{"id":3163,"date":"2022-01-19T18:32:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T18:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/?page_id=3163"},"modified":"2026-09-17T16:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T16:24:52","slug":"committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:175px\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Student Engagement<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Student Engagement (S.E.) committee works to pursue projects to grow campus spirit throughout the student body<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our focus this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To create and facilitate a Consent Awareness Campus designed to increase understanding about consent and coercion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To address areas on campus that need help growing student engagement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in learning more about this committee, please contact <strong>Senator Eliza Kleinschmidt: <a href=\"mailto:egk36@uakron.edu\">egk36@uakron.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:175px\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Academic Policy and Student Success<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Academic Policy and Student Success (A.P.S.S.) committee works to ensure that students are informed and provided with all academic resources the university provides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our focus this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaborating with our Social Media Team to highlight academic resources&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passed Brightspace Reporting Legislation. This legislation ensures that students will be able to see all of their letter grades at any point throughout the semester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are currently working on creating a BCAS Unity Council. This council will unite all of BCAS students and create more of a community in the Butchel College of Arts and Sciences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Filmed a video for incoming freshman to better navigate Workday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in learning about this committee, please contact <strong>Senator Noah Sterns: <a href=\"mailto:nfs14@uakron.edu\">nfs14@uakron.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:175px\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Facilities, Amenities, Services and Transportation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Facilities, Amenities, Services &amp; Transportation (F.A.S.T.) Committee is committed to advocating for student safety and improving the overall on-campus experience. We work to address concerns related to housing, parking, transportation, campus facilities, and other essential student services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our goal is to ensure campus spaces are safe, accessible, and functional for all students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also host F.A.S.T. tours,&nbsp;which&nbsp;are conducted in various buildings on campus to address accessibility concerns and improvements for the betterment of the student body experience. Please&nbsp;visit our Instagram for the dates!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our focus this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Addressing accessibility concerns and physical barriers across campus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Resolving issues with bathrooms in academic buildings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaborating with&nbsp;on-campus&nbsp;entities to ensure the best and most accessible student experience&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are interested in learning more about this committee or getting involved, please contact&nbsp;<strong>Senator Rylee Flickinger: <a href=\"mailto:raf94@uakron.edu\">raf94@uakron.edu<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Engagement The Student Engagement (S.E.) committee works to pursue projects to grow campus spirit throughout the student body Our focus this year: To create and facilitate a Consent Awareness Campus designed to increase understanding about consent and coercion To address areas on campus that need help growing student engagement If you&#8217;re interested in learning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3163","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3163"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5110,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3163\/revisions\/5110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/usg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}