Alyssa Elso/Staff Writer
Progress of the new residence halls at the Biscayne Bay Campus at the first BBC Student Government Council senate meeting of the spring semester.
“We have narrowed our selection down to two vendors,” said Emerald Nesbitt, Housing Senator.
Nesbitt, who represents the 300 or so residents of Bay Vista, is looking to get residents better amenities than what they currently have.
“The dorms we have now are not in good condition,” states Nesbitt. “What we are looking for is more dining options, rooms with full sized beds and a better facility overall.”
The new residence hall is set to open for the Fall 2015 semester, after plans to have Royal Caribbean employees occupy the current Bay Vista residence halls was announced by President Mark Rosenberg over the winter break.
While the report on the progress of the new residence halls seemed like the most important update on Monday’s agenda, other issues were discussed.
The council elected three new senators and discussed upcoming events.
The first major event of the semester, hosted by SGA for students, is a lecture series on Feb. 5 featuring stand up comedian W. Kamau Bell of the FX show Totally Biased.
A few days later on Feb. 10, the eighth annual Town Hall meeting will take place featuring an open forum with President Mark Rosenberg open to faculty, staff and students.
This semester SGA also plans to reach out to MAST high school students to give them a glimpse into how a university run student government works.
“MAST SGA students have reached out to us and are interested to learn about what we do,” said Richard Azimov, Vice President. “At some point this semester we will plan to meet with them.”
A meeting to discuss the budget will also be held this semester.
As for the newly appointed senators, three vacant positions were filled as well as an executive board position.
Maria Pulido-Velos was appointed as Arts and Science Senator, Xinguo Tian as the Hospitality Management Senator and Oluwatobi “Tobi” Adekoya as Senator at Large, Tobi was a former member of SGA. Two current members were also moved up, Elianis Nieves was appointed Chief of Staff and Olivia Dehaarte as appointed Speaker Pro-Temp.
SGC-BBC senate meetings take place every Monday at 3:30 p.m. and are open to all students.
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