CLIMATE CHECK:
Opening climate check, first-year Senator Eve Slemp asked why students are only allowed one swipe outside Mabee Dining Hall. Junior Senator Harrison Tinker answered that a meal swipe is worth $8, and if students could use more than one meal swipe outside of Mabee, the worth of the meal swipes would far surpass the price of a meal plan.
To further increase SGA’s transparency, junior Senator Andrew Phillips is bringing back the bulletin board outside of Coates Student Center by Einstein Bros. Bagels. The bulletin board will advertise information about SGA’s current projects and initiatives.
Closing out climate check, junior Senator Ella Charbonnet announced that the menstrual product dispensers are officially refilled. President Danny Nguyen announced that there will be another Trinitailgate next Saturday, Nov. 11.
STAFF CHAT: Jeanna Goodrich Balreira, assistant vice president for strategic communications and marketing
Balreira gave SGA a brief presentation on what the strategic communication and marketing department does — overseeing the website, Tiger Network, social media and university publications like LeeRoy. After a short question and answer session, Balreira opened the meeting with a conversation about event marketing and how students find out about on-campus events.
Balreira wants to hear how students learn about events since, statistically, there have been six on-campus events per day since the beginning of the semester. The strategic communications and marketing department wants to better understand what draws students to events, what attendance is like, how vital these events are to our campus culture and whether they inspire a sense of belonging and community.
SGA members told Balreira that most students get information about on-campus events through the LeeRoy newsletter or organization-run Instagram accounts. There was a common sentiment among SGA members that it would be easier if all event information was kept in one place. Some disagreement took place on what this should look like, whether via a Trinity website or a Trinity app.
Communications Chair Caleb Aguiar asked about the Trinity Life app, which he has downloaded on his phone. President Nguyen said the app has not been in use since he was a first-year in 2020. However, President Nguyen voiced support for an app, which Nina Pollak, Legislative Relations Chair, seconded.
