{"id":91025,"date":"2025-10-20T08:44:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=91025"},"modified":"2025-10-20T08:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:44:43","slug":"osga-swears-in-two-new-senators-discusses-online-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=91025","title":{"rendered":"OSGA swears in two new senators, discusses online newsletter"},"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>Fort Hays State University\u2019s Online Student Government Association (OSGA) met on Saturday and swore in two new senators: Karley Downham and Amber Shapland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Downham is pursuing a master&#8217;s in Instructional Design.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just want to join OSGA because it gives me an opportunity to be a part of improving the online student community,\u201d&nbsp; Downham said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shapland is pursuing a master\u2019s in English. As a 7-12 grade teacher, Shapland routinely promotes Fort Hays to her students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBecause I\u2019ve had so much success in it, I thought joining an organization like this would help me promote it more,\u201d Shapland said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the meeting, the group also discussed the recently-created <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/mail.fhsu.edu\/fhsu-onlinenews\/welcome\">online student newsletter<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt (the newsletter) was so collaborative,\u201d OSGA President Eileen Moore said. \u201cWe had multiple senators providing content for it which is the purpose \u2018by students for students\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sent in an email to all online students on Oct. 1, the newsletter has garnered over 950 views and OSGA was contacted by six students interested in joining. OSGA plans on publishing the next edition in January.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ari Rad, a senator from Finland, shared an Online Student Resources document he created.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt takes a lot of time to go and search for online resources,\u201d Rad said. \u201cI think this online resources project helps online students to spend less time looking for resources which are available for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document includes information about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Tebo Library<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Writing Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiger Tech<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Career Services\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial Assistance\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Counseling services\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The document will be updated with more resources and information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAri\u2019s intent on this is for this to be a living document that\u2019s going to change as the university brings more things on,\u201d Moore said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senators had several ideas for future OSGA events including some specifically geared towards international online students. Moore encouraged committees to meet before the next OSGA meeting and report on any updates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next OSGA meeting will be at 8:00 p.m. CST on Tuesday, November 18. All students are welcome to attend. 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