Public Projects List - West Virginia University

Project Goals List 

Student Government Association 

If you are interested in finding out more information or getting involved in a project, contact the project lead. 

Advocate Federal College Affordability 

Goal: 

Advocate the WV Congressional delegation to support student loan and financial aid reform. 

Chris Nyden Board of Governors Christopher.Nyden@mail.wvu.ed 

Advocate Federal PRT Funding 

Goal: 

Advocate the WV Congressional delegation to support increased funding to the WVU Personal Rapid Transit 

System. 

Thomas Casto Director of Transportation tccasto@mix.wvu.edu 

Archive Student Organization History 

Arts Council 

Goal: 

Work with University Libraries to establish a method in which Student organizations can record their history 

and archive photos and documents in replacement of the Monticola. 

Kristy Ross Historian khross@mix.wvu.edu 

Goal: 

Reestablish the SGA Arts Council as laid out in the bylaws. 

Jessica Harris Director of the Arts jharri48@mix.wvu.edu 

Big XII Connections 

Goal: 

Build a sustainable relationship between other Big XII Universities' SGA. 

Molly Callaghan Big XII University Liaison mcallag1@mix.wvu.edu 

Big XII Football Invitations 

Goal: 

Invite the SGA President of each respective away Big XII football team to attend our home football games. 

Molly Callaghan Big XII University Liaison mcallag1@mix.wvu.edu 

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Campus Building Sustainability 

Goal: 

Create a comprehensive report that lists major ways in which WVU can become more sustainable through 

small improvements on campus. 

Brian Bellew Director of Sustainability bbellew@mix.wvu.edu 

Campus Political Party Debate 

Goal: 

Host an SGA sponsored debate between the College Republicans and the Young Democrats to help educate 

students on the different viewpoints of current political topics. Tentative Date: 11/5/2013 

Kristen Pennington Director of Legislative Affairs (D) kpennin1@mix.wvu.edu 

Keith Wiseman Director of Legislative Affairs (R) kwisema3@mix.wvu.edu 

Campus Visitation Policy 

Goal: 

Convert Towers, Dadisman, and Arnold Hall over to the new University residence hall visitation policy. 

Andrew Sutherland Director of Residential Affairs adsutherland@mix.wvu.edu 

Community Grant Development 

Goal: 

Partner with the community to improve a section of Morgantown that can benefit both students and 

community members. 

Evan Dove County Affairs Liaison edove@mix.wvu.edu 

Dakota Farmer City Council Liaison dfarmer@mix.wvu.edu 

Lucas Hilsbos Director of Neighborhood Associations lhilsbos@mix.wvu.edu 

Community Recycling Collection 

Goal: 

Look into applying for a grant to add a community all purpose recycling collection trailer to a student 

neighborhood. 

Brian Bellew Director of Sustainability bbellew@mix.wvu.edu 

Creative Arts Center Lounge 

Goal: 

Recommend an area to establish a permanent lounge for all student majors within the College of Creative 

Arts. 




CS&L Campus Partnership 

Goal: 

Register SGA as a CL&S Campus Partner, set‐up service hour events, and track the amount of service hours 

contributed back to the community. 

Taylor Staffileno Director of Community Service tstaffil@mix.wvu.edu 

Downtown Arts 

Goal: 

Increase the arts culture on the downtown campus by working to display student artwork in the 

Mountainlair and other Academic locations. 


Election Taskforce 

Goals: 

1) Reduce Cost of Elections 

2) Update Elections Code timeline and voting procedure 

3) Update Judicial Board procedure and rights 

Josh Harrison Elections Chair jharri38@mix.wvu.edu 

Establish Judicial Code 

Goal: 

Establish the procedure for Judicial Board trials in all circumstances in one central document as stated by the 

Constriction. 

Allison Crutchfield Judicial Board acrutch1@mix.wvu.edu 

Franklin Roberts Attorney General Franklin.Roberts@mail.wvu.edu 

Establish Library Advisory Council 

Goal: 

Create a student focus group to help advise University Libraries on their initiatives and programing. This has 

been requested by University Libraries. 

Kristy Ross Historian khross@mix.wvu.edu 

Evaluate Club Sports Concerns 

Goal: 

Gather concerns and feedback from students relevant to club sport teams. Then present this information to 

the administration with recommendations for the priority concerns. 

Jonathan Riseberg Director of Athletics jlriseberg@mix.wvu.edu 



Fill Vacant Executive Positions 

Goal: 

Appoint the best qualified students to the remaining vacant SGA Executive positions and committee 

appointments. 

Farah Famouri Chief of Operations ffamouri@mix.wvu.edu 

GEC Restructuring 

Goal: 

Address ways in which the GEC system could be better restructured to promote a multidisciplinary learning 

environment at WVU. 

Kartik Motwani Director of Academics kmotwani@mix.wvu.edu 

Gender Neutral Bathroom 

Goal: 

Work to establish gender‐neutral bathrooms on each campus, have them well‐marked and well‐known to 

the appropriate people. 

Elise Cowgill Director of Diversity ccowgill@mix.wvu.edu 

Graduate Assistant Information Assistance 

Goal: 

Outline the process in which a student can become a GA and work with Graduate Studies to help consolidate 

the information to make it more accessible to students. 

Stephen Orlowski Graduate Student Liaison sorlowsk@mix.wvu.edu 

Grumbine's Island Traffic Study 

Goal: 

Conduct a study to determine the feasibility of rerouting traffic around Grumbine's Island. (See Project Map) 

Thomas Casto Director of Transportation tccasto@mix.wvu.edu 

Image Rebranding Campaign 

Goal: 

Create a branding campaign for SGA that is consistent throughout the year and exemplifies positive 

attributes. 

Lauren Nickle Press Secretary lnickle@mix.wvu.edu 

Increase Agenda Transparency 

Goal: 

Create a method and system in which SGA BOG meeting agendas can be posted online (website or social 

media) 

Syed Akhtar Executive Secretary sakhtar@mix.wvu.edu 



International Cultural Expression 

Goal: 

Many WVU students come from different international cultural backgrounds. Investigate what policies or 

procedures at WVU potentially limit or stifle a student's cultural expression and how they could be 

addressed? 

Brice Dang Nsongue International Student Liaison bdang@mix.wvu.edu 

International Programs Recommendations 

Goal: 

The faculty senate has received a good bit of student complaints about a variety of WVU Study Abroad and 

other International Programs. These concerns need to be prioritized and brought to higher administrative 

attention. 

Cody White Director of Academics Abroad cwhite20@mix.wvu.edu 

Neighborhood Demographic Mapping 

Goal: 

Have location data that can be used by SGA and the University to assist in making large scale community 

decisions. (Feasibility Concern: Project on Hold) 

Lucas Hilsbos Director of Neighborhood Associations lhilsbos@mix.wvu.edu 

Off‐Campus Cooking Classes 

Goal: 

Partner with WellWVU to host cooking classes for students to learn how to eat healthy and cheaply while 

living off campus. 

Meredith Chapman Director of Food & Nutrition mchapm12@mix.wvu.edu 

Off‐Campus Housing Website 

Goal: 

Revitalize the information available on the WVU Off‐Campus Housing website. Ensure that the site's 

information is in a more sustainable format. 

Earl Hewitt Director of Off‐Campus Housing Ehewitt@mix.wvu.edu 

Online SGA Grant Application 

Goal: 

Move the student organization grant application online and create a cloud database for members of 

SGA/WVU to view the information in real‐time at different permission levels. 

Ray Zane Webmaster rzane@mix.wvu.edu 



RA Laundry Compensation 

Goal: 

Resident Assistants spend ~6% of their stipend on laundry. Follow up on the previous SGA proposal to get 

RA's free laundry compensation. 

Andrew Sutherland Director of Residential Affairs adsutherland@mix.wvu.edu 

Redesign the SGA website 

Goal: 

Update the www.sga.wvu.edu website layout and information to be more usable by the general public. 

Ray Zane Webmaster rzane@mix.wvu.edu 

Revise SGA Ethics Code 

Goal: 

Revise the SGA Ethics code and Judicial Procedures to included a sanctions procedure process. 


Safety Report 

Goal: 

Deliver realistic recommendations in which student safety can be improved on campus. 

Roger Jefferys Director of Safety rjeffery@mix.wvu.edu 

SGA Advisory Panel 

Goal: 

Select 5 to 6 professors to help give academic and professional advice to the members of SGA. 


SGA Alumni ‐ Student Mixer 

Goal: 

Hold the first event of the SGA Alumni Group to help build membership and network with past members of 

SGA. 

Chelsea Malone Director of Alumni Relations cmalone1@mix.wvu.edu 

SGA Intermural Team 

Goal: 

Create an intermural sports team of SGA members to compete against other Student groups while raising 

awareness of the benefits of being involved in an intermural team. 




SGA Mobile Display 

Goal: 

Design an SGA information campaign to display customizable graphics on all of the TV's around campus. 

Joshua Bryant‐Gainer Creative Director jbryantg@mix.wvu.edu 

SGA Newsletter Listserv 

Goal: 

Create a system in which SGA news and information can consistently be electronically delivered to students. 

Bryan Bumgardner Director of Communications bbumgard@mix.wvu.edu 

SGA Speak Ups 

Goal: 

Provide a platform for students to provided feedback and ask questions on hot issue topics throughout the 

academic year. 

Chris Hickey Outreach Director crhickey@mix.wvu.edu 

Student Account Communication Breakdowns 

Goal: 

Help determine where the communications breakdown is between student accounts and students. Make 

recommendations to prevent so many students from unintentionally getting dropped from WVU. 

Walter Hardy Student Policy Advocate whardy1@mix.wvu.edu 

Student Campus Service Grant 

Goal: 

Establish a $10,000 grant process for students who want to do community service projects that will directly 

effect WVU's campus. 

Proposed Date: November 1st. 

Brady Tucker Treasure btucker5@mix.wvu.edu 

Student Conduct Code Amendments 

Goal: 

Ensure that students are being fairly treated in the new proposed policy changes to the Student Conduct 

Board procedures. 


Student Connections Internship 

Goal: 

Provide a learning experience for first year students interested in joining SGA that teaches the basic 

structure of SGA as well as leadership skills. 

Sarah Gottshall Director of Student Connections sgottsha@mix.wvu.edu 



Student Diversity Advisory Group 

Goal: 

Create a student focus group to help advise the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on their 

initiatives, programing, and other student related issues outside of the department. 

Renzo Diaz Board of Governors Renzo.Diaz@mail.wvu.edu 

Student Enews Subscription 

Goal: 

Allow students to be able to opt‐in to receiving daily Enews email updates. 

Lauren Nickle Press Secretary lnickle@mix.wvu.edu 

Student Health Advisory Committee 

Goal: 

Create a student focus group to help advise WellWVU on their initiatives and programing. This has been 

requested by WellWVU. 

Cody Mullens Director of Health & Wellness cmullen3@mix.wvu.edu 

Student Organizations Resource Pamphlet 

Goal: 

Have a simple document that can be distributed to all new student organization offices that outlines what 

resources are available to them from WVU. 

Lindsay Gallegly Director of Student Organizations lgallegl@mix.wvu.edu 

Summer ROTC In‐State Rates 

Goal: 

Look into getting in‐state tuition for ROTC & National Guard students taking summer classes that also get instate 

tuition rates during the normal academic year. 

John Brow Director of Military Affairs jbrow@mix.wvu.edu 

Supporting Rural Education Innovations 

Goal: 

Meet with the US Department of Education and West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission to 

discuss and advocate improvements to problems effecting rural students attending higher education 

institutions. 

Chris Nyden Board of Governors Christopher.Nyden@mail.wvu.ed 

Tobacco Free Evaluation 

Goal: 

With the new campus wide tobacco policy there are bound to be some unforeseen concerns. What are they, 

and how can WVU best address them? 

Cody Mullens Director of Health & Wellness cmullen3@mix.wvu.edu 



Transition Check List 

Goal: 

Create a compressive procedure list for new SGA administrations to use in transitioning. 


Traumatic Student Support 

Goal: 

Create a student service and build faculty support to assist students going through difficult life moments. 

Samuel Richardson Chief of Staff sricha12@mix.wvu.edu 

University Administrative Luncheon 

Goal: 

Schedule a luncheon event with President Clements, his Senior Staff members, and all of the members of 

SGA to meet and discuses current topics at WVU. 

Samuel Richardson Chief of Staff sricha12@mix.wvu.edu 

University Exit Interviews 

Goal: 

Establish a procedure similar to an exit interview to help collect data and feedback from students on why 

they are choosing to leave the University. 

Hunter Toothman Director of Recruitment & Retention hltoothman@mix.wvu.edu 

Wear the Gear Campaign 

WVU AMA 

Goal: 

To promote student pride in the WVU name and logo through social media. 

Lane Horter Multi‐Media Coordinator lhorter@mix.wvu.edu 

Goal: 

Host a live "Ask Me Anything" event online with members of SGA and high ranking members of the WVU 

Administration. Tentative Date: January 

Chris Hickey Outreach Director crhickey@mix.wvu.edu 

WVU Day at the Legislator 

Goal: 

Bring a group of students (~50) to meet with State Legislative Officials to advocate 2 to 3 state related issues 

important to students. 

Kristen Pennington Director of Legislative Affairs (D) kpennin1@mix.wvu.edu 

Keith Wiseman Director of Legislative Affairs (R) kwisema3@mix.wvu.edu 



WVU High School Science Fair 

Goal: 

WVU is looking to host the first ever state wide middle school science fair, and they are looking for lots of 

student support. 

Nathan Tehrani Director of S.T.E.M. Development Ntehrani@mix.wvu.edu 

WVU Paintball Practice Facility 

Goal: 

Help the WVU Paintball Club find practice space closer to Morgantown.

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