From COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu Mon Mar 8 10:45:55 2021 From: COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 15:45:55 +0000 Subject: [COGS] SB 86 Message-ID: Good Morning Everyone, I hope you all had a great weekend. I wanted to inform you all that Bill SB 86 will be heard in Senate Education Committee on March 9th at 3:30PM. In summary, this bill proposes limiting state funding (via Bright Futures) for students that do not choose certain ?market-driven? degrees. * The Board of Governors and the State Board of Education must approve by the end of each calendar year a list of undergraduate and graduate degree programs that lead directly to employment. * Beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year, the state would limit eligibility for state financial program to 60 hours unless a student is enrolled in a program on the list of market driven degree programs. Representatives from FSU Office of Governmental Affairs will be making a public appearance at the Civic center on March 9th to voice their disapproval of this bill. I wanted to inform you all on this matter and let you know that you are welcome to fill out a public appearance card and bring it to the Civic Center on March 9th, found here (https://www.flsenate.gov/UserContent/Committees/CommitteeAppearanceForm.pdf ) You can waive your right to speak and indicate that you are against the bill or you can speak socially distanced at the Civic Center. This is a chance to voice your opinions to the Florida Senators. I am personally against this bill because it will only add government control of what students are learning. College should be about free thinking and pursuing the degree you want, not the one the state will pay for. I understand that there is a student debt problem, but I do not believe this is the way to solve it. I believe diversity makes our country strong and this applies to a diversity of knowledge as well. Obviously these bills contain a lot more information so I encourage you all to read up on it for yourselves before establishing an official opinion. I will be keeping you all updated on Office of Governmental Affairs work to give you guys the option to participate and voice your opinions to our elected officials. Best, CHRIS HAGEMEYER, Congress of Graduate Students, Speaker Florida State University College of Medicine, Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Sciences web sga.fsu.edu/cogs.shtml | fb FSUCOGS | twt COGSFSU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jbutts at fsu.edu Wed Mar 10 16:13:44 2021 From: jbutts at fsu.edu (Jacalyn Butts) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:13:44 +0000 Subject: [COGS] COGS Budget Meeting Reminder Message-ID: Happy Wednesday Representatives, This is a reminder that the COGS Budget Meeting will be held this Monday, March 15th at 6:30 PM via Zoom. The zoom information and the bill packet will be sent out on Friday. In the meantime, please take time to review the budget report and budget bill here. If you are unable to attend the meeting please notify the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu) and COGS Deputy Speaker for Finance (COGSDepSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu) via email. Best, Jacalyn Jacalyn Butts, M.Ed. Personal Gender Pronouns: she, her, hers Student Program Coordinator Student Governance & Advocacy Florida State University 449 Thagard P: 850-644-1814 To book an appointment: https://doodle.com/mm/jacalynbutts/jb http://sga.fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu Mon Mar 1 20:04:49 2021 From: COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu (COGSSpeaker) Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 01:04:49 +0000 Subject: [COGS] Last Meeting Notes Message-ID: <787FF56C-8607-4F24-A14A-DC8F9B7B6F13@admin.fsu.edu> Here is a copy of the powerpoint with all of the committees as well as the Office of Government Affairs. I couldn?t find the approved version, but this was the copy sent to me before it was amended by Senate. Amendments were made to the two ?whereas? below. The first one was a technical error I believe and the second one removed ?and administration to approve or deny speakers at the best interest of the student body?. Lastly they added and amendment to support Graduate Assistants United efforts in waiving fees. Thank you all for attending the meeting and feel free to reach out to me with any comments or questions. Whereas: FSU SGA supports financial aid and in-state tuition extentions to students with temporary protected immigration or DACA status if classified as a Florida resident, and Whereas: FSU SGA recognizes the need to respect faculty?s intellectual property and protect the right for students and administration to approve or deny speakers at the best interest of the student body, by opposing HB 233, and Best, CHRIS HAGEMEYER, Congress of Graduate Students, Speaker Florida State University College of Medicine, Doctoral Candidate in Biomedical Sciences web sga.fsu.edu/cogs.shtml | fb FSUCOGS | twt COGSFSU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Pronouns: They/Them Doctoral Student School of Communication Science and Disorders Florida State University mhirsch at fsu.edu ________________________________ From: COGS on behalf of Jacalyn Butts via COGS Sent: Friday, March 12, