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Student Government President Delivers “State of the Student Union”

by Published: Oct 21, 2009

Student Government urges stu­dents to ‘get involved’ at events and with organizations

120_2034At the State of the Student Union Address, Student Government President Claire Gould dis­cussed up and com­ing events on cam­pus stu­dents can get involved in.

Only 15 were present dur­ing the speech, includ­ing Student Government mem­bers Gould, Vice President Ian Nagy, Director of Finance Derek Menefee and Director of Internal Assessment DeAja Packer, and Administrative Assistant Shikara Watkins.

Gould dis­cussed events that Student Government has spon­sored such as the Blues & BBQ, which was held to raise money for Student Government’s Student Scholarship, which will be given out in the Spring Semester. The Holiday Food Drive is another event Student Government will be spon­sor­ing in the near future.

“Our goal is to raise 7,500 lbs. of food,” said Gould of the cam­pus food drive, an annual cam­pus event of friendly competition.

Gould focused her speech around the topic of “get­ting stu­dents more aware of cam­pus.” Gould dis­cussed vis­it­ing FSUS classes to let stu­dents know that involve­ment in stu­dent orga­ni­za­tions is cru­cial for future job opportunities.

Gould sug­gested event co-sponsorship and aid­ing other Registered Student Organizations in their events.

“We want to help any orga­ni­za­tion that we can,” said Gould of co-sponsoring other RSO events.

Vice President Ian Nagy is in charge of the Census Committee, which will involve cov­er­ing and dis­cussing stu­dents and the 2010 Census.

One of Student Government’s events, known as “The BIG Event”, was dis­cussed as well. The BIG Event helps stu­dents get vol­un­teer hours. Gould said it is the largest student-led com­mu­nity ser­vice project on campus.

Pedestrian affairs and safety is also a cur­rent dis­cus­sion among the Student Government.

“We are truly for stu­dents,” said Gould of Student Government’s purpose.