Students say sustainability, accessibility are important for new president

College students expressed their most well-liked qualities of the long run president at a digital scholar discussion board on Feb. 16.

Related College students Inc. (ASI) President Elizabeth Rocha Zuñiga hosted the coed discussion board, and board of trustees members Diego Arambula and Krystal Raynes had been current on the occasion.

Sustainability, accessibility and transparency had been highlighted as key areas the long run president should handle.

Sydney Fox, a third-year biochemistry scholar and athlete, stated it will be important for the long run president to work intently with the campus neighborhood towards sustainability.

“As a frontrunner in agriculture, it’s crucial that we additionally develop into leaders in sustainability. The installment of this new administration grants our campus physique the chance to reemphasize the significance of insurance policies, centered on sustainability,” Fox stated.

Hisham Qutob, ASI government vice chairman, stated the long run president should be concerned with college students and obtainable for them.

“With that, it type of goes right into a realm of three I might say nice communication with college students in addition to being empathetic with college students. One other one is the transparency of the college. And third is the construction of the college and the assets for the scholars,” Qutob stated.

Though there are assets presently obtainable on campus, Qutob famous that effort needs to be made to additional spotlight Fresno State companies and to ease the accountability of scholars to hunt out assets themselves. 

Equality and social justice at Fresno State was additionally an space of concern. Marissa Acosta, a Fresno State graduate, famous that the long run president should be clear about these matters.

“We positively want a frontrunner and a president on our campus that can handle these points, and that can be extra supportive, or present extra help for college kids when it comes to equality and, like, Title IX points. I feel that we’re positively rising. Our complete nation is unquestionably altering,” Acosta stated.

Fox shared Acosta’s considerations, highlighting the Title IX circumstances which have occurred at Fresno State.

“There have been a couple of circumstances of sexual assault that had been to dropped at gentle in our neighborhood, that possibly didn’t get … as a lot consideration and comply with by means of on investigation because the victims had hoped,” Fox stated. “So, I’m actually, actually hoping that our future president can take the circumstances of sexual assault, that are prevalent in our neighborhood, very severely, handle them publicly and be sure that the victims get justice.”

A former Fresno State scholar uploaded a YouTube video on March 3, 2020 detailing her alleged sexual assault at a Fresno State Kappa Sigma social gathering on Jan. 31. Her case sparked a #MeToo protest at Fresno State’s fraternity row in help of sexual assault victims in fall 2020. 

Arambula stated the presidential search course of is in its early levels and at, what Arambula referred to as, the “fact-finding stage.” 

The looking out course of will span a sequence of levels outlined by the board of trustees policy: neighborhood enter, candidate recruitment, candidate interviews and the presidential choice.

Pupil and neighborhood boards will present trustee members extra info on the qualities and traits for the long run president that the Fresno State neighborhood considers necessary.

“All of this suggestions that we’re gathering is to attempt to put collectively a profile of what the subsequent chief ought to embody. We’ll then share that again out with people,” Arambula stated.