The 2014-2015 Student Government Associations year began Monday, March 3, with the newly appointed members taking their seats.
With no new orders of business on the agenda, John Lemaster, pro tempore and junior in chemical engineering, made a motion to amend the agenda in order to get the SGA ball rolling.
The motion called for the first 13 future orders of business, which dealt with the appointment of bodies to vacant senate positions, to be moved to the March 3 agenda instead of voting on them after spring break.
Logan Powell, the newly elected SGA President, said he put a lot of time and effort into the appointments, believing they were the best decisions for the University.
"Tonight a lot of appointments are going to come through," Powell said. "You have the right to ask questions if you feel the need to."
The first order of business was the appointment of Kaitlin McPheeters, freshmen in graphic design, as the student senate executive secretary.
Nicole Jones, freshmen in business was appointed the student senate parliamentarian.
The third order of business continued along the same lines as the previous two, naming Mary Katherine White, sophomore in undeclared math and sciences, as the senate technician.
The new president of the College of Math and Sciences Council is Graham Norwood, sophomore in undeclared math and science, and the new president for the School of Nursing Council is Kristen Sims, junior in nursing.
Kohl Weir, junior in industrial and systems engineering, was appointed senator at large by Powell.
A number of new names will fill senator seats for six different colleges within Auburn.
Korey Boyd, GTA in the Kinesiology department, as well as Megan Eldridge, junior in exercise science, were appointed senators of the College of Education.
The appointment of Savannah Silver, sophomore in economics, as the senator of the College of Liberal Arts, caused some chatter about the meeting, but was quickly hushed when Powell walked the senate through his thought process on appointing Silver.
"Last year, I was able to witness Savannah coming to so many meanings, which she really had no incentive, she didn't have to take roll and she didn't have to click her clicker," Powell said. "It meant a lot to me that she spoke up on the issues she cared about. It meant a lot that she showed the passion and commitment to Auburn and Auburn students without even having the incentive."
Silver received the most votes out of the losing candidates, while receiving one-third of the votes from the College of Liberal Arts.
The College of Veterinary Medicine gained India Napier, junor in biomedical science, as senator.
Charlie Welch, sophomore in finance, was appointed as a senator for the College of Business while Logan Dean, junior in the School of Nursing, was appointed to the vacant senate seat in the School of Nursing.
SGA Senate meetings will continue following spring break with the appointment of a chief of staff, an executive vice president of initiatives and an executive vice president of programming.
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