Penn Undergraduate Assembly - Your Student Government

UA GBM February 5

wsmith — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:13 +0000

Please join the UA for its weekly GBM this Sunday at 2:00PM in Huntsman Hall F55. Please note the change of location and time (for this week only)!

The meeting packet can be found here!

TCPW Announcement

wsmith — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:32:16 +0000

The Trustees’ Council of Penn Women is an international network of Penn Alumnae. These leaders, by power of their example, support, foster, and promote the advancement of women and women’s issues within the University, thus enriching the University community as a whole.

To mark the organization’s quarter-century milestone, the TCPW 25th Anniversary Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising has been established to recognize

undergraduate Faculty advisors – female or male – who have distinguished themselves in providing assistance and advice to their advisee students and who have made a significant impact on the academic experience of these students.

Nominations of standing faculty may be made by an undergraduate or any member of Penn’s community for someone other than oneself, and must be submitted together with an essay – not to exceed 250 words in length – supporting the nomination. The deadline for these nominations will be February 15, 2012. Nominations should be sent to provost-ed@upenn.edu. The two winners of this award will receive $2500 each and will be celebrated at the Spring meeting of TCPW- the 25^th Anniversary meeting.

A Statement to the Student Body from the UA Executive Board

wsmith — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:33:32 +0000

To the Penn campus community:

This past October, the UA held an event for newly elected members. Although we felt we took proactive steps to make the event safe and respectful, concerns were raised about it. As such, we requested that the University investigate and settle the matter. Today, we are communicating to you the results of that investigation because you, as our stakeholders, deserve to know the facts and what lies ahead.

The UA was found to have violated the University’s Antihazing Policy by creating an environment of uncertainty and an imbalanced power dynamic that included:

asking new members to participate in a scavenger hunt, a portion of which was blindfolded;
quizzing new members on parliamentary procedure; and
verbal confrontation.

The UA was also found to have violated the University’s Alcohol and Drug Policy by providing alcohol to minors, non-freshmen included.

This is very serious and something for which we are sincerely apologetic. As such, we would like to make you fully aware of the ramifications and our thoughts.

The UA has been sanctioned in a manner reflective of the severity of its transgressions. As such, the UA will:

Attend educational sessions on alcohol and hazing;
Join other campus partners to help lead and support efforts to educate students and the Penn community about hazing and alcohol; and
Submit any plans for programs or events involving welcoming or educating new members to the Office of Student Affairs for consultation and approval.

As you can imagine, this process and the results have been quite challenging for us. Especially troubling were reports of forced consumption of alcohol and the binding of students to chairs, which were dismissed as false in the course of the investigation.We truly intended to create an environment in which everyone could feel comfortable, and the investigation found that we did consider the health and wellness of our new members in planning these welcome activities.

Through this process, we have learned that our most fundamental fault was in creating the environment where individuals could take liberties and where social pressures could be felt so as to amount to hazing. We are deeply regretful, and we hope that by bringing to light and to public discussion the seriousness of all forms and degrees of hazing, we can move forward and create positive change.

As always, you can reach out to us at http://pennua.org.

UA Exec

UA GBM- 1/29/12

wsmith — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:19:21 +0000

Please join the UA for its GBM this Sunday, January 29th, 2012. The meeting will be held at 9PM in the Golkin Room, second floor Houston Hall.

The agenda can be found here

2011 UA Annual Report

wsmith — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:55:09 +0000

The 2011 UA Annual Report is here! It can be viewed or downloaded as a .pdf here: http://pennua.org/UAAnnualReport2011.pdf

The report details all of our work during the 2011 calendar year. We are proud to say that we had over 70 projects included in the report this year! We hope you take a moment to read the report and see what your student government is doing for you! Thanks to students, administrators, and everyone else who has worked with us to make this past year a great success.

Does something catch your eye in this report? Have a project idea that isn’t listed? Get involved!

Spring 2012 UA Steering Schedule

wsmith — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:51:52 +0000

The UA Steering schedule for the spring semester is as follows:

January 17
January 31
February 14
February 28
March 13
March 27
April 10
April 24 (Transition meeting)

Steering meetings begin at 7:30pm and are held in the Goodhand Room of the LGBT Center. All meetings are open to the public and we encourage the student body to attend!

New Car Service!

wsmith — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:14:56 +0000

The UA is very excited to announce that Penn has contracted with Victory Cab to provide flat rate ($9) Town Car service within a 3-mile radius of Penn’s campus. The territory covered is bounded is from 55th Street to 8th Street and from Cecil B. Moore Ave to Morris Street.

The service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to anyone with a valid PennCard.

To use: Riders can call for service by telephone at 215-225-5000 or online at www.victorycabco.com/reservations and identify themselves as affiliates of Penn in order to receive the contracted service and rates.

Business Services, the Division of Public Safety, and the Student Health Service collaborated to bring this new service to you. The purpose of this initiative is to provide supplementary transportation services to Penn students in specific situations/locations where the University’s regular Transit Services are either not in service or are not an appropriate form of transportation – such as for individuals with non-emergency medical conditions who needed to visit a medical facility or who need transportation outside the boundaries or operating hours of Penn Transit.

Winter Break Airport Shuttles! Only $5!

wsmith — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:18:21 +0000

Airport shuttles are back!
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Tickets can be purchased at the following times, for only FIVE DOLLARS:

Thursday, December 15th: 12pm-5pm
Friday, December 16th: 12pm-5pm

ONLY Cash accepted.
Tickets will be sold outside the Office of Student Affairs, Second Floor Houston Hall
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Shuttles will be running to every airport terminal at the following times:

Monday, December 19th
4pm- 7pm On the Hour

Tuesday, December 20th
6am-7pm On the Hour

Wednesday, December 21st
6am-7pm On the Hour

All shuttles depart from the Upper Quad Gate. Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time.
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Make sure to buy your tickets ahead of time! Tickets can be purchased the day and time of your shuttle, but are NOT guaranteed and will only be sold on a space-available basis.

See the facebook event for more details: http://www.facebook.com/events/188799164548327/

Questions? Email shuttles@pennua.org

Thanksgiving Airport Shuttles! Only $5!

wsmith — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:38:12 +0000

Airport shuttles are back!
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Tickets can be purchased at the following times, for only FIVE DOLLARS:

Thursday, November 17th: 11am-4pm
Friday, November 18th: 11am-4pm
Monday, November 21st 11am- 4pm

ONLY Cash or PennCash accepted.
Tickets will be sold outside the Office of Student Affairs, Second Floor Houston Hall
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Shuttles will be running to every airport terminal at the following times:

Tuesday, November 22nd
12pm- 7pm On the Hour

Wednesday, November 23rd
6am-12 pm On the Hour
12pm-5pm Every Half Hour
5pm-7pm On the Hour

All shuttles depart from the Upper Quad Gate. Please arrive 15 minutes ahead of time.
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Make sure to buy your tickets ahead of time! Tickets can be purchased the day and time of your shuttle, but are NOT guaranteed and will only be sold on a space-available basis.

See the facebook event for more details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218208621582455

Questions? Email shuttles@pennua.org

UA GBM 11/20

wsmith — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:37:25 +0000

Please join the UA for our GBM this Sunday, November 20th, at 9:00PM in the Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall.

The agenda can be found here.