DeKALB – After nearly four years of service, Speaker Dallas Douglass has announced his plans to step down as speaker of the Student Government Association. Serving as speaker of the senate since March 2021, Douglass announced his departure at Friday’s SGA senate meeting. “Several months ago, I began to consider stepping down in mid-April to.
DeKALB – The usual calm of the Student Government Association senate’s weekly meeting was disrupted by an alum’s public comment, criticizing SGA leadership and the senate’s decision making. Former SGA senator and NIU alum Jacob Burg gave a message to the SGA through a public comment email where he criticized what he saw as a.
DeKALB – According to a report from the University Advisory Committee to the Board of Trustees, a request has been made to dissolve two academic programs and add another. The UACBOT, which is responsible for advising the Board of Trustees, created a request to dissolve the hospitality and tourism management program. According to Associate Professor.
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DeKALB – Student representation within the SGA Senate could change following a discussion on reforming the Senate districts at Sunday’s meeting.
The Senate currently consists of up to 30 senators divided into five electoral districts with six members in each group, according to the SGA Bylaws.
Those districts are based on geographical locations. District one includes university housing, districts two, three and four include off-campus students within DeKalb city limits, and district five includes off-campus students outside of DeKalb.
The new Senate would be made up of students who represent university colleges, diversity and cultural resource centers, university housing and the university at-large.
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DeKALB – Cassandra Kamp, senior psychology and rehabilitation and disability services major, was unanimously confirmed as the Student Government Association’s election commissioner. SGA Senator Clayton Schopfer was also confirmed as the sergeant-at-arms Sunday at the virtual SGA meeting.
The duties of the election commissioner are to hold candidate meetings for the Senate and executive elections, meet with the board of elections regularly, hold debates for the candidates, administer the elections and announce the election results, Kamp said.
Kamp was involved in Active Minds, Deaf Pride, the Honors Program and SGA in the past as a Senator and deputy speaker.