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Minutes, Global Initiatives Committee Meeting, Monday, August 
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Global Initiatives Meeting Minutes 
August 29, 2022 
In attendance: AJ Althuis, Giselda Beaudin, Dan Flick, Brandy Fransen, Yudit Greenberg, Juan Guevara 
Pinto, Natasha Hutchinson, Jim Johnson, Jenifer Ruby, Keith Whittingham, Jie Yu 
• Welcome and introductions 
▪ Currently recruiting nominations for a 1-year CLA Social Sciences rep 
▪ Currently recruiting for a new student representative 
• Approval of April meeting minutes: 
▪ Yudit motion to approve. Jenifer seconded. 
▪ Motion carried. Minutes approved. 
• Review of annual report (attached) and the updated Global Initiatives website 
(https://www.rollins.edu/global-initiatives/index.html) 
• Finalize goals for the Center for 2022-23: 
▪ Spring semester event with the Diversity Council should be a goal as Diversity 
Council is still planning on it as well 
▪ Designate some budget to support International Education Week events and 
other events supporting global engagement and learning sponsored by 
International Programs and International Student and Scholar Services 
• Confirm volunteers for standing sub-committees:  
▪ Undergraduate International Programs: Giselda Beaudin, AJ Althuis, Juan 
Guevera Pinto, Jie Yu, Cristina Sheridan, Mari Robertson 
▪ Rollins International Travel Grants: Jim Johnson, Keith Whittingham, Dan Flick, 
Jenifer Ruby, Yudit Greenberg, Giselda Beaudin 
• Additional sub-committees/members to support specific events 
▪ Lunch and Learn: Jenifer Ruby, Jim Johnson, Dan Flick, Jie Yu 
▪ Diversity Council: Cristina Sheridan, Brandy Fransen, Natasha Hutchinson 
▪ Draft 5-year plan: Giselda Beaudin, AJ Althuis, Ed Bustos, Mari Robertson, Dan 
Chong (consult) 
• Determine a date for a RIG lunch and learn and assign committee responsibilities for 
that event: 
▪ Friday, October 14 
▪ 12:30-2:00 
▪ Buffet style catering 
▪ Workshop: Jenifer and Jim representing leading and participating in travel 
seminars; Jie Yu and Dan Flick individual grants 
o International students: 278 non-immigrant students across the College and 64 US 
citizens abroad (up from last year) 
▪ Starting this year to track US citizens who have been studying abroad during 
high school and U.S. permanent residents who have recently immigrated to the 
U.S. 
 


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Approved Minutes  
College of Liberal Arts’ Faculty Research & Development Committee Meeting 
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022 
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. 
KWR 330 
 
Committee Members 
 
The following colleagues were present: 
Eric Zivot (2022-2023 Committee Chair & Expressive Arts Rep) 
Pamela Brannock (Science & Math Division Rep, fill in Secretary) 
Ashley Kistler (Non-Voting Member) 
Janette Smith (Non-Voting Member) 
Amy Armenia (Non-Voting Member) 
Nick Houndonougbo (Business Division Rep) 
Pavielle Haines (Social Sciences Division Rep) 
 
The following colleagues were absent: 
Nancy Chick (Non-Voting Member) 
Devon Massot (Non-Voting Member) 
Kara Wunderlich (Social Sciences Applied Division Rep) 
Serina Al-Haddad (At-Large Rep) 
Eric Smaw (Humanities Division Rep) 
 
CALL TO ORDER 
 
I. Eric Zivot called this meeting to order at 12:40pm. 
 
II. Dean Kistler Update on FRYST Funds  
  
a. Last year the budget was overspent by over tens of thousands of dollars- that is why the 
budget has gone down especially since last year 
 
b. FRYST grants come from Endowment money, so there is no increasing the budgets  
c. The Dean's office and the Provost have been trying to find additional sources of funding 
to support individuals 
 
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i. They are hopeful they might find funding for a couple more FRYST grants 
through other funding sources 
ii. These sources might be project dependents (might have restrictions on where 
the projects take place or what discipline they come from).  
 
d. Dean Kistler requested during this meeting we state whether proposals were fundable 
or Not Fundable 
i. The fundable proposals she asked that we rank order the proposals  
 
III. Ranking FYRST Applications 
 
a. The committee discussed which applications were un-fundable versus fundable. They 
also discussed and established a rank-ordering of candidates. This discussion was 
conducted off the record. 
 
b. One member of the committee noted that the top-ranked applications were 
disproportionately from the sciences. If the top 5-6 were funded, then 75% of the 
science applicants would be funded, compared to just 14% from the humanities and 0% 
from the social sciences. Another member suggested that the FYRST grant language was 
not particularly forgiving for projects or focuses that required more flexibility. 
 
c. Eriz Zivot suggested that future first grants have names redacted so that the evaluation 
process is blind.  
 
d. Dean Kistler noted that Dean’s office is working to identify additional funding and is 
optimistic that many of the applications will receive support.  
 
IV. Preparation to Evaluate Remaining Grant Applications 
 
a. Pamela Brannock noted that other grants required review but that the next meeting 
was not scheduled until December. Eric Zivot suggested that use a simple voting 
mechanism of fund/don’t fund and then review the fundable ones to consider whether 
they should be fully or partially funded. 
 
b. Pamela Brannock noted that each applicant can only receive a maximum award of 
$5,000, though this can be divided between grants. 
 
c. Dean Kistler noted that funds must be divided between applications submitted in each 
semester, but that it was incumbent on the committee to decide how to do this. 
 
d. Eric Zivot made a motion that Serina Haddad make an online document to tabulate 
fund/not fund for each numbered grant request. This was unanimously supported. 
 
e. Eric Zivot called an additional meeting November 17, 2022, to review grants. 
 
