Michigan, Virginia Tech, Rutgers-New Brunswick, others use Crowdfind, and it’s pretty cool and easy. Just need to let students know it’s out there. And we’d love to have them as a corporate partner!

https://rutgers.v2.crowdfind.com/public/#/busch/items

Thanks Cory and Jonathan … I’ll be checking in with you in the near future as to how they are operated, funded, and if they are part of any marketing for the student union itself.

Anyone else out there that knows of Union-housed student radio give me a holler!

Thanks again!

Let us know if it is!

https://www.aacu.org/liberaleducation/articles/college-radio-is-not-dead

Here’s an easy way to encourage LGBTQ+ news within your campus after the closures of affinity centers around the country: Retelling their histories and recalling the voices of those who made those histories:

Pride Month at UNF: Tracing the lasting legacy of the LGBTQ Center

Thanks for this post and for your response Stephanie. This is an extremely timely topic as divisions balance staffing efficiencies with costs, and it’s a topic we’d like to explore more deeply at ACUI. To the originator of the inquiry, an opportunity to ask a few questions would be appreciated. You could respond here or contact me privately…

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Thanks for sharing Brian; we will include in the Bulletin bi-weekly newsletter as well. Steve

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Hi folks,

Here’s some ACUI historical stuff that might be helpful:

Filip Pongratz, Temple, transitioned there to 25Live three or four years ago filip.pongratz@temple.edu

Laurie Griscom, Stockton, 2021 or so, Laurie.Griscom@stockton.edu

Amy Vaughan Deahl, Embry-Riddle, 2023, has offered help in the past: amy.vaughan@erau.edu

Allen Josey,…

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Hi Michael, A number of name drops here: https://acui.org/operating-a-union-art-gallery/; getting some age on it but still relevant. Operating a Union Art Gallery – ACUI Student union gallery managers often find success when collaborating, such as with campus organizations. At Kansas State University, an… acui.org … Read more

Oh, duh, Jeremy Davis, CSU Spur, which we visited at Conference, their Terra Building has a new rooftop garden!

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Talley Student Center has a pollinator rooftop that may as well be a garden. https://cals.ncsu.edu/horticultural-science/research/areas/pollinator-rooftop/
TJ Willis: tgwillis@ncsu.edu Pollinator Rooftop Living Lab College of Agriculture and Life Sciences cals.ncsu.edu

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@samhuyard Was thinking of you:

Tanganyika animals take over the Rhatigan Student Center

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Hi Dylan,

The FoodPrint article Amber mentions contains a number or sources for unique apps, and a reference to the national Food Recovery Network, so there are a number of options out there.

Sharemeals, I believe, is still used by Stanford Food Recovery, a student org, and here are a few contacts from the group if you’d want to reach…

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Anyone had eyes or ears on Chuck Price lately? I’ve been trying to reach him by phone for a week and goes straight to VM. Just reply direct to me if you have ideas.

Thanks,

Steve

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Hi Chrissie,

A cat cafe – bricks and mortar business – just opened in Bloomington IN, with the focus being on adoptions and socializing cats, but not sure how a “pop up” design would work:

Welcome

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Hi Su Hoon,

I’ve attached a list provided by the American Society for Emergency Contraception of campuses providing vending machines with Plan B and other brands of emergency contraception in case you might want to do some targeted outreach.

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Hi Gil,

I know Wayne State has something going on to include bidets in the student center as part of a social justice project. Ball State’s Studebaker East residence hall has them, as does Cypress Hall at the University of Florida as part of their “fully inclusive universally designed rooms.” Student government at Michigan were trying last year…

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Hi Jenny,

Attached are images and other info from two recent profiles from The Bulletin’s Renovation & Construction edition that show use of theme in design at Georgia Tech and UNC-Charlotte, along with an article from the 2021 Bulletin R&C edition on the topic of environmental branding.

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Hi Kristine,
Contact Nicola Brogan, RN, with Amercian Society of Emergency Contraception. They have a vending machine toolkit and can faciliate the process, as they have for a number of campuses. info@ec4ec.org

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Each week a single ‘?lelo Hawai’i word is introduced along with its meaning and an example sentence of its usage.

