ASWSU’s new portal is under development to increase students’ access to resources and increase transparency and communication between students and the university.
Students can submit their concerns or questions anonymously, said ASWSU Senator Oluwanifemi Shola-Dare. Currently, the Ask Cougs portal is in the form of a Qualtrics survey, which has different departments listed.
“You can never have too many avenues for students to get access to resources,” she said.
Shola-Dare reached out to ASWSU President Curtis Cohen about creating an Ask Cougs portal. The Ask Cougs portal idea was inspired by The University of Alabama’s Bama Asks portal, which is run by the student government, she said.
Transferring to WSU in August 2019 was a challenge for Oluwanifemi Shola-Dare, senior neuroscience major and ASWSU senator, as she tried to navigate through the university’s set of resources. Finishing her last semester at WSU, she hopes developing a comprehensive student resource page will help students better access resources and have an easier college experience than her own.
“Before you come here, [WSU] always says we have resources for students, students, we have resources for low-income students,” Shola-Dare said, “but where are those resources?”
Shola-Dare and other ASWSU leaders, including ASWSU President Curtis Cohen, drafted a proposal detailing plans to create an online platform for students to find all the information they need. She said work on the proposal started this semester.
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