By ABIGAIL SHEARER
Tiger Media Network
On Thursday, Angela Pool-Funai, assistant provost for academic programs and dean of the Graduate School, addressed the Senate regarding the academic catalog and its benefits for students.
Pool-Funai discussed the three main features of the academic catalog.
“[The] information hub is the go place for things like university and class policies, programs, criteria, graduation requirements, and so forth,” she said. “You can find a program overview if you’re an undergrad and if you’re looking for a minor, or if you’re looking for a possible way to stick around for grad school. Last but not least, we have degree maps.”
She also said there is a degree map for every degree; however, not every concentration has one yet. The degree maps are outlines based on no prior credits and on taking 15-16 credits per year.
In New Business, six new bills were up for first reading.
Bill No.26.S.104 related to the Colligate DECA line item requested moving funds from the 2026 Kansas Collegiate DECA State Conference Hotel, the 2026 Kansas Collegiate DECA State Conference Registration, and the Educational Trip to the 2026 International Career Development Conference.
Bill No.26.S.105 related to the TEECA line item requested moving funds from National Conference Mileage into National Conference Hotel and National Conference Airfare.
Bill No.26.S.106 related to the Encounter line item requested moving funds from Encounter Fall BBQ Cost and Encounter Spring BBQ Cost to Encounter Spring Pizza Cost.
Bill No.26.S.107 requested a change to the Ski and Snowboarding line item to adjust the allocated amount to reflect the new breakdown.
Bill No.26.S.108 requested a change to the Ceramica Clay Club line item to move funds from Local Visiting Artist (Spring) Speaker Fees (Travel) and Local Visiting Artist (Spring) Cost to National Visiting Artist (Spring) Speaker Fees (Travel) and National Visiting Artist (Spring) Cost.
Bill No.26.S.109 requested a change to the Fort Hays Honors Society line item to moving funds from the Leadership in Higher Education Conference to the New York Trip Hotel and New York Trip Airfare.
These bills will be up for a vote next week.
In Old Business, the Senate voted on three bills.
Bill No. 26.S.103 requested a change to the Finance Club line item; the bill failed because no Finance Club representative attended the meeting.
Bill No. 26.S.102 requested a change to the International Business Club line item; the bill passed unanimously.
Bill No. 26.S.101 discussed a Ski and Snowboarding Club line-item change; the bill failed due to a new bill up for first reading.
Announcements
SGA leadership encouraged senators to talk to their state representatives about how need-based aid helps them and their constituents. In 2025, $2.73 million was cut from need-based aid for Kansas college and university students. For more information, email SGA Legislative Affairs Director Grace McCord at gemccord@mail.fhsu.edu.
SGA will reconvene at 7 p.m. on Thursday.