KSU’s Student Government Association voted Thursday to pledge an additional $2,500 to the Kennesaw Activities Board to help cover the cost of KSU’s 2013 Homecoming. The financial contribution will be added to the $2,500 previously promised to KAB to help fund a number of activities for this year’s homecoming events, which are scheduled to take place between Oct. 16 and Oct. 20.
SGA President Katherine Street said the money was awarded as a token of solidarity between the two organizations and to promote the idea of collaboration.
“We hope it will start a trend of KAB supporting us at our events too [and] helping with advertising, which they have agreed to do,” Street said.
SGA also announced plans to host Student Appreciation Night in conjunction with KSU’s Athletics Department at this week’s women’s soccer match in an effort to get more students to come to the game. The event will be held Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. in Fifth Third Bank Stadium and free food and prizes will be given out. SGA has visited several Greek Life chapters in hopes of gaining their support and spreading news of the event.
“They’re going to have free food and it’s going to be a lot of fun,” said SGA Vice President Khylil Chestnut. “I’m really excited to be there.”
For Halloween, SGA announced plans to host “Trick- or-Treat for Change” in an effort to raise money for Relay For Life, which helps fund cancer research. SGA officers are set to go to their classes and collect money for the event, which will be held in April.
“Every year that we’ve had Relay For Life, Student Government has had a team,” said Street. “Last year, we raised a significant amount of money. We were one of the top fundraisers, [and] this year we wanted to start fundraising early.”
Street said SGA plans to dress piggy banks in costumes and go around campus collecting money from students in exchange for candy as a token of appreciation.
KSU President Daniel Papp is scheduled to attend Thursday’s meeting as a guest speaker. Street said Papp has a few announcements that he would like to share with SGA and guests and that he will be there to address any concerns students may have.
KSU’s Student Government Association meets every Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the University Rooms of the Student Center.
