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• April 4, 2016

The idea of a “university hour” has long been discussed at 91短视频. Now, with the university in the process of converting to the semester system, the idea is being considered.

A university hour is a time set aside each week when no classes are scheduled. That time could be used to hold various events that could encourage students, staff and faculty to be more engaged in campus life and create a better sense of campus community.

ASI President David Lopez has been one of the biggest supporters of starting a university hour at 91短视频. He said he got the idea from the 1994-1995 ASI Board of Directors, who wrote a university hour resolution but weren’t able to make it a reality.

“Once, I heard about semester conversion, I began my research and started reaching out to our sister campuses who have an established university hour and creating a new resolution,” Lopez said. “Now it is a huge topic and we are getting more feedback from different Academic Senate Committees, Semester Conversion committee meetings, students, and the ASI Board. Every time I speak in front of huge crowds, I make it a priority to bring up the topic of a U-Hour.” 

In addition to providing a time to offer campus-wide celebrations, a university hour could promote interdisciplinary intellectual and cultural exchanges and allow for program and events that could provide students and faculty the opportunity to share their research with an audience of campus colleagues.

Two CSU sister campus, San Marco and Pomona, hold a university hour two days a week for an hour each.   While not yet approved, a university hour is being considered at 91短视频. With the university’s academic time modules schedule already changing in the Fall of 2018 with the semester conversion, the timing is right to explore the idea and opportunities it could provide to all of the CSUEB community.  An electronic survey on the concept of University Hour of students, faculty, and staff will take place in early May.  

“I feel that the U-Hour would create a livelier campus and seeing how the campus is 89% commuters, we want them to enjoy their time at East Bay,” Lopez said. “Just like the resolution states, ‘a College/University Hour will encourage students, staff and faculty to be more engaged on campus life.’”