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Syracuse University’s Student Association is set to host a six-hour long table event on Monday to listen to student concerns and complaints related to the university.

“This event is very much like a reconnecting event so that people know that we’re here to hear people’s concerns,” said Dylan France, a member of SA’s finance board.

The event, No Problem Too Small, started from a small survey SA Speaker Will Treloar created last spring for students to air their grievances with the university, France said. Speaker Pro Tempore Anna Ginelli said the event will allow SA to hear student concerns and then work to address them on a larger scale.

France said SA members wanted to make an effort to accommodate SU students’ new experiences three years after the onset of the pandemic.

“There’s a lot of things that have changed for the worse and we want to make sure that students are feeling like they’re heard and seen,” Ginelli said.

SA members plan to compile the complaints they receive after the event, identify concerns they aren’t yet aware of and then work to advocate for students, France said.

Ginelli said the SA has created five committees to address concerns in different areas: ​​diversity and inclusion, community engagement and government affairs, engagement and outreach, academic affairs and university affairs.

Aside from their main goal of aiding student issues, SA members are also hoping that No Problem Too Small will make students more aware of SA’s purpose on campus, which France said is to elevate the overall student experience.

“We really just want to get as many students as possible to participate,” Ginelli said. “And then we’re going to take their thoughts and really take them into account.”

Ginelli said SA’s position in addressing students’ concerns can be difficult, as some students expect the organization to be directly changing things that students complain about. SA’s advocacy is a uniquely important part of solving issues, she said.

No Problem Too Small is set to take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday on the Shaw Quad. For students who are unable to attend, SA created an online form for students to put forward concerns that can be accessed through the link on their Instagram account.

Published on September 25, 2022 at 10:46 pm

Contact Sarah: sswells@syr.edu