Hey folks!
The new draft Constitution has been posted online on the DSG website. You can download the document and read it for yourself now!
The link is "Proposed New Constitution" under the "Governance" section on the main page.
Enjoy!
-Gregory
Friday, February 27, 2009
New Draft Constitution
Hey everyone,
Wednesday was a big day in the Senate. We passed a draft a new DSG Constitution. I've been working with the Rules Committee on preparing this document to completely replace the current constitution for about two months.
The draft new Constitution will soon be on the DSG website for you to read and review. The student body must pass it in referendum for it to come into force. It will appear on the Exec election ballot on March 31st.
These are some of the major changes from the present Constitution:
VP titles
The name of the Senate
The allocation of representation
The distinction between DSG and the student body
The budgetary process/SOFC
The signing of legislation
Separation of the "Joint Statement of Rights and Freedoms of Students"
Reduction in mandatory Cabinet members
Reduction in ex-officio Senators
Clarification of recess/vacancy appointments
Referendum requirements
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to send me an email (gsm8@duke.edu)
The other members of the drafting committee were:
Senator Ryan Clark (ACS '12)
Senator Ben Getson (AA '11)
Senator Alex Levy (AA '11)
Senator Andrew Schreiber (AA '11)
Former Attorney General Will Passo ('11)
I'll keep you updated as we move through the process. Thanks!
Wednesday was a big day in the Senate. We passed a draft a new DSG Constitution. I've been working with the Rules Committee on preparing this document to completely replace the current constitution for about two months.
The draft new Constitution will soon be on the DSG website for you to read and review. The student body must pass it in referendum for it to come into force. It will appear on the Exec election ballot on March 31st.
These are some of the major changes from the present Constitution:
VP titles
The name of the Senate
The allocation of representation
The distinction between DSG and the student body
The budgetary process/SOFC
The signing of legislation
Separation of the "Joint Statement of Rights and Freedoms of Students"
Reduction in mandatory Cabinet members
Reduction in ex-officio Senators
Clarification of recess/vacancy appointments
Referendum requirements
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to send me an email (gsm8@duke.edu)
The other members of the drafting committee were:
Senator Ryan Clark (ACS '12)
Senator Ben Getson (AA '11)
Senator Alex Levy (AA '11)
Senator Andrew Schreiber (AA '11)
Former Attorney General Will Passo ('11)
I'll keep you updated as we move through the process. Thanks!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Premajor Advising
We're thinking about it: http://media.www.dukechronicle.com/media/storage/paper884/news/2009/02/26/Columns/Fixing.Premajor.Advising-3650181.shtml
Check out this column and tell us what you think.
Check out this column and tell us what you think.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
one-year master's program
This just in:
Subject to approval by the FGPSA Committee of the Board of Trustees and the Academic Council,
THERE WILL BE A ONE-YEAR MASTER'S PROGRAM IN MANAGERIAL SCIENCE NEXT YEAR FROM FUQUA.
And it will have financial aid available.
Thoughts? Comments? Exclamation points? Please let me know.
!!!!!
Chelsea
Subject to approval by the FGPSA Committee of the Board of Trustees and the Academic Council,
THERE WILL BE A ONE-YEAR MASTER'S PROGRAM IN MANAGERIAL SCIENCE NEXT YEAR FROM FUQUA.
And it will have financial aid available.
Thoughts? Comments? Exclamation points? Please let me know.
!!!!!
Chelsea
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
pass/fail update and other fantastic projects
hey all,
i hope that midterm season is going well for everyone. overloading this semester has made me especially sensitive for the need for change in some academic policies :-/ luckily, the new pass/fail policy proposal is in committee, and in general AA is working on some pretty exciting projects.
-PASS/FAIL: the proposed pass/fail policy went to committee last Thursday, and it seems that it will definitely be subject to heated debate. as i've said before, i think that it is essential to change the pass/fail policy--in its current state, it acts as more of a veil for seniors who don't want to take a rigorous schedule rather than as an opportunity for all students to try new classes and take risks without the chance of long-term damage to their GPAs. the proposed policy would, among other things, (1) allow premajor students to take courses pass/fail, (2) extend the deadline by which classes have to be declared pass/fail to the withdrawal date, (3) remove the blanket ban on Pass/Fail grading for prerequisites and seminars, and (4) go to a Pass/D/Fail grading system. what do you all think? would you take more challenging classes outside of your discipline if the new policy was in place? is there anything that you would add? please give feedback!
-MAJORS' UNIONS: the majors' union round table is this MONDAY and we are really excited about it. majors' unions are a unique chance to give students a forum to discuss their subject and their needs within the major with faculty in a collective position. this also can be a forum for students to bring in speakers and hold events. we want to inspire each major to start and upkeep a union. cynthia and i will keep you updated on the results.
-HALF-CREDIT CLASSES: Price and Harrison have been working to try to get more half-credit classes for students who want to try out another discipline, but don't have the prereqs or the time for full-credit classes. What subjects would you be interested in pursuing? We're thinking potentially a Current Events Class, where top public policy professors and political scientists could teach all students about the world. Modelling and project based engineering classes for those of us that usually would not touch Pratt with a 12 foot pole (not that I don't respect you all immensely, but...). Art history courses minus the papers. You get the drift. Any interest, let us know! Cpg5@duke.edu.
On top of these three projects, we're also working on opportunities for students to have greater access to evaluations through a new site and access to comments that you have written in class. What would you like to see in an evaluations website just for students?
I'm off, but please comment or contact me with any questions.
AA love,
Chelsea
i hope that midterm season is going well for everyone. overloading this semester has made me especially sensitive for the need for change in some academic policies :-/ luckily, the new pass/fail policy proposal is in committee, and in general AA is working on some pretty exciting projects.
-PASS/FAIL: the proposed pass/fail policy went to committee last Thursday, and it seems that it will definitely be subject to heated debate. as i've said before, i think that it is essential to change the pass/fail policy--in its current state, it acts as more of a veil for seniors who don't want to take a rigorous schedule rather than as an opportunity for all students to try new classes and take risks without the chance of long-term damage to their GPAs. the proposed policy would, among other things, (1) allow premajor students to take courses pass/fail, (2) extend the deadline by which classes have to be declared pass/fail to the withdrawal date, (3) remove the blanket ban on Pass/Fail grading for prerequisites and seminars, and (4) go to a Pass/D/Fail grading system. what do you all think? would you take more challenging classes outside of your discipline if the new policy was in place? is there anything that you would add? please give feedback!
-MAJORS' UNIONS: the majors' union round table is this MONDAY and we are really excited about it. majors' unions are a unique chance to give students a forum to discuss their subject and their needs within the major with faculty in a collective position. this also can be a forum for students to bring in speakers and hold events. we want to inspire each major to start and upkeep a union. cynthia and i will keep you updated on the results.
-HALF-CREDIT CLASSES: Price and Harrison have been working to try to get more half-credit classes for students who want to try out another discipline, but don't have the prereqs or the time for full-credit classes. What subjects would you be interested in pursuing? We're thinking potentially a Current Events Class, where top public policy professors and political scientists could teach all students about the world. Modelling and project based engineering classes for those of us that usually would not touch Pratt with a 12 foot pole (not that I don't respect you all immensely, but...). Art history courses minus the papers. You get the drift. Any interest, let us know! Cpg5@duke.edu.
On top of these three projects, we're also working on opportunities for students to have greater access to evaluations through a new site and access to comments that you have written in class. What would you like to see in an evaluations website just for students?
I'm off, but please comment or contact me with any questions.
AA love,
Chelsea
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