At Sunday's student government assembly meeting, the student alumni engagement white paper was passed to improve relations between current and former students.
Previous white papers concerning student and alumni relationships have worked to improve student accessibility to Civic, Global and Professional Opportunity offices, but members of student government would like to see more on-campus communication and interaction between students and alumni.
Student body president Charles Pierre, senior, is enthusiastic about the potential impacts this new white paper may bring to the university.
"This white paper being passed is a step in the right direction," he said. "In the future, we hope student government will facilitate conversations between students and alumni. This white paper calls for more opportunities for both groups to get together here on campus, and addresses how we can strengthen these ties."
Student government plans to increase student's knowledge of the Graduates of the Last Decade Council and Barlett Alumni Office, work together to make more alumni and student coordinated events during Old Gold and Monon weekends and to set up an event once a semester for alumni and students to meet and converse.
At the meeting, another new white paper suggesting the providing of more outside study spaces for students was brought up. While the East College lawn is currently a common place for students to congregate and study, many students feel as though DePauw could offer more options.
They suggested providing more seating for students with more chairs or picnic tables and adding more blackboards would allow for more students to study.
This paper will be discussed again later in the semester to further finalize details.