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Chair: Kay Kelly, VP of Campus Affairs Scribe: Fawziyah Shamim, Campus Affairs Member Student Development: Chris Daversa, Chelsea Alterman, and Chris Cali
1. Macaulay Scholars Council Representatives in Attendance a. Vice President of Campus Affairs and City ‘21 Representative:Kay Kelly i. [email protected] b. Vice President of IT/Communications andHunter ’22 Representative:Arvind Dev i. [email protected] c. Campus Affairs Committee Member and City ‘24 Representative: Fawziyah Shamim i. fawziyah.shamim@ macaulay.cuny.edu 2. New Club Council Structure (Kay and Student Development) a. Sharing agenda with club leaders b. R efr aming C lub Announcements + Co- sponsorships c. Gather and Club Macaulay chat for post- meeting collab chats 3. Giving Tuesday ( Michael Parascandola) a. [email protected] b. [email protected] c. December 1, 2020 d. Macaulay Goal: $30,000 i. Funded by private donors (Alumni, Faculty/Staff, Board members, parents) e. Will be promoted using a number of social media posts about various clubs and a video for Giving Tuesday i. Fundraising Champions: Each club will have the opportunity to virtually collect donations ii. Phonathon: Volunteers will get together on the night of Giving Tuesday (virtually) and call past donors f. Giving Tuesday is not just a way to gather money but also to provide outreach and help built the Macaulay community g. macaulay.cuny.edu/gtvolunteer : use this link to send photos/quotes to help fundraise! h. Robin: Club budgets are from Giving Tuesday fundraised money? Answer: this fundraised money supports Student Development, which includes clubs and initiatives, MSC, Student Life & Student Lounge Volunteers, etc.
4. Student Development Updates (Chris, Chelsea, and Chris) a. Create a culture where students are comfortable asking for help and giving help i. ask for help and treat yourself with kindness. this is a threat. b. Wellness 101 workshops: topics will differ week to week i. First one is next week, info will be available in Macaulay Monday ii. https://thrivenyc.cityofnewyork.us/mental_health_support_while_home iii. Map showing schools in NYC with COVID cases: https://nycgov.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/lookup/index.html?appid=021940a4
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1da04314827e2782d3d1986f&find=10023%252C%2520New%2520York%252C%2520NY %252C%2520USA iv. Reported COVID cases on campuses, viewed by school: https://schoolcovidreportcard.health.ny.gov/#/home v. CUNY announced that food pantries are available to all students from any campus (ex; Brooklyn College students can visit a Hunter College pantry) c. Campus Groups Events: You need to submit both portions of an event form when creating an event. Make sure the student event form is not labeled as “draft.” If you see that it is still labeled as draft after a few days, make sure you email Sarah Mazes. i. [email protected], Space Coordinator d. Points and Badges on Club Macaulay: i. Method of incentivizing Macaulay events ii. Check user leaderboard to see how many points you have e. Forming a committee of graduating se niors to figure out ways to celebrate the Class of 2021! i. Who wants to be involved? f. Supporting Excellence Conference: Navigating the Social World ( Elise) i. November 19th ii. Focusing on navigating the social world on student advocacy, activism, and supporting an ti - racism iii. Two hour long conference with keynote speaker and workshops g. Splash Conference (Alesi): i. Undergraduate students are given the opportunity to teach NYC students about things they are passionate about (hip - hop dance, political science) ii. Conference on November 14th iii. Teachers will have to attend one 1 hour workshop (October 23rd at 7:30 - 8:30pm or October 30th from 9am - 10am) iv. https://macaulay.learningu.org/teach/index.html h. Reimbursements: i. Procedure to get reimbursed has changed: Instead of having checks being sent to students, direct deposits will be sent. All re levant documents must be sent to student development email. ii. https://community.macaulay.cuny.edu/studentactivities/building - closed- budget- policies- resources/ 5. Leadership Development: Communication (Quidditch, Pre- Health, Humans of Macaulay) a. Highlighting clubs that have been using resources to communicate with members of the club and provide outreach. b. bit.ly/mscpromote to get your events/opportunities promoted. MSC does not accept any other request for advertising. Email scholarscouncil@ macaulay.cuny.edu if you have any other questions or concerns. c. Email Feature: Go on ClubMacaulay → Student developmen t → cr eat e → emai l → sel ect r eci pi ent s ( emai l bui l der ) → choose an emai l t empl at e ( l ot s of f eat ur es) i. They’re really cool check em out
