Senate met this week to discuss the new voter registration program, the return of scantron machines to the newly restored Lowder Hall and Ring Week.
Treasurer James Beauchaine made the night’s first announcement with Ring Week.
“This week we have Ring Week, so if you have 75 credit hours or more on your transcript, go sign up and get a ring at the Student Center,” Beauchaine said. “There’s also a cool new Snapchat filter for it, so go check that out.”
EVP of Programs Hunter Gibson made spoke to the senate regarding ongoing efforts to improve student seating arrangements during football games.
“Students are really learning what those yellow and orange lanes are, so we’re really pleased with that,” Gibson said. “We’re also really impressed that the block-students are staying from an hour before the game to the alma mater, even when the rest of the stadium is empty."
EVP of Initiatives Trey Fields reminded the senate about the voter registration program.
“For voter registration this year, we’re probably taking the most holistic approach we ever have to registering students,” Fields said. “We’re trying to register 1001 students, since Alabama is trying to register 1000.
Updates came from the colleges of Business, Engineering and Nursing.
Frank McEwen, College of Business senator, said he's been in communication with his college about the return of scantron machines.
“I’ve been talking with the College of Business presidents about getting the [Scantron] machines back in Lowder.”
Taylor Jennings, College of Engineering senator, said she's recently begun an endeavor with the College of Engineering heads.
“Yesterday we met with the Alabama Power Academic Excellence program,” Jennings said. “It’s a program for underprivileged engineering students, and we got to meet up with some of those kids and talk to them. It was really cool.”
Mason Easterling, School of Nursing senator, gave an update on progress
on one of the department’s current undertakings.
“We’re working on the upcoming
new Nursing building that should hopefully be finished by Fall 2017,”
Easterling said. “We’re still working on some of the embellishments and things
it might have, but it’ll hopefully be ready soon.”
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