As of 12 o’clock today President Bradshaw has rescinded the policy on Holiday decorations, attached to this post is the announcement that went out to the university community from him. Below is my original  response to any concerns expressed to me by students about the orginal policy. I wanted to let you know that Student Government was involved in the discussion and was trying to represent students to the best of our ability, please let me know if you have any questions.

From the President’s Desk

I wanted to apologize for any confusion that has been caused by FGCU’s policy on holiday decorations. I wanted to clarify that this policy does not affect students.Students are welcome to decorate any personal areas (dorm rooms, cars etc.) Also, students, and student clubs and organizations are allowed to take an initiative when it comes to decorating certain parts of the university. If you do wish to decorate or belong to a student organization that wishes to decorate or hold a holiday celebration of any kind than I, as Student Body President, encourage you to speak to the office of  Student Affairs about doing so. If for any reason you feel that the office of Student Affairs or the university is infringing upon your freedom of expression, as a student, then please contact student government, it is our job to represent you  and if we truly felt that a students’ rights were being taken from them then we would definitely step in. I can assure you that this policy does not affect students in that way.

 We strive to make sure that you are represented and if you have any issues, either dealing with this policy or not, please feel free to contact Student Government.

Thank you,

I wanted to keep you guys informed on what is happening in Florida’s higher education system. This morning Charlie Crist announced a proposal he will be making to The Florida State Legislature this legislative session in regards to tuition at Florida’s State Universities. Here is the proposal in a nut shell:

1. All state Universities would be able to raise their tuition up to 15% every year for the next 7 years.

2. All tuition increases would be voted upon by each respective university’s board of trustees.

3. Bright Futures would only cover the base part of any tuition increase.

4. 30% of revenue generated by the tuition increase would have to go towards Financial Aid/ Scholarships

After the 7 years if each university raised their tuition 15% it would bring Florida’s tuition costs up to the national average. I will be meeting with the other Student Body Presidents tomorrow about this proposal, if anyone has any questions about this proposal please attend the senate meeting on November 25th to discuss it further.

-Sean

Come out to the Nest Fest artist announcement tomorrow evening at 7 o’clock in The Student Union Ballroom! Come see some local bands play and grab some eats and a chance to win a meet-n-greet with the Nest fest artists as well as free admission to the show.

See you there!

-Sean

Just wanted to let you all know beginning November 17th there will be a table set up on campus advertising for a Student Government sponsored trip up to UF to watch our Eagles play against Tha Gators on December 10th. This trip is going to be monumental and I encourage everyone to come out, all you would have to pay for is your ticket into the game. Thanks to our athletics department FGCU students are recieiving an awesome ticket price of $20. Our table will also be pre-selling the tickets so make sure you have your money with you when you visit the table. Tickets are first come first serve, so come out and get yours early. If you have any questions feel free to come visit any of the SG offices for more information.

-Sean

Hey guys,

Just wanted to let you know what we’ve been up to lately. If you haven’t noticed there is some new furniture in that room in front of Starbucks. I would really like to see that become a student lounge so if you have any great ideas for a name or something just comment on this blog and tell me what you think we should call it. Also, we are setting up a campus beautification committee, it’s going to allow students, faculty, administration and staff to talk about where they think our campus can make seating areas, landscaping and other “beautifying” things, haha. Also, please answer the poll questions on the site because they are super important in getting to know what you want us to do. Lastly, if you see anyone working with Take The Vote around be sure to let them know what a great job they did this election season.

-Sean

Welcome to the new website. Come check up on what Student Government is doing for you. If you have any questions or concerns about the operations of Student Government, any of its branches or the university in general, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Eaglepalooza is coming up! Get excited, go check out the day’s worth of events being hosted by Campus Recreation. This will be the best one so far, so make sure you come out.  Check it out here!

I wanted to welcome you all to FGCU’s new Student Government website. We hope that this site gives you the ability to see what SG is all about, get in touch with us, and maybe get involved yourself! throughout the year we have been really busy and we want to let everyone know about it! If you have any questions feel free to get in touch with me, my contact information is under the executive branch to the right! Don’t forget to go out and vote today!