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d. Humans of Macaulay i. President: Cynthia Poon 1. Transitioning into Campus Groups instead of a facebook group 2. Helps to have a group page just for members to find information about the club 3. Exploring giving incentives to members (stickers, badges, etc.) ii. Vice President: Haresh Mohabir e. Macaulay Pre- Health Club i. President: Arvind Dev 1. Getting freshman and sophomores to join the e - board to further outreach 2. Collaborative panels with other clubs 3. Opportunities board to motivate students to check Campus Groups a. macaulay.campusgroups.com/mph f. Macaulay Marauders: i. President: Lorraine McShea 1. “Active members only” page on facebook and group chat on that page to consistently communicate with members 2. Use ClubMacaulay (post ads on the feed, use the email feature) to foster a personal connection between members 3. Ask members to get a facebook if they don’t already have one because it is a very comprehensive platform 6. Updates on the discussion of racial equi ty in Macaulay a. Virtual Macaulay Town Hall — Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity was Wed. October 14th i. Recording of Meeting: https://macaulay.cuny.edu/calen dar- of- events/town - hall- for - students- with - dean- pearl/ ii. CUNY for Abolition also hosted a town hall meeting and the recording is available online iii. Concerns from students about lack of concrete answers. What is the role of Macaulay Central in this issue? iv. Be in contact with your MSC representative to stay updated regarding this issue https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/macaulayscholarscouncil/representat ives/2 020- 2021/ 7. Campus Affairs Committee Announcements (Kay) a. Diversity Day Event i. Will be supported by the Campus Affairs Committee and the Student Life Committee ii. Date is still to be determined iii. Clubs interested in hosting a table for a nation/culture? 1. iv. Clubs interested in a cultural performance? 1. b. Updates on accessibility (Committee) i. Inclusive Timing Task Force discussed at October 11 MSC meeting-- discussion about rescheduling Club Council
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ii. Club leaders should be more conscientious about the dates and times of their events so they can be accessible for more students (specifically those observing Sabbath on Friday Evenings and Saturdays) iii. Be mindful when scheduling club events 8. Student Life Updates (Chris) a. Halloween Event i. Friday, October 30th ii. Reach out to Student Life if your club would like to co- sponsor an event during the night iii. Event page: https://macaulay.campusgroups.com/msc/rsvp_boot?id=724440 iv. Clubs that are participating: 1. Book Club: Horror Movie 2. Queer Alliance: Rocky Horror Picture Show Movie 3. Art Tank: Customized Monster Themed Music Video 4. Chamber Society: Pre- recorded Performance Showing 5. Maybe - Theatre Cub: Murder Mystery 9. Club Announcements (Kay) a. Macaulay Deewane (deewane@ macaulay.cuny.edu) i. Working through our dance choreography and set. b. The Art of Science ([email protected]) i. Sci-Fi Movie Night : Gattaca tentatively 28th 7pm ii. Members sent link to register for CUNY AI & Creativity Panel on Oct 30th c. Macaulay Book Club (mhcbookclub@ gmail.com) i. October Monthly Meeting on October 27th at 6 PM: Talking about Silence of the Lambs ii. Partnering with Macaulay Scholars Council for Halloween Event: will be using Netflix Party to show Silence of the Lambs d. Macaulay Business Club ([email protected]) i. Marketing Panel with Hunter Business Club on October 29th at 6 PM ii. Looking to collaborate with MHC++ to co- host a coding workshop in November e. Macaulay Dancers (themacaulaydancers@ gmail.com) i. Auditions are still open! Videos are due October 25th f. Macaulay Feminist Society (feministsociety@ macaulay.cuny.edu) i. Little Women Zoom movie night and discussion- October 15th from 6:00- 9:00pm ii. Panel of Woman--event TBD g. Humans of Macaulay (humansofmacaulay@ gmail.com) i. Still looking to interview, email us if you’d like to be interviewed as a club or individually h. Macaulay Chamber Music Society (macaulaychamber@ gmail.com) i. Co- sponsoring Halloween Event, playing music! i. Macaulay Marauders Quidditch Team (macaulayquidditch@ gmail.com i. Cohosting Murder Mystery with Theatre Club, Next Friday or Saturday (3 sessions) j. Macaulay Musicians' Collective (macaulay.musicians.collective@ gmail.com)
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i. October Composition Competition, Friday, Oct. 30th, 2 - 3pm k. Macaulay Photography Club ([email protected] ) i. General Interest Meeting Saturday, Oct. 17th 6- 7pm l. Macaulay Pre- Health Professions Club ([email protected]) i. Opportunities Board (!!!!!!!!!) ii. Mount Sinai Event 10/9, over 100+ attendees! m. Macaulay Service Initiative ( macaulayserviceinitiative@ gmail.com ) i. The Lorax Movie Night posted on Club Macaulay (October 23, 2020, 6- 7:45 PM) ii. Sent out poll to club members to vote for VIRTUAL Fall Rumba 2020 charity iii. Decided upon charity (BAJI) and currently setting up donation payment portal w/ Macaulay External Relations iv. Will send out interest form + flyer for participants, and create Club Macaulay event ASAP (event will likely be on Sunday, 11/15 at 6PMMacaulay Gastronomy Club ([email protected] ) n. Spoon University at Macaulay Honors College ([email protected]) i. Content deadlines ii. New WhatsApp group chat o. Macaulay STEM Society (mhttps://chat.whatsapp.com/[email protected]) i. Collab movie night with Art of Science - Oct 28th, 7pm ii. Seniors in STEM Panel - November 6, 5- 6:30pm iii. Looking for other clubs to collab for future events p. Macaulay Theater Club ([email protected] ) i. Cohosting Murder Mystery Night with Marauders October 23rd an d 24th. ii. Set and Costume Design Workshop October 22nd at 7pm. iii. Stage Tech Panel November 12th at 7pm. iv. PLEASE email MTC if you have regular/weekly meetings, or big events in the Spring to avoid conflict! Please!!!!! q. Macaulay Colleges Against Cancer (mhcagainstcancer@ gmail.com) i. Interest Meeting next Friday, October 23rd from 5:00- 6:00 pm 1. Is available on Macaulay Calendar r. Macaulay Humane Beings (macaulayhumanebeings@ gmail.com) i. Nope :) s. Macaulay Chapter for Habitat for Humanity i. Looking for clubs to collaborate with ii. We have a few potential events planned for this semester: virtual volunteering, documentary viewing, virtual household- item building contest (dates TBA) iii. Contact if you would like to collaborate with them t. Macaulay Messenger (themacaulaymessenger@ gmail.com) i. Had Newspaper Mad- Libs + General Interest Meeting October 6th ii. Planning on publishing the new issue within the next few days + revamping the website iii. Taking on new editors (deadline October 30) u. Macaulay Peace Action (macaulaypeaceaction@ gmail.com)
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i. The Student Peace Conference has begun. We had our first session the other week. Our next session will be this Tuesday October 20th at 8:30 pm. It will be headlined by a Peace Action alum and will be a workshop on defining peace. ii. We’re also in the midst of planning our own events like roundtable discussions, so feel free to stay in tuned for that. v. Macaulay Pre- Law Club [email protected] i. Cohosting Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs Information Session Event on October 23 ii. In contact with an alumni who will give us a free LSAT workshop (early nov) iii. Tentative date for our corporate legal alumni panel - December 4th w. Macaulay Psychology Club ([email protected]) i. Thriller Movie Night, thursday October 29th ii. Next month: collaborating with Art of Science for Art Therapy event iii. Open to new collabs! x. Macaulay Queer Alliance ([email protected]) i. y. Macaulay Research Club ([email protected]) i. z. Macaulay Triplets ( [email protected] ) i. aa. MHC++ ([email protected]) i. Monthly Clash of Code will Begin in November (TBA) ii. MHC++ Discord Link iii. We will be having a clash of code in November (date tba) which is an online game where anyone looking to learn, or practice their coding skills can show up. It is recurring monthly so all are welcome. Also feel free to join the discord to learn some code and meet some cool people! bb. Macaulay Splash! ([email protected]) i. Conference will be held on November 14th ii. Teacher sign up ends tonight (possible extension TBD)! https://macaulay.learningu.org/teach/index.html 10. Special Initiatives a. Macaulay Art Tank ([email protected] ) i. Spoopy Sketches with Septy - Art Tank Meeting - tentative 29th 7pm ii. Monster Mash - cosponsored event for Halloween Party (attendees make characters using Picrew and we incorporate them into a prepared music video to a spoopy song. iii. Art Tank Discord LInk b. Macaulay Fit ([email protected] ) i. WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LOb2PDYQIxE 3lrUMW74y9z?fbclid=IwAR0w8vT4OXL4 B3_Qcpq1KNs4pT0VM8uznsYq1w1pQZiqyAIJVQdtZaxTOt0 c. Student Lounge Volunteers
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i. Event this week 10/16 6- 8pm (Ratatouille Movie night on zoom for all the Disney movie fans) ii. Student Lounge Volunteers will be introducing themselves on Club Macaulay (posting introductions and fun facts about themselves) iii. Volunteers will also be hosting events as well so stay tuned for that on Club Macaulay!! iv. Trying to have GatherTown Macaulay Reading Room as a space open for students to stop by and chill (hosted for an hour) https://gather.town/app/QGTZpHNkDvn98cQW/macaulayreadingroom d. Macaulay Diversity Initiative ( [email protected] ) i. Supporting Excellence Conference on November 19th fro m 5:30 to 7:30 pm e. Macaulay Green Initiative ( [email protected] ) i. Made a WhatsApp ii. Successful General Interest Meeting; also had a casual upcycling event and game night iii. Plarn Workshop next week, and planning an exciting speaker panel for November iv. Working on a recycling document to present at the next Sustainability Committee meeting and share with the Macaulay community f. Orientation Leaders/Peer Mentors (peermento [email protected]) i. g. Senior Committee (Chelsea!) i. h. TEDxCUNY ([email protected] ) i. Team applications open next Sunday. GIM next Wednesday at 5:00 PM. ii. Hosting our first virtual Salon event on December 4. 11. Final Remarks and Adjournment a. Reminder: follow up on collabs with other club leaders via email, Club Macaulay chat function, or the post- meeting Gather room: i. https://gather.town/app/EUUCFXGt90BJPSuL/clubcouncil b. FOR MSC IT/COMMUNICATION PROMOTIONS: Bit.ly/mscpromote c. Next meeting for November: 👻👻 Friday the 13th! i. RSVP on ClubMacaulay ii. You will receive the agenda about a week early
November Scholars Council Meeting November Club Council Meeting Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020 Date: Fr iday, November 13, 2020 Time: 11a m - 1p m Time: 4pm- 6pm Location: Zoom Location: Zoom