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V. Adjournment 
 
a. Eric Zivot adjourned the meeting at 1:45 pm. 
 
 
 
 


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Meeting Minutes 
November 28, 2022 
In Attendance: AJ Althuis, Giselda Beaudin, Ed Bustos, Grant Cornwell, Allie Evangelista, Dan Flick, Yudit 
Greenberg, Juan Guevara Pinto, Jim Johnson, Mari Robertson, Jenifer Ruby, Cristina Sheridan, Keith 
Whittingham, Jie Yu 
• Approval of October meeting minutes 
o Jenifer will be sharing more full data with Giselda to include 
o Ed motion to approve; second by Yudit 
o Passed and approved. 
• Discussion of co-sponsored event with Diversity Council 
o Please send any specific feedback by midday tomorrow to Jenifer 
o Call for proposals would go to the full community: faculty, staff and students 
o Also target audience is the full community; hopefully faculty might require the symposium 
for classes or extra credit 
o Timing: prior to spring break – late February or early March 
▪ Set date this week 
▪ Call for proposals out before break and deadline mid-January 
o Will be a bit difficult given timing so may be better to do a more abbreviated version that is 
just an afternoon to gauge interest and generate excitement 
o Call for proposals also maybe include brief Ted-talk style talks for 8 minutes (or something 
similar) 
o Call could include a variety of formats and then design structure based on the proposals 
received 
o Global Initiatives can reallocate some budget from Global Initiatives Committee grants to 
cover the cost of food for this event 
o Definitely a good idea to invite past faculty/students who did collaborative research, RIG 
grant recipients, GIC grant recipients 
• Discussion of Rollins International Grants with President Cornwell 
o Briefly review current grant goals and structure: 
▪ Two large goals for grants: International Development and Professional 
Development (https://www.rollins.edu/global-initiatives/faculty-staff/travel-
seminar.html and https://www.rollins.edu/global-initiatives/faculty-
staff/individual.html)  
▪ International Development: concrete outcomes related to Internationalization such 
as developing a new study abroad program, a new area studies program, new 
partnership with institution abroad, etc. 
▪ Professional Development: broader category but must have concrete outcomes 
related directly to work at Rollins College. Also still have language in grant 
information about allowing people to simply learn about an area of the world that is 
new to them. 
o Discussion: 
▪ Framing Comments from Grant: 
• Institutional priorities for current strategic plan: global DEI and global 
sustainable development 
• Align current funding with these priorities: support teaching and learning 
about DEI and global sustainable development and build institutional 
capacity for global DEI and sustainable development 
• The travel would go beyond just cultural engagement and immersion to 
engage on these topics – i.e. what is being done in different countries in 
relation to particular UNSDGs 
▪ Maybe think a bit differently about individual RIG grants and the Travel Seminars – 
Travel Seminars may have more scope for this though we could also ask about this 
alignment in individual applications 
▪ Is this about tweaking our current model to better align to global DEI and 
sustainable development OR about really rethinking what a travel seminar looks like 
so it is much more focused on global DEI and sustainable development? 
• Grant is supportive of a larger shift 
▪ In terms of the content in-country: much more focus on engagement with experts 
and others engaged in working on these issues and less focus on general cultural 
immersion/learning 
▪ To get good proposals, we would need to build capacity around global DEI and 
global sustainable development and make sure that people know about this and are 
educated on the issues so they can submit good proposals 
▪ Maybe rethink the give-back expectations: 
• College symposium or workshop with opportunities for people to present 
on ideas that could become seminars as well as people reporting out from 
seminars and RIG grants 
• Require some kind of give-back for faculty that they present to students 
about what they did and the connection to DEI/UNSDGs – either to students 
in their classes or some other context to help build student capacity 
▪ The work on the college strategy related to global sustainable development is 
ongoing so it’s not yet clear if we are actually going to be focused on UNSDGs – we 
might decide on a different framework. 
• Maybe there is a broader approach more about global DEI, global 
sustainable development/global challenges?  
• How can we avoid making it too broad 
▪ Develop a rubric for proposals so that people have clear expectations, and we could 
use to assess as well 
• Could build off of the global experiences rubric for this 
o RIG sub-committee work on revisions to Travel Seminar proposal and guidelines: 
▪ Develop a rubric 
▪ Rewrite grant guidelines and give some information about UNSDGs as part of the 
process 
▪ Maybe also develop more concrete requirements for give-back  
o Timing: 
▪ Aim for revisions by end of spring semester 
▪ Plan to put out the call at the end of the spring semester for seminar proposals due 
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FRDC Meeting Minutes                                              Page 1 of 5                                                         Spring 2022            
 
 
 
 
APPROVED MINUTES 
College of Liberal Arts’ Faculty Research & Development Committee Meeting 
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. 
www.rollins.webex.com/meet/esmaw 
 
ATTENDANCE 
 
The following colleagues were present: 
Pamela Brannock (Science & Mathematics Division Rep, Note Taker) 
Serina Haddad (At-Large Rep) 
Kip Kiefer (Business Division Rep) 
Devon Massot (Non-Voting Member) 
Mari Robertson (Social Sciences Division Rep) 
Eric Smaw (2021-22 Committee Chair & Humanities Division Rep) 
Kara Wunderlich (Social Sciences Applied Division Rep) 
Eric Zivot (Expressive Arts) 
 
The following colleagues were absent: 
Nancy Chick (Non-Voting Member) 
 
CALL TO ORDER 
 
Eric Smaw called the meeting to order at 12:45 p.m.  
 
OLD BUSINESS  
 
I. Approval of FRDC meeting minutes from February 24th, 2022 
a. Six members approved the minutes, one committee member abstained (did not get 
a chance to read the minutes prior) 
II. Subcommittee A check-in 
a. Eric S. inquired whether we were ready to use rubric that this committee made in 
order to review the internal grants 
b. There was confusion pertaining to members of the committee thought we decided 
on that the last FRDC meeting 
c. Eric S. just wanted to make sure there were no issues with that rubric that we 
needed to talk about 
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d. The committee concluded just to continue and proceed with the current rubric.   
III. Grant Review  
a. Ashford, Cornell, Critchfield, and Indiv/course dev grants 
i. We will review all the Spring semester Ashford, Critchfield, Cornell, etc 
grants on March 24th  
ii. Pamela will be leading the March 24th meeting since Eric S. will be in EC 
presenting Bylaw changes.  
iii. Pamela asked everyone wanted to meet online or in person (since school 
COVID policies have changed) and if everyone could meet at 12:30pm 
1. The Committee decided to meet online in Pamela's WebEx room 
2. Serina cannot meet at 12:30pm but was okay with us starting 
without her.   
iv. All committee members should fill in the spreadsheet the Kip sent out as 
well as add comments. This should make the process relatively stream line 
v. There is ~$41,600 left in the budget for these fund.  
vi. Last semester the committee asked the Dean/Provost to transfer money 
that was not used from the previous year to this years budget. The 
Dean/Provost are okay but still waiting on hearing back from the College 
to see if approved.  
1. If we get this money there will be ~$800 deficit to cover all the 
grants 
2. If we do not get this money there will be~$8000 deficit 
3. Need to determine where we could potentially cut some funds 
during next meeting.  
vii. Eric S. reported one of the applications that had IRB pending has now 
been approved  
1. Eric S. believes it is #12 but will confirm.  
b. SFCSP 
i. Eric S. stated that the SFCSP directors provided us with the grants over 
Spring Break- he told them we would review them on April 7th 
1. The directors stated they need to move on this by April 1st.  
2. They stated they must move ahead with the process and cannot 
wait until this later date.  
3. The Co-directors have already spoken with the Provost and 
obtained approval.  
ii. The chair stated he did not know what rubric we should use nor was the 
committee made aware of this deadline previously.  
1. Several committee members stated that there is a rubric (the 
previous years committee made)  
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2. Several committee members also stated that the SFCSP co-
directors informed the FRDC of their needed timeline during the 
fall 2021 meeting the committee had with them.  
iii. A discussion was had about what do we do in this situation 
1. The committee kind of agreed that since it is in our charge we need 
to review these grants. 
2. Questions pertaining to what was the Provost's response to the co-
directors not following the FRDC's bylaws were presented 
a. The chair was not aware of the Provost's response 
b. A solution is to potentially have the chair reach out to the 
Provost and the co-directors asking for a meeting to discuss 
and clarify roles of the FRDC and the co-directors.  
c. The committee agreed that there are a lot of mixed 
messages about whether FRDC or the SFCSP co-directors 
have the authority to make the schedule/timeline for these 
proposals and their results.  
 
NEW BUSINESS 
 
I. Subcommittee B Bylaws changes 
a. Eric S. provided a summary of the work Subcommittee B has done in reference to 
changes of FRDC's bylaws. 
i. Essentially providing more information and transparency on who can 
apply for what awards. 
ii. Update and clarify any discrepancies that are within and outside of our 
purview as a CLA committee 
b. Proposed Change #1 
i. Change first sentence in the responsibilities and duties to " The Faculty 
Research and Development Committee reviews all internal grant and 
award allocations for the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and makes 
recommendations of these grant awards to the appropriate administrator." 
1. Rationale: 
a. This would allow FRDC to review some grants and awards 
that are only for CLA faculty that currently do not have 
divisional representation.  
b. Provide consistency between all and transparency of the 
CLA only grants and awards 
2. Devon was concerned about the phrase "for the Faculty…" 
because there are All College and other awards that are for the 
CLA faculty that do not fall under this.  
a. Discussion throughout the committee about what might be 
the best way to state the grant that are only available to 
CLA faculty.  
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ii. Committee agreed upon a modification of this to clarify this.  
c. Proposed Change #2 
i. Remove FITI and OER grants from the list of grants we review 
1. Rationale: 
a. Both of these are All College grants and CLA committee 
members cannot act at the All College level based on the 
CLA bylaws 
b. These grants should be evaluated by an All College 
committee.  
ii. Committee members had no issue with this proposed change 
d. Proposed Change #3 
i. Remove the statement that the Student-Faculty Collaborative Scholarship 
Program proposals will be removed from FRDC.  
1. Rationale:  
a. FRDC is responsible for evaluating faculty grants, this is 
not a faculty grant. It is a student scholarship.  
2. This change sparked a lot of debate by the committee members. 
Some agreed that the change was good, others believed that the 
FRDC should review it.  
3. After much discussion, the issue was the fact the only two faculty 
members from the same division are the co-directors of this 
program. 
a. Several committee members disliked the fact of the lack of 
divisional representation of the evaluation of these 
proposals 
b. Most of the committee believed that these proposals should 
be reviewed by a more diverse group of individuals. 
ii. Ultimately the committee was divided on this proposed changed. Three 
members voted to proceed with the change and another 3 members voted 
to remove this change.  
iii. Eric S. will bring this to EC and state that there is a disagreement within 
the FRDC on how to handle this change and allow EC to provide input on 
this matter.  
 
