Tearful welcomes came as the 2018-19 executive slate Amplify was inaugurated into office Wednesday and the 2017-18 Student Government Association executive slate OPTiC’s tenure came to an end.
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OPTiC president Greg Carbó offered advice to Amplify members as its term commences.
“There is a large task ahead of you. OPTiC wishes you nothing but the best, and we hope your endeavors will be as fulfilling and successful as our past year,” Carbó said. “We know you will do everything in your power to continue the work that we have tried to faithfully act upon as
our predecessors have done before us. SGA is in your hands.”
Amplify can now officially start work on its 16 platform points, said Isaac Mitchell, 2018-19 president. Amplify members need to reach out to administration regarding the points and finalize a budget with the $100,000 allocated to SGA, he said.
Additionally, Mitchell said he is excited to make a difference on campus by progressing Amplify’s platform points. This includes work toward installing an LGBTQ resource center on campus and creating ROTC priority scheduling.
“As student leaders, in the future there are going to be big goals and big ideas we are going to work on, like ideas of our own, like getting an LGBTQ resource center on campus. But also, we are collaborating and pushing forward the ideas of others,” Mitchell said.
“It doesn’t just have to be our ideas. It is also all of our ideas combining together and working toward the common goal of increasing our educational experience.”
While the new executive slate looks forward to the coming year, SGA adviser Ro Ann Royer Engle reflected on this year’s senate.
She said this year’s senate has represented and improved the campus with 29 senate orders, 10 senate amendments, four senate resolutions and three senate bills.
“Things did not always go your way, conversations weren’t always well received. There were some ‘not nows,’ ‘no’s,’” Royer Engle said to senate members. “But you found a way to work through these to represent the student voice in the best way you could.”
Royer Engle said some of the accomplishments of senate included: establishing a green council, calling for a community garden and advocating for deaf culture through promoting American Sign Language courses.
Contact Liz Rieth with comments at ejrieth@bsu.edu or on Twitter @liz_rieth.
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