Looking at the data and analyzing and compiling it, what would you do to improve these concerns heading into the next survey?

a. VP Craig: Yea, we definitely want to make belonging and talking about belonging, really mainstream. We don't want to wait for something bad to happen to have these conversations. We need an environment where students feel comfortable.

5. Senator Araba: As a commuter, what initiatives have you undertaken to help commuter students feel like they belong on campus?

a. VP Craig: Commuters are very important. What is interesting about surveys is that our commuters do a lot better than other schools in terms of academic performance

and engagement on campus, but that doesn’t mean we can't make improvements. We want to do what we can to make commuters feel more engaged.

6. Senator Pierre: Do you have any other ways to promote the survey more and are there any upcoming initiatives for juniors and seniors?

a. VP Craig: There are a lot of things happening now and we need to look at what is happening now and compare that data. There can be things that zarb is doing that is not happening in the hurbert school, hypothetically. Faculty know about it, the deans know about it so it will be more apart of our community. What happened 2 years ago was what has always been done. We will definitely continue to get the word out, get academic affairs involved and so on.

7. Senator Mansour: Are there ways to better reach out to freshmen about opportunities we have here at Hofstra?

a. VP Craig: The important thing is to tap into the ways and channels where students are communicating, not sitting at an email. We want students to talk to other students who are using and benefiting from resources so others can see it. We want formal presentations and also soft cells.

8. Chair Dzaveluri: I have had many meetings with Dr. Blue and HCLAS about religious absences, and I want to find out what your department is doing to support the students that have religious absences.

a. VP Craig: We are having a meeting on this with Dr. Blue and the Provost. We are going to look at religious observances. There have been a lot of different interpretations on both sides. We tell students to inform faculty at the beginning of the semester as you know when these dates are. We will make sure everyone is on the same page and then rekindle that with the hofstra community.

9. VP Young: Is there any data you wished you could have received in this survey that you want to get in the next one>

a. VP Craig: We got a lot of good information - all demographics, including commuters students. We haven’t had our post mortem yet to assess the data, but we are always looking to get more data from students.

10. Senator Mansour: Is there something we can do about things like mental health, deaths, etc? Everyone handles things differently, so absence limits can be a burden.

a. VP Craig: That is challenging and is a harder thing to manage than our religious observance policy just because life doesn’t stop. We want to create an environment where faculty are compassionate and responsive to things but there needs to be boundaries. It wouldn’t be fair for students to miss half the semester. It is something that we need to keep an eye on. We want to create an environment where faculty trust students and we respect both sides.

11. Senator Araba: There are a lot of conservative students who do not feel comfortable, so how are we going to address this issue?

a. VP Craig: One thing is to make sure that we openly communicate what diversity is including different philosophical and political opinions. We need to be explicit that we are including the entire umbrella. We are not a good community if we only talk about s ome things. We should be able to have dialogue for growth and knowledge.

12. Senator Pierre: One of the areas you included was religious and philosophical views? Why did you separate these two, and also political views?

a. VP Craig: There is some overlapping but all philosophy isn’t political. We want to give space for students to express themselves, although I challenge the idea that anyone is A-political.

13. Chair Malhotra: We have been spearheading veterans -related topics here like the resource center. We opened the Student Veterans of America chapter. How do you plan on including the military population and veterans’ community within your surveys? We have 180 students using VA benefits that are militaryconnected.

a. VP Craig: We will definitely be tapping into that group. Our numbers for veterans was low so I want to get that number up higher, but I do want to target this community. There is a big veteran population and we want to take a more targeted approach.

14. Senator Pierre: How will we continue to keep the clubs great and keep the positivity? How will you look at what is going on in clubs and apply it to other areas that are not doing so well?

a. VP Craig: One thing is to highlight what is happening in clubs and another thing that we’re getting started this year is the impact awards. These acknowledge community members, offices, academic offices that really contribute to the excellence of the insti tution. It will acknowledge what has been done. Good work will be acknowledged. A lot of great things are happening on campus.

