Senate Agenda - Student Government Association - 4/2/26 | Hofstra University

Agenda of the Senate Hofstra University Student Government Association (02, April, 2026) Hofstra University Call to order 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