The fall semester has just begun and almost all of the Student Association's goals for the school year were accomplished or are nearing accomplishment just four months after the organization's election.
SA leaders successfully lobbied Safeway to join the GWorld program, worked with administrators for the return of the GW Reads free news publication program and the Colonial Invasion pep rally and are working to increase the SA's communication and assistance to students.
"A lot of people had doubts about some of our goals," said SA President Nicole Capp. "Hopefully, students can have a bit more faith … because we're working hard and we want to improve the quality of life for students on this campus."
The initiatives were part of the SA's "shared vision for student advocacy," which Capp and Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger laid out last spring.
"We went in and we put up the shared vision … and every day we were in that office we pounded that out so that we made progress," said Kroeger, who campaigned for the return of GW Reads and Colonial Invasion when he ran for EVP.
Part of the shared vision involved increased support for student organizations. This year, SA senators will be linked with and responsible for seven or eight different organizations as part of the Senate Responsibility Bill, Kroeger said.
"These students will serve as ambassadors from the SA to these student organizations," said Kroeger, who chairs the Senate in his capacity as EVP.
In addition, the shared vision vowed to cut SA spending by $10,000 to give more money to student organizations. Capp estimated $20,000 was cut from the executive's budget, all of which will go to student organizations. She said ending co-sponsorships for events like the Friends Block Party helped to cut their budget.
"A huge part of my summer has been working on … little things and preparing the Student Association so that it can be viewed in a different way," Kroeger said. "It is extremely important to me that the SA's image changes."
SA leaders successfully lobbied Safeway to join the GWorld program, worked with administrators for the return of the GW Reads free news publication program and the Colonial Invasion pep rally and are working to increase the SA's communication and assistance to students.
"A lot of people had doubts about some of our goals," said SA President Nicole Capp. "Hopefully, students can have a bit more faith … because we're working hard and we want to improve the quality of life for students on this campus."
The initiatives were part of the SA's "shared vision for student advocacy," which Capp and Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger laid out last spring.
"We went in and we put up the shared vision … and every day we were in that office we pounded that out so that we made progress," said Kroeger, who campaigned for the return of GW Reads and Colonial Invasion when he ran for EVP.
Part of the shared vision involved increased support for student organizations. This year, SA senators will be linked with and responsible for seven or eight different organizations as part of the Senate Responsibility Bill, Kroeger said.
"These students will serve as ambassadors from the SA to these student organizations," said Kroeger, who chairs the Senate in his capacity as EVP.
In addition, the shared vision vowed to cut SA spending by $10,000 to give more money to student organizations. Capp estimated $20,000 was cut from the executive's budget, all of which will go to student organizations. She said ending co-sponsorships for events like the Friends Block Party helped to cut their budget.
"A huge part of my summer has been working on … little things and preparing the Student Association so that it can be viewed in a different way," Kroeger said. "It is extremely important to me that the SA's image changes."
