Student Government Association has new goals and initiatives planned for the beginning of this semester.
Trae Trousdale, SGA president, said they are working on event planning for the semester.
The community building program that typically oversees such events should be releasing information soon, he said.
Abigail Banks, vice president of SGA, said there are some upcoming resolutions for the new semester.
“I know that a senator is writing a resolution about a free dental health day,” Banks said.
The senator wrote the resolution at the state government conference and wants to further it at OCU, she said.
“Another senator is writing a resolution about religious life on campus,” Banks said.
Banks said little information has been released about either resolution yet because of the timing, but more information will be coming on both soon.
“There has also been talk of a women’s day event, on the executive cabinet side, sometime in late January,” Banks said.
Banks said SGA as a whole has a goal of trying to represent OCU’s student body correctly and fairly.
“We want to do our best to represent the students as well as the entire campus body,” Banks said.
She also said she hopes to improve connections between SGA and the student body.
“A personal goal I have for SGA is to be in better touch with senators and the needs of students, as well as representing the student body well,” Banks said.
Victoria Mayhall, chief of staff, said more information about upcoming events will be released after SGA’s first executive council meeting and regroup of the new semester.
“I think our biggest thing as an organization is making sure that our initiatives, such as the pad and tampon idea from the fall, is continued and we create initiatives that are sustainable,” Mayhall said.
Mayhall said her position is in charge of overseeing the ambassador program.
“The ambassador program basically takes representatives from different schools on campus and ensures that student voices are heard,” Mayhall said.
Mayhall said Trousdale created the ambassador program.
“Personally, I hope the program continues on as it has been so far,” Mayhall said.
For more information on SGA’s upcoming events and resolutions, students can visit SGA’s social media pages, on Instagram at the handle
@ocusga and on Facebook at OCU Student Government Association, and reach out to the senators with any questions or concerns.
The next senate meeting will be on Jan. 30. Banks said she hopes students will attend.
“We love when students come,” she said. “They are more than encouraged to take an active part in their student government.”
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