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Hill touted achievements related to student refunds for dropped courses and Pass/No Pass policies as part of his record of listening to student voices.
The current Student Association president became the first to announce his campaign for the SA’s top spot for the next term Tuesday.
SA President Brandon Hill – a junior who previously served as executive vice president and assumed the presidency last month – is running on a platform to improve course affordability, student inclusivity in governance and internal operations in the SA. Hill said he will work with members of the SA Senate and officials to help students regain stability following the COVID-19 pandemic and expand cultural resources on campus outside of the Multicultural Students Services Center.
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Morris said she is looking forward to continue advocating for students during the remainder of the term, in a time when students need it the most.
The Student Association Senate confirmed Catherine Morris, the senate’s chief policy adviser, as executive vice president in a special senate meeting Sunday.
SA President Brandon Hill presented SA Sen. Kate Carpenter, U-at-Large and a Hatchet photographer, last week as his pick for executive vice president after he ascended to the presidency and left the EVP spot open, but the senate rejected his nomination. Morris said she learned “what is possible in the SA,” like advising on legislation and facilitating meetings with administrators, while working under the “phenomenal leadership” of Hill and former SA EVP Amy Martin, who held the position in the 2019-20 school year.
Student Association President Brandon Hill nominated SA Chief Policy Advisor Catherine Morris to be his executive vice president, pending senate approval, he announced to senators Wednesday.
Hill nominated SA Sen. Kate Carpenter, U-at-Large, to the position Monday, but her nomination did not gather the two-thirds vote needed to secure the role. Morris previously served as a vice chair and aide for the finance committee and as a Columbian College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate senator, which Hill said allowed her to gain a “broad set of experiences.”
“Her legislative, advocacy and administrative skills will serve as an asset to the senate,” Hill said. “I have absolute confidence in Morris’ skills to lead the senate and will work closely with her on managing our divided chamber.”
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Provost Brian Blake said at a Faculty Senate meeting last month that cluster hires are a good idea, but the University s financial expenditure during the pandemic might hurt those efforts.
News By Ishani Chettri Feb 8, 2021 12:05 AM
An informal group of department chairs and program directors is in discussions with officials about enacting a “cluster hire” of underrepresented faculty and increasing funding for the Africana studies program.
Joined by faculty, the group is circulating a petition calling on administrators to hire 18 minority faculty members “primarily” in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences and provide enough funding for the Africana studies program to convert into its own department with a permanent director within the next three years. Professors said conversations that began last summer about deficiencies in funding, faculty and support in the Africana studies program sparked their calls for a broader