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Task
forces give reports from semester
By Jessica Sanders
Staff Reporter
The
Student Government Association task forces presented
their proposals for the coming year at the House of
Student Representatives meeting Tuesday.
The
Academic Advising Task Force decided that mandatory
first-year advising and faculty training will begin
when the new core curriculum begins, said David Reese,
task force chairman.
“There
are many inconstancies in the delivery of advising information,”
said Reese, a senior news-editorial journalism and speech
communication major. “We’re going to train
all the advisers on the process and provide all the
advisers with an advising manual.”
Reese
said the task force believes that improving advising
will help boost student involvement and retention.
“A
lot of people don’t even know about stuff that’s
offered with their major,” Reese said. “Hopefully
with this you can see somebody who can turn you on to
that.”
The
Integrity Council Task Force will present incoming freshmen
with a non-manditory honor pledge at orientation, said
Katie Gordon, task force chairwoman.
“All
the freshman will see this pledge,” said Gordon,
a senior electrical engineering major. “There will
be a big banner with this pledge on it and they will
be asked to sign this.”
The
Integrity Council will speak to incoming freshmen about
integrity and will also collect surveys from students
and faculty to gather their ideas about an honor code
and integrity on campus, Gordon said.
“At
the beginning of the semester, we decided that the best
thing we could do at this point was to lay groundwork
for an honor code,” Gordon said. “Jumping
into it too quickly wouldn’t do anybody much good.”
The
Disordered Eating Network Team Task Force presented
their results for the semester and future plans.
Celia
Moncrief, a task force member, said the group has been
working to raise awareness of eating disorders and is
pleased with the results of this semester.
“And
we’re going to start a friends-of support group
for people who have friends with eating disorders,”
said Moncrief, a freshman psychology major.
j.d.sanders@tcu.edu
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