e. Proposed Change #4 
i. Remove the statement concerning a FRDC member will serve on the 
Global Initiative Committees Rollins Internationalization Grants proposal 
review 
1. Rationale: 
a. RIGs again are at the All College level 
ii. Committee members had no issue with this proposed change 
f. Proposed Change #5 
i. Change the last sentence in the responsibilities and duties to " This 
committee oversees and makes necessary revisions to grant and award 
proposal forms and receives and reviews mid-year and final grant and 
award reports submitted by faculty grant and award recipients. " 
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1. Rationale: 
a. To stay in line with the other changes and language in the 
bylaws.  
ii. Committee members had no issue with this proposed change 
g. Devon asked why development aspect of the FRDC was left out of these changes. 
i. Eric S. stated the purpose of these changes were to clarify the current 
responsibilities and duties of the committee  
ii. Adding development to the bylaws will come at a later date.  
iii. Eric S. did mention that the charge asked by the Provost and President 
previously were out of the purview of the FRDC and is more appropriate 
at FAC.  
1. The chair stated that a subcommittee of the Provost, FAC, EC and 
FRDC members needs to be made to discuss how to best approach 
the charge asked by the Provost/President.  
h. Eric S. will present these changes to EC on Thursday, March 24th.  
 
 
ADJOURNMENT  
 
 
 
Eric Smaw moved to adjourned the meeting at 1:55 p.m.  
4 committee members agreed, 1 previously left, 1 did not vote.  
 


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February 23, 2022, at 7:12pm, at Rollins College via WebEx and Bush Auditorium. The minutes of the 
previous meeting were read and approved as correct after a vote by the Senate.  
I. Call to Order  
II. Roll Call  
III. Welcome  
IV. Approval of Minutes  
● Approved 
V. Speakers  
● N/A  
VI. Executive Reports  
A. President  
● Meeting last Friday with Ed 
○ Following up this Friday at 3 
○ How we can have direct representation before finalizing the budget 
● Judicial board Nominees 
● Representing students at the winter park state address 
B. Vice President  
●  Continue to get legislation in! 
C. Chief Justice  
● Judicial board nominees tonight 
● Speeches by the presidential candidates next Wednesday 
● Presidential debates next Friday from 6 to 7 
D. Academic Affairs  
●  Proposal to make election day a holiday options: 
○ Approve as an executive board endorsement 
○ Approve through the senate and exec board 
○ Reach out to Zoe if you have any questions 
● CC approved Advocacy and Social Justice minor with some edits, it will now go 
to EC for approval 
● RFLA humanities substitution: 
○ English department would like to add more classes to sub requirement 
● Academic warning changes- update language of college handbook to practices 
 
