Student Affairs Lauren Maisel, VP

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Student AffairsLauren Maisel, VP

• Fall 2008 Semester Recap

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Judicial Affairs Reforms

• Created Judicial Affairs Student Advisory Group
• Improved post-hearing feedback form
• Made spreadsheet of sample Judicial Affairs
  sanctions available online
• Developed plan to tape mock Undergraduate
  Judicial Board hearing (shout out to Mulhern)

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Plaza Improvements

• Added swinging benches to Plaza
• Ordered outdoor heaters for Plaza food vendors

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Room Reservations Improvements

• Worked with Student Services to make spreadsheet
  of reservable spaces available online

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Other Improvements

• Worked with Outpost to place bike racks in Blue
  Zone (shout out to Lefevre and Roby)
• Collaborating with Dining Services to improve
  sustainability of on-campus eateries (shout out
  to Moxley and Lefevre)

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University Policy Revisions

• Wrote new chalking policy to allow recognized
  student groups to chalk in designated areas
• Worked with OSAF to make student groups aware of
  Theatre Reservation Policies
• Working with administration to revise
  need-conscious admissions policy for
  international students (shout out to Hitch)

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New Cultural Opportunities

• Initiated Cultural Crash Courses Thailand,
  Nigeria, Turkey (stay tuned for Spring 09
  courses)
• Created International Domestic Students
  Discussion Group (shout out to Hitch)
• Working with Canadian Studies and Student Affairs
  to create Uncommon Ground (shout out to Moxley)

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More New Opportunities

• Improved criteria for Collaborative Events Fund
  grants (shout out to Grill)
• Planned Financial Aid Workshops with Financial
  Aid Office for Spring 09
• Working with Campus Council to extend RLHS Music
  Room hours (shout out to Kapil)
• Looking into feasibility of emergency loan
  assistance program

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More New Opportunities

• Planning Spring 09 Womens Leadership Conference
  (shout out to Morrall)
• Working to start new Focus Cluster with emphasis
  on African populations (shout out Boone and
  Goldstein)

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New Off-Campus Opportunities

• Identified potential funds to supplement
  Leadership Travel Fund
• Working to initiate Duke In Washington Program
  to improve off-campus social and professional
  networks

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CAPS Improvements

• Conducted CAPS survey to identify average wait
  for non-emergency apt. (shout out to Kapil)
• Working to initiate CAPS walk-in hours

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Career Center Improvements

• Working with Career Services to create outreach
  and marketing campaign, student advisory board,
  shadowing opportunities (shout out to Reese)

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Student Development Directive

• Will solicit student ideas for new 5,000
  initiative via in-person forums, email, drop-off
  boxes
• Will put most viable ideas to students for vote

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More Time-Consuming Things

• Participated in development of new University and
  student calendars (shout out to Mulhern)
• Created new Student Affairs informational
  materials
• Working to improve funding model (shout out to
  Giordano)

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More Senator Projects

• Compiled survey to identify correlation between
  socio-economic background and cable subscriptions
  (shout out to Grill)
• Researching DukeTV (i.e. free cable, online cable
  streaming) (shout out to Deng)

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Student Affairs Senators