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The University of West Florida Student Government Association’s recently elected president and vice president discussed their plans to bolster student involvement and recognition on campus in the coming academic year at the April 19 meeting. “Our platform that we ran on was ‘Argos Moving Forward, Together,’” Sherrell Wood, SGA vice president, said. “We wanted to [...]

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The Student Government Association Senate Meeting introduced guest speakers and new legislation on Friday, March 22, in the Commons Auditorium. The first speakers were University of West Florida Peer Educators Adam Smith and Deshonna Bagwell. The UWF Peer Educators are a small group of students that help educate their peers on alcohol use, misuse, abuse [...]

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The Student Government Association Senate passed a bill 27-1 on Friday that supported a statewide initiative to decrease spending cuts for Florida universities. The bill was inspired by the Aim Higher Florida initiative, which is an attempt to raise awareness for funding for the Florida State University System. In 2012, the Florida Legislature cut $300 [...]

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The University of West Florida’s Student Government Association met on Friday, Jan. 25, to vote on two bills, one implementing a Distinguished Staff Award and the other creating a third marketing coordinator position. The Distinguished Staff Award provides one faculty member $500 to contribute to improving the academic environment in the classroom through academic travel [...]

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During the SGA Senate meeting held on Friday, Jan. 18, nine people were appointed to the Senate: William Henderson, Moran Sellers, Thomas Martin and Ashlee Mobley, Jamie Mount, Jacob Stephens, Tyler Martin, Christopher Hill, and Amber Farson. During the legislative address, Senate President Amy Bueno spoke about the Campus Master Plan and how there is [...]

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During a University of West Florida Student Government Senate meeting on Nov. 2, President Judy Bense announced the resignation of Vice President of Administrative Services Matt Altier. Bense said that Feb. 2 will be Altier’s final day at UWF. “He has done nothing wrong,” Bense said. “Everything is fine. In a way, he’s done a [...]

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The University of West Florida’s Student Government Association heard a proposal from ishareEV on Friday about the school receiving 200 electric cars that would be available for students to use any time for no cost. “This is a project that is going to address a lot of issues, and one of those is parking,” Matt [...]

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The 2012-2013 Student Government Association Freshman Committee was sworn in and several policy changes were voted on during the SGA Senate meeting on Sept. 21 in the University Commons auditorium. A total of 22 new representatives were sworn in to the SGA Senate at the meeting. Stephany Ashton, a sophomore legal studies major, was sworn [...]

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At the Student Government Association’s final meeting of the semester, which was held on April 20, members tabled a bill that would prohibit smoking on campus. Sen. Ryan Hirth, author of the bill, said the ban would benefit the environment at the University as well as the health of students. Angela Hahn, lecturer in the [...]

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At its April 6 meeting, the Student Government Association set the fee amount for the Student Green Energy Fund Proposal that students will vote on in an upcoming referendum at 75 cents. The Student Green Energy Proposal is a grassroots, student-led initiative seeking to create a fund for campus energy efficiency and renewable energy projects [...]

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