By Grant Terwilliger
The Student Association approved students for Public Relations, Associate Justice and representatives for many different boards in the senate meeting Oct. 29.
Sophomore sociology major Catherine Acosta was voted in as the coordinator of public relations in a unanimous senate vote. Acosta’s prior experience in public relations comes from high school, where she decided to make a club as a place for students to stay engaged and have somewhere to go to socialize.
“I decided, with a couple friends, to make a sort of safe place for people,” Acosta said. “We coordinated with staff and we made event signs and flyers and we went around advocating.”
Acosta said that she is looking forward to working with the SA and bringing more visibility to the association. Acosta said that she has never worked with a group as large as the SA, but is looking forward to learning more.
“I feel like I am the most open person I know to just learning and hearing people well and listening. I know that everybody here has more experience than me, and so I’m more than grateful to just hear what everybody has to say and receive everybody’s advice,” Acosta said.
First year Lila Degracia is a first generation student looking forward to majoring in Political Science in the near future. Degracia was approved as associate justice in a unanimous senate vote.
“I want to major in political science. The associate justice job within the student government would help me have a lot more experience for my future, and hopefully when I become a person of law,” Degracia said.
Finance major Jean Paul Weekes was unanimously approved as a student representative for the finance board. Weekes is a part of the American Marketing Association and said that he is excited to learn more about his position and gain more professional experience.
“I’m looking to get some more experience in general in the finance world in terms of money management,” Weekes said. “I think I give good insight and the multiple meetings I’ve been to for the Finance Board, I was able to help them form decisions on other clubs and how to spend their money.”
Shana Wright was approved as a Student Representative for the Activities board in a unanimous vote. Wright has been interested in bringing activities to schools since high school and looks forward to doing the same as a student representative.
“I started the senior association to bring activities for seniors because we didn’t really get a lot of activities or get to do cool things at school,” Wright said. “I used to do fundraisers to raise money for activities like the senior trip.”
