Student Body President Jen Daum said in the annual October Report that her administration has increased both student participation in and communication within student government. "We've really worked well as a group," Daum said.
In the report, Daum said some of her administration's biggest accomplishments include steps taken to create the Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Life and Study; increased resources provided for students on campus who have families; and programs created, in collaboration with GPSF, for teaching assistants.
Student Body Vice President Aaron Hiller said one of the administration's biggest successes has been its ability to fill external appointments.
"We got the bulk of them filled in record time, and we are managing them better than they have been in a while," Hiller said.
GPSF President Branson Page said his administration's greatest achievement to date has been the Teaching Assistant Task Force, which will study TA salaries at UNC and develop a proposal that will recommend a fair minimum compensation for TAs.
The task force has had one meeting, during which members decided to administer a survey to departments that will determine what campus TA compensation practices are.
Page said his administration also has made important strides toward increased graduate school representation on student affairs Web pages. Page's administration has collaborated with the Office of Student Affairs to encourage all departments of the division to include resources for graduate and professional students.
The biggest challenge his administration has tackled, Page said, has been getting graduate student voices back into the campus conversation.
And there are plenty of other issues that still need to be addressed, he said. "We definitely have a long way to go on all these topics," Page said. "Awareness of child-care issues is something we still need to improve."
