SGA to host City Commission town hall, two sustainability events
SGA Vice President Lyndi Rose and academic affairs committee chair Brandon McDonald discuss a project with a member of the academic affairs committee in the University Center, Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.
Central Michigan University students will be able to make their concerns heard to the people who could be running Mount Pleasant at next week's Student Government Association meeting.
The Oct. 21 meeting will be entirely focused on the Annual Local Candidates Forum. During the forum, all five candidates for two Mount Pleasant City Commission seats will lay out their platforms and participate in a question-and-answer session ahead of the Nov. 5 election day. The forum is an opportunity for students to meet the people who could be running the city where they spend much of the year.
The forum, like all SGA meetings, will be free to attend for all Central Michigan University students and will take place 7-9 p.m. in the University Center Auditorium.
SGA's sustainability committee also has two events coming up in the next seven days.
SGA meetings take place 7 p.m. every Monday in Bovee University Center Auditorium.
The sustainability committee is hosting a free bonfire 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 at Papa’s Pumpkin Patch featuring hayrides, cider, and donuts, the proceeds from which will go to the CMU Student Food Pantry.
Facilities Operations is partnering with the committee to host a waste audit 2-3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 at the corner of Preston and Washington streets. During the audit, participants will sort recyclable materials out of trash and recycle them properly.
The Oct. 14 meeting
SGA senators continued to develop ideas for projects they will work on throughout the academic year at their Oct. 14 meeting. Ideas floated this week included multilingual online menus for Campus Dining locations, improvements to out-of-state recruitment, and legislation to extend the University Center’s hours.
Outreach committee chair Yvon Bergner used the meeting’s occurrence on Indigenous Peoples Day to speak about the high rates of violent crimes against indigenous people.
SGA President Jake Hendricks joined fellow Shared Governance Committee member Regina Umpstead and co-chair Yannick Marchalant to describe what the committee does and how the student body can participate in it. The committee, comprised of faculty, the SGA president and a graduate student, ensures the voices of all campus groups are heard in the administration’s decision-making processes.
Senators Caleob Mitchell and Ashlyn Pinter, who represent the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, are searching for students interested in joining the college's first Student Advisory Board. The board will advise the dean and faculty on student affairs. To apply for a position on the board, fill out the Google Form here.
