Student Committee Meeting November 16, 2020

Present: Sherry, Rachel, Sally, Lucinda, Rebecca, Antwan, Melody

 

Topics:

  • Student scholarship process (Sandy Mondragon)
    • Student applies in scholarship portal and then they are matched with awards that they are eligible for (internal and external).
      • Program specific scholarship are sent to the program faculty who can review.
      • The Student Committee reviews the applicants for the Alumni and School of Education award applications.
      • After the semester closes financially Sandy will see if there are unspent funds and reallocate based on the ratings.
    • Outstanding Graduate Award
      • Needs to be revised, the process is not equitable nor is it working very effectively.
      • Is it important to have Outstanding Graduates Awards?
        • If we continue with this process, we need to ensure that it has some value to students (e.g., a certificate or official award letter to use for job/graduate school applications).
          • Need to simplify and streamline, if we keep this process
          • Need to work towards more equitable information for review
          • We should invite the SEHD to participate in this conversation. Either to make this process more meaningful or to get rid of this process more generally.