Stetson University's SGA met on February 22nd at 7:30 p.m. in the LBC auditorium room 108.
Dr. Libby has questions about the two most recent resolutions, S.7 Tuition Guarantee and S.5 Revolving Green Fund. The Green Fund will be controlled by a committee comprised of students, faculty, and staff.
Traffic court is soon. The upcoming dates are March 17th, March 31st, and April 14th. These are all Fridays.
SGA Vice President Alyssa Morley and Policy and Finance Chair Abigail Hassett went to Tallahassee to support the Florida Resident Access Grant (FRAG). The FRAG is a grant provided to students who attend private secondary education over public secondary education. Currently, it is $3,000. Morley's and Hassett's goal was to raise the FRAG to $3,200. However, Governor Rick Scott did not allow for it to be raised in the budget. The House wanted to decrease it. Due to the wants to both decrease and increase the money in the grant, it will stay the same.
The Reallocation of SAFAC funds went through last week. $12,000 was reallocated to 15 organizations. To the clubs who received these funds, please check your OrgSync accounts.
Elections took place online from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. It was the exact same time as last year. The reason that the elections seemed to take place so early is that it allows for more transition time in SGA. Alyssa Morley ran unopposed for President, so she shall become the President of SGA. More results will be released soon.
A new resolution was brought before Senate. Resolution S.9: A Resolution to Establish a Weekend Workshop for Stetson Students" is as follows:
"The Committee of Housing and Residential Life introduces the following resolution, presented by Senator Levine and Senator Williams.
Resolution: For Stetson University to offer a weekend workshop comprised of workshops that will teach students how to translate their classroom experiences into real world action.
Whereas “Our mission at Stetson University is to provide an excellent education in a creative community where learning and values meet, and to foster in students the qualities of mind and heart that will prepare them to reach their full potential as informed citizens of local communities and the world” (http://www.stetson.edu/other/about/mission-and-values.php).
Whereas workshops will help students develop vital skills that are not necessarily taught in the classroom. Skills such as resume building, gardening, and cooking can be taught with the intended purpose of fostering a sense of life-long learning.
Whereas Stetson already has student and university led organizations that offer services like resume help, cooking classes, and gardening.
Whereas a collaborative effort to unify the services already offered to students into a workshop will make it easier for students to access these resources
Whereas weekend workshops would encourage students to stay on campus during the weekend thereby making the campus more vibrant
Whereas students who attend these workshops could take the skills they learn and teach them to members of the DeLand community.
Whereas workshops helping students develop skills not necessarily learned in the classroom are consistent with the university’s mission of promoting global citizenship, personal development, and intellectual development.
Be it Resolved Stetson University:
1. Will begin researching into the feasibility of establishing a nonacademic, weekend workshop.
2. Will begin looking into establishing new workshops to be included in this workshop with a corresponding teacher.
3. Will work with the SGA Housing and Residential Living committee in the creation of this workshop."
This is not the final product of this resolution; student input is highly wanted. SGA is doing this in order to have a larger identity and presence on campus. Where the funding will come from is currently unknown. Potentially, SGA can take unused SAFAC funds to pay for the workshops. Locations are also currently unknown. However, the locations are not confined to the DeLand campus and will be around DeLand.
SGA will partner with organizations and clubs already present on campus, such as Cooking Club, if those clubs are willing. These workshops will be approximately two hours long each and one does not need to attend all of them. The current goal is to have six workshops for six weekends. There is a possibility that these workshops will provide cultural credit.
The Diversity and Inclusion Committee is hosting a Town Hall on Wednesday, March 1st, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. This is the Town Hall that was rescheduled from February 15th. Food will be provided.
The Academics Committee is giving leftover SGA money to the library to provide more tables and chairs in the downstairs area for studying. The Academics Committee meets every Wednesday in CUB 204 at 1:30 p.m..
The Policy and Finance Committee is meeting with the new Title IX coordinator on Tuesday, March 14th at 6 p.m. in CUB 204. Students are encouraged to attend and ask questions. Cathy, the new Title IX coordinator is willing to answer and has questions of her own for the students. Depending on how much interest there is, this meeting may take place in a much larger room.
The Residential Life Committee is working on a surprise legislation which will be brought to Senate next week.
The Campus Life Committee has found a permanent location. In fact, they have found three permanent locations. Next Monday at 6:10 p.m., they will be meeting in Sage 239. A mass email will be sent out soon regarding WiFi.
For any questions or suggestions for SGA, please stop by the new SGA office in Elizabeth 112. It is on the first floor of Elizabeth Hall next to the right-side side-stairs. If you would like to sit in on Senate and hear everything in person, Senate takes place in LBC 108 every Wednesday night at 7:30.