E. Internal Relations  
● Starting up constitutional revision committee next week 
● If you are interested, please email me eholder@rollins.edu 
F. Public Relations  
● Public relations committee meeting- reached out to political science department 
for judicial board nominees 
● Election campaign information comes out the 24th 
G. Events  
●  Lip Sync signup closed 2/25, lots of organizations filled out the application! 
● Will know the hosts and judges shortly 
● SGA tabling events 3/10, 4/7, and 4/19 from 12:30-2 pm 
H. Finance  
●  Dire need of committee members! 
I. Student Life  
●  Disability empowerment week, coming soon! 
○ Events, story circle  
○ Flag raise of Disability pride flag 
○ Partnering with Dining in the Dark 
○ Showing Crip Camp in SunTrust Auditorium 
● Rollins Pre-Law Society has a guest speaker this Friday at 2pm in Bush 176. We 
would love you all to come! 
J. Diversity & Inclusion  
●  If you would like to do work around diversity and Inclusion, y’all should join my 
committee! Especially if you’re a part of a student org that aligns with your 
identity, It could help a lot to be a representative of that organization. Email me at 
emungin@rollins.edu if you’re interested. PLEASE, please, please join! 
● Applications for the Washington DC Immersive trip over Spring Break is still 
online and we won’t accept applications past February 28th. So please get them 
in as soon as possible because the day applications close, we start reviewing 
them. 
○ There are scholarships available for this trip. We want to make sure that 
those who want to go, are able to go without the stress of money! 
○ To apply, login to ‘get involved’, go to the ‘forms’ section, and you’ll see 
Washington DC Immersive Trip’ 
● Make sure to keep some free time open between March 28th and April 1st 
because that’s Diversity Week! I know it’s a month away but we are planning a 
lot of events over the course of that week and we would love to see some familiar 
faces at these events! 
K. Attorney General  
●  No Report 
L. President Pro Tempore  
● Email check-in regarding senator burnout 
● Executive board is here to help with bills! 
M. Advisors  
● Pick up senate t-shirts!  
VII. Organizational Senator Reports  
A. Center for Leadership & Community Engagement (CLCE)  
● Democracy Project is hosting a special Politics on 
Tap on Tuesday, March 1 from 5-6 in Dave's to 
discuss the situation in Ukraine 
● Student achievement awards deadlines Friday 
March 3rd- nominations are open 
B. Center for Career & Life Planning (CCLP)  
● No report 
C. Wellness  
●  No report 
D. Accessibility  
● Accessibility + inclusion task force deadline is tonight! 
E. Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL)  
● FSL housing application for those wanting to live in Sutton is coming up 
● NCM Event 
● Feb 25th- community event from 4 to 6 
● Interested in new FSL nominations, contact Bholder@rollins.edu 
F. Residential Life and Explorations (RLE)  
● Position Vacant  
G. LGBTQ+ Advocacy  
● Position Vacant  
H. Student Media  
● Pop-up event on bush lawn 
I. International Affairs  
● No report 
J. Student Athlete Advisory  
● Swim team- did really well at conferences 
● Waiting on meeting 
K. Sustainability  
● Position Vacant  
L. Campus Safety and Security  
● Position Vacant  
M. Institutional Advancement  
● No report 
N. Holt Graduate Programs  
● Position Vacant  
O. External and Competitive Scholarships  
● Position Vacant  
P. Parliamentarian  
● Position Vacant  
VIII. Ad-hoc Committees  
● Constitutional Revision  
i. Sent out an email to members of the committee- please check your emails and fill 
out the required information! 
● COVID  
i. No report 
● International Student Representation  
I. No report 
IX. Open Forum  
● Class senator reports 
○ Requiring senate reports would let feedback be available for students 
○ Allows conversation facilitation for students 
○ More people giving reports 
○ One person per class give a report 
○ Communicating needs + feedback of constituents 
○ Improve engagement 
○ Look at the constitution for next steps 
○ Piloting it rather than going to constitution 
○ Resolved: Giving brief overview of each student at the start of Senate 
● Bringing back disposable boxes in the cafeteria 
○ Freshman class requested this since space is limited in the cafeteria 
○ Cafeteria gets very busy 
○ Difficult to bring Ozzy boxes downstairs as well as a financial issue 
○ Dish return in Daves? Have a more sustainable option 
○ Because of space in the cafeteria, we should bring them back temporarily 
○ Cut cost of boxes, bring back disposable, or bring back more seating 
○ Actually okay with cost- don’t have to clean it and pay for another box. If it were 
free, students would throw away boxes 
○ Question: what is the capacity for the cafeteria currently? Leon Hayner reached 
out to cafeteria faculty + administration for information 
○ Allow dish return in Dave’s, but there are holdbacks: Ozzi boxes aren’t always 
readily available 
○ Students take dishes and never bring them back. Should be okay with dishes at 
Dave’s and the patio 
○ Action plan: follow up with Leon Hayner, and check in with Elizabeth Smith 
about sustainability and covid awareness 
○ Should make takeout silverware bamboo instead of plastic 
○ cc Elizabeth Smith onto these emails 
○ CC is back to 100% capacity 
● Making election day a Rollins holiday 
○ Having senate and exec on board is a great idea- confident in votes they are 
casting 
○ Eliminates excuses for students to not vote 
○ Doesn’t include state + county elections, just includes Federal election 
○ Interested in this, contact Zoe Pearson at zpearson@rollins.edu 
○ For professors, it shouldn’t give up for excused absences (especially for 
chronically ill students) 
○ Shouldn’t turn into a Fox Day where students leave for the day, get plenty of 
athletic teams and organizations involved with this 
○ Partner with the Democracy project 
○ Curriculum Committee: Talks of asynchronous days  
○ Educational opportunities 
○ Include Holt students for Rollins holidays since their only time off is during 
classes 
● Mr. Leon Hayner: Feedback for providing micro-fridges for students without apartments 
(wouldn’t go to Sutton or Lakeside) 
○ Early exploratory stages for companies that would provide fridges (freezer, 
microwave, and fridge), not freshman students only 
○ Most students have them already and order them to the warehouse, so it would be 
helpful for students 
○ Sustainability benefit: All included in one- just one plug to use 
○ Students wouldn’t have to throw fridge away at the end of the year 
○ Company would recycle them in the greenest way possible 
○ Would cost $50-100 per resident, not including summer camps and costs 
○ Summer campers would cost more  
○ No answer about summer conferences or how much influence students would 
have. Still in an exploratory phase 
Responses:  
○ Important for those with allergies who need the fridges 
○ More cost-effective for everything that you are  
○ Against- would make sense for those who do not have kitchens in their dorms 
○ For allergies: against because students do not clean their fridges 
○ Fridges make more sense when you can accommodate the space that you need 
○ Asking for feedback with students & tell them about additional costs, should be 
per request of the students 
○ Issue of accessibility: students with refrigerated medications need their 
medications  
○ Active cleaning & maintaining resources currently would help this issue, but this 
is not being met 
○ Raise in tuition: should not be necessary due to tuition raises during Covid-19 
○ Apartment-style is automatically charging meal plans, which is costly 
○ Could be an accessibility accommodation instead since it is costly for students. 
Money should be allocated to  
○ Possible liability for students with allergies 
○ Middle ground: featured in catalog for freshmen to buy (bedding, etc.) 
○ We can’t move furniture already, so it is efficient, sustainable, affordable, + 
accessible for those who need or want it. But it should be an option 
○ Accessibility services have not been on time before, so it should be per request by 
requesting students 
○ Fridges will be sanitized when you get there, but you will be the only person 
using the fridges 
○ At the end of the day, it will cost extra money & this should reflect students now 
and for future generations. We have to be mindful for the future 
○ Payment would be $50-100 per year 
● Leon Hayner: Feedback on cameras for residence halls 
○ Tabled for next week 
● School-sponsored NFTs 
○ NFTs are somewhat underused 
○ Not sustainable to the environment 
○ NFTs are sometimes made from stolen art 
○ Bad for campus PR 
○ Rollins should invest in sustainable practices + horrible for environment 
○ Market practices at Rollins should be sustainable- Covid impacted our 
endowment 
○ Sustainable type of cryptocurrency? 
○ Cryptocurrency is like a pyramid scheme- buying a link to the house, but you do 
not own the actual house 
○ Would not look good for Rollins PR-wise 
○ More for vanity 
○ Could it be an idea to contribute $ to student research in these topics instead? 
■ We do not need it financially 
■ Would be bad for Rollins from a PR standpoint 
● More job fairs 
○ Lacking bringing employers over, necessary for students to have interactions with 
employers on campus 
○ Witnessing actions would be beneficial to students 
○ Great way to connect to senators about this 
○ CLP fairs: virtual job fairs, but they should go back to in-person 
○ Virtual events aren’t as effective, so they haven’t been promoting them 
○ We can attend job fairs at UCF as well, we can all work together 
● Classroom masks 
○ Provost’s email about removing masks: concern for removing mask mandate in 
classrooms 
○ Interesting to look at classrooms before event and residence hall capacities, it is 
an inconsistent Covid policy 
○ Still are limited to 4 people in each lakeside, wear masks in dining hall when you 
are standing up (but not seated) 
○ Continuing work: at least start as classrooms (for professors as well since they do 
not have choice in their profession) 
○ Students & professors being immunocompromised, must attend in-person since 
there is not a virtual option 
Feedback from Senate:  
○ Look at removing masks in other places instead of just classrooms 
○ Some professors seem over the mask policy, but some are cautious of Covid risks 
○ Need consistency in Covid-19 distancing before those decisions are being made 
○ Theatre department: exposing to the cast + audience could shut down the 
performance 
○ What would the move forward be? We do not have a vaccine mandate, so this 
makes it difficult 
○ we don’t know how to predict this in order to protect the most 
vulnerable/immunocompromised students 
○ Promised to go to the school for the whole year, and that this environment would 
be as safe as possible 
○ Changing this mandate in the middle of the semester is not the right option to 
take 
○ We (and the CDC) need clearer messaging 
○ In the summer: what does it look like to navigate the pandemic moving forward? 
Here’s the relaxed schedule, here is what it looks like when it is strict 
○ Spring break positivity rates will go up 
● SGA participating in Lip Sync 
○ Make faculty, students, and staff more knowledgeable in SGA 
○ Just a skit instead of a proper performance 
○ Send out a poll, who is available to dedicate their time 
X. Old Business  
● Remaining Senator Positions  
i. Vacant Class Senator Positions  
a. Freshman Class Senator  
b. Sophomore Class Senator (3)  
c. Senior Class Senators (1)  
d. Holt Class Senators (2)  
ii. Organizational Senators  
a. Residential Life & Explorations  
b. LGBTQ+ Advocacy  
c. Holt Graduate Programs  
d. External and Competitive Scholarships  
E. Campus Safety and Security  
f. . Parliamentarian: Aiden Chinn 
● Result: Appointed 
 
