With three campaigns in the running this year, SGA veterans are running alongside newcomers.Â
One of these campaigns is EMPOWER, whose goal is to lift up the UT student body and focus on giving all students a full campus experience.
SGA presidential candidate Aubrey Robinson is at the helm of this campaign, a junior from Nashville studying political science and French. She stated the significance of their campaign name, citing the SGA mission statement.
âThe EMPOWER (campaign) name was intentionally and thoughtfully selected by our Top Four candidates to convey our campaignâs goals and values. In fact, âempowerâ is one of SGAâs values and appears in the SGA mission statement,â Robinson said.
As of midnight Monday morning, the state reported more than 6.2 million Floridians had been vaccinated.
It came shortly after CBS News’ 60 Minutes aired a story Sunday night claiming Florida’s vaccine distribution was controlled by money and wealth, but those at the center of the network say there was no favoritism.
The 60 Minutes story began with a powerful statement about the state’s vaccine distribution system.
“We watched Florida’s vaccine rollout deteriorate into a virtual free for all,” said 60 Minutes reporter Sharyn Alfonsi.
“I don’t know that I could say that,” said Tanya Tatum, Student Services Director at FAMU.
The evolution of Special Education in Marblehead
One year in as Student Services Director, Eric Oxford has some thoughts on the notion of inclusion
What does inclusion mean?
Seems like a simple question but Marblehead Public School’s Student Services Director Eric Oxford will tell you it’s about as complex as it gets.
Oxford recently asked that question of SEPAC, Marblehead’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council, and the answers were slow in coming.
“And that’s OK, we’re working on it,” he said.
But, Oxford said, if he and SEPAC, the “experts” on Special Education are struggling with a definition then their community and their district will struggle with a truly defined philosophy as well.
Deerfield Community Center volunteers (from left) Russ Peacock, Greg Frutiger and Phil Montalto recently help pack food pantry Christmas baskets.Karyn Saemann
A deepening web of Covid-19 stressors may now be tipping more people toward mental health crisis, say local organizations that offer help with everyday needs and local counselors whose job is to assess how weâre doing psychologically.
As 2020 ends, financial ruin is everywhere: job losses, surging reliance on food pantries and meal sites, housing loss, business failures and mounting unpaid utility, medical and other bills.
People remain isolated. Many are grieving. Others are angry about the national election, still reeling from summer racial equity protests, and devastated by the cancellation of travel and holiday celebrations.