The Student Government Association (SGA) convened on Tuesday, Feb. 18 for its weekly meeting.
The meeting opened with a presentation from the University’s Off-Campus Housing office. Robbie Horwitz, the coordinator of the office, introduced resources available to students seeking housing, such as databases, brochures, advocacy and support. These include the Off-Campus database, which displays listings for rowhouses and apartments on its website.
SGA then moved to cabinet reports, during which senators discussed their meeting with University leadership regarding student life. Members also signed up for the Speed Dating Tabling, an event scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall.
Following cabinet reports, SGA discussed non-legislative business. School of Arts and Sciences Senator Tanisha Taneja and School of Engineering Senator Amy Xu shared the survey questions they designed for the SGA mentorship program. The survey pairs incoming senators with current SGA senators to establish mentorship relationships. Senators provided constructive feedback for the survey questions.
Chair of Programming Tim Huang and Vice President of the Senate Srigouri Oruganty then discussed an upcoming initiative for students’ mental health and wellness. The initiative seeks to raise awareness of mental health and provide education on coping mechanisms and SGA plans to collaborate with other on-campus organizations.
