Sustainability, diversity, teaching quality, campus bars and how to help single parents studying at ±«Óătv were just a few of the topics raised at last weekâs Imagine â08 event.
âAnything can be brought up for discussion,â said Mike Tipping, president of the ±«Óătv Student Union. âThis is also the first year weâre using Open Space Technology at an Imagine event.â
Open Space Technology is a way of facilitating discussion using four basic principles: âwhoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that could have, whenever it starts is the right time and when itâs over, itâs over. â
Imagine is the fifth in a series of ongoing events run by the DSU to help identify what needs to be done at ±«Óătv to make it better for students. ±«Óătv 50 students attended. Discussion was lively and enthusiastic â people had lots of ideas.
âWe have a poll on the DSU website about teaching at Dal,â said Tara Gault, DSUâs vice president (education.) âApproximately 40 per cent of people who took this poll are satisfied with teaching quality at ±«Óătv, which says to me thereâs still room for improvement.â
Other issues, including how diversity can be promoted better on campus, were also discussed at Imagine.
âDiversity was recognized as an issue that must be addressed on an ongoing basis and this cannot be satisfied with a âDiversity Dayâ,â remarked Lisa Buchanan, an Imagine participant. The discussion took place last Wednesday afternoon in the McInnes Room.
The group discussed the creation of a âdiversity centreâ in the Student Union Building where various societies on campus could network with one another, work together on events and get involved in raising diversity awareness on campus.
âThis is all about talking about an idea and turning it into action,â said Ms. Gault, 21. âYou can see from the Project Flow Chart in the SUB that student ideas do create real results.â
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