A great way to learn about indigenous communities, mixing in student engagement and community education, from our member school University of Hawai’i at Hilo:

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Hi Sam,

This is an important topic to bring up, so thanks! Here are a couple resources that might work for your audience:

The attached toolkit from University Denver has a poster and a ton of links.

This link from Baylor has a number of posters that can be copied, pasted, printed: https://www.baylor.edu/diversity/index.php?id=956798

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Excellent…that is what I thought. This is an extremely shareable, transferable concept, so I hope others will be inspired to inquire. Thanks!

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Hi Kristine,
Thanks for jumping in here; I was trying to recall last week. Weren’t you the folks that were offering an arts-to-go sale or project during Covid that sounded really unique?
Steve

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Always happy to help Mariana….

Here are a few that we’re pretty sure are all in unions. A number of makerspaces are popping up outside of unions as some are focusing more on entrepreneurship and less on student activities. But each of these folks should be able to help or point you in the direction. Also, Christine will be working on this… Read more

Hi Mariana,
If we use arts & crafts spaces and makerspaces interchangeably we have quite a few members with those; we’re looking for a news story for our Sept. 30 e-Bulletin so we can make an effort to pull some of this info for you and share with you through the article as well. Here are a few we’ve written about in recent years, and some we… Read more

Some of you may have seen this method used previously, but it may be new to some: The video share of a virtual town hall hosted by a campus president that has the questions that were asked transcribed and time-stamped so you can jump around to the topics you may be interested in. Just thought this was a great way to efficiently share… Read more

Hi folks,

One thing we’ve heard from some members related to land acknowledgments is that they often ring hollow with no real “action plans” beyond that statement. The Associated Press recently published an excellent article about the ongoing issue of the slow process for repatriating Native American artifacts and remains back to the… Read more

Hi folks,
You may or may not be aware of this new tool from UCLA: https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-law-launches-critical-race-theory-forward-project

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Hi Zac,

Sorry I missed this earlier, but Jenn’s post gave me the needed poke. U Conn uses a student org tier system you might want to look at: https://solid.uconn.edu/tier-system/

And I’m sure Isaac could point you to the best person on its use: isaac.barber@uconn.edu

Have a great day!

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Hi Jenny,

We had a short Bulletin piece related to this (https://www.acui.org/resources/bulletin/bulletin-detail/2020/01/27/user-generated-content-that-can-increase-engagement-and-event-branding) and Photoboxx is an ACUI corporate member, btw! You might check with Adam Serafin, associate director of the UW HUB, for his thoughts:… Read more

Don’t forget about this recent Bulletin article on the topic of milestones: https://www.acui.org/resources/bulletin/bulletin-detail/2022/05/25/celebrate-past-honor-the-future-with-union-milestones

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Hi Scarlett,
Ran across this today on your topic and looks pretty cool: http://news.unm.edu/news?t=Louie+Awards

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Hi Ariel,
This sounds like something ACUI’s College Union and Student Activities assessment program could provide for you. I’ll provide more info in a sidebar, but the program is designed to provide external reviews on a variety of needs, including assessment teams with expertise in student orgs and finances.

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Hi Katherine,
I’ve attached an example of a vaccination policy statement used by a public performing arts center that we have visited. Hope this helps!
Regards,
Steve

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Hi Lynn,
Sorry to be late to the game on this but you should also check out Liff Happens (hello@liffhappens.com and liffhappens.com). They are based out of Chicago, are an ACUI associate member, and their CEO is Benji Friedl, who co-founded Crowdfind in 2016. We’re hoping to see them at the annual conference; probably best known for doing lost… Read more

Hi Adam,
We know that our member student centers at West Chester, UC-Irvine, the Oasis Center at UC-Northridge, the University of Miami, University of South Florida, Florida Atlantic, Cal State-Channel Islands, Long Beach State, and The College of New Jersey, to name a few, either do or have had permanent massage chairs in their buildings,… Read more