15. Senator Subramanian: When it comes to surveys and targeted initiatives, do you have plans to make populations that feel uncomfortable feel more welcomed when those things are not supposed to be talked about?

a. VP Craig: One thing I didn’t show in this presentation is that shared conversations happen more in distribution courses. This is expected, but what we want to do is to involve these in the STEM field. We want to step out of the traditional paradigm and we shouldn’t be afraid to step out of this.

d. SA.2026.90.032

i. Presented by Secretary Danek

1. Secretary Danek: This senatorial action updates language regarding the social chair and secretary. Under minutes, I added that the secretary should maintain and publish the minutes and put this into policy. I struck out the social chair because I am moving it to a separate section. For ethics and archivist I added more explicit language as to how it is being done. I moved the social chair because it is under a separate office. I outlined how these positions are assigned. I kept language relating to budget, and the social change should have access to the internal budget.

2. Comptroller Skeldon: I move for a friendly on 104.1 to capitalize “cabinet” like it is in the rest of the document.

3. Senator Pierre: What’s the difference between shall and may? Earlier in the senate, there was a form given out. What is the difference between form and application process?

4. Secretary Danek: It just means hanging it from a requirement to something that is recommended. The form is dependent on future senates but I assume future senates will follow that senators can apply for these positions, while social chair would be somebody new. In the cabinet, we look at the applications and based on discussions, we pick. That is the nomination process, as we pick

from the pool of applicants. The secretary has the power to pick who is best out of those who apply but anybody can apply.

5. Jacob: Somewhere it says it’s overseen by the secretary.

6. Justin: I struck that out here.

7. Chair Ahmad moves to pass SA.2026.90.32

a. Motion seconded

b. Roll call vote

i. Motion seconded

1. Roll call vote:

2. Comptroller Skeldon YAY

3. Secretary Danek YAY

4. Chair Peri YAY

5. Chair Denson YAY

6. Chair Orellana YAY

7. Chair Malhotra YAY

8. Chair Iacobivici YAY

9. Chair Chauhan YAY

10. Senator Mansour YAY

11. Senator Chacon YAY

12. Senator Subramanian YAY

13. Senator Ehrlich YAY

14. Senator Urban YAY

15. Senator Pierre YAY

16. Senator Thani YAY

17. Senator Bruso YAY

18. Senator Ruffo YAY

19. Senator Gillani YAY

20. Senator Araba YAY

21. Senator Vazquez YAY

22. Senator Hoffman YAY

23. Senator Vira YAY

24. Senator Bokhari YAY

ii. Motion passed unanimously

e. S.A.2026.90.33

i. Presented by Chair Ahmad and Chair Iacobovici

1. Chair Ahmad: This senatorial action states that the social chair is decided by vote of cabinet.

2. Senator Pierre: I move for a friendly to add a full stop to be added after 1. at the end of the sentence.

3. Senator Bokhari moved to pass SA.2026.90.33

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

f. S.A.2026.90.30

i. Presented by Chair Ahmad

1. Chair Ahmad: Currently in policy there is nothing that keeps the CR chair from doing an investigation into a club they are a part of e-board. It is a conflict of interest. However, I am looking to change OSLE to J-Panel.

2. Chair Ahmad moves to propose language to Section A subsection 3, “In such circumstances, the Judicial Panel shall assume responsibility for overseeing and conducting the investigation in coordination with the organization’s administrative advisor.” replacing “OSLE” with “the Judicial Panel”.

a. Motion seconded

b. Motion passed

g. Spring 2026 Elections Commission Report 2

1. Comptroller Skeldon: Hosted the President/Vice President candidacy declaration and info session. Room confirmations for all info sessions and debate. Next week the President/Vice President packets are due and infosessions. Meet with Sev if you are interes ted in running for a position, don’t campaign or get signatures in academic or SGA spaces, and review the policy series for more information.

2. Senator Pierre: Where can we go for signatures?

a. Comptroller Skeldon: Anywhere not in academic or SGA spaces so Bits and the student center are good spaces.

3. Senator Araba: When can we know who is running for what?

a. Comptroller Skeldon: During the campaigning period.

h. Special Elections Time

1. Friday, May 1st at 12pm

a. Senator Mansour: Will there be a timeline regarding elections for positions?

i. Vice President Young: It goes in order from Comptroller, Secretary and then down the line from Academic to Wellness, alphabetically organized.

ii. Senator Araba: Is turnover April 30th? Do senators need to come to both 4/30 and 5/1?

1. Vice President Young: The senators not coming back for the 91st do not have to be there and would sit in the gallery.

iii. Senator : You can’t run for more than 2 positions right?

