Student Excellence Award for Leadership and Service

Awarded by the Student Government to undergraduates in recognition of meritorious and outstanding contributions to student activities.

Award Winners:

Kirk Sabnani, Student Government Association

Sean Murphy, Student Government Association, Sustainable Hopkins Infrastructure Program

Omar Quereshi, Woodrow Wilson Debate Team

Andrew Campagnolo, Students Taking a New Direction

Clare Grechis, American Red Cross Corps, Vocal Chords, Public Health Student Forum

Student Excellence Award for Leadership and Service Staff Award

Awarded by the Student Government to a deserving member of the Homewood staff or administration who has demonstrated a commitment to helping students in a meaningful way.

Award Winner:

Sarah Steinberg, Interim Vice-Provost for Student Affairs

Emerging Leaders Award

Awarded by the Student Government to undergraduates who have made new and significant contributions to student activities or show significant improvement and development in their dedication to student activities.

Award Winner:

Kieran Coleman, Foreign Affairs Symposium

The George E. Owen Teaching Award

Awarded by the Student Government for outstanding teaching and devotion to undergraduates. This award was established by the 1982 Student Council to honor George E. Owen, who was dean of the Homewood Faculties.

Award Winner:

Dr. Louis Galambos, Department of History

The Dunn Family Award

Presented periodically to recognize a faculty or staff member of the Johns Hopkins University community who, beyond the classroom, has made an extraordinarily positive impact upon the lives of one or more undergraduate students during their enrollment or residence at Homewood. The award is made in honor of three generations of Dunns attending Johns Hopkins: Wendell E. Dunn, 1921; Wendell E. Dunn, Jr. B.E. 1943, Ph. D. 1950; Thomas B. Dunn, B.S. 1946 (Distinguished alumnus of the Peabody Conservatory); Wendell E. Dunn III, B.A. 1966.

Award Winner:

Jason Heiserman, Director of Student Activities

A Resolution Regarding Accountability and Transparency of the Student Government Association

S.R.-XX

1. WHEREAS the Student Government Association (SGA) believes in accountability and transparency in all aspects of its organization.
   
   
2. WHEREAS there has been a lack of accountability and transparency in the SGA as a whole, specifically regarding the means in which the SGA spends its money.
   
   
3. WHEREAS the SGA has spent nearly $30,000 this year, a significant increase spending in spending from any previous year of the SGA’s operation.
   
   
4. WHEREAS the SGA members and the student body as a whole reserves the right to know how SGA members spend and distribute money allotted to the SGA.
   
   
5. WHEREAS these budget totals have not been revealed to the student body, nor have they been adequately reported to the SGA members.
   
   
6. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the following be added to the SGA bylaws in a new section, to be titled “VII. Executive Treasurer,” and to comprise of the following text: “1. The duties of the Executive Treasurer of the SGA shall be: i. To report all SGA financial transactions, not including SAC transactions, at all SGA full body meetings; ii. To work with the SGA Finance Committee to create a competitive application process for SAC liaisons and to run effective SAC meetings; iii. To report all student groups approved for SAC funding grants at the most recent SAC meeting, but not specific financial numbers; iv. To publish and co-manage a specific page of the SGA’s website reserved to the information aforementioned in the SGA bylaws, section VII, subsections 1.i and 1.iii, with the SGA Finance Committee; v. To ensure that Article 4, subsection 4.05a of the SGA Constitution is upheld to its fullest extent; vi. To publish the yearlong SGA budget to the SGA website, and to publicly report any deficits and surpluses at the end of each semester; 2. The duties of the Executive Treasurer shall not be exclusively bound to those listed under Section VII, subsection 1, of the SGA bylaws, but may include other duties as necessary.”
   
   

It is so ordered.

Sponsor: Nick Trenton

Co-Sponsors: HyunSik Choi, Sean Murphy, Saharsh Patel, Karen Poreh

Committee: Finance

Vote:    In Favor            Opposed           Abstentions

Therefore, the bill:                     PASSES BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT

Vice President:             _________________________________________________________

Elizabeth Duval

A Resolution Regarding Accountability and Transparency of the Student Government Association(“The Attendance and Accountability Act”)

S.R.-??

1. WHEREAS the Student Government Association (SGA) believes in accountability and transparency in all aspects of its organization.
2. WHEREAS there has been a lack of accountability and transparency in the SGA as a whole, specifically regarding member absences.
3. WHEREAS the number of excused and unexcused absences in the SGA has risen in the previous year.
4. WHEREAS meeting attendances are currently only publicly available through meeting minutes.
5. WHEREAS meeting minutes only include meeting attendances for SGA general body meetings and not committee meetings.
6. WHEREAS Senators have continually submitted resolutions so late that the Senate and Executive Board do not have adequate time to read and consider them.
7. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that all future meeting attendance records, including both excused and unexcused absences, shall henceforth be published to a specified page on the SGA’s website (currently http://jhusga.com/). The SGA Secretary shall be responsible for ensuring that this page is up to date.
8. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOVLED that committee attendance records shall be included as part of overall meeting attendances, and shall be included on the SGA’s website as well.
9. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that absences at SGA Senate meetings that are excused by the Vice President shall not include other group meetings and travel for personal enjoyment.
10. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that unexcused committee meetings, early departures from and late arrivals of more than 10 minutes to Senate meetings shall count as one third of an unexcused Senate meeting absence.
11. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the same rules governing what absences are excused also govern what early departures and late arrivals are excused.
12. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the same rules for what qualify as excused absences, early departures, and late arrivals for Senate meetings shall apply to committee meetings and that the committee chair shall have authority in excusing absences.
13. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that more than nine absences, excused or unexcused, results in removal from the SGA.
14. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that no resolution that is submitted after 11:59pm the Sunday before meeting will be considered until the following meeting.
15. THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the attached resolutions be added to the bylaws and that they shall be put into effect for the 2011-2012 academic year.

It is so ordered.
Sponsor: Kirk Sabnani
Co-Sponsors: Nick Trenton, Sean Murphy, Mike Wu, Benjamin Googe, Joanna Gawlik
Committee: N/A
Therefore, the resolution:                PASSES BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT
Vice President:          _________________________________________________________
Elizabeth Duval

Bylaw Amendment

Section II.D.

ADD:
b.         The vice president can only grant up to three excused absences for                            one senator in any given year, regardless of reason.
c.          Lateness to general body meeting will be counted as 1/3 of an                                                 absence.
d.         Committee absence will be counted as 1/3 of a meeting absence.                                 Excuses can be granted by the committee chairperson as deemed                                  necessary.
e.         Class council absence will be counted as 1/3 of a meeting absence.                              Excuses can be granted by the class council president as deemed                                   necessary.