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SGA raises student center fees, funds survivor kits

Anna Yanosick • December 1, 2023

SGA passed a motion to raise the Student Center Fee from $4.25 to $4.75, funded a sexual assault survivor care kit drive and allocated $3,000 to the Bear Den and Alpha Kappa Alpha. Sen. Molly Austin presented...

SGA recommends admin lower dorm lockout fees for students

Will McDonald • November 30, 2022

SGA unanimously agreed to recommend a change to the dorm lockout fees in a Nov. 28 meeting. The current lockout fees are $25 for getting locked out of one’s dorm a second time — the...

SGA allocates $10k to buy carved wooden bear chair

Will McDonald • November 9, 2022

A large wooden bear chair is set to arrive in the Ronnie Williams Student Center in spring 2023. SGA allocated $10,000 to pay for the creation of the bear chair by woodcarver Alex Ward of Cedar Valley...

SGA votes to table Miss UCA funding discussion

Will McDonald • October 26, 2022

The Student Government Association voted to table a discussion on whether or not to allocate $6,325 to the Miss UCA competition in a meeting Oct. 24. The vote passed 32-10 in favor of tabling the discussion. Stephen...

SGA approves RSO funding

Will McDonald • October 5, 2022

SGA passed a motion, 41-0, to allocate $1,325.87 for T-shirts advertising a homecoming bonfire planned by Students For the Propagation of Black Culture, in its meeting Monday, Oct. 3. The money will be...

SGA elections open September 14

William McDonald • September 14, 2022

The Student Government Association will hold its elections from Wednesday, Sept. 14, until Friday, Sept. 16, at noon. Voting takes place on CubConnect, an application that can be found on my.uca.edu. “It’s...

UCA donates over $4,000 to AAAS program

Kathryn Thornberry • March 4, 2022

SGA donated over $4,000 to the African-African American studies program on Feb. 28, 2022. SGA matched up to $3,000 in student donations for the African-African American studies program, funds coming from...

SGA donates $1000 to lactation suites, Student Health Center cases down 20%

Kathryn Thornberry • February 10, 2022

On Monday, Feb. 7, SGA donated $1,000 to lactation suites, discussed possibilities of mask status turning to yellow and gave updates on the African/African American studies program. The senate passed...

SGA sets $4k match-limit to boost Student Emergency Funds amount

Addison Freeman • March 3, 2021

The Student Government Association passed a new Glass Recycling proposal and allocated $400 to the Diversity Committee for their virtual Diversity Food Night. Senator Grant Williams brought forth the...

SGA approves $400 to Diversity Committee and passes new glass recycling program

Addison Freeman • February 24, 2021

SGA discusses upcoming election for students interested in campaigning

Andrew McMahan • September 2, 2020

Student Government Association’s (SGA) senate election will be here in a matter of weeks. SGA held their first meeting via Zoom at 3 p.m. Friday, August 28, regarding the upcoming election. The...

Statements on racial injustice by SGA and UCA staff

Ian Lyle • July 9, 2020

Statements regarding racial injustice across the United States and on campus were released by President Houston Davis, the Faculty Senate, Staff Senate and Student Government Association on May 31. In...

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