The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate allocated $5,100 to the Kappa Delta Pi (KDP) Education Honor Society for its annual education conference, passed a Bill to encourage the reduction of water bottle use plastics and appoint a student representative in the Faculty Senate during the meeting. regular Tuesday meeting.
$5,100 earmarked for education honors the community
The Senate unanimously approved a $5,100 program grant to the Alpha Chi KDP honor society chapter for its 11th annual educators conference.
The conference will be held at Memorial Hall on March 2 and will include about 20 speakers who will help future teachers “strengthen their teacher toolkits,” KDP Vice President and Junior Hunter Carney said during his presentation to the Senate.
The conference has historically drawn about 50 attendees, but Carney said he hopes to increase this number by inviting future teachers from other Virginia universities such as Eastern Mennonite University and Mary Baldwin University.
Of the $5,100, Carney said the organization plans to spend $2,000 on catering, $500 on prizes and giveaways for attendees, $200 on reservations, $10 per attendee on conference fees and $40 per attendee on materials. Carney said KDP will earn a projected $590 this semester in fundraising benefits based on the amount of money it raised last semester.
“We are creating an opportunity for JMU to host and create an extraordinary special development opportunity for its current and future faculty,” Carney said. “We will be promoting this conference around campus to any and all students interested in education as an opportunity that all can attend.”
Sophomore and Sen. Jon Carr, who presented the resolution, said KDP is a “very involved” organization on campus with more than 130 members.
“They have many opportunities for professional development, like headshots, building resumes and educational speakers,” Carr said. “The upcoming conference invites many teachers from other Virginia schools, so it helps make JMU look good.”
Opinion bill to encourage the use of aluminum cans passed
The Senate also unanimously passed an Opinion Bill encouraging the gradual replacement of plastic soda bottles in dining facilities and vending machines on campus.
The resolution – presented by senior and Sen. Faith Forman and presented by Senate Speaker and junior Kieran Fensterwald – recommends that all plastic bottles be replaced with aluminum cans within two years to increase environmental sustainability.
“Aluminum credits are already being implemented in some vending machines, so there is clearly potential to implement those,” Forman said.
Although Forman said aluminum cans have a “small environmental impact,” he added that reusable aluminum cans are more sustainable than plastic and glass bottles, especially given that Harrisonburg does not recycle many types of plastic bottles.
“I think this is clearly researched,” junior and Assemblyman Riley Gilbert said. “I think there is only benefit to this that I can see.”
Student selection Faculty Senate representative
The Senate unanimously confirmed sophomore and Senator Caroline Spurling to serve as the SGA student representative on the Faculty Senate.
Fensterwald, who presented the nomination, said Spurling has shown “dedication and dedication” to SGA throughout her tenure as senator.
“I think he has shown exceptional involvement in different aspects of the organization,” junior and SGA Vice President Abby Herbert said. “I think he will be a good person to represent SGA on the Faculty Senate.”
Emma Notarnicola contributed to this report.
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