Still looking for Work Study placement? Consider joining the SGA team. We have many positions available, and we are looking for hard-working, dynamic Stetson students to fill them! Please click here or contact sga@stetson.edu for applications and more information!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Monday, July 20, 2009
Join the H.O.M.E. Team!
H.O.M.E. Team
Helping, Organizing, Moving, Encouraging
Hello Fellow Hatters!
I hope you all are enjoying your summers so far and getting excited to return to Stetson in the fall! I would like to invite you to join me in an opportunity to meet new Hatters and lend a helping hand. The H.O.M.E. Team helps welcome the Class of 2013 to campus on Move-In Day. Come be a part of the excitement to help incoming students and their families move in on Saturday, August 15th!
The H.O.M.E. Team is open to the first 150 students, alumni, faculty, and staff members who apply and who are in good academic and judicial standing. H.O.M.E. Team students will be allowed to move back to campus on Friday, August 14th. You will be provided with dinner that Friday night as well as breakfast and lunch the following day.
Please submit your application to Elizabeth Schaefer at eschaefe@stetson.edu by Friday July 24th if you are interested. This is a great way to not only meet new students but network with old friends and Alumni as well!
Come be part of the H.O.M.E. Team! Feel free to forward this on to friends too!
Best regards,
Alexandra (Ali) Aldrich
Stetson University
AAldrich@stetson.edu
Stetson University
AAldrich@stetson.edu
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Press Release: Student Government Association announces new Web site
The Student Government Association announces the creation of a new, interactive Web site open to the entire Stetson community. Visit http://stetsonsga.pbworks.com/ for frequent updates from SGA.
“Become a fan of SGA on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @StetsonSGA,” said Kathryn Peterson, SGA Secretary of Communication.
“Also, applications to be a student senator are now online, so fill out an application today!” For more information, contact Peterson at kepeters@stetson.edu.
“Become a fan of SGA on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @StetsonSGA,” said Kathryn Peterson, SGA Secretary of Communication.
“Also, applications to be a student senator are now online, so fill out an application today!” For more information, contact Peterson at kepeters@stetson.edu.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Stetson Community Mourns Austin Wuennenberg
Austin Wuennenberg
April 25, 1988 - July 5, 2009
The Student Government Association would like to, on behalf of the student body at Stetson University, send its condolences to the family of Austin Wuennenberg. His tragic death has left a gaping hole in our tight-knit Stetson community, and he will not soon be forgotten.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Update from Jared Warn, Chair of the Committee on Student's Rights and Responsibilities
The committee on Student's Rights and Responsibilities is an ad-hock committee commissioned by President Glasnovich to produce a student's Bill of Rights as well as produce a model for a student judiciary system to the administration.
Its members are Jared Warn (Chair), David Deaton, Christine Jacobson, Kameron St. Clare, Jeff Shapiro,and Jessica St. John.
We have been researching a bill of Student Rights for five months now. After rigorous debate and a lengthy research process it is finally ready to be brought before the faculty and student body at large. If you would like the most updated copy feel free to email me at jwarn@stetson.edu, a copy should be displayed with all other legislation in the CUB sometime later this week.
The bill mostly covers rights which we already have, but are not written in any official university document. The rights enumerated in this document are both affirmative and reactionary.
Our second of recommending a student judiciary is well underway, we are in contact with the student government at Creighton (one of our affiliates) where they already have a student judiciary. Our hope is that they may serve as a model which we can draw ideas from.
That is a brief synopsis of what is going on in SRR, questions or comments feel free to email me at jwarn@stetson.edu, or attend our meetings. They are Mondays at 6:30pm in the large study room by the front desk in the library (I would ask that you please send me a courtesy email so I know we will be having guests, the room is small).
This is a great time to remind everybody that all meetings of the Student Government are open to the public. Both the meeting of the Senate at 7:00pm on Wednesdays in the LBC auditorium, and all committee meetings are open to the public. If ever you have trouble reaching a senator, or are just have a deep interest in a specific piece of legislation you are welcome to attend any meeting (meeting board with times and dates is located in the SGA office).
Its members are Jared Warn (Chair), David Deaton, Christine Jacobson, Kameron St. Clare, Jeff Shapiro,and Jessica St. John.
We have been researching a bill of Student Rights for five months now. After rigorous debate and a lengthy research process it is finally ready to be brought before the faculty and student body at large. If you would like the most updated copy feel free to email me at jwarn@stetson.edu, a copy should be displayed with all other legislation in the CUB sometime later this week.
The bill mostly covers rights which we already have, but are not written in any official university document. The rights enumerated in this document are both affirmative and reactionary.
Our second of recommending a student judiciary is well underway, we are in contact with the student government at Creighton (one of our affiliates) where they already have a student judiciary. Our hope is that they may serve as a model which we can draw ideas from.
That is a brief synopsis of what is going on in SRR, questions or comments feel free to email me at jwarn@stetson.edu, or attend our meetings. They are Mondays at 6:30pm in the large study room by the front desk in the library (I would ask that you please send me a courtesy email so I know we will be having guests, the room is small).