XI. New Business  
● Legislation 2022.XX: Information Technology Senator Act  
○ Sponsor(s): Aiden Chinn 
■ Co-Sponsor(s): Jack Kelley, Arabella Lillestatten, Evan Link  
○ Issue Addressed: Including an IT Senator into the SGA Constitution  
○ Result: Approved 
● Appointment of Judicial Board Nominee: 
○ Candidate: Alise Fortune 
○ Result: Appointed 
● Appointment of Judicial Board Nominee: 
○ Candidate: Natalie George 
○ Result: Appointed 
● Appointment of Judicial Board Nominee: 
○ Candidate: Fariha Syed 
○ Result: Appointed 
The meeting adjourned at 9:24 pm.  
Daniel Elliot, SGA President 


Meeting Minutes from February 23, 2022

Curriculum Committee

Minutes, Curriculum Committee Meeting, Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Rollins College 
Rollins Scholarship Online 
SGA Meeting Minutes Student Government Association 
3-2-2022 
Meeting Minutes from March 2, 2022 
Rollins College Student Government Association 
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.rollins.edu/sga_minutes 
The regular weekly meeting of the Rollins College Student Government Association was held on March
2, 2022, at 7:04pm, at Rollins College via WebEx and Kathleen W. Rollins Hall. The minutes of the
previous meeting were read and approved as correct after a vote by the Senate.
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Welcome
IV. Approval of Minutes
• Approved
V. Speakers
● Introduction by Chief Justice Liam King:
○ Today we are hearing campaign speeches for President and Vice President.
○ Coin toss determined that Daniel Elliot and Ingrid Ryan will go first, Akheem
Mitchell and Sendy Sejourne will follow
● Presidential Speeches
○ Presidential & VP Candidate 1: Daniel Elliot and Ingrid Ryan
■ Ingrid organized homecoming week and other community events to
foster a sense of belonging to students whose
■ Daniel’s top priority is that all students feel safe and supported at Rollins,
and that all students from every background feel safe
● Diversity and Inclusion competency requirement
● Tuition Freeze, Access to the college budget
● Better housing and dining quality
● More individual and compassionate approach from RLE
● CAPS needs more resources, COVID policies need to be clear
and well communicated
● Building faculty, staff, and student coalitions and representation
on the Board of Trustees
● Education and resources for response and prevention to
● Town Halls have made student government more accessible to
all students
● We can and will do so much more
● We need tried and true leadership to usher in change
○ Presidential & VP Candidate 2: Akheem Mitchell and Sendy Sejourne
■ Akheem is an RA, BSU VP, and SGA VP
■ Sendy is an associate justice at SGA, Health Promotions Intern at the
Wellness Center. Wellness Ambassador, Student and Family Cares
Assistant, Academic Honor Council Member, Professional Development
chair for Rotaract, and Hamilton Holt Peer Mentor
● Main goal is student representation
● Need to fix the broken foundation of Rollins to plant new seeds
to help the college flourish
○ Real action takes time, that growth isn't just in SGA
○ We have the experience to put you, the students, in
spaces of community involvement
○ Students are the pillars of our administration, want your
voices to be the guide for our policy
VI. Executive Reports
A. President
● Finance Meeting with Ed Kania and Bill Short this past week
● We are unveiling a new phased approach to a tuition freeze this week to Finance,
still exploring options for fair tuition
● Meeting with Faculty President, VP of Student Affairs, and Finance VP to find a
consensus for what a transparent budget planning process looks like and create a
plan to present to President Cornwell
● Talk for the past few weeks about current COVID policies and plans for the
future for the past two weeks, we will discuss in open forum
B. Vice President
● Senators get your legislation in and org senators meet with your contacts
C. Chief Justice
● Friday 6pm Debate between SGA campaigns
D. Academic Affairs
● Voting Day Class Holiday - if you are interested in the planning/implementation
process, email zpearson@rollins.edu
E. Internal Relations
● No Report– still on the mend!
F. Public Relations
● Hi to the folks on Webex and Instagram live! We are glad you could join us
G. Events
● Hosts for the debate are Arabella Littelstallen and Liam King
● More SGA picnics are coming up! Tabling events too
● Lip sync is coming up, more info to come
H. Finance
● Look out for Financial Literacy workshop next week before senate
● Senators: Join the Finance Committee!
I. Student Life
● Disability Empowerment Week next week!
○ Story Circle March 7, 4-5:30 PM in the Faculty Club
○ Disability Pride Flag Raise March 8th 12:30-1 PM in Tars Plaza
○ Dining in the Dark March 8th 5-8 PM in KWR 300
○ Inclusive Dance Event March 9th 4-6 PM in Lakeside Studio
○ Innovation Session March 10th 4-5:30 PM in Social Impact Hub
○ Crip Camp Screening March 10th 6 pm in Suntrust Auditorium
○ Check your email for more info as well as a flyer will be sent out with
the minutes!
J. Diversity & Inclusion
● Need senators to join the Diversity and Inclusion committee
● Thank you to the people who applied to the DC immersion!
K. Attorney General
● No report
L. President Pro Tempore
● No Report
M. Advisors
● Student Achievement Awards Nominations are going on now
VII. Organizational Senator Reports
A. Center for Leadership & Community Engagement (CLCE)
● Student achievement awards! Nominations are due Friday
B. Center for Career & Life Planning (CCLP)
● Tomorrow is a headshot event, sign up through Handshake 9am-12pm in KWR
● Resume reviews from 10am to 2pm over Webex drop in or KWR office
● Job Fair info, contact Somar Ramos
C. Wellness
● Dantea Day this Friday 2-3 on Olin lawn
● A casual recommendation to check in with people in your classes about their
mask preferences. Policies change but people have differing needs.  It could be
helpful to start conversations with classmates about how they feel. Professors
can’t require masks but students and communicate their preferences to each other.
D. Accessibility
● No report
E. Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL)
● March 9th AOII and X Club 12-2pm on mills lawn for pet alliance Orlando
● March 10th Chi Psi RMA patio music event
F. Residential Life and Explorations (RLE)
● Position Vacant
G. LGBTQ+ Advocacy
● Position Vacant
H. Student Media
● The Independent is looking for editors!
● March 21st on Bush Lawn student media tabling event
I. International Affairs
● International programs for study abroad are offered that are not associated with
Rollins, deadline for applications in April for Fall, May 5th for summer
● International student rep committee, interested people contact Valerie
J. Student Athlete Advisory
● No report
K. Sustainability
● Position Vacant
L. Campus Safety and Security
● Position Vacant
M. Institutional Advancement
● No report
N. Holt Graduate Programs
● Position Vacant
O. External and Competitive Scholarships
● Position Vacant
P. Parliamentarian
● Sending Daniel an email to meet up this week
VIII. Ad-hoc Committees
● Constitutional Revision
i. Waiting on everyone to provide availability– please do so ASAP
● COVID
i. Still looking to disband
● International Student Representation
i. See International Affairs report
IX. Open Forum
● COVID Mask Policy
○ Monday, there was a revision to the COVID guidelines from Rollins on mask
policy
■ Its unlikely that you will catch COVID walking between rooms in a
residential hall, but sitting unmasked in a poorly ventilated space with
20-30 students is a different story
■ In spaces where you are required to be in attendance, masks should be
required to protect immune compromised and at risk students and faculty
■ The reasoning was explained to us by President Cornwell
■ If professors are not comfortable with masks being off they should be
○ CDC County Database with guidance for different risk levels
○ In the classes where faculty are immunocompromised, some students are willing
to wear masks to protect them when they disclose
○ Creating a culture where people are conscientious is a good idea, but there is
concern about state law preventing faculty discretion on mask policies
■ Not entirely sure, only thing that we know of is a executive order that
prevents us from asking about vaccination status but no information on
mask requirements. Need to look into that, we have had a school wide
mask policy for a year
○ The professor sets all classroom policies, dress code, laptop policy, food and
drink in the classroom, etc, I don’t think its a bad thing to have faculty decide if
masks should be worn in the classroom
○ We need to remember immune compromised and at risk students as well as
faculty, there is a power imbalance for those students trying to advocate for
themselves
○ Was there any student consultation in this decision by administration? No
○ Faculty could potentially send out an anonymous survey to students to get
unanimous consent for the
○ I think no matter what happened to make the policy change, we are still in
COVID. If we turn on and off masking policies, people may be resistant to
changing so frequently. We need a consistent, predictable mask policy to keep
people’s sense of stability and avoid resentment.
○ Untenured faculty will get blowback if they are in charge of the mask policy
○ As we make these good points, I don’t think this is out of pocket for the national
trends. Every college that I know of personally, probably not all of them, have
lifted their mandates. Rollins is just doing what everyone else is doing.
○ Was this decision made by administration or administration and the Board of
Trustees based on the timing of their last meeting?
■ The task force that meets with the Provost every day made this decision.
It was a considered decision, the Provost, Denise Snyder from the
Wellness Center, the trustees were not involved that we know of
○ Could faculty create a poll to allow students to decide if they should wear masks?
Us as students talking to our professors could create the poll.
■ We are dealing with a lot of convergent policies, we need to see what the
restraints are on our decisions and then come up with a consensus for a
policy. Input should have been gathered before the decision was made
○ We have to make these decisions based on Rollins, not on what the rest of the
world is doing. Some masks are more effective than others at protecting the
wearer, but all are protecting the people around you. We can change mask policy
for the places that you can choose to be, and you don’t have a choice to be in
class. People came to the campus with the knowledge that they would be
protected in classes at all times.
○ This is the time to adjust policy, we are compiling a list of anonymous statements
to communicate to Rollins administration for or against this change. If you have a
chance to send your opinion, please send that to Kate McAraw
kmcaraw@rollins.edu and Cameron Gagne cgagne@rollins.edu
○ To protect yourself and others, the CDC recommends you wear the most
protective mask you can consistently. Our rates have been low on campus
because of our policies.
○ What would change that would differentiate now from later in the year? TIme
and planning, more careful health communications
○ Could we add a text box to the election form for student feedback? That won’t be
timely enough, but please send us your feedback now!
○ Why are hybrid options not offered? Accreditation, SACS does not allow more
than a certain percentage of courses to be offered online. However, attitudes have
changed at the top levels of administration as COVID-19 starts to look like it will
be endemic. Daniel thinks we will be able to advocate for virtual classes when
you are sick.
○ Most students are really happy about the repeal of the mask policy, but we need
to keep the perspective of the minority in mind
○ I think it is important that we are able to come to a consensus, hopefully by next
semester, about what this looks like in the long run. The key to ending
polarization is communication.
○ Regardless of what happens in terms of the mask policy, we need to make sure
that students are aware of where to get N95 masks and make sure that they are
accessible and fully stocked
X. Old Business
● Remaining Senator Positions
i. Vacant Class Senator Positions
a. Freshman Class Senator
b. Sophomore Class Senator (3)
c. Senior Class Senators (1)
d. Holt Class Senators (2)
ii. Organizational Senators
a. Residential Life & Explorations
b. LGBTQ+ Advocacy
c. Holt Graduate Programs
d. External and Competitive Scholarships
e. Campus Safety and Security
XI. New Business
● None
The meeting adjourned at 8:29 pm.
Daniel Elliot, SGA President


