Executive Committee Report - June 17, 2025

The executive committee has issued the following report for the June 17, 2025 Assembly Meeting:

1. Notices to the Assembly

   1. Our Executive Team is committed to using the Exec Report as a mechanism to enhance transparency, communication, and collaboration between branches. Please see THIS FORM to share feedback with the Executive Committee regarding the content and organization of the Executive Report.

   2. Throughout the Spring/Summer Session, the Executive Committee will be meeting every-other Monday evening at 7PM ET on Zoom–members of the Assembly are welcome to attend.

   3. If anyone will be in Ann Arbor on June 26th, and would be interested in helping CSG table at an event with the Spectrum Center, please email csg.chiefofstaff@umich.edu!

2. General Updates

   1. The Veal-Korn Administration closed Applications for the Executive Committee on June 7th. We received about 50 applications, at least one applicant for every open position, and are pursuing interviews with almost every candidate. We intend to have our team selected by the end of this week, and President Veal will begin submitting nominations to Speaker Woodruff as early as next week.

   2. Eric presented at the Regents Meeting on June 12th.

   3. Our efforts right now are directed towards hearing interviews for our Executive Team, and nailing down our Programming and Policy plans for the Summer into Fall.

3. Communications Activities

   1. Director of Communications, Emerson, has been hard at work to execute her and the Executive’s vision of the Communications Team as a bridge between CSG and the students, and hiring her Deputies and team. 

   2. A schedule has been created for the monthly All-Campus-Emails, which will begin in August. A Google Form to collect announcements for the ACE will be coming soon.

   3. Comms is planning for three Instagram posts every week. If you need a graphic created for the CSG Instagram, please fill out THIS FORM for the Communications Team. Please make an effort to submit the form 10 days before the desired posting date.

   4. If you are interested in being featured in CSG content created by the Comms team, please fill out THIS FORM.

4. Programs and Events

   1. Our Chief Programming Officer, Max, and his Deputies, Abby and Nina, have been hard at work planning our events calendar for the Spring/Summer into the Fall semesters. More information, and a COMPLETE calendar, will be shared in due time.

      1. Pie a Representative – Please make sure to fill out THIS FORM if you’re interested in participating.

      2. Hydration Stations will return! 

      3. CSG-Sponsored Parents Weekend Picnic – The Programming team is looking for a band to perform. If you have ideas, contacts, or connections, please reach out to Max. Therapaws has also been contacted.

      4. Speaker Series – The Programming team has already begun reaching out to potential speakers, but will continue their efforts in the coming weeks. The goal is that each speaker will correspond with one of our Administration’s policies of focus. If you have any ideas, contacts, or connections, please reach out to Max. The Regents shared their interest in supporting this new program, which may also open the door to 

      5. Operation Graduation – This program is becoming an EVENT in partnership with the Career Center. Over the Spring/Summer session, the grad gowns will be sanitized, cleaned, and neatly hung on clothing racks.

   2. The Programming team will soon be meeting with the Career Center for a Suit Up event, similar to Go Blue Goes Green, and also has an upcoming meeting with Beyond the Diag to talk about a Housing panel for the Speaker Series.

   3. Several other ideas for Events and Programs are in the works for the Fall and Winter semesters. If you have ideas or would like to collaborate on an event, please reach out to our Chief Programming Officer, Max!

5. Policy Team

   1. Our Co-Directors of Policy, Emily and Larissa, have been hard at work interviewing OVER 20 applicants for Policy Commission Leadership. Once a team is finalized, more effort will be directed towards pitching and outlining policy plans for each commission.

   2. Emily & Larissa had a meeting with Beyond the Diag where they discussed developing a partnership to tackle issues regarding student housing on campus. They also discussed off-campus housing surveys and living guides. A follow-up meeting will take place on Wednesday of this week.

   3. A meeting with SAPAC is coming soon, mostly for introductions.

   4. The Policy Team is connecting with Unit Student Governments to collect their input on collaborative efforts and policies they would like to see prioritized in our administration.

   5. Eric and Lucas are sitting-in numerous introductory meetings with relevant stakeholders and administrators on campus. Emily & Larissa are being looped-in as relationships are being established, so that the Policy Team has direct contact with the bodies essential to our policy directives.

   6. The Policy team is always looking to collaborate with the Assembly, so please feel free to reach out to Emily and Larissa to meet or chat about a project!

6. Meeting Headlines

   1. Eric presented at the Regents meeting on June 12th! Attached is his written report, and his verbal report is available via the online recording (starting around 1 hour, 28 minutes). 

   2. Eric and Hayley met with DPSS for introductions and began conversations about our policy directives related to medical amnesty resources and the presence of blue light phones. Eric also inquired about DPSS’s response to developments in immigration policies throughout the country and how CSG can work with DPSS to keep students informed and safe. DPSS indicated commitment to working with CSG via resolutions, tabling, presentations, etc.

   3. Eric and Hayley met with Spencer Hall from the Spectrum Center about partnering with CSG for the Scoop Out Stigma event on June 26th. We have pledged to hopefully table, lend our folding tables and a Jumbo Jenga game, and distribute their promotional materials.

   4. Eric attended the Personnel, Compensation, and Governance committee (PCG), chaired by Regent Denise Ilitch. In that meeting, they discussed the U-M presidential search, and how CSG and the Regents can work together on events and connect them to members of our government and beyond.

   5. Eric met with Dean Jones for lunch and discussed supporting students holistically across campus, what the next year looks like for the Dean of Students, as well as how to establish a closer relationship. 

   6. Eric met with Wellbeing Collective and discussed collaboration on key initiatives related to wellbeing such as well-being space on North Campus, renewal of the Okanagan Charter, and bereavement policy updated 

   7. Eric, Lucas, and Regent Bernstein discussed working together and building strong relationships. They also discussed what a successful collaboration between CSG and the Regents has previously looked like.

   8. Eric met with Regent Hubbard and discussed how to support each other's work, and possible remedies for past injuries between the students and Regents. 

   9. Eric and Lucas met with Vice President Martino Harmon, and he provided updates on the President search, the Hadley Rec Center, and new dormitory updates. 

   10. Upcoming Meetings:

       1. Eric, Lucas, and MDining

       2. Eric, Lucas, AVP Kambiz Khalili

       3. Eric, Lucas, and Vice President Martino Harmon

       4. Eric, Lucas, and Dean Blake-Jones 

       5. Eric, Lucas, and Angela Dillard

       6. Eric, Lucas, and Provost McCauley

       7. Eric, Lucas, and Wellbeing Collective

       8. CDO and MESA Leadership

       9. CDO and OAMI Leadership

   11. Eric and Lucas are both open and available to meet with Representatives of the Assembly–you’re always welcome to reach out!

If you have any questions or would like to meet with the President or Vice President, please contact the Chief of Staff to the President, Hayley Bedell (csg.chiefofstaff@umich.edu). Have a lovely week, friends :)

Much love,

Hayley Bedell

Chief of Staff