Projects 2010-2011

TCU Senate 2010-2011

 

Now that the Senate has wrapped up for the year and new TCU President Tomas Garcia has been elected, I would like to take the opportunity to reflect on the work the Senate has done this year. Besides the items listed here, there are many other projects on campus to which members of the Senate contributed, like the Blackboard replacement project and the upcoming Course Evaluation changes. Here is a list of some of the major initiatives and projects we worked on:

 

Resolutions:

  • Supporting changes to the University’s policy to Respect the Service of Tufts ROTC Students
  • Supporting Establishing Africana Studies at Tufts
  • Supporting the creation of an Entrepreneurial Leadership Studies minor
  • Supporting changes to the marijuana policy
  • Supporting providing a community service alternative to the Off-Campus Noise Ordinances Fine
  • Supporting commitment to greater sustainability on campus
  • Supporting the creation of an Athletics Business Manager position to manage Club Sports finances

 

Projects

  • Creation of a Student Cooking Facility
  • Renovating common spaces on campus
  • Weekly Senate Bulletins
  • Textbook Rentals
  • Sexual Assault Policy
  • Facility forms online
  • Kept Fall Ball free
  • Leadership Dinner in the Fall
  • Light on the Hill Award given to a successful Tufts Alumnus
  • Created TCU Webmaster position
  • Redesigned TCU Government website
  • Turkey Shuttle and Spring Break Shuttle
  • Cause Dinners: Engineers without Borders, Sharewood Clinic
  • Pre-Major Advising Packet
  • Paper Bags in Hodgdon
  • Simplified Sign-On
  • Club Sports
  • Surveyed the student body
  • Diversity program for new members of Greek organizations
  • Cyber Bullying Task Force
  • Gender Neutral bathroom assessment
  • Referenda 3 Adoption
  • Culture Fest
  • Smartphone App contest
  • Professor of the Year Award
  • Co-hosted Community Conversations

 

 

Treasury

Surplus Grants Program allocated $200,000 for the following projects:

  • Tufts Bikes - The creation of a bike-share program on campus
  • Tufts Mountain Club (TMC) - A new minivan
  • Crafts Center - The purchase and installation of a range of things including: new vents, new sinks, a concrete patio, a card swipe system, installation of internet etc.
  • The Tufts Robotics Club - The purchase of a laser cutter for the bot lab
  • Tufts University Football Club (TUFC) - The purchase of a 12-person van for all Tier II Clubs
  • Leonard Carmichael Society (LCS) - The purchase of a new minivan
  • Media Advocacy Board (MAB) Lab - An overhaul of curtis hall including: new furniture, new computers, new paint/carpeting, a card swipe system, a film dolly, remote broadcasting equipment

 

Allocated Buffer Fund: $75,242.76