Saint Michael's College Student Association

Make an informed decision about where your money is going!

The three non-profit organizations that are candidates for receiving the almost $10,000 Fix it with 5 grant will be presenting in McCarthy at 7:00PM on Thursday 2/4.  Students will be able to vote on which organization they want to receive the funds next week.

COTS (www.cotsonline.org)
NeighborKeepers (www.neighborkeepers.org)
Spectrum Youth and Family Services (www.spectrumvt.org)

This is also a GOT SKILLS event.

Third Eye Blind is coming April 16th!  Tickets will be on sale soon, $20 for students and $30 for off-campus.

Welcome back everyone, we hope you have had a smooth start of the semester!

During Tuesday’s meeting, the senate discussed our response as a community to the earthquake in Haiti.  Given the many ties our school has to the country, we believe it is important that the school continues to be involved in rebuilding efforts after the initial surge of money and aid.  Possible ideas brought up during open forum were a future annual MOVE service trip, an educational scholarship, and using money from the SA’s general reserves to donate to a sustainable project.

We encourage students to continue the conversation with classmates, faculty and staff, and get in touch with the SA to give your thoughts on the direction the school should take.  In the meantime, you can donate via checks payable to Catholic Relief Services (drop them off at the MOVE office or Campus Ministry).  MOVE will also be tabling in Alliot this week.

• The senate voted in favor to allocate $500 to the Conservative Club for next semester.
• Reallocations were Sunday: 6 clubs had 5% of their budgets removed because of meeting absences, the Psych club was given $250, and no other changes were made.
• The senate voted to transfer power to David and Theresa over the semester break.

All clubs who have a change in leadership for next semester please email studentassociation@smcvt.edu.

Thanks for all your hard work this semester, see you in January!

• Trevin gave an overview of a sample club sports budget, to inform students who have expressed interest in starting a new club sport
• Meg reminded clubs about reallocations this Sunday
• Claire and SGAC member Conor Stewart presented about World AIDS Week and the Ilula Orphan Program fundraiser on Thursday night.  Learn more about the IOP here.

Next week’s meeting is holiday themed!

This week’s Defender editorial was about the performance and progress of the Student Association so far.  Read it on the Echo website.

Reallocation for clubs are happening Sunday, 12/6, from 10:00AM-8:00PM!  Two members from each club must be present.  Clubs can sign up for a time on the SA office door.  Be prepared to outline what you’ve spent your budget on so far, and future spending plans.

Tonight Katie and Dustin gave a tutorial on using clicker technology.  Currently in a pilot program, clicker technology is being used in Professor Ashline’s math classes and Professor Micheletto’s marketing classes–to increase student participation, complete practice problems, etc.  Potential uses for SA meetings would be improving  voting and attendance and making these processes more efficient.

No meeting next week–have a safe and relaxing Thanksgiving break!