Student Council formally transitioned from the Matt Schrimper administration to the John Nelson administration last night.
Prior to the start of the swearing-in ceremony, though, the outgoing Council president made sure his final piece of legislation passed.Council voted to accept a bill, drafted by third-year student Schrimper, recognizing Noble Cozart Lampkin as the official University dog. Noble belongs to Wayne Cozart, vice president of alumni engagement, and Vice President for Student Affairs Pat Lampkin.
Lampkin said she is pleased with the honor bestowed upon Noble but said she is unsure about what Noble’s new duties and responsibilities might be.
“I think it’s fun for Noble, and it’s interesting to me that they think that much of Noble,” she said. “But I don’t know what the honor entails.”
After voting on the legislation, Schrimper began the more serious swearing-in ceremony by reminiscing about and highlighting the accomplishments of the 2008-09 Council.
“We talked about what it would be like to impact students’ daily lives in such a way that they didn’t have to read the newspaper to figure out how we would impact their lives,” Schrimper said. “They’d find out in other ways — whether it’s by picking up a newspaper [as part of the Newspaper Readership Program], riding Free Ride or going to the farmers’ market.”
In his first speech as new Student Council President, John Nelson, a third-year College student, reiterated the past administration’s accomplishments, adding that Council is in a position to build off last year’s success.
After the ceremony, Nelson noted that a major objective of the next administration is to increase outreach within the greater University community.
“[We’re] thinking about ways we can use technology to improve our outreach and thinking of ways we can use our representative body to better connect with their constituents,” Nelson said, also noting that Council will work to identify tangible goals and manage its budget.
“Budget management is going to be critical, especially with the economy,” Nelson said. “We’re looking at it in advance — that’s going to be a challenge in the immediate horizon — and thinking about ways that we can best have initiatives and projects that work around that and look for alternative sources of funding.”
Aiding Nelson in attempting to reach his goals will be the other new members of Council’s Executive Committee. Third-year Architecture student Ben Chrisinger, former vice-chair of Council’s Environmental Sustainability Committee, will assume the role of Chief of Cabinet, while third-year Commerce student William Reynolds will continue his role as the Chief Technological Officer. Amanda Jenkins, also a third-year in the Commerce School, will serve as Chief Financial Officer and College student Jennifer Bristol will be the new Director of University Relations.
“I’m incredibly excited,” Nelson said. “We’re going to have to create a collective vision of where we’re going from here on in.”
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