Student Senate has once again been staying busy keeping up with the student body. As students, faculty and staff work slowly back into the swing of their routines after arriving back on the hill following a relaxing spring break, the Student Senate has hit the ground running working harder than ever to finish the year just as strong as they started it.
The month of March was as busy as ever for the Senate. Just one of March’s accomplishments for the Senate included comprising a Task Force Letter to the recently formed Sexual Misconduct Task Force highlighting focal points for the Task Force to focus on.
The Senate’s Health and Housing Committee also started a new program entitled “Tell Me About Your Day” which promotes good mental health and wellbeing by engaging in the conversation of mental health and wellbeing more.
The previously successful “Take Your Professor to Lunch” program is officially underway for it’s second semester. Tickets include a free buffet lunch with any professor, faculty or staff member, which are available at the CAO desk.
Student Senate was also charged with the possibility of providing mirrors for the weight room in Lund Center. With mirrors in place, weight lifters will be able to practice safer weight lifters. The mirrors were installed this past March over Spring Break while the students were away.
New faces also joined the Senate in March, including Gabe Grosshuesch as the new Diversity Chair and Joe Robbins as the new Ombudsperson/Ethics Chair the next academic year 2016-2017. Robbins will begin serving Student Senate at the last meeting of this academic year.
With March under their belt already, Student Senate has already started working on their agenda for April which includes, but is not limited to, spring budgeting, implicit bias intervention programming, Identity and Privilege Bead Program with Jaime Hollis.
Student Senate continues to seve the Gustavus students meeting their needs and wants by remaining as transparent and accessible as possible. With that being said, senators table outside of the caf from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Community Comment takes place at the beginning of every Monday night Senate meeting starting at 7 p.m.