The twenty-second meeting of the Fourteenth Senate was called to order by Paige Settles at 5:00pm on
April, 2016.
The minutes from last meeting were approved by unanimous consent.
President- Jay Todd Richey: I had a nine-hour board meeting last Friday, and I cannot disclose what
happened, but it was very productive. I am still working on our application for a suicide prevention
grant. I am also looking to create a committee for the renovation of the Garrett Conference Center to
help ascertain student views on the renovation.
Executive Vice President- Nolan Miles: No report.
Administrative Vice President- Liz Koehler: Send me an email if you did not get an invitation to the
fiftieth anniversary event.
Chief of Staff- James Line: I am working on developing a forum on sexual assault later this month with
the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
Director of Public Relations- Sawyer Coffee: See PR Chair report.
Director of Academic & Student Affairs- Barrett Greenwell: No report.
Director of Information Technology- Rachel Keightley: No report.
Speaker of the Senate- Paige Settles: Barrett sent me a bill that is in first read, but it is tacked at the
back
Secretary of the Senate- Cole McDowell:
Academic Affairs- Kate Hart: We will be staying after today’s meeting to grade scholarships, so please
help if you are interested.
Campus Improvements- Zach Jones: On Wednesday April 27th we will meet at 6:30pm at Centennial
Mall for the Campus Safety Walk.
Legislative Research- Megan Skaggs: Megan will be sending out an email to all senators soon. It will
discuss a bill I discussed last night about scholarships for students with disabilities. I also received an
email from William Berry, who informed that CAB has hosted movie screenings and that they haven’t
been successful.
Public Relations- Madison Keller: Sawyer and I have been collaborating on flyers for sexual assault
awareness and suicide prevention.
Student Affairs- Temple Ricke: My committee will be staying afterwards to grade scholarships, so please
join if you are interested.
MyCampusToo- Hannah Neeper: Megan represented SGA on the legislative research committee at the
WKU Student Research Conference this past weekend. The LGBTQIA forum last Wednesday went very
well. We had 39 people show up, and the conversation was very fluid. We will be hosting two disability
forums this next month—one on April 28th and one on May 5th. My committee will also be having a
meeting after the election codes review.
Sustainability- Chelsea Faught: Earth day plans are going very well. We have about 28 vendors who will
be coming, and we had a meeting with a caterer today. Zest and Feel Good will also be there. There are
posters for the event in the SGA Office, so please take some and spread the word wherever you live.
Earth Day will be on April 22nd from 10am to 2pm on Centennial Mall.
University Committee Reports:
Judicial Council Report: Applications for election were due today, so I am going to go over a couple of
things. The Chief Justice listed academic requirements for both executive and legislative positions. You
also have to be able to complete a year of participation in SGA in order to run for an executive position.
Resolution 2-16-S:
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The phrase “offer solutions for how restitutions can be made,” was struck from bill in a 17-14
vote.
“a goal of creating a zero emissions campus” was friendly amended to “the goal to improve our
AHSEE star silver rating to gold and ultimately platinum”
A period was added to the end of the Purpose Clause.
Resolution 2-16-S passed with 27 affirmative votes and four abstentions.
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:32pm.