SA Project Tracker

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1	Project Topic	Status	Notes	Files	Group	Group Name	Contact Name(s)	Contact Email(s)	Date Started	Outcome
2	Create Student Discount at Campus Store	Completed	Goal is to make the Rice campus store more affordable for students by getting them a disocunt on all apparel		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Trevor Tobey, Rohan Dharia, Joyce Wang	tdt5@rice.edu	4/15/2025	Students will recieve 30% discount on one item the first Friday of each month, and there will be a merch design collab.
3	Expand Student Discounts around Houston	Completed	To expand the amount and quality of resturaunts around Rice that offer student discounts		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Trevor Tobey & Jackson Darr	tdt5@rice.edu	4/15/2025	Over 30 new resturaunts: https://dining.rice.edu/campus-community-dining-discounts
4	Protect and Improve Meal Swipe Donation Program	Completed	Amidst H&D's move to unlimited swipes for meal plan A, protect the mission of the meal swipe donation program and ensure off campus students with financial need are supported		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Trevor Tobey, Rohan Dharia, Joyce Wang	tdt5@rice.edu	7/15/2025
5	Establish Task force on Nutrition and H&D Policy	Completed	Create a task force in response to Resolution 2 to address nutrition of food in serveries and help guide H&D policy to be student driven		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Trevor Tobey, Rohan Dharia, Joyce Wang	tdt5@rice.edu	7/15/2025
6	$10 Printing Credit	In Progress	Provide every student with a $10 printing credit		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Mahtab Dastur	md123@rice.edu	4/15/2025
7	Mental Health Resources Initiative	In Progress	Creates a task force under the wellbeing commission to increase support for students who recieve off campus referrals, improves and invests in mental health awareness week, and improves accesibility and transparency of resources		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Sohani Sandhu		4/15/2025
8	O-Week Plan Revamp	In Progress	Create presentation and interactive activity for new students. Welcome back event with SA Event Planner.		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Sohani Sandhu & Mahtab Dastur		6/6/2025
9	Live Owl Mascot	In Progress			Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Nate Turman		6/6/2025
10	Constitutional Revisions	In Progress			Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Zach Weinbrum		6/6/2025
11	Bylaws Revisions	In Progress			Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Zach Weinbrum		6/6/2025
12	24 Hour Fondy	In Progress	Establish a 24 hour study space for students.	Library Meeting (07/21/25)	Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Cedric Lau	cl256@rice.edu	7/15/2025
13	Student Board of Trustees Member	In Progress	Adds the Student Association President as a voting member of the Board of Trustees		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	David Lee		7/15/2025
14	H&D Policy Reforms	In Progress			Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Trevor Tobey, Rohan Dharia, Joyce Wang		4/15/2025
15	2025–2026 Initiative Fund Launch	In Progress	Oversight of application, outreach, compliance, and review process per BYLAW No. 2105		Blanket Tax Committee	Blanket Tax Comittee	Jackson Darr	jd182@rice.edu	7/1/2025	Foundation for Initiative Fund successfully established with clear application process and outreach strategy
16	Improving records System	In Progress			Executive Committee	Exec Committtee	Zach Weinbrum & Cedric Lau		7/1/2025
17	Free Speech & Academic Freedom Initiative	In Progress	Creates a Bill to establish Institutional neutrality for the Student Association in accordance with the principles of the Kalvin Report, creates a Resolution to push Administration to establish a similar policy in alignment with the Kalvin Report, Creates the Commission on Free Speech and Academic Freedom to review all policies relating to open dialogue on campus including policy 820 on campus protests and posters, and plans a Spring speaker event to foster open political dialogue on campus		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Trevor Tobey & David Lee	tdt5@rice.edu	7/15/2025
18	Establishing Endowment Fund for SA				Blanket Tax Committee	Blanket Tax Comittee	Jackson Darr	jd182@rice.edu	7/1/2025
19	Expanding Student Transportation to off-campus locations		Working with on-campus transportation managers; early stages		Senator	Senators	Veronica Paz, Ian Rodriguez, Mahtab B. Dastur (oversight)	md123@rice.edu	6/1/2025
20	SAPP Funding Inquiry	In Progress	Talking with SAPP to see what changes they have made to cultural club funding availability for this year, relaying that information to clubs		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Sohani Sandhu	sks15@rice.edu	7/1/2025
21	Resource Guide/How To SA Guide for NSRs/other SA members	In Progress	Creating guides to make transition process into SA more smooth		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Sohani Sandhu	sks15@rice.edu	7/1/2025
22	Fall Retreat Planning!	In Progress	Planning Fall SA Retreat		Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Sohani Sandhu (and eventually event planner)	sks15@rice.edu	7/1/2025
23	Create shareable SA event GCal.			Student Association Executive Calendar Fall 2025	Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Cedric Lau		7/22/2025
24	Expanding Parking on South Side Campus	In Progress	Working w/campus architect to implement into 10-year plan		Commission	Parking & Transportation Commission	Adam McFarland, Eli Resinger, Rohan Dharia, Abigail Chiu	md123@rice.edu	7/1/2025
25	Statewide SA	Idea Phase			Executive Committee	Exec Committee	Mahtab B. Dastur	md123@rice.edu	6/1/2025
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