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College Update: Still kickin' as an ASL interpreting major at SCU, all my friends are queer as per usu, vice president of NAMI on Campus, member of LEAD Team, sibling of Lambda Sigma Tau and planning to run for our scholarship chair, resident advisor for the family apartments and next year the RA for the ASL living learning community, planning to run for the diversity chair for Student Senate to promote a nerodiversity and accessability on campus, planning to run for a position in ASL Club. Been pretty busy, next year will be the same. That's where I'm at.

Make a Difference With The Student Senate

Have you ever felt the need to make a difference on campus? You can - just like the ambitious students who joined the Student Senate.

“The Student Senate has given me the opportunity to give back and help the campus and community reach their full potentials, while simultaneously helping me reach MY full potential.”

That’s according to senate member Michael Tadros ‘17. He pointed out some of the major accomplishments and events created by the senate that our student body enjoys throughout the semester, such as Casino Night, Commuter Brunches, and weekly events like Monday Night Football.

“The Senate has allowed me to become an active member of the community.”

But being part of the student senate isn’t just about creating fun events for students to unwind temporarily. It’s also about listening to the voice of your academic peers and helping improve the campus as a whole.

For example, Tadros says that the Student Senate was responsible for passing a “Smoke Free Campus Resolution”, and doubling the time between classes from 5 minutes to 10 minutes for the Spring ‘18 semester and beyond.

In terms of visual changes to the campus, the senate set forth renovations to the Campus Center’s 2nd floor, including new carpet and furniture.

Undoubtedly these accomplishments have an impact on NJIT, but potentially also on the senate members’ careers moving forward.

“The leadership skills that I have learned and the strong connections with other students and faculty have helped me become a better person as a whole.”

If you want to help bring change to your campus, while serving the NJIT student body, perhaps consider joining the Student Senate.

According to Tadros, you can “become a Student-At-Large, which is a volunteer position for the committee of your choosing. This is a great way to not only get involved on the Senate and on-campus, but also a great way to get exposed to how the Senate functions.”

More info can be found at StudentSenate.NJIT.edu or visiting their office on the 4th floor of the Campus Center, between 10am and 5:30pm on Monday thru Friday.

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That weird moment in Summer Senate when your fellow mock senator asks you whether you could change the word “require” in your bill about county level emergency PPE stockpiles to “strongly recommend” and you have to not show that you think that question was the stupidest one you’ve ever heard. You end up having to go, no Senator, I do not agree with that change because that removes any teeth this bill would have. If you give people the option of not doing something in a legal sense, they aren’t going to go out of their way to follow the recommendations. All while thinking in your head about how you’ve very much tailored this bill to your state’s rights conservative fellow senators and to the suggestions of the expert witnesses we have listened to who all seemed to really like the idea so why don’t you? This bill wasn’t taking away from private entities’ choices and it was not a very large stockpile. It would only apply in the case of national or state emergencies and people would not be able to just rely on the stockpile instead of planning ahead so you quite literally have no idea what your fellow senator is objecting to. You then decide to be quite pleased that your bill ends up passing unamended and call it a day.

#random #about the blogger #summer senate #student senate #this bill was quite literally at the state level so I have no idea what kind of overreach the oerson was thunking was going to happen #it didn’t touch private organizations #it was merely declaring that county governments would be given funds for ppe #it was a two week supply and I even wrote in rotating the stock out so it doesn’t expire #sometimes I think some of these states’ rights people want the articles of confederation back #this bill was based on my personal experiene working in long term care so there #I recognize that a lot of the fellow senators’ frontal lobes had not fully developed yet but really empathy is a thing #although this person is like married to the idea of statistics over human life so there’s that #I’m proudly left leaning if the alternative is not caring about people over finances

Sep 2, 2019 | Addressing student senators during the first general assembly of the academic year Aug. 29, Grand Valley State University President Philomena Mantella recited the senate’s oath, swearing in the bulk of its 2019-2020 legislative body. While several empty seats dotted the room — to be filled by the interested applicants seated in the gallery — the...

The university president also answered questions about Greek Life — noting that they, along with other student organizations, contribute greatly to the university and will not “undermine the campus culture” — and how she plans to involve a range of voices in helping fuel ideas for future growth.

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As five new student senators begin their terms, the Review reached out to learn a little more about them. Although the new legislative class is dominated by first-years from the College, it also includes sophomore and junior representatives, as well as a new senator from the Conservatory.

(via New Class of Members Elected to Student Senate)

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