As Student Council wraps up its legislative term, Council President Daisy Lundy said she is most proud of her administration's efforts to address a wide variety of issues concerning students and the University.
"I am really pleased with the number of events we have been able to support and the breadth of initiatives we have taken on," Lundy said. "Our efforts have benefited both traditional and non-traditional students."
Lundy said she was especially proud of Council's efforts concerning students with children, off-Grounds housing, Madison House funding and online course evaluations.
Current Council Chief of Staff and President-elect Noah Sullivan said he was pleased with Council's achievements this year.
"I think we've accomplished more in one year than administrations in the past," he said. "I think it's been an extraordinarily successful year, especially considering the rancor at the beginning of the year that we've been able to work through."
Sullivan said he was proud of the accomplishments of the committees, especially the creation of the Office of Off-Grounds Housing and the work of the Legislative Affairs Committee.
College Rep. Nathan Vassar said he thought the Legislative Affairs Committee's lobbying in Richmond -- for issues from higher education funding in the state budget to University autonomy -- were among Council's most important this year.
"My opinion is that Student Council's involvement with the General Assembly has proved to be a very respectable, mature and impassioned endeavor for the advancement of the University," Vassar said.
Lundy acknowledged that the past year has been a learning experience for her administration.
"I can look back on any given day and see how I could have handled things differently," Lundy said. "I think it is easy in a position like this to be very self-critical."
College Rep. Tom Gibson said there was room for improvement.
"There are so many things that need to be improved, including the relationship between the representative body and exec and the appropriations process," he said.
Gibson, however, cautioned against passing judgment too quickly.
"I feel that it's very simple for someone to criticize an organization where results may not be obvious to each and every student," he said. "The rep body and exec work long hours to do great things."
Vassar said the Lundy administration has on a whole done a good job.
"No president or administration can take all the credit or blame," he said. "It's on the Council and the students who elected them. Daisy has done a good job, and it will be interesting to see what Noah does next year."
Lundy said she was excited about being a part of the Sullivan administration as chief of staff.
"I'm looking forward to a more behind-the-scenes, low-key role in student politics," she said. "It will be a refreshing change of pace not to see my name in the paper next year."
Read More
Two measles cases confirmed in Charlottesville this spring
By Nicolas Biernacki | 4 hours agoVirginia’s first case was confirmed in April, with the patient being a child under the age of 5 and from the Northern part of the state.
Summer construction on Grounds disrupts traffic, foot pathways
By Ford McCracken | 10 hours agoOne of the two largest disruptions to traffic is at the three-way intersection of McCormick Road, Rugby Road and University Avenue.
What is U.Va.’s Faculty Senate?
By Adeline Miller | 4 days agoThe Senate is able to represent the faculty perspective to legislative bodies through positions such as the faculty representative to the Board of Visitors.