Meeting Minutes from March 2, 2022

Rollins College 
Rollins Scholarship Online 
SGA Legislation Student Government Association 
2-16-2022 
Legislation 2122.09 
Rollins College Student Government Association 
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Legislation Number (2022.XX)
Information Technology Senator Act
Sponsor: Aidan Chinn
Co-Sponsors: Jack Kelly, Arabella Lilleslatten, Evan Link
Date: February 16th, 2022
Whereas: The Student Government Association does not currently have an organizational
senator tasked with representing the Information Technology department.
Whereas: The Information Technology department has become increasingly prevalent to
campus policy and the Rollins experience, specifically with regards to Instructor/Student
interactions. Students & Faculty rely on IT infrastructure both in the classroom & across campus
to enhance learning, access canvas, resolve technical issues, etc.
Whereas: Organizational Senators are designed to represent the various departments relevant to
campus involvement and policy.
Whereas: Article 4, Section 2, Subsection C.I.2.b states:
b. “Organizational Senator Positions: Ten senators represent different focus areas and
offices/departments around campus (one senator per organization)”, but 15 organizational
senator positions are listed.
Whereas: The sponsors have identified a candidate prepared to fill the position of Information
Technology senator upon passage of this legislation.
Be it hereby resolved by the Student Government Association of Rollins College will:
(1) Amend Article 4, Section 2, Subsection A to strike the word “ten” from the fourth line
and replace it with the word “sixteen”.
(2) Amend Article 4, Section 2, Subsection B.1 to strike the word “ten” from the third line
and replace it with the word “sixteen”
(3) Amend Article 4, Section 2, Subsection C.I.2.b to strike the word “ten” from the first line
and replace it with the word “sixteen”.
(a) Add “Information Technologies Senator - report to the Office of Information
Technology and assist SGA with any technology-related issues during meetings”
(4) Amend section VII of the SGA agenda to include Information Technology senator reports
for all future senate meetings.


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