Oleville

Klara Wagnild, SGA Vice President, Senate Chair

Class of 2012
Major: Religion & Philosophy
Hometown: Fergus Falls, OK
wagnild@stolaf.edu

The Student Senate provides a venue where elected representatives — from the dorms, special constituencies (like Multicultural or Off-Campus), faculty committee student participants, and the members of the SGA Executive team — discuss the operations of Student Government. Administrators and staff present information regarding the college and frequently solicit student feedback from Senators.

Senate Weekly Update

January 24th Update:
In perhaps the shortest Senate meeting of the year (a relief for hardworking Senators, unfortunate for the visiting students!), Senators had a chance to catch each other up on the activities of their constituencies and the events they had hosted before they looked to the future. Here were some highlights:

-Ellingson “Pie Fridays”

-Hoyme Cuddle-Fest

-Environmental Coalition campus-wide energy saving competition in February

-PAC is now on twitter! @olepac

A short but interesting conversation was also conducted regarding the recent use of the St. Olaf Homepage to plug the CEL and students who have successfully landed corporate jobs. A vocal majority within Senate expressed a desire to see more diversity in the stories being displayed on the webpage. In an effort to better represent the student population, the desire for more diversity was brought directly to President Anderson during a breakfast meeting Wednesday morning. He was very receptive to the student feedback, and since that meeting the website has been updated to include the Peace Corps ranking of the College.

Senate will resume again Feb. 14th. Stay tuned!

Klara Wagnild
Chair of Student Senate
SGA Vice President

January 10th Update

After a rather relaxing break, Senate is back up and running with some fresh
faces and fresh ideas! What sort of fresh ideas, you ask? Well, ideas like this new
weekly update, that’s what! What new faces, you may also ask? I’ll tell you. This
month, many of our regular Senators chose to take advantage of St. Olaf’s excellent
Interim study abroad opportunities. In their absence, a handpicked group of
qualified and dynamic proxies have joined our ranks, adding their valuable insights
to discussion during our first Interim meeting of the New Year.
To start 2012 off right, we were given the ever-exciting opportunity to speak
candidly with Kris Vatter, the Director of Student Activities and a member of the
Week One Planning Committee. Kris and the rest of her committee are interested
in hearing directly from students what does and does not work for first years and
transfers during those first few days on campus. What do new students need toknow? What makes them comfortable? What makes them uncomfortable? How
can those first few days become even more effective? After receiving some great
feedback from Senators about their own personal Week One experiences (the good
and the bad), Kris sat back down with a request to return to Senate further along in
the planning process. We look forward to hearing from her again!
We were also lucky to start 2012 with a snappy presentation on the SGA
budget by financial officer Noah Anderson and esteemed President Jon Laven.
Noah ran through each branch’s account activities and numbers and ended the
presentation on a financial high note, indicating that SGA will end the year well. The
floor was then opened to Senators for questions and comments, and some good ideas were set forth for future discussions of budget allocations. If you have any questions about the budget, be sure to email andersnr@stolaf.edu.
Well, that about does it for the first Interim Senate meeting! Be sure to
check back here after our next meeting on Tuesday, January 24th for more info. Or,
feel free to stop by the meeting yourself at 6:30 pm in the Johnson Board Room!
We’re always open and always excited to have visitors. If you have any questions
regarding this update (or about SGA in general!), don’t hesitate to get in touch with
me (Vice President Klara Wagnild), President Jon Laven, or any other member of
Senate. We’re all here for you, 24-7. Have a great day!
Klara Wagnild
Chair of Student Senate
SGA Vice President

Documents

SGA Constitution
SGA Bylaws
SGA Policy Manual

Minutes

2010-2011 Archives

Forms

Senate Proxy Form

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