This is a great time to remind everybody that all meetings of the Student Government are open to the public. Both the meeting of the Senate at 7:00pm on Wednesdays in the LBC auditorium, and all committee meetings are open to the public. If ever you have trouble reaching a senator, or are just have a deep interest in a specific piece of legislation you are welcome to attend any meeting (meeting board with times and dates is located in the SGA office).
Monday, March 9, 2009
Stetson trustees put their money where their heart is.
By Pat Hatfield
posted Feb 24, 2009 - 2:41:52pm
These are tough times. People are losing jobs. Investments have gone sour.
Put the two together, and coming up with enough scholarships, grants and money to stay enrolled at private colleges and universities like DeLand's own Stetson University can be an insurmountable obstacle.
Stetson's undergraduate tuition and fees run $31,770 a year, which is about average. Add living expenses, and the cost tops $43,000 a year.
Even with scholarships and other forms of tuition assistance, students whose parents have lost their jobs or seen their income decline, may have been planning to withdraw.
But Stetson's trustees, many of whom saw their own investments go south, are reaching out with their own money to help students who are in dire straits. The special assistance comes in the form of "I Believe in You" scholarships.
Stetson President Dr. Doug Lee provided the background.
"In January 2008, we were aware that we were going into a recession. Students were here one semester or one year, then gone, because they couldn't afford to come back," Lee said.
Recession was a concern for the university. Board of trustees members, most of whom are heavy investors on Wall Street, directed the university to go into "recession mode," Lee said. Stetson's budget was pared for the remainder of the 2007-08 year and for the 2008-09 year.
Trouble among the students became noticeable in the fall, with enrollment down slightly and students having trouble mustering the funds to return. Total enrollment was down by 30 on the DeLand campus of 2,150 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students.
Then, the economy "tanked" again.
The trustees took note.
In a January 2009 conference call, four members of the board — Nestor DeArmas, David Rinker, Mark Hollis and Dean Hollis — asked for specifics on students in economic trouble.
Deborah Thompson, vice president for enrollment management and campus life, was ready for the question. Within four days, she had a list of 78 students in good academic standing, who could stay — with help.
A search of scholarships helped around 20 students find the wherewithal to stay in school.
That left another 50 or 55 who could stay in, but had exhausted every source of revenue, Thompson said.
The four trustees said they would guarantee $400,000 to keep students in school this spring and in the fall, and would build a pool of $3 million to help families make it through the recession over the next few years. They also would canvass the other 29 board members to raise the additional funding.
Thompson was left speechless, but with tears in her eyes.
One board member put up $500,000. There's currently more than $1 million in cash for the "I Believe in You" scholarships. The key to the scholarships was the board's guarantee, Lee said.
"It was an inspiration," he said. "It's a transformational education at Stetson. The board lives that out."
Thompson is working with students and parents where there is the need. Both groups are committed to the process of searching out every available source of funding before tapping the "I Believe in You" scholarship, she said.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Updates from the Committee on Campus Life!
The Committee on Campus Life has been moving steadily this semester working and passing many bills to hopefully make a difference on our Stetson campus. Last semester we were proud to work on the Medical Amnesty Resolution, which was passed out of the Senate and is already on its way to becoming a reality.
Our committee consists of a diverse group of students, involving senators that are commuters as well as from many organizations around campus. We all work well together to come up with legislation that will benefit everyone.
Recently, we have passed legislation concerning the Hollis Center, the Bookstore, and Self Defense Seminars. We cannot wait to see what else our committee has in store this semester!
Our meetings are on Tuesdays at 5:30pm in CUB 204, and we invite guests and fellow senators to voice their opinions and ideas for what they would like to see changed or implemented on campus.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Updates from the Committee on Residential Life
The Committee for Residential Living has been very busy this semester! We have been working with Dining Services to make suggestions about the Commons layout and have been continuing the Clamshell initiative. As a matter of fact, there is yet another Clamshell update. The Clamshell Cards are now being used and distributed to make life easier for the students and enabling them to carry around a card as opposed to a Clamshell all day.
Recent bills that we have been steadily working on include the Meal Charity Resolution and the Hat Rack Hours Resolution. On February 18, the Hat Rack Hours Resolution was passed out of Committee and is now going to be up for Old Business in Senate. There are a few adjustments we are still fixing on the Meal Charity Resolution which we should have ironed out within the next couple of meetings!
Our Committee is also very pleased with the housing signups for this year. We anticipate that the earlier timing of room assignments will go much smoother than years past. Also, one of our Committee members came back from a conference and has supplied many great ideas that deal with saving energy in the residence halls. Our Committee is very excited to see this project take off!
Our Committee meets on Wednesdays at 5:45pm in Room 220 of the Lynn Business Center. We hope to see you there!
