The Student Fee Review Board deliberates on allocating a projected $10.7 million in student fees today. The board will review the applications and presentations made by the 27 organizations requesting funding. Each member of the board will make recommendations on the amount to fund each organization, and their recommendations will be averaged during the meeting.
The averages will then be given to the President’s Strategic Budget Leadership Team by Feb. 15. The team votes on the final allocations by March 1.
The Daily Lobo asked students how they feel their fees would be best spent.
Shawna Nelson
president of the Multi-Cultural Greek Houses
junior, nursing
“I think student fees should be spent on good resource centers, that goes along with the ethnic centers and LGBTQ community as well. They should also be spent on academic departments.”
Jesse Haley-Walker
senior, university studies
“Research credits providing improvement to some of the facilities, teacher salaries, academic things.”
Jee Hwang
GPSA representative
Ph.D. student, economics
“I think that much of the student fees should be spent on hiring more graduate students, or at least providing more positions for graduates… Many graduate students seem to be dropping out because they can’t fund their education.”
Matthew Jones
sophomore, music
“Supplies for any and all organizations and academic programs since everyone gets charged that fee.”
SFRB deliberations Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Roberts Room in Scholes Hall Open to the public.
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