Committees
and Areas of Interest
From
recruitment to programming, the Parents' Association
is involved! Here's what we do!
Committees
Liaison | Nominating | Parents'
Fund | Programs | Student
Recruitment
Institutional
Liaison
This committee deals with issues that concern
parents that have to do with the university itself. Issues
of past interest have been foreign teaching assistants, problems
dealing with campus departments, and alcohol abuse on campus.
The committee is charged with discussing issues with the appropriate
campus representative for explanation or solution. This committee
also implemented the "Starting Points...a guide for MS&T
Parents" that is given to all parents of incoming students
at orientation sessions.
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Nominating
This committee establishes a slate of officers
and board of directors each year for the next year for the
next academic year. This committee recruits the board members
and officers (president, two vice presidents, and secretary).
Directors are recruited at summer orientation sessions and
at other events, and volunteers are also welcomed.
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Parents
Fund
This committee oversees the fundraising efforts
of the Parents' Association. The Parents Fund conducts a phonathon
and an associated direct mail campaign. Funds raised support
the Educational Assurance Program and other activities of the
Parents' Association. Past donations have helped name and the
Green Room in Castleman Hall, and the committee is currently
involved in a brick selling campaign to raise funds for the
Recreation and Intramural Center.
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Programs
This committee reviews existing programs for
the Parents' Association that are not handled by separate committees
or coordinators (such as the Education Assurance Program) and
makes recommendations for new programs. The existing programs
are the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award, the
Parent(s) of the Year award, Freshman Advisors Banquet and
recognition items, contact lists for incoming new students,
address list for all students, "Starting Points" guide
for parents, magazine subscriptions for the infirmary, and
dissemination of parents' news through the Student Affairs
Newsletters.
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Student
Recruitment
This committee works closely with the Admissions
Office to help recruit students for MS&T. The Admissions Ambassadors
programs, administered by Jennifer Bayless, is an ideal place
for committee members to help. As part of this program, committee
members visit high school guidance counselors, attend high
school college days/nights, and attend receptions held in their
areas for prospective students.
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Areas
of Interest
EAGP | Budget | Legislative
Issues
Educational
Assurance Grant Program (EAGP)
The area coordinator oversees the program
that provides emergency financial assistance to students whose
mother or father dies while they are enrolled. The coordinator
reviews guidelines for the program and recommends changes as
necessary. The coordinator reports on the activity in the program
at each board meeting.
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Finance
and Budget Issues
The area coordinator oversees the budget and
financial status of the organization, reporting on such at
each board meeting. The coordinator works with the Executive
Committee and staff support to recommend charges to the board.
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Legislative
Issues
The area coordinator keeps informed of all
proposed legislation in the states of Missouri that pertain
to MS&T and its students, as well as organizing public official
contacts to express parents' interests related to such legislation.
The coordinator invites all board members to participate in
Legislative Recognition Day each spring in Jefferson City,
where alumni and friends of the four campuses of the University
of Missouri honor the legislators. The Public Resource Ambassadors,
a program of the MSM-MS&T Alumni Association, deals in depth
with legislative issues and the coordinator encourages all
parents on the board to participate in this program.
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