The Student Government Association asked students to list their top five concerns or comments on how the campus can run more smoothly. The list has been made public through a Facebook post.
The most common concern on campus for the start of the fall semester is the disorganized course catalog in regards to all the degree programs being offered. Another popular request is for the shuttle buses to run later than 5:30 p.m.
Construction closing some of the faster routes for students to get from class to class may be one of the causes for the requests for later shuttle runs.
“The only thing really necessary is definitely the shuttle bus running later and putting something up about the construction not being done,” said senior general studies major Allison Matte.
Students also wanted more paths leading to the Bookstore.
Pre-registration for the next semester of classes begins before the previous semester is over. Sometimes the teacher for a particular time- allotted class is unknown or changed right before the first day of class. If a teacher in a particular class changes, the students are not made aware of the change unless the teacher personally emails the students. Students requested to be made aware of this change through email.
In the past, one of the problems the university had was upperclass commuters did not have enough parking spots on campus. This led to the construction of the parking garage by Strawberry Stadium. This semester, the fifth top concern was that the freshman commuter lot was closer to the rest of campus.
These are only the top five concerns. There were other complaints that did not make the list, such as the difficulty for some students continuing school due to paying for a financial strain that was not once there.
“Stop taking scholarships away,” said sophomore nursing major Katie Wimbish. “I came in the last semester when they cut the honors scholarship in half. I would be going to school for free right now, but I am paying this semester because of that.”
Damaris Clark, SGA director of public relations, also said she believed “there would be more concerns about the fee increase and other monetary affairs.”
The mission of SGA is to serve the students of Southeastern and to work at solving the problems students are having. The five concerns, according to the SGA Facebook page, have been forwarded to the appropriate departments. SGA also asks for student feedback to help gather information so they can write bills for the senate.
“If students have a concern and we aren’t doing a survey, they could stop by our office and voice their opinion,” said Clark. “We are always here for our student body. We are working diligently to solve the problems that [students] have. Student Government is here to serve our students. Even if you think it is a small issue, we still want you to come to us.”
You can add SGA on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to find out more information on the top five comments/concern list as well as attend senate meetings, which are open to anyone and held on Mondays in D Vickers, room 125.