2008 Woodie Awards
Six groups net $30,000 in awards for 2007-08
Committee seeks clarification before approving requests for funding next year.
By Jonathan Munson
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
Originally published: 4/19/07 at 7:28 PM CSTLast update: 8/15/07 at 8:24 AM CST
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At its April 5 meeting, the Student Activity Fee Committee awarded six student organizations a total of $30,745.71, and received an ambitious request for more than twice that amount from the Global Ambassadors Club.
Its request for $67,000 was returned to them by the committee, who asked that they re-submit a budget limited to $20,000 and to include fewer students on the trip.
The requested funds were for a humanitarian service trip to China. Speech communication instructor and GAC adviser Karin Wilking said that the request was resubmitted yesterday and will be considered at the May 3 committee meeting.
The size of the club's request is not large considering the number of students who are in the club, Wilking said.
Thirty-five students were included on the request to participate in the event, but the group had to be cut by almost half Â- something Wilking believes is contrary to the Student Activity Fee Committee's goal of impacting a larger student population with the events they fund.
"It's a shame that we have to turn away students," she said.
The committee also requested clarification from the Students in Free Enterprise because their budget did not add up for both the April and May conferences in 2008.
The Public Administration Club's request for $15,600 for a spring Global Leadership Asian Event in Kumamoto, Japan, was approved by the committee.
Raffle fundraisers organized by the group are expected to provide an additional $2,000 to help offset the trip's original cost of $17,600.
The committee approved $10,000 for 10 members of the SAC Drama Club to travel to London, England, next spring break.
The club will pay $12,860, which will come from student fundraising money; and each student attending will be required to pay $1,000 out of their pocket.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance will contribute $208 and student life Director Jorge Posadas is providing them with $331 to attend GALA's Queer Texas Conference in Austin.
Only three members were able to attend the conference April 13-15, said GALA President Isaac Brown, a graphic arts sophomore.
GALA was also approved to receive $2,200, to have pop-artist and actor Jade Estrada come and speak at this college. GALA will contribute $670 of their own funds, and the theatre program is also going to assist in preparation for the event, Brown said.
The group only requested that the student activity fee cover the cost of having Estrada visit, and plan to take care of any event preparation themselves.
Dental assisting sophomore Tricia Chapa's requested $989 to represent this college at the Skills USA National Conference in Kansas City, Mo., June 25-29. Chapa placed first at a March 23 statewide competition. Her request was approved.
The Teaching Academy Program Peers requested $1,625.71 for their recognition ceremony, recruitment and book fair supplies.
Its request for $67,000 was returned to them by the committee, who asked that they re-submit a budget limited to $20,000 and to include fewer students on the trip.
The requested funds were for a humanitarian service trip to China. Speech communication instructor and GAC adviser Karin Wilking said that the request was resubmitted yesterday and will be considered at the May 3 committee meeting.
The size of the club's request is not large considering the number of students who are in the club, Wilking said.
Thirty-five students were included on the request to participate in the event, but the group had to be cut by almost half Â- something Wilking believes is contrary to the Student Activity Fee Committee's goal of impacting a larger student population with the events they fund.
"It's a shame that we have to turn away students," she said.
The committee also requested clarification from the Students in Free Enterprise because their budget did not add up for both the April and May conferences in 2008.
The Public Administration Club's request for $15,600 for a spring Global Leadership Asian Event in Kumamoto, Japan, was approved by the committee.
Raffle fundraisers organized by the group are expected to provide an additional $2,000 to help offset the trip's original cost of $17,600.
The committee approved $10,000 for 10 members of the SAC Drama Club to travel to London, England, next spring break.
The club will pay $12,860, which will come from student fundraising money; and each student attending will be required to pay $1,000 out of their pocket.
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance will contribute $208 and student life Director Jorge Posadas is providing them with $331 to attend GALA's Queer Texas Conference in Austin.
Only three members were able to attend the conference April 13-15, said GALA President Isaac Brown, a graphic arts sophomore.
GALA was also approved to receive $2,200, to have pop-artist and actor Jade Estrada come and speak at this college. GALA will contribute $670 of their own funds, and the theatre program is also going to assist in preparation for the event, Brown said.
The group only requested that the student activity fee cover the cost of having Estrada visit, and plan to take care of any event preparation themselves.
Dental assisting sophomore Tricia Chapa's requested $989 to represent this college at the Skills USA National Conference in Kansas City, Mo., June 25-29. Chapa placed first at a March 23 statewide competition. Her request was approved.
The Teaching Academy Program Peers requested $1,625.71 for their recognition ceremony, recruitment and book fair supplies.
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