At the first Student Government Association meeting on Sept. 11, Arin Powers, Woodward, Okla., senior, was sworn in as president.<\/p>\n
Powers was first sworn in as vice president in May after\u00a0Chris Roberts, Salina senior, announced his decision to go on indefinite leave. \u00a0She then became acting president June 1 by default.<\/p>\n
“Arin Powers is an exceptional leader and someone who I greatly admire. I chose her as a running mate for her tenacity and passion for helping others. She will continue striving for a better student experience on campus,” said Chris Roberts.<\/p>\n
Roberts was arrested back in February for domestic battery and then arrested again in April for a DUI. On July 21, Roberts was convicted of disorderly conduct and given 12\u00a0months probation.<\/p>\n
“Consequences have actions. I chose to get behind the wheel and put people in danger. It was incredibly irresponsible and hope others learn from my mistake,” said Roberts<\/p>\n
While at the meeting, it was announced that Eris Wilson is stepping in as the interim vice president.<\/p>\n
\u201c I have appointed Eris Wilson to serve as the interim vice president so the Student Government office can remain operating effectively during this time,\u201d Powers said.<\/p>\n
At the moment, there is no official procedure on how to choose a president or vice president if one cannot serve the following term, so SGA proceeded to accept applications\u00a0for the position.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter all applications have been reviewed, interviews will take place and a bill with the name of the proposed vice president will go before the senate for a vote,\u201d Powers said.<\/p>\n
Not only is the position of vice president being reviewed,\u00a0\u00a0but the public relations director position is open to applicants as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, I think, holds a lot of potential for Student Government to reflect and grow from our experiences of this past year,\u201d Powers said. \u201cI look forward to strengthening the partnership between the campus and the Hays community through several programs that are currently in the works, as well as addressing concerns with campus safety and affordability.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the SGA website, students are encouraged to visit their office if they have any questions, comments or concerns. Any student can go to the SGA office in the office hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon, Wed, Fri and 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tue and Thu. The executive staff can be found in the lower level in the Memorial Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the first Student Government Association meeting on Sept. 11, Arin Powers, Woodward, Okla., senior, was sworn in as president. Powers was first sworn in… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3389],"tags":[1138,291,3063,69,110,134,1495],"class_list":["post-12711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-student-government-news","tag-arin-powers","tag-chris-roberts","tag-eris-wilson","tag-fhsu","tag-memorial-union","tag-sga","tag-tigermedianet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12711"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14540,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12711\/revisions\/14540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}