The world of Student Senate is new to me. I’ve been in student clubs before, but never in my long academic career have I been involved in student government organizations. I went to the first meeting of the year in West Bend to learn more about it and how it works. Adam Ninmann explained what Student Senate is and what it does. The Student Senate consists of representatives from each student club, officers, and what they call “members at large”. These are people, like me, who want to be a part of Student Senate but don’t hold an office and are not a representative of a student club. They just want to be part of the discussion and planning.
Each MPTC campus has a Student Senate. There are several committees to join such as the Senate Activities Committee as well as the College Planning and Leadership Team. There’s also this other group called the District Student Government comprised of all three campuses that meet every month. Beyond that, there is the Wisconsin Student Government that includes all 16 Wisconsin Technical Colleges. There are so many opportunities to get involved and to be a representative of the campus on a large scale. I had no idea.
We didn’t discuss any events that will be happening this semester quite yet. It was mostly an informational meeting. Some people were nominated as officers. Voting will probably take place at the next meeting on Thursday, September 8 at 11 a.m. in room N108.
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