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Student Senators<\/strong><\/p>\n President<\/strong><\/p>\n Vice President of Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n Vice President of Downtown<\/strong><\/p>\n Treasurer<\/strong><\/p>\n Secretary of Governance<\/strong><\/p>\n Student Trustee<\/strong><\/p>\n Chief of Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n Secretary of Staff<\/strong><\/p>\n Office of Student Life<\/strong><\/p>\n Visitors<\/strong><\/p>\n Call to Order (2:15 pm)<\/p>\n Kelsey Bright: Both Kelsey and I spoke to the senate about the academic calendar and asked for any feedback on any work they are doing about what the future is going to look like on the Academic Calendar for Fall & Spring.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n President Romeo has no report this week.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Vice President of Governance has no report this week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Vice President of Downtown Ellis has no report this week.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Treasurer Demir has no report this week\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t During Spring Break (April 12\u201320th), Hajer assisted the Muslim Student Association in preparing for their upcoming Tea Party event, which will serve as a light-hearted conclusion to the semester. Additionally, Hajer, alongside Chief of Staff Hamzah Al Ani, supported the newly appointed president of the MSA in transitioning into their role, guiding them through various responsibilities and tasks. Thank you!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Secretary of Staff DePoty has no report this week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t On Tuesday, April 8th, Hamzah attended a meeting between members of Global Union, The Peace Committee, and SGA, to discuss a possible fundraiser based on the Myanmar earthquake situation. Following this meeting, Hamzah attended the Student Clubs & Orgs Council Meeting where he learned of all the club’s\/ organizations current status and plans towards the end of the semester. On Wednesday, April 9th, Hamzah joined the ELC (Engineering Leadership Council) during their MakerSpace time, and got to learn about their current project, a music bot, as well as their upcoming boat race, which is to take place on April 23rd (tomorrow). After this meeting, Hamzah had the honor to attend the Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony (as an inductee), enjoying a remarkable speech from professor Mark Samples and watching as Angelo fails to light up a candle multiple times. The ceremony was well planned and coordinated. Later on Thursday, April 10th, Hamzah checked on the Global Union Ukrainian event. The event had a fair appreciative audience, great cultural food, and fun activities. On Friday, April 11th, at 11 AM, Hamzah joined the Constitution Committee in organizing and making final plans for the constitution and by-laws, assigning tasks prior to spring break. Around 11:30 AM, Hamzah assisted Pride Alliance, Cabbages & Kings, and Tabletop clubs in organizing their event, The Spring Soir\u00e9e, which ran successfully with a big audience and many enjoyable activities. Hamzah also had the pleasure to join the ending of the SWE (Student Women Engineers) workshop on Security and Social Engineering, where he learned of the importance of protecting your identity online. Lastly, from 1 to 3 PM, Hamzah attended the YDSA (Young Democratic Socialists of America) meeting, where they shared a preview copy of the third issue of the Monroe Left (Timber Edition). Furthermore, throughout Spring Break (Apr. 12 \u2013 20th), Hamzah assisted Cabbages & Kings in completing the 78th edition of their magazine, assisted the Constitution Committee by completing changes to the by-laws, which will be later shared during the executive session, assisted the Muslim Student Association in preparing for their upcoming Tea Party event, and assisted the ELC in researching the concept of sound and how to program a system capable of understanding and translating outside sound into digital patterns.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Health and Wellness Senator Wrobeh has no report this week.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Student Relations Senator Simba has no report this week.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t On Tuesday, April 8th, Elisabeth met with Culture Alliance, Dr. Lee, Peace Committee and Thu Thu Htet to discuss setting up the fundraiser for the Myanmar Earthquake Relief. On Wednesday, April 9th, Elisabeth was inducted at the PTK Ceremony. There was a moving documentary, sharing stories of overcoming trauma introduced by Professor Sample. His speech was interesting and somehow inspirational. On Thursday, April 10th, Elisabeth, President Romero, Vice President Cole, and Senator Simba met with Eric Wheeler to discuss the collaboration of the MCC Champion program and the Employee Recognition Ceremony. This will be a momentous event to continue to celebrate the champions of MCC. On Friday, April 11th, Elisabeth was notified that she won first place for her research paper and prose piece in the MCC Writing Contest. Elisabeth is honored to be selected for two pieces and to share her story with the MCC community. Later that day, Elisabeth met with Culture Alliance to discuss their Stress Less Success event during Spring Fling featuring dogs, baby goats, and outlets to relax and recharge before finals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Student Trustee Leichtner has no report this week.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Public Relations Senator Rizzuti has no report for this week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t Athletic Senator Burno has no report this week<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n Resolved, <\/em>The Monroe Community College Student Government Association approved the funding request for the Pride Alliance Club. Resolution to Approve the Funding Request Of $1,515 for Disability Awareness Club Resolved, <\/em>The Monroe Community College Student Government Association approved the funding request for Criminal Justice Club.\u00a0 Respectfully submitted, April 22, 2025 2:15pm, Forum 3-130, Downtown Campus Room 200B, Zoom In Attendance Student Senators Senator Elisabeth Small Senator Ashley Wrobeh Senator Billy Simba Senator Margherita Rizzuti Senator Jalisia Burno President Angelo Romero Vice President of Governance Lizzy Cole Vice President of Downtown Loritea Ellis Treasurer Esma Demir Secretary of Governance Hajer Enaami Student Trustee […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":713,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meeting-minutes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/713"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":551,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550\/revisions\/551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.monroecc.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\t
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\nInterim Vice President of Governance Burno <\/strong>called for a motion to approve the resolution. Senator Simba so moved, seconded by Senator Wrobeh.
\nDiscussion: <\/strong>Pride Alliance Club has completed and met the standards of the Student Government Association and the Office of Student Life and Leadership.\u00a0
\nA vote was taken. The resolution passed.\u00a0
\nBe it resolved, the Senate present and voting that the Student Government Association approve the funding request for Pride Alliance Club effective April 22nd<\/sup>, 2025, at Monroe Community College.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t
\nResolved, <\/em>The Monroe Community College Student Government Association approved the funding request for Disability Awareness Club.
\nInterim Vice President of Governance Burno <\/strong>called for a motion to approve the resolution. Senator Wrobeh so moved, seconded by Senator Small.\u00a0
\nDiscussion: <\/strong>Disability Awareness Club has completed and met the standards of the Student Government Association and Office of Student Life and Leadership.\u00a0
\nA vote was taken. The resolution passed.\u00a0
\nBe it resolved, the senate present and voting that the Student Government Association approve the funding request for Disability Awareness Club effective April 22nd<\/sup>, 2025 at Monroe Community College.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\t
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\nInterim Vice President of Governance Burno <\/strong>called for a motion to approve the resolution. Senator Small so moved, seconded by Senator Simba.\u00a0
\nDiscussion: <\/strong>Global Union has completed and met the standards of the Student Government Association and Office of Student Life and Leadership.\u00a0\u00a0
\nA vote was taken. The resolution passed.\u00a0
\nBe it resolved, the senate present and voting that the Student Government Association approve the funding request for Criminal Justice Club effective April 22nd<\/sup>, 2025 at Monroe Community College.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nDiscussion Items<\/h3>\n
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\nSenator Simba so moved, second by Senator Wrobeh<\/li>\n\tExecutive Session<\/h3>\n
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