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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF MANHATTAN UNIVERSITY | SINCE 1924
Volume CXI, Issue 6
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NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Manhattan University Senate Meeting Highlights New Prayer Space, Jasper Safe Path and More Angelina Persaud Senior Writer
MU Hosts Spring Career Fair
Manhattan University hosted their annual spring career fair this past Tuesday, Feb. 18. Students had the opportunity to speak and network with employers. @MANHATTAN.EDU / INSTAGRAM
Students Travel to Albany to Advocate for Student Aid On Tuesday, Feb. 11, Manhattan University students traveled to Albany, NY to advocate against student aid cuts in the state budget. They engaged with state legislators in an effort to increase educational aid funding. Some of the funds they went to advocate for included the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) grants, the Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) and Bundy Aid, which provides financial support to private institutions like Manhattan University. There are a multitude of students at MU who benefit from the financial aid funds that are allocated throughout the state. The students traveled up with other schools, including
Fordham University and the University of Mt. Saint Vincent to show a united front. President of Student Government and attendee Jazi Riley spoke on the time in Albany for the group. “We went and met with different assemblymen and senators in the New York Senate to talk about different student opportunity aid programs,” Riley said. “It was one-on-one meetings with the assemblymen; there were about 10 different ones and their aids and we were with other schools. We just talked about the programs on our campus.” Their words were heard among the legislators, as they sat down with MU and the other schools and were noticeably attentive to what the students had to say about the importance of funding. Vice President of Academic Affairs Audrey Daniels spoke on one experience she had with a
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legislator. “There was one assemblyman who was new,” Daniels said. “He had only been there for about five weeks, and so he was really interested in the details of what we had to say. That was probably the most rewarding thing, because he wasn’t really sure about all of it. So we got to talk to him in detail about it.” Advocating for causes like these are very important, especially in the realm of public policy and education funding. Margaret Groarke, Ph.D., spoke about this idea, as she helped the students in Albany get their points across about the importance of funding higher education. “That’s something that everybody should know how to do, and it’s something I teach in my Roots: Government class,” Groarke said. “Everybody __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
Manhattan University’s Senate convened for their first meeting of the 2025 spring semester and highlighted the multifaith prayer space in Kelly Commons, concerns with fitness center maintenance and a new campus safety program with local businesses, among other updates. The senate began by welcoming two new senators to the committee including provost Kenneth Sumner, Ph.D., and associate professor of chemistry James McCullogh, Ph.D. The first report came from the educational affairs committee where Sumner addressed key concerns regarding access to Moodle sites, the advanced placement (AP) score policy for incoming freshmen and the transfer credit policy. Concrete details for AP scores and the new transfer credit policy will be discussed further at a future senate meeting. “The transfer credit policy for off campus courses was also reviewed and there will be continuing discussion,” Sumner said. “There’s an AP score policy that was voted and approved that deals with AP scores and articulation to specific courses within the curriculum.” Kristell Lowe, vice president of student life, noted that the prerequisites to apply to be a RA were revamped from the previous years, including raising the minimum GPA from 2.5 to 3.0 for applicants and requiring that they have lived on campus for at least one
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semester. “We want to do a better job at developing the RAs, and we want them to really make the best of those senior leaders in the making positions,” Lowe said. “We also want to be able to support our students better in the residence halls.” She also noted that there were 70 total applications for RAs this year, with 63 total candidates being invited to next stage interviews following the group interview. “We received 70 applications,” Lowe said. “65 of those applicants qualified and met all the requirements and were invited to participate in what we call group process day, which is a group activity where we give them challenges and things to solve, and we can observe and see how they work together. Out of the 65 invited to participate in group process days, 63 participated and are [now] being invited to interview.” In terms of breaks, Lowe noted that the residence halls will close for spring break in March but remain open for Easter break in April, as a way to provide accessibility and comfort for students who wish to remain on campus. “One of the areas for improvement that was covered with me when I took on the role was really the goal to make it easy for students to feel at home and make it easy for them to enjoy being in the residence halls,” Lowe said. “So we will treat Easter break like a long weekend for them.” Lowe also noted that improvements are underway for responsiveness to work orders placed by both residents and staff to Aramark, __________________________ CONTINUED ON PAGE 3
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