Adrienne Kemp-Rye
Position: Chief of Staff of External Affairs
A summary of work completed in November: During November, we put a focus on sustainability and community engagement. The beginning of November was Election Day, so I helped with efforts pertaining to encouraging students to vote. I also helped organize Dr. Tiffany Mitchell Patterson as one of our guest speakers, speaking about the importance of civility and further community engagement. For sustainability, I worked to help with sustainability week in partnership with the Office of Sustainability. Some of those events included a Zoom call to discuss initiatives on campus, as well as passing out sustainability kits with the Refresh Box.
A summary of plans for December: For December, I plan to work with the other executives to discuss their plans for the Spring semester. In addition, we have our Secret Snowflake event, which will be happening Dec. 16 and will count as our organization's bonding event for the semester.
Allie Satterfield
Position: Chief of Staff of Internal Affairs
A summary of work completed in November: In November, I worked with interns to outreach to student organizations on campus. Additionally, I attended governing document reviewing committee meetings and we collaborated on a piece of legislation.
A summary of plans for December: In the month of December, I am planning to check in with my executives and work with them to understand how I can best support them over these next few months.
David Laub
Position: Attorney General
A summary of work completed in November: This month, I chaired the Governing Documents Review Committee (GDRC) in generating revisions to the Elections Code (EC) for this year's upcoming SGA election. We met once a week minimum for reviewing the EC and voting on changes. Then, we held several writing meetings with myself and assembly members of the committee from 11/19 - 11/29 to prepare legislation for approving EC changes. I and Elections Chair Pressley also met with students interested in joining and working on the Elections Committee.
A summary of plans for December: Going forward, the GDRC will be reviewing our other governing documents, including but not necessarily limited to our constitution and bylaws, and examining them for any pertinent changes. I will also continue working with Elections Chair Pressley to prepare for the election.
Tracey Picou
Position: Executive Secretary
A summary of work completed in November: I worked on bettering my self care and worked on bettering my grades for the end of the semester.
A summary of plans for December: To finish out the semester strong.
Devyn Osborne
Position: Chief Information Officer
A summary of work completed in November: All the biographies are done!
A summary of plans for December: Keep up with SGA business, want to look out for more ideas to add to resources
Chloe Hernandez
Position: Health Coordinator
A summary of work completed in November: Worked on several pieces of legislation dealing with mental health. This legislation included a bill looking at adding mental health days to the academic calendar, and adding mental health resources to syllabi for University Courses.
A summary of plans for December: Continue the work on these pieces of legislation and looking for more resources to aid mental and physical health for the student body.
Sam Shoemaker
Position: Auditor
A summary of work completed in November: I have worked alongside Alex in completing Bureau of Finance meetings. I have kept up with weekly audit reports as well as keeping a continuous formal audit. I have continued working on plans for budgetary options as the semester nears its end. These plans include several ideas for how to distribute our budget and work with as many organizations as possible.
A summary of plans for December: I hope to complete a full audit for the semester. This will include all funds distributed by SGA since August as well as a budgetary update for our external budget.
Alex Cappadona
Position: Treasurer
A summary of work completed in November: Grant applications have slowed in November, primarily driven by the nonexistent demand for travel grants and the suspension of club’s meeting in person, which eliminates need for supplies. Attention has been directed to marketing the grant application and improving internal and marketing documents. Included with this, I have began attending new student organization reregistration events to speak about the graphic, communicated with other executives to increase outreach, and planning edits to improve the Bureau of Finance website.
A summary of plans for December: I plan on continuing grant marketing efforts as well as implementing some changes to the Bureau of Finance website. Changes to the website will include updated internal policies set by the Bureau as well as answers to frequently asked questions.
Logan Riffey
Position: Local Governance Liaison
A summary of work completed in November: With the election finally passed, my workload has been lightened significantly. While this was welcomed as if it were a breath of fresh air, my work never ends. A final GOTV campaign was sent out on SGA social media, encouraging students to send in a picture of them with their “I Voted” sticker on Election Day. The first week of November wrapped up a few events that were planned in conjunction with Community Engagement Month in October. First, the Community Engagement Town Hall, centered around the importance of civility, was held during the November 11 SGA meeting with Dr. Tiffany Mitchell Patterson. The following day, Electoral Map Madness was held in collaboration with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Pi Mu Chapter. Dr. Erik Herron was invited as an expert on the Electoral College, and a discussion on voting systems pursued. The winners of the Electoral Map Madness contest were also announced, and their prizes should be ready for pick-up shortly. The Community Engagement Committee is currently working on compressing the results from the 10 for 10 that closed last month. Aside from my duties associated with being Local Governance Liaison, I assisted Sustainability Coordinator Kaczmarek in handing out kits at the WVU Refresh booth. Finally, I have begun the transition to the position of Legislative Affairs Officer in anticipation of the upcoming Big XII on the Hill.
A summary of plans for December: Looking forward, I intend on familiarizing myself with legislation regarding higher education on the state and national level. I will be working with my counterparts across Big XII institutions on plans for Big XII on the Hill. My intern and I will also be getting into contact with both WVU officials with the government relations office and statewide government leaders to ensure that the wellbeing and interests of Mountaineers are upheld as needed.
Madison White
Position: Safety Coordinator
A summary of work completed in November: Our committee planned events for next semester and discussed how we can expand our advocacy. We have planned our routes for the upcoming Safety Walk and plan to keep watch on the 2021 WV Legislative session to monitor legislation concerning campus safety.
Raimah Hossain
Position: Inclusion Coordinator
A summary of work completed in November: I met with Adrienne to discuss diversity month and WVU Voices, as well as Point-of-View videos for the spring. We also met as a committee to discuss the next Intersectionality Coalition event; the social aspect of this event will be a wordguessing game.
A summary of plans for December: In December, I plan to meet with the inclusion committee to discuss diversity month. Adrienne and I have already discussed our plans for events for diversity month, but we have aspects of it that we would like to discuss with the committee. I also plan to meet with Senator Ihlenfield to discuss diversity training, and Senator Donnelly to discuss the intersectionality coalition.
Hawa Diawara
Position: Student Organization Liaison
A summary of work completed in November: In November I focused on getting to know the functions of being Student Org Liaison and how I could better help organizations by creating more outreach within our group chat. We shared information regarding activities like the The Rack challenge, swipe out Hunger and motivated them to seek help or funding from SGA’s Grant Application.
A summary of plans for December: I plan to continue creating a sense of community among the Student org leaders and collaborate with them in finding ways I can provide a better service for them and building a connection between SGA and their Orgs.