The SGA Student Senate meeting March 17 followed in the same fashion as the previous senate meeting.
The previous meeting, held March 2, called for the appointment of numerous senators and college council presidents in the College of education, College of Liberal Arts, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Nursing and College of Business.
While the previous meeting readied the student senate for a year-long term, tonight's meeting aimed at filling the remaining vacant executive officers positions, which included the executive vice president of initiatives and the executive vice president of programs.
Logan Powell made all of the appointments.
Powell chose to appoint Taylor Akers, junior in communications, as the chief of staff.
Akers, who has experienced both inside and outside of SGA, said she hopes to get students more involved in SGA life.
"The goal I have for next year is to get a calendar out to the student body to say that this is what SGA is doing right now," Akers said. "So, if they want to volunteer or get involved in SGA things, like Hey Day and the Big Event, they can just look at the calendar and then go volunteer."
Powell appointed Jackson Pruett, senior in political science, as the executive vice president of initiatives. Pruett served as a senator at large on last year's student senate.
Pruett said the executive officers' focus will be getting student feedback in order to better the University.
"Hopefully over this next year we are going to launch a new program to gather student feedback directly," Pruett said. "It's going to involve going to where students are, whether it be organizations, fraternities or sororities. It's all about finding out what is going to make Auburn a better place."
Colson Smith, senior in biomedical sciences, was appointed as the executive vice president of programming.
Smith, who served on last year's cabinet, said his focus will be on bettering homecoming for everyone in the Auburn Family and downsizing the Big Event to some extent.
"Homecoming should be an awesome thing in Auburn," Smith said. "With the Auburn Family and the way alumni like to come back, homecoming should be a big deal to not only us, but everyone in the Auburn family."
Akers, Pruett and Smith will join alongside Powell, Vice President Olabode Anise and Treasurer Richmond Gunter to serve as the 2014-2015 SGA executive officers.
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