Friday, February 13, 2009
State of the Association
Delivered: January 21, 2009
Mr. Vice-President, members of the Senate, my honorable Secretaries, and distinguished guests it is my honor to welcome you back to the final semester of the 125th year of classes, the 72nd year of session of this Senate, and the 101st year of student governance at this great institution. We begin this semester in anticipation of a celebration of our heritage and the transformations we have undergone during the existence of this university. These next few months represent the end of a great period for our institution but also the beginning of a great era with the anticipated inauguration of our ninth President, Dr. Wendy Libby.
This anticipation and celebration is contrasted starkly with the difficulties of our time. We are not isolated from the worries of the world. The economic and political difficulties affect this University and this Association; we should count ourselves lucky to have this opportunity, to learn and lead at this intuition as many of our colleagues did not return to join us this semester.
It is an unfortunate realization that many of the ambitions and expressions of this Association are dependent upon the fiscal stability of our University. As students we must constantly fight for our voice to be heard but must also understand the dire situation faced by our University. I encourage us to work on solutions that support not only our own benefit but the benefit of the entire community of which we are a part.
This does not mean, however, that the ingenuity of this Association should cease. We have, over the past several years, made tremendous contributions to the success of our institution and we will continue to fight for the will of the students and promote the best interest of this University in spite of the hardships we face. It is our work that makes this campus more focused on the students, more focused on active student engagement, student happiness, and student success.
I therefore, encourage this Association to continue to dream big and not let the world’s hardships limit our ambitions.
Soon we will begin the annual process of selecting the next leaders of this Association. I encourage you all to contemplate the awesome task we undertake each day as student leaders as we aim to transform life for the welfare of all and to actively promote and participate in the election of the 95th Student Body President.
In the next few months We the Students will continue to pursue a more equal and powerful role in the process of University governance. We will continue to be the leaders of our constituents, and we will continue to embody the ideals of the Students of our University. We will continue these things because our ideals, our resolve, and our Association are strong.
Andrew J. Glasnovich
President
Student Government Association
Stetson University
Mr. Vice-President, members of the Senate, my honorable Secretaries, and distinguished guests it is my honor to welcome you back to the final semester of the 125th year of classes, the 72nd year of session of this Senate, and the 101st year of student governance at this great institution. We begin this semester in anticipation of a celebration of our heritage and the transformations we have undergone during the existence of this university. These next few months represent the end of a great period for our institution but also the beginning of a great era with the anticipated inauguration of our ninth President, Dr. Wendy Libby.
This anticipation and celebration is contrasted starkly with the difficulties of our time. We are not isolated from the worries of the world. The economic and political difficulties affect this University and this Association; we should count ourselves lucky to have this opportunity, to learn and lead at this intuition as many of our colleagues did not return to join us this semester.
It is an unfortunate realization that many of the ambitions and expressions of this Association are dependent upon the fiscal stability of our University. As students we must constantly fight for our voice to be heard but must also understand the dire situation faced by our University. I encourage us to work on solutions that support not only our own benefit but the benefit of the entire community of which we are a part.
This does not mean, however, that the ingenuity of this Association should cease. We have, over the past several years, made tremendous contributions to the success of our institution and we will continue to fight for the will of the students and promote the best interest of this University in spite of the hardships we face. It is our work that makes this campus more focused on the students, more focused on active student engagement, student happiness, and student success.
I therefore, encourage this Association to continue to dream big and not let the world’s hardships limit our ambitions.
Soon we will begin the annual process of selecting the next leaders of this Association. I encourage you all to contemplate the awesome task we undertake each day as student leaders as we aim to transform life for the welfare of all and to actively promote and participate in the election of the 95th Student Body President.
In the next few months We the Students will continue to pursue a more equal and powerful role in the process of University governance. We will continue to be the leaders of our constituents, and we will continue to embody the ideals of the Students of our University. We will continue these things because our ideals, our resolve, and our Association are strong.
Andrew J. Glasnovich
President
Student Government Association
Stetson University
SGA Exec goes to Tallahassee
On Wednesday February 11th, 2009 three of the SGA executives headed to Tallahassee to meet with the Florida Legislature.
There trip focused on the Florida Resident Access Grant, which goes to all residents of Florida who attend in-state, private schools for higher education.
After more than a half-dozen meetings, the SGA representatives have firm commitments that the FRAG will continue; however, cuts should be expected. The executives also learned that the federal stimulus package may not benefit Florida's higher ed or transportation programs because of partisan politics.
For more information contact the SGA reps at:
Andrew Davis: adavis2@stetson.edu
Drew Glasnovich: aglasnov@stetson.edu
Matthew Hick: mrhicks@stetson.edu
There trip focused on the Florida Resident Access Grant, which goes to all residents of Florida who attend in-state, private schools for higher education.
After more than a half-dozen meetings, the SGA representatives have firm commitments that the FRAG will continue; however, cuts should be expected. The executives also learned that the federal stimulus package may not benefit Florida's higher ed or transportation programs because of partisan politics.
For more information contact the SGA reps at:
Andrew Davis: adavis2@stetson.edu
Drew Glasnovich: aglasnov@stetson.edu
Matthew Hick: mrhicks@stetson.edu
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