Current Projects

  • Scheduling and Accessibility Review
    We're reviewing scheduling at IIT in light of what students want. We're focusing on: *class times, lengths, and sizes, *the accessibility of professor office hours and university offices, *time available for group projects, student organizations, and other group activities
    Recent Updates
    • 03/09/11 - Survey closed and moving forward!
      by Nathan Wicker
      Elnaz and I had a great meeting with Mike Gosz, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Affairs, yesterday. We presented the results of the survey (http://goo.gl/8JmhE) along with with topics we would like to consider (http://goo.gl/L6u4U).
    • 05/01/11 - Meeting with Registrar
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
      Senator Nathan Wicker and President Elnaz Moshfeghian had a lively meeting with the Registrar team on April 15th. We're taking a break from the project for finals but in the summer we're going to tackle reducing class times for 300 level and below courses in favor of meeting three times a week. It might sound like meeting three times a week instead of twice is worse but it's widely known that meeting more often for shorter periods creates a better educational experience.
  • Academic Advising
    Academic advising is an integral part to having a successful semester. It has been suggested that some academic advising experiences have been less than satisfactory. Currently a survey has been created to attempt to gauge student satisfaction with academic advising in their department.
    Recent Updates
    • 05/01/11 - Orientation
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
      We're considering launching our advising survey when new students arrive for orientation so we can get a wide spectrum of experiences.
  • Foreign Language Proposal
    Offer foreign language courses for credit
    Recent Updates
    • 02/15/11 - Work with the appropriate department heads to discuss implementation
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
    • 02/16/11 - Write Proposal to College of Science and Letters
      by Brian Kibbe
    • 05/01/11 - Meet with Dean Betts to check on status of proposal
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
    • 09/01/11 - Elnaz, Brian Kibbe, Senator Sarah Lim and I had a successful meeting with Dean Betts and the Humanities Chairperson, Maureen Flanagan, to discuss the status of the project
      by Jovi Ovhori
  • Clocks For Classrooms
    We are trying to replace all the faulty clocks in all classrooms
  • Shimer-IIT Proposal
    This initiative is to enhance easier registration for classes between the institutions. It has been observed that most IIT students are not happy with the Humanities, Social Science and general Arts electives offered at the university. Shimer's curriculum offers a vast and diverse selection of classes in those fields and so it would be beneficial to IIT students to take advantage of that, and vice versa for Shimer students to take advantage of what IIT has to offer.
  • Google Apps for Education Integration
    We are still working with Banner and OTS to ensure a smooth transition. The goal is to have Gmail and other apps integrated for the Fall 2011 semester!
  • Galvin 24/5
    Extend hours of operation
  • Student Discount Project
    SGA has solicited local businesses, restaurants, establishments to offer discounts to students. Students can receive a "discount card" from the Office of Student Life and use it to obtain their discounts. The list of cooperating businesses can be found at SGA's homepage @ sga.iit.edu.
    Recent Updates
    • 04/06/11 - Contact more businesses
      by Brad Strandquist
      SGA members will follow-up with businesses that have received initial letters.
  • Universal Calendar
    Create a place to publish all events on campus
    Recent Updates
    • 03/08/11 - Plan the General Assembly
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
      The General Assembly to unveil UCal has been planned for March 31, 2011 at 12:50pm in the MTCC Auditorium. Come check out what all the hype is about.
    • 04/28/11 - Replace University Calendar?
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
      Work with OTS and Communications and Marketing to replace the current University Calendar with the infrastructure of UCal
  • SGA Outreach
    We've taken some great steps over the past year to increase awareness about the SGA but it's only the beginning.
    Recent Updates
    • 05/01/11 - Budgeting for Outreach
      by Elnaz Moshfeghian
      The Executive Board has put together an extensive budget for the Fall semester. Look out for more banners, buttons, TechNews articles, and a greater web presence (we finally got our Twitter password reset thanks to VP of Communications Kelly Lohr)>
  • Student Speak Followup
    This summer Executive VP Dhara Shah and President Elnaz Moshfeghian plan to meet with departments targeted by the last Student Speak survey to follow up on their progress.