C. Approval of the Minutes

1. Vice President Young: Yes, correct.

a. Chair Orellana moves to pass the Senate minutes from 03/26

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

b. Senator Bokhari moves to pass the Cabinet minutes from 04/01

i. Motion Seconded

ii. Motion Passed

D. E-board Reports

a. President

i. Outdoor furniture

ii. Library meeting today

iii. Provost meeting next week

iv. Club canvases

v. Interested in Cabinet? Come to Cabinet!

b. Vice President

i. Thanks for coming to the Alumni Luncheon!

ii. Planning our last Senator Project

1. Senior Sunset, May 4th!

iii. Please, please, please keep April 30th free and May 1st.

1. I want no absences.

c. Comptroller

i. Continued work with OSLE on budget, funding, and purchasing forms on GetInvolvedHU

d. Secretary

i. Formal sign-up sheet- reached the minimum, 3 more weeks to pay (due 4/24)!

1. Formal Awards- fill this out!

2. Formal Superlatives/Awards

ii. Working on stoles and end-of-year-gift!

E. Committee Chair Reports

a. Appropriations

i. 3/31/26 Appropriations Minutes

1. Overturned policy on conference registration fees

ii. BUDGETS CLOSE TOMORROW AT 11:59PM

iii. Budget Weekend next week

1. Last budget review session tomorrow from 1-2

iv. Working with advisors to make off campus catering invoice processes clearer.

b. Club Resources

i. 03.30.2026 CR Minutes

ii. MSA Investigation Finished

iii. Club Office Space Applications close Sunday

1. Notification to clubs will be sent Wednesday at noon.

2. 1 more infosession left, tomorrow at 10am Breslin 105.

3. Club Closet will be used as a storage space

iv. Rental Room!

c. Communications

i. Minutes

ii. Thank you for coming to the Alumni Luncheon!

iii. Filmed many Reels

d. Programming

i. Programming Minutes 3/31

ii. Compass Karaoke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! April 15th 7-10pm

1. Sign up for karaoke!!!!!!!!

2. Menu confirmed……….

e. Academic Affairs

i. AA minutes from 04/02

1. Dean Ploran and Bulletinboard initiative

a. Figured out the tester majors

2. Meeting with the University Senate undergrad committee

3. Meeting with CERT

4. Newsletter vol 4

5. Finals Frenzy 4/28 12-3pm

f. Equity & Inclusion

i. Equity Minutes 04/02

ii. Eats Around the World is going AMAZING!!!

iii. The Unity Project went great!

iv. Check the end of my minutes for inclusive programming throughout the week!!!!!

g. Facilities & Operations

i. Minutes

ii. Praise the Pride will be continuing this semester!

iii. Refreshing the veteran lounge

h. Wellness & Campus Safety

i. Minutes, April 4

ii. Mental Health First Aid Certification

1. 9 am - 5pm, April 17th, Friday

2. Let me know before end of Senate

3. Read more about it here

iii. Title IX Awareness week is here (almost)

1. Take back the Night March on April 22, 6:30, sStudent Center Theater

2. Take back the NIght Poster Making April 21, 6-9, Stu 143

3. Take back the Night Art Show April 23, 5-8, MPR

F. Approval of Committee Minutes

a. Senator Mansour moves to pass the committee minutes from 04/02

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

G. Approval of Allocations

a. Chair Denson moves to pass the allocations from 03/31

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

H. For the Good of the Order

a. Anything SGA related!

i. Dean Christy Questions

1. Senator Pierre: Is there a way for her office to be not so out of reach, or any way to be closer to the student body?

2. Chair Ahmad: What common concerns can we help with that come up during student office hours?

3. Senator Mansour: I know she gives her number to everyone but she is not very responsive. How can we hear back?

4. Senator Ehrlich: For commuters, can her office be accessible for both residents and commuters? People often wait for a long time for counseling services. What is her office doing for students in an emergency or who are struggling?

5. Chair Dzaveluri: How does she advocate for students when they go up to her with different types of issues?

6. Senator Pierre: Is there anything that she is doing with the ethics point notes. What was the main consensus around that?

7. Chair Ahmad: Are there any ties she has with post-Hofstra students that they can present so they don’t come across again?

