SGA revisits Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrases “sga” and “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers a weekly SGA meeting on diversity, advising, voting, funding and mental-health resources.
- The News-Letter reported that the meeting covered mental-health resources, diversity in faculty and student representation, and upcoming initiatives; Fisher also met with members about the University’s diversity Roadmap.
- The paper reported that members raised concerns about Middle Eastern representation, wheelchair access and Native American representation; Fisher said he would consider them.
- The article says that a survey for non-premed students and a proposal to add syllabi and class ratings to SIS were discussed, along with showing course workload and average grades during registration.
- The reporter writes that the SGA planned a student voter-registration campaign with Turbovote, with a goal of registering 2,500 people by the end of the school year.
- According to the article, the SGA voted to approve a $185 bill for an African culture event hosted by the Office of International Students.
- The article adds that mental-health discussions included possible meditation spaces, a counseling room in the library and more funding; Panakam said the Counseling Center’s wait time was two weeks.