October 2, 2017 9:30PM Farnsworth Senate October 2, 2017 9:30PM Farnsworth

Agenda 100 Ideas for Rice’s Future Update Health Professions Taskforce Presentation Director of External Affairs Update Announcements

100 Ideas For Rice’s Future Update Goal Populate V2C2 initiatives related to goal of “Providing Transformative Undergraduate Education” with at least 100 student ideas Task force pod structure Survey and Social Media Club Engagement Pop Up Focus Group Timeline President Leebron coming to Senate on October 30th

Health Professions Task Force Updates Chair: Komal Luthra Vice Chair: Rohan Bhardwaj General Members: Joshua Hobbs, Cierra Duckworth, Karen Qi, Aaron Fanous

Non-Graduating Student Responses Approximately 130 response

Are you familiar with the Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Guide” provided by the OAA?

Do you receive the Health Professions Advising newsletter that is sent out by email every few weeks?

How clear of an understanding do you have of the admission requirements for your specific health profession?

Do you feel that there are adequate resources specific to the health profession that you are pursuing?

Do you feel that resources to support preparation for a career in health professions at Rice are decentralized (not accessible from one location, website, office, etc.)?

Additional Findings In the residential colleges, most students reached out to PAAs for guidance. Shadowing, standardized test preparation, and gap year opportunities are some resources/opportunities students have found less accessible compared to others. Research and summer opportunities were not seen as major concerns among most students. OAA is used as resource for pre-health students, and most students stated positive experiences. Students expressed concerns regarding lack of resources for health professions outside of medicine and dentistry such as veterinary medicine, physical therapy, nursing, occupational therapy, etc. Students wanted to have information in a more centralized location and have found difficulties with the current system.

Graduating Senior Responses Approximately 130 to 170 responses

Are you familiar with the "Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Guide for Rice Students" provided by the Office of Academic Advising?

Do you receive the Health Professions Advising newsletter that is sent out by email every few weeks?

How clear of an understanding do you have of the admission requirements for your specific health profession?

Do you feel that there are adequate resources specific to the health profession that you are pursuing?

Do you feel that resources to support preparation for a career in health professions at Rice are decentralized (not accessible from one location, website, office, etc.)?

Meeting with OAA Spreading more awareness of the pre-med/pre-dent guide Providing guidance to students considering gap years Centralization of information on OAA website Creating test-prep groups and study plans Shadowing opportunities limited to NSCI 399 Addressing the needs of other pre-health professions students (non-pre med or pre-dent) Encouraging students to explore all options in the health professions Informing students to attend information sessions regarding pre-health advising hosted by the OAA

Questions?

Announcements Appointments and congratulations NSR Reminders Club Genre Councils https://studentcenter.rice.edu/student-activities/group/clubs/club-genre-councils

Announcements Must Be Senate Approved Congratulations to the new members of the SA Communications Team Tina Liu Maddy Tadros Amanda Yang Naomi Hausman Maria Sanchez Must Be Senate Approved Director of Govt. Relations- Ramee Saleh Deputy Parliamentarian- Nick Jerge