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BY RAEGAN NEUFELD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Student Government Association had a short but informative meeting on Thursday, where several of the executive staff members discussed various university meetings they attended in the last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legislative Affairs Director Ella Burrows spoke about a meeting she had with Wesley Wintch and Joey Linn, the vice president of administration and finance and the vice president of student affairs. President Ryan Stanley was also in attendance. They discussed student fees for the next year and decided to implement a two percent inflationary increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be two percent over the next three years instead of six percent in three years to space that out,\u201d Burrows said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Burrows, the move is similar to what other Kansas Board of Regents schools are doing and should be approved by the Board with no problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will give the budgets for all of the entities at the university a lot more cushion for dealing with inflation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burrows also discussed a trip to Washington D.C. she and Treasurer David Schulte recently went on. They met with Sen. Jerry Moran, Rep. Tracey Mann and members of Sen. Roger Marshall\u2019s staff. They discussed how the congressmen can help Fort Hays with grants, specifically for the new tech school affiliation<\/a>, and additional funding for the university\u2019s nursing program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(The nursing classes) are currently capped at 30 students,\u201d Burrows explained. \u201cSo if we could expand (Stroup Hall) and have more students in those classes, they\u2019re hoping it can combat the disparities in the workforce for nurses out here in rural Kansas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SGA hosted the Big Event last Saturday and another Open Forum on Wednesday. Both events were discussed at the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Community Relations Director Emma Day, over 200 volunteers completed 15 service projects throughout the day. She is currently working on a survey to see what participants liked and what can be improved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had great feedback from the project leaders that had volunteers show up and help them out, so I think it was a good success,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burrows also deemed the Open Forum a success. Four panelists, representing Student Engagement, Health and Wellness Services, Residential Life and the University Police Department, answered questions about their respective student services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt like we had a lot of great discussions,\u201d she said. \u201cI think both Res Life and UPD are going to take some of those comments back and hopefully get some resolutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full coverage of the Open Forum will be published on Tiger Media Network\u2019s website in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In other news, a bill containing the SGA budget for next year was up for first reading and will be voted on at next week\u2019s meeting. Burrows and Day also announced their executive staff for next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023-24 SGA Executive Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n