Best Practices Projects

On Thursday, November 15, members of the SA New Student Representative (NSR) program will be giving presentations of findings from their semester project, as well as their proposed suggestions and solutions. 

The best practices projects have three main goals: 

 1. Identify best practices related to key issues  

The primary goal of this project is to identify key issues around campus, and then investigate how different groups in the Rice community handle those issues. 

2. Open communications across campus  

In order to achieve optimal best practices, collaboration is necessary within the Rice community. 

3. Create a resource database  

The findings of this project will be archived in an online database to be used as a resource by future generations (link given below). 

2012 Best Practices topics: 

College Personnel Support Teams (i.e. Masters, Resident Associates, College Coordinators): How these roles contribute to college culture. 

College Government Structure/Leadership Development: How each college works to develop leaders within the college.  

Housing Policy: How each college carries its respective housing policy, including specifics of room draw/jack. 

College Spirit/Service: How each college promotes excitement for collegiate events and fosters pride for itself. Ways in which  colleges provides service opportunities for college members. 

Athletic relations: Investigation of the interactions and relationships between athletes and the campus at large.