SACON Meeting Minutes, April 4, 2011

SACON Committee Members Present

• Elijah Dut- Co-President
• Gracia Roulan- 2011-2012 Incoming President
• Shelly Peters- Treasurer
• Laura Osika-Michales- 2011-2012 Activities Chairperson
• Kathleen McDonnell- Organizing Secretary
• Colleen Bud- General Secretary

Other SACON Members in Attendance

• Joy Ezomo-USG Representative
• Jennifer Hughes
• Nicole Levy
• Shannon Cavedine
• Alex Nicholson
• Lisa Isabell
• Evelyn King

CON Faculty in Attendance

• Meega Wells

Meeting opened at 1514 by Elijah Dut, introductions of SACON committee members and  attendees.

March 2011 meeting minutes reviewed by Elijah Dut

2011-2012 Elections

• USG Election - Need to appoint a USG Vice President

Budget Report

Reviewed by Shelly Peters, Treasurer

• CON Account #7225 = $987
• Note: Will not rollover into 2011-2012 budget year.
• Note: $275 base budget provided by USG based on student enrollment to be used on activities for the student body.
• SACON Account #7260 as of 2/7/11 = $1123
  • Note: Money raised from fundraisers can be rolled over.
• 2011-2012 Budget completed and submitted.
  • Shelly Peters provided budget information to Grace Roulan, Eva Pecor, and current secretaries, which included:
    • Sample format provided by USG.

Fundraising

• Upstate Gala Coat Check-
• Anticipate participation in this profitable fundraiser in December 2011.  Shelly Peters has contact information for this event.
• Parking Lot Fundraiser (for SU games)-
• Continue to have CON USG representatives present at USG meetings in order to be awarded with holding this profitable fundraiser.
• T-shirt Fundraiser- 
• Students able to order items online at http://www.cafepress.com/sunycollegeofnursing.
• Items conveniently delivered to your home, credit cards and PayPal accepted, and 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
• 100% of proceeds go to the CON.
•  $250 budget approved by SACON committee to order various items to be displayed at the CON 50th Anniversary Celebration. 
• $158.94 worth of items purchased.
• $70 profit from items sold at 50th Anniversary CON Celebration, remaining items to be sold in classrooms and CON events.

Community Activities

• 50th Anniversary CON Celebrationà Saturday, March 26, 2011
• Katie McDonnell and Colleen Bud created a photo collage of CON students to display at the event.
• SACON displayed and sold various items with the approved CON design prior to the Cocktail Dinner as part of the T-shirt fundraiser.
• Also referred patrons to website to order fundraiser items by giving out business cards with fundraiser information.
• Completed Canned Food Drive sponsored by the CON and Team UpstateàMarch 7-18
• Food donated to the Food Bank of CNY
• Heart Walk/Run on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Long Branch Park in Liverpool.
• Run begins @ 8AM; Walk @ 10:15AM.
• Nicole Levy—SACON Team Leader.
• Team member sign-up is completed online.
• Donations accepted online.

SACON Activity Ideas

• According to Shannon Cavedine, we need to have attendance from the students, activities need to be purposeful, and socialization among students will therefore occur.
• CON End of the Semester Bash on Friday, April 29, 2011
• Proposed to be held in a CAB conference room.
• Laura Osika-Michales to contact Shaunna Escobar to place event on calendar, email students and place event announcement on Bb through Sanju Johri.  Laura will also look into cost of catering.
• Shelly Peters suggested having a performer/musician or educational speaker at event.
• Alex Nicolson suggested that invitation to event is extended to incoming students.
• Meega Wells suggested that all students should be invited to event.
• Shelly Peters suggested that Dean Szgeti should be emailed to get approval for event.

Curriculum Concerns

• Grace Roulan discussed concerns  with Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, and FNP I curriculums as expressed by many CON students.
• Grace attended the last Faculty Meeting and Curriculum Meeting to gather information and voice concerns to change curriculum for these classes.
• Melanie Kalman suggested that SACON organize a focus group.
• Pharmacology
• Laura Osika-Michales and Nicole Levy stated that the class needs to be spread out, not a semester long.
• Lead professor is not as engaged as students would like him to be and is only present during the first 20 minutes of each class.
• Grace Roulan mentioned that the class needs to be catered to pharmacotherapy for CON students.
• Grace also mentioned that a petition could be passed around the class to gather mass support for curriculum changes.
• Grace to contact Dean Szegti about pursuing initiation of the petition.
• Grace email student body to encourage students to provide thoughtful feedback on course surveys for this class.
• Pathophysiology
• Alex Nicholson stated it is not as effective to hold class online.
• Meega stated that the online class offered by the University of Kentucky Pathophysiology class is a temporary resolution for the CON curriculum.  She expressed that Dean Szgeti has stated that the professor for this class needs to be very knowledgeable for this difficult subject matter.
• FNP I
• Meega Wells stated that faculty are discussing that there is a need to have 2 sections for FNP students to create smaller class sizes.
• Faculty would be designated to their class, but material would remain the same.

Next SACON Meeting

• Monday, May 2, 2011 at 6 p.m.
• Location Upstate Library

1620 Meeting adjourned.