8. Senator Pierre: With each class, does she handle them differently or does she treat everyone the same

9. Senator Gillani: If there is a professor that leans towards an ideology. What does she do to address that?

10. Chair Dzaveluri: When students have issues with professors, why is it hard to push the process further and how does she help advocate for students?

11. Senator Chacon: What are initiatives that she and her office are taking next year to enforce the community standards policy more?

12. Senator Ehrlich: How does her office help connect local communities with Hofstra students?

13. Senator Kurtz: What do they do to make sure that students who take a leave of absence can come back?

14. Chair Ahmad: Has there been a disconnect with students who do those trainings and how has her office worked to deal with this?

ii. Senator Ruffo: MET trip schedule

iii. Chair Chauhan: Narcan and Stop the Bleed Training 4/15

iv. Senator Pierre: For the VP-President debate when is that?

1. Breslin 100 1:00 4/20

v. Chair Chauhan: Meeting with Student Health Services and Student Counseling Services

1. Why are they closed?

I. Announcements

a. Anything non-SGA related!

b. Senator Pierre: Center for Race, Culture, and Social Justice Event Wednesday 4/8 at Roosevelt 203

c. Chair Ahmad: Send NSLS questions my way!

J. Snap Cup

a. Decorum suspended

K. Adjournment

a. Senator Mansour moves to close the gallery

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

b. Senator Subramanian moves to adjourn this meeting

i. Motion seconded

ii. Motion passed

1. Meeting adjourned at 9:21 EST

Meeting Commenced: 6:30 pm

Attendance:

Comptroller Maddie Skeldon

Chair Nene Dzaveluri

Senator Pat Bruso

Senator Bianca Yepez

Senator Ferheen Bokhari

Senator Rebecca Noel

Senator Jake Urban

Associate Brett Hoerner

Late:

Absent:

Associate Jake Tenebruso

Associate Albert Li

Guests!

Senator Chacon

Chair Chauhan

Agenda:

Ice Breaker: Song Roulette

Allocations Assignments:

● March 31st

Appropriations Committee Minutes Spring 2026 Meeting

PPAW Conference Room 260D

March 31st - 6:30pm

● Indo-Caribbean Student Association (PRIDE) - Bianca, Nene, Jake U

● Friends of MSF (PRIDE) - Ferheen, Pat

● ASCM (PRIDE) - Albert, Becky

● EmpowHer - Jake U, Brett

● SGA Policy Series - funding policies in section 3C

Updates:

Budgets Close 11:59 pm Friday, April 3rd

Announcements:

● Budget Weekend!!!! - April 10th and 11th, 11-3

● Budget Reviews:

○ Times:

■ Wednesday, April 1st @ 1pm

■ Thursday, April 2nd @ 4:30pm

■ Friday, April 3rd @ 1pm

○ Counts for your weekly office hour

○ ½ Absence if you don’t come

Comptrollers Report:

Allocations:

● 6:35 pm - Indo-Caribbean Student Association

○ Chair Dzaveluri: there were some math errors. The actual total is $255.81

○ Chair Chauhan: I think that we should fund them, it’s a very important event

○ Chair Dzavleuri moves to allocate $255.81 for Line Item 1; Seconded by Senator Bokhari.

○ The motion passes

● 6:40 pm - Friends of MSF

○ Friends of MSF: This is a collaboration with Bengali Student Association, who are also a Pride Club.

○ Senator Bokhari: There was a slight error with discounts. The actual price is $884.89.

○ Senator Bruso: Catan can be borrowed in the game room. The total would then be $829.90.

○ Senator Bruso moves to allocate $829.90 for Line Item 1; Seconded by Senator Bokhari.

○ The motion passes

● 6:45 pm - ASCM

○ Comptroller Skeldon: On the funding request the total bypasses the remaining pride budget. The policy series would need to be overturned and funds would be taken from blue to fund them.

○ Senator Noel: The math is right, but I was considering cutting the ticket prices to $30 per person to follow the policy.

○ Chair Dzaveluri: I think we should overturn the policy series because we have the funds to cover it, and meetings are starting to die down as the semester starts to end, so we don’t have many other opportunities to spend the budget.

○ Chair Dzaveluri moves to overturn the policy series for conference registration fees. Seconded by Senator Bokhari

○ The motion passes

○ Senator Noel moves to allocate $1440.00 for Line Item 1; Seconded by Senator Urban.

