The first draft of a potential new course registration system was introduced to DePauw Student Government at the senators' meeting Sunday.
The proposed registration system would divide picking classes into three parts, focusing on the preparation of a student's chosen classes, a priority registration period where a select number of classes are highlighted by the student and a general open-registration period where priority criteria is not applied.
These ideas are not the final design of the system, but only a draft to introduce possible changes and begin student and faculty discussion.
Students will have their first chance to learn more about the proposed system from its designer, DePauw Registrar Ken Kirkpatrick, at a public discussion today at 11:30 a.m. in Olin Auditorium 123.
The meeting also announced a new sustainability committee initiative to promote recycling efforts within greek houses on campus. The sustainability committee, in collaboration with Anthony Barrata from DePauw's Office of Sustainability, will meet with representatives from houses on campus to talk about possible options for recycling within houses and create a system of general practices from greek organizations.
The committee is also in the process of developing a white paper on student expectations in regards to future renovations of buildings on campus. The focus of the paper will be what environmentally-safe measures should be made to ensure buildings are becoming more environmentally friendly.
Students looking forward to taking on-campus Winter Term courses, which are now featured on the university's schedule of classes, may be interested in a new MCAT preparation course, introduced and finalized by senate's pre-professional Graduate School Test Prep Committee. The committee collaborated with Raj Bellani, dean of experiential learning, to create the course which will focus on topics covered on the standardized exam. The course will also feature dinners and guest lecturers by current medical school admission officers.
The committee also announced a Kaplan MCAT course from January through March at a discounted price of $1,600 from the usual $2,100. Kaplan is still looking for possible instructors and will present more information about how to enroll in the course when someone is chosen.
The pre-professional graduate school committee will focus on bringing in GRE and LSAT prep courses as their next initiative.
And with the beginning of intramural sports this fall semester, senior Vice President Mark Fadel has announced a new board of students that will work with current organizer of intramurals, Gina Wills, field hockey head coach. Fadel said anyone interested in being a part of the board should send emails to patricknielsen_2014@depauw.edu.