Student Senate Kicks Off New Academic Year With Marathon Finance Meeting
New Senators and Co-Presidents were seated last night as Student Senate kicked off the academic year with a six hour meeting devoted almost exclusively to budgeting of student organizations.
The meeting began under the direction of Co-Presidents Kim Braun and Lucas Neher who soon passed the gavel on to incoming Co-Presidents Luke Garrison and Shawn Grygo. Due to miscalculations last spring, student organization budgeting was not carried out and therefore was at the top of the agenda for the first meeting. With 71 organizations submitting budgets, each of which requires approval of the full Senate, the task proved to be too large for one evening. At 1:05 a.m. the Senate adjourned after having approved 40 of the 71 budgets. A special session will be held next Monday, October 6 at 7 p.m. in the Boardroom to finish approving the remaining organization budgets.
In addition to budgeting, the Senate appointed new officers and committee chairs:
Andrew Nelson, Vice President of Administration
Ashley Melville, Vice President of Finance
Nick Stramp, Director of Communications
Alison Utke, Controller
Scott Broady, Parliamentarian
Anne Raetz, Academic Affairs Chair
Jake Partridge, Diversity Chair
Emily Thayer, Student Affairs Chair
Laura Danielson, Public Relations Chair
Lucas Neher, Food & Health Chair
Ryan Dobbs, Residential Life Chair
The following positions are now vacant and will be available for appointment at the next regular Senate meeting: Southwest Representative (1), Off Campus Representative (1), College View Representative (1), and Class of 2010 Representative (1). Any interested students should email Vice President for Administration Andrew Nelson (anelso10@gustavus.edu) prior to the next meeting.
The next regular Senate meeting will be Monday, October 13 at 7 p.m. in the Boardroom of the Jackson Campus Center. Community comment is welcome at the beginning of every meeting.
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Contact:
Nicholas Stramp ‘09
Director of Communications
Student Senate
Gustavus Adolphus College
907.350.0421
nstramp@gustavus.edu