○ The motion passes

○ Senator Bokhari moves to reinstate the policy series. Seconded by Senator Urban.

○ The motion passes.

● 6:50 pm - EmpowHer

○ EmpowHer: This is a collaboration with SGA.

○ Associate Hoerner: There was a slight discrepancy. They ask for 3 compact mirrors on the request, but the request only has 1 on the quote

○ EmpowHer: We are ordering 3 orders of the compact mirrors. The new total is $447.60

○ Senator Bokhari: They are ordering bulks of 240 compact mirrors. I think we should only fund one pack of mirrors. The new total is $351.62.

○ Chair Dzaveluri moves to allocate $351.62 for Line Item 1; Seconded by Senator Bokhari.

○ The motion passes

Meeting Adjourned: 7:03pm

Respectfully Submitted, Appropriations Chair Prahlad Peri

Meeting Agenda

Spring 2026

6:30 pm, Mar 30, 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 Lily Hiebert

Associate Sai Vignesh Vajinapelly

Senator Sophia Apostal

Late Arrival Absent

Associate Balina Singg Visitors!

Chair Nene Dzaveluri

I. Icebreaker

A. Everyone stand up!

II. Senatorial Actions

A. Senatorial Action S.A.2026.90.032 Constitution Updates

1. Secretary Danek presents S.A.2026.90.032

2. Deliberation:

● 103.9 & 103.10 & 104.1 capitalize “s” in “Senate”

● 104.3 Capitalize “s” in “Social Chair”

● Add a period

● Lots of friendly changes!

3. Senator Pierre moves to pass S.A.2026.90.032.

4. Senator Chacon seconds the motion.

5. Motion passed!

B. Senatorial Action S.A.2026.90.033 Policy Series Updates

1. Chair Ahmad and Chair Iacobovici present S.A.2026.90.033

2. Deliberation:

● Capitalized “l” and “b”

● Everything else looks okay!

3. Senator Vira moves to pass S.A.2026.90.033.

4. Senator Pierre seconds the motion.

5. Motion passes!

III. Chair Updates

A. MSA Investigation

B. Club Office Applications!

1. Club Office Space Infosessions start today!

● Presentation

● 7pm TONIGHT - zoom

● 1pm Wednesday - Plaza East

● 10am Friday - Location TBD

● I better see every face in this room at atleast one of these infosessions!

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

IV. 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 6:51 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Maisa Ahmad

Club Resources Chair

Communications Committee Meeting

Student Center Rm 142 March 30, 2026

Meeting Called to Order: 6:00 pm

Quorum

Present:

Chair Kyle Denson

Chair Ronit Malhotra

Senator Michael Araba

Senator Wasih Gillani

Senator Yoni Smook

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator Harish Subramanian

Associate Nathan Arscott

Absent:

Agenda:

1. Icebreaker:

a. What is your favorite beverage?

2. Updates

a. Filmed many Reels!

i. Chargers in the Library

ii. Narcan/Stop the Bleed Training

iii. Wellness with Aari

b. Alumni Celebration

i. Huge success!

ii. Over 20 alumni

iii. Great feedback

c. Promoting

i. Nutrition Fair Trivia (today)

ii. Plan Van

iii. Chargers in the Library

d. Decorum for ‘Em

i. New priority now that alumni party is done

3. Graphic Activity

a. Adobe Express Practice!

i. You have 20 minutes to create an Instagram story graphic for Programming Chair Jacob and Wellness Chair Aari’s “ Finals Frenzy ” event.

ii. Tuesday, April 28

iii. 12- 3pm in the Plaza Rooms

iv. SGA Event

1. Other departments:

a. SGA Wellness and Campus Safety Committee and SGA Academic Affairs

b. Wellness Education Office (with Title IX Resources)

c. Student Health Services

d. Campus Recreation

e. Public Safety - Mack the Dog

f. Campus Nutritionist

g. 1st Gen/Peer Alliance

h. Student Counselling Services

i. Intercultural Engagement and Inclusion

j. HCLAS

k. CUA

l. Academic Honor Board

m. Writing Center

n. Black Honors Student Committee

o. Student Access Services

p. Gen- ed Taskforce

q. Res Life

r. Yearbook Club

s. Panhellenic Council

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 Jacob/Aari and to ensure it matches our branding

