University of Texas at Austin
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSEMBLY
Student Government Report
October 6, 2003
Graduate Student Assembly
C/O Marian Barber and Don Drumtra
GSA,
I would like to apologize for not being able to attend
tonight’s meeting. I am currently in a Tuition Policy
Committee meeting finalizing our proposal which is to
be released tomorrow. I would however like to share with
you several initiatives that SG has been and is currently
working on.
SG has been working with Physical Plant and Staff Council
to identify initiatives in which students can help to
beautify the campus. I will be updating you and seeking
your help on these initiatives in the future.
The Student Services Fee Committee has begun to meet
and will continue to meet over the next two months. We
look forward to working with GSA throughout this process.
The UT System Student Advisory Council met for the first
time on September 12. Marian Barber and I represent UT
Austin on this committee. At our meeting we discussed
the outcome of the Texas Legislature, the tuition setting
process going on at each system component institution,
university admissions practices, health insurance needs,
issues pertaining to campus life and academic integrity.
I am the chair of the Student/Faculty/Staff Campus Life
Committee and also serve on the Legislative Relations
Committee, and the Finance and Planning Committee. Marian
is the chair of the Health and Graduate Affairs Committee
and also serves on the Academic Affairs Committee and
the Technology/Facilities Committee. If you would like
more information on anything we discussed I would be more
then happy to sit down with you to further address these
issues.
The UT System Tuition Advisory Committee met for the
first time on September 15. Annie Holland (SBA President),
Garyn Schuler (Pharmacy Council President), Dean Lariviere
(College of Liberal Arts) and I are your UT Austin representatives.
We will be meeting one more time in October, before everyone
comes together in early November to examine each individual
UT System component institutions tuition recommendations
before they go to the Regents for final approval.
Sly and I are working with a city funded agency called
Livable City to help in the planning of central Texas,
in particular of areas around UT Austin. Dean Steiner,
of the College of Architecture, is also working with
this group. A survey will be in the Daily Texan on October
9 and I ask that you take the time to fill it out and
return it to the SG office. These surveys will help
us as we plan growth for central Texas over the next
20 years.
I will be appointing a committee some time over the next
month to address the current student health insurance
program, MEGA LIFE. I will be asking GSA to provide representatives
to work with the University Health Center, Student Government
and the Senate of College Councils in identifying additional
medical coverage we would like to see included in the
insurance program.
I am working with the Ombudsman, Legal Affairs and the
Office of the President to write a student employee grievance
policy. We are in the initial stages of this process but
we will be asking for you feedback as we move forward
on this initiative.
Once again, I do apologize for not being able to attend
tonight. If you have any questions about these or any
other initiatives SG is working on please don’t
hesitate to contact me.
Brian Haley
President
Student Government
University of Texas at Austin
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