Current Policy Initiatives

Academic

• Departmental Advising
• Contacting each department individually to determine if they satisfy the following criteria:
  • One Advisor from the point of declaration and through the Junior and Senior years
  • A dedicated faculty advisor or point of contact for First and Second-year students, and departments must make this information clear on their websites
  • Advisors must be faculty members on Morningside campus, including office hours
  • Anonymous feedback mechanism for evaluation of departmental advising
  • Basic training on advising and engineering requirements
• Peer Socials
  • In attempt to enable fellow newly declared sophomore engineers to meet one another and to enhance interaction between under- and upperclassmen (to enable informal mentorship and create connections)
  • NOTE: If you are a sophomore interested in networking with/getting course suggestions from an upperclassman in your department, or you're an upperclassman interested in helping out a sophomore or junior, email Samantha Wilner

Housing

• Satellite Gyms (incrementally progressing)
  • Locations: East Campus, McBain.
  • Pending dormitories:
• The Green Initiative (ongoing)
  • Provides environmentally friendly water and electrical conservation mechanisms
  • Current accomplishments: Timed light switches in dormitories (McBain), water conserving toilets (Broadway)
• Laundry Rooms
  • Because an independent company owns the machines, they must be contacted to deal with machines that are broken/not drying/etc. When an issue arrises, contact Housing (212-85-HAPPY).

Dining

• Nutrition Information (in progress)
  • Placing nutrition information and serving sizes for all John Jay dining options online as well as next to the food in the dining hall
• Jamba Juice in Ferris Booth(failed)
  • Reason- The facilities needed by Jamba Juice (space, sinks, etc.) could not be provided in Ferris Booth. The original idea of replacing the sushi location with Jamba Juice proved infeasible.
• Weekend Dining Offerings (in progress)
  • John Jay Take Out containers on Weekends
    • Trial period to be established during Fall semester 2007
  • JJ's Place on Fridays
    • Trial period of one month (four Fridays) will be conducted during Fall semester 2007 (exact dates TBA)
• Carleton Lounge Renovation (in progress)

Student Financial Services

• Mailing Address Information (complete)
  • Providing students with the ability to send checks via certified mail

Lerner Hall

• Revamping Wireless in Lerner (complete)
• Copy Machine (complete)
  • In old STA Travel area

CUIT/Printing Services

• Computer Resources Listing (complete)
• Hole Punchers in Staffer Computer Labs (complete)
• Printer Quota Reserve (extra 100pgs/semester) (complete)
• Default Double-Sided Printing (complete)
• Using Print Quota for Copying (in progress)

Libraries

• Increasing Study Space for Finals (complete)
  • Every semester, the ESC compiles a list of the extended locations and hours within buildings (Butler, Lerner, Hamilton) that are additionally opened up to students during finals
  • This list gets posted in strategic locations, such as at in the main entrance to Butler and Lerner
• Extra Chairs in Study Rooms for Finals (complete)
• Butler Reading Room Lighting Improvements (in progress)

CU Student ID System

• Social Security Number officially removed from new Columbia University Student IDs
  • Class of 2011 automatically receive the new IDs
  • Class of 2008, 2009, 2010 will receive the new IDs in November
• Improved capabilites of the IDs
  • Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips implanted into the upper left corner of the IDs, replacing card swiping with proxy activation
  • Flex off-campus- establishments such as restaurants and marketplaces will be outfitted with the equipment to permit CU students to use Flex dollars at nearby venues