A grocery store on GWorld, weekly town halls and linking Student Association senators directly to student organizations is just a sampling of what SA leaders said they want to accomplish next year.
SA President Nicole Capp and Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger have laid out their goals for "a shared vision for student advocacy." The list, with eight general categories of goals, includes expanding GWorld, setting up services to communicate better with students, instituting an online test bank and improving the Colonial Coach shuttle service.
"This isn't to restrict us ... it's just to keep us focused," said Capp, a sophomore. "In the beginning, it's very easy to go off in different directions."
Capp said the senate and members of the executive branch all met to discuss ideas and "find common ground."
"Everybody had different agendas," said Kroeger, a sophomore. "So we sat in a room ... and we said this is what we want our priorities to be. This is what we want to accomplish as a whole."
Two of the SA's biggest goals, bringing back the Colonial Invasion pep rally and the GW Reads program, were met two weeks ago when University officials announced that both are likely to return next fall. Both programs were cut last year due to budgetary constraints.
Capp and Kroeger are now working on their next goal - expanding the GWorld Colonial Cash program. Capp ran on the campaign platform "GWorld All Over." She said the SA is making progress in bringing a local grocery store onto the GWorld system.
Two of Capp's other campaign promises also made it into the shared vision, GW411 and GWInformed. These programs aim to connect students directly with the SA.
"GW411 and GWInformed are going to be two initiatives in everything the SA does," said Capp, noting that a new, interactive SA Web site will launch before the start of Colonial Inauguration.
This new Web site will feature blogs from Capp and senate committee chairmen, allowing for what Capp calls constant accountability.
SA President Nicole Capp and Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger have laid out their goals for "a shared vision for student advocacy." The list, with eight general categories of goals, includes expanding GWorld, setting up services to communicate better with students, instituting an online test bank and improving the Colonial Coach shuttle service.
"This isn't to restrict us ... it's just to keep us focused," said Capp, a sophomore. "In the beginning, it's very easy to go off in different directions."
Capp said the senate and members of the executive branch all met to discuss ideas and "find common ground."
"Everybody had different agendas," said Kroeger, a sophomore. "So we sat in a room ... and we said this is what we want our priorities to be. This is what we want to accomplish as a whole."
Two of the SA's biggest goals, bringing back the Colonial Invasion pep rally and the GW Reads program, were met two weeks ago when University officials announced that both are likely to return next fall. Both programs were cut last year due to budgetary constraints.
Capp and Kroeger are now working on their next goal - expanding the GWorld Colonial Cash program. Capp ran on the campaign platform "GWorld All Over." She said the SA is making progress in bringing a local grocery store onto the GWorld system.
Two of Capp's other campaign promises also made it into the shared vision, GW411 and GWInformed. These programs aim to connect students directly with the SA.
"GW411 and GWInformed are going to be two initiatives in everything the SA does," said Capp, noting that a new, interactive SA Web site will launch before the start of Colonial Inauguration.
This new Web site will feature blogs from Capp and senate committee chairmen, allowing for what Capp calls constant accountability.