2. Previous Example

3. Congrats Adiba!

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: 6:29 pm

Respectfully submitted, Kyle Denson Communications Chair

Programming Committee Minutes

Weekly Meeting

Date 3/31/26

Meeting Commenced 6:00 pm

Attendance

Attended

Chair Celeste Orellana

Senator Salvatore Ruffo

Senator Gabe Kurtz

Senator Jack Ehrlich

Senator Joseph Vazquez

Senator Kripa Thani

Associate Anna Chiu

Associate Jesse Silver

Associate Kellsie Verdone

Absent:

Guests:

1. Check in

a. Icebreaker: Would you rather find 100 rats in your attic or one 6 foot tall man

2. This semester:

a. Rest of the semester:

i. Senior sunset: May 6th planned with DaeJa and Sophia

1. Run of the day is……

2. Grad cap decoration (3): Gabe, Kripa, Anna

3. Photobooth (2): Joe & Jack

4. Tie dye (2):

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

1. Menu confirmed

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

iii. Finals Frenzy April 28th 12-3pm

1. Check in people:

2. 20 offices confirmed!!

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

Meeting Adjourned 6:18 PM Respectfully Submitted,

Jacob Iacobovici Programming chair

04/02/2026 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

Senator Joseph Vazquez

Senator Michael Araba

Senator Patrick Bruso

Associate

Associate Isabella Dempsey

Associate Luca Giordano

Guest

Chair Peri

President Quail

Guest

- Late:

- Absent:

Ice Breaker

- Music roulette

Chair Updates

1. Proposed idea with CUA

a. Know your major

i. Drop in advising/event series

1. Advisors can table in the specific assigned buildings

a. They could table in the department office

b. Better marketing

2. Make it more like a social media thing

a. CUA social media posts about their major and minor, make it bigger

i. Social media posts about the advisors

ii. Collab with SGA for the graphics

b. Lunch for the Finals

i. Multi-purpose room

ii. Commuter lounge

iii. Center of the stu

iv. Pride den

v. In front of hammer lab

2. Research day issues

a. Mainly, honors students dominated

b. Lack of mentorships

i. How can we make it more transparent?

1. Putting out article about the process

2. Do a reel about it with the faculty (One science and one humanity departments)

i. Interview Provost office

b. Problem is that every department has its specific requirements

c. The faculty advisors should push it more

i. How to reach out to faculty 101

3. Dean Ploran

a. Started negotiating with econ/political science/philosophy departments

4. Mitch Case/Jesse Webster

a. Cannot replace Turnitin with anything

5. Issues with degreework

a. Advisors should be involved with the assigned students

i. Send a warning if the student is not eligible to graduate

1. Make it required to see the advisor before your junior year

i. Use peer and faculty advisors

b. Most STEM departments already require this

2. Also force the advisors to check-in on people

ii. Create form that will help you calculate your graduation time (the advising should launch the form)

1. Degree works already does this but for all four years

a. Create one that will show you the breakdown

2. Educational sessions on how to use a Degreeworks correctly

a. Maybe during orientation

b. Make guide video for this

6. Finals Frenzy tabling

a. Tabling sheet

7. No committee next Thursday

8. Pat and Lily are meeting with Dr. Blue on Tuesday at 1pm!

9. If you are interested in the Academic Affairs Chair position, please schedule a meeting with me

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 6:32 pm EST

Respectfully Submitted, Nene Dzaveluri Academic Affairs Chair

Equity and Inclusion-Meeting Agenda

Spring 2025 6:00 pm, Apr 2, 2026

SGA Conference Room

Meeting Commenced 6:02p.m.

Attendance

Chair Orellana

Chair Maisa Ahmad

Senator Rebecca Noel

Senator Jean Pierre

Associate Juan Carlos Flor

Associate Spencer Hamilton

Associate Anusha Khan

Late Arrival

Absent

Senator Sophia Apostol

Senator Yoni Smook

`Visitors!

I. Icebreaker

A. Song 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. Impact Awards

1. Nominate professors, student organization, students, etc.

C. Unity Project

D. Elections for 91st Senate

E. Formal

III. Brainstorming

A. Ideas for next year!

1. @ Hofstra Series

a) Improving Queer @ Hofstra

2. Silent Discos

a) Cultural music; being more inclusive music

3. International Students

a) More support, more ideas

4. Video Sequence; Diversity student series

5. Clear understanding of what was happening

B. 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

IV. Upcoming!

A. Campus Rec x SAS Chair Yoga Apr 3rd 5;30P Fitness Center

B. Zine making with D.R.E.A.M. Apr 6th 1:30P Breslin 103

C. Mic Check Karaoke Night w QTPOCC Plaza Room Middle Apr 6 7:00P

D. April First Gen Family Dinner Apr 7th Amsterdam House Nethies 6:30P

E. IEI Roots & Real Talk 2 Apr 8th 1:00P First Gen Lounge

F. HAAPIA Hippers & Keychains Apr 8th MPR West 1:00P

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 6:34PM

Respectfully Submitted, Celeste Orellana

Equity and Inclusion Chair

Facilities & Operations Committee Minutes

S25 Meeting, Memorial Hall 012C (Former Study Abroad Office, Now Veterans Lounge)

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. Music Roullete

II. Facility Updates

A. Praise The Pride

B. Rebranding Memorial Hall 012

1. Employing students from the arts department to repaint the wall with SVA branding!

C. Facilities Reporting Form

III. Upcoming Meetings

A. Campus Access Committee - May

B. Tim Murray - Next Week

IV. Any Facilities and Operations concerns on campus?

A. Room 205 Breslin Mold

V. Ideas related to Facilities and Operations?

A.

Meeting Adjourned: 6:44

Respectfully submitted, Ronit Malhotra

Wellness and Campus Safety Committee Minutes

Weekly Meeting - Student Center Room 218

Thursday- April 2, 2026

Meeting Commenced - 6:05 pm

Attendance

Present:

Chair Aarushi Chauhan

Chair Kyle Denson

Senator Ferheen Bokhari

Senator Adiba Mansour

Senator Kripa Thani

Senator Gabe Kurtz

Associate Trisha Painuli

Associate Ava DiSanto

Late Arrival:

Absent: Associate Milena Aparicio

Visitor: Secretary Justin Danek

1. Check-in

a. Attendance

b. Icebreaker: I stole a fun icebreaker from approps

c. Questions for Dean Christy and Cornell Craig

2. Chair Updates

a. Met with Sev

i. No major updates; if you running for a position schedule a meeting with him

b. Nutrition Trivia

i. Went well

ii. If you sign up to table, be there

c. Thank you for tabling for Plan Van

i. Can we have it more of an enclosed space

1. A room for next semester

d. Nene and I filmed Wellness with Aari

i. Should be out soon

ii. Will plan our next and last one on April 9

1. Graduation/Finals themed

2. Administration/Faculty or just Seniors?

e. Mental Health First Aid Training

i. Certification usually costs around 270 dollars but is completely free for us

ii. Friday April 17th, 9am to 5pm

iii. Read more about it here

3. Event Updates

a. One Love Workshop

i. Rescheduled Monday, April 6 - 8:50pm, Breslin

ii. No attendancy necessary or encouraged

iii. Everyone say yay Gabe for organizing this!

b. 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

c. Take Back the Night

i. Had to cancel the tabling event

ii. April 21, 22 6-8

1. Mandatory for everyone

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

iii. Creativz is performing

d. 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

e. If you would like to keep up with programming, please refer to this document; it is always updated with everything being done

4. Ideas and Discussion

a. Meeting with Steve Richman

i. Additional on campus resources for commuters

ii. Water dispensers have colder water

1. Mack the dog at wellness events

iii. Puppy Yoga with mack : have him at more events

iv. Better promotion of timely care

v. Dietary needs and advertising diet plans for students: customizable diet plans

vi. Advertising Health Clinic more

1. Wellness with Aari video in the the Wellness Center with Commuter

vii. Student accommodation resources need to be highlighted more viii. Good job Steve Richman!!!

b. I will not be here on April 16th, any volunteers who want to chair committee?

i. Adiba will chair that day

c. I love listening to your brilliant ideas and would love to make them happen so please feel free to reach out to me anytime

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

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. Please send me a photo of you for the end of semester presentation i. Text, email or group me

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: 31 pm

Respectfully Submitted, Aarushi Chauhan Wellness and Campus Safety Chair

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