{"id":84184,"date":"2024-12-20T12:01:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=84184"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T18:01:55","slug":"osga-amends-bylaws-swears-in-new-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=84184","title":{"rendered":"OSGA amends bylaws, swears in new senator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By ALICIA FEYERHERM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online Student Government Association (OSGA) had its monthly meeting on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New business for the meeting dealt with amendments to the bylaws. Senate Affairs Chair Benjamin Keliojor reviewed the changes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some changes were minor, such as replacing all references of OSS (Online Student Senate) with OSGA (Online Student Government Association) to reflect the name change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendment also included changes to the eligibility requirements for senators. Currently, undergraduate students must be enrolled in six credit hours and the changes reduce that requirement to three credit hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome online students, you know, they\u2019re busy, so they do a class at a time and also limits a certain amount of students to actually join the Senate,\u201d Keliojor said. \u201cWe thought three credits was appropriate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GPA requirement to join was also changed from 2.5 to 2.0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI believe the school also has that same requirement for academic success, which is 2.0, so we thought \u2018why not mirror that?\u2019\u201d Kiliojor said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When swearing in new members, currently only the President or the Senate Affairs Committee chair can administer that oath. The changes amend this so that another member of the Senate Affairs could also administer the oath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An appendix titled \u201cArticles of OSGA President and Vice President\u201d was added. The section states that the President can appoint a Vice President without a voting process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe President can pick who they want to be their Vice President,\u201d Keliojor said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keliojor said since OSGA is now its own organization, there should be a Vice President in addition to the President. Keliojor directed senators to the full document to see all the changes before motioning to approve the amendment. The amendment passed unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other highlights from the meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tavia Foley, an Elementary Education student from Kansas City, was sworn in as a new senator.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OSGA President Heather Flick and Public Relations Officer\u00a0 Eileen Moore met with the faculty advisor and President for The Associated Students of Washington State University Global. Washington State has had an online student government since the late 1990s and provided information on how they run their organization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over 500 students have responded to the online student survey designed by OSGA. The survey closes on December 31.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The next OSGA meeting will be at 6 p.m. CST on January 20, 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By ALICIA FEYERHERM Tiger Media Network Online Student Government Association (OSGA) had its monthly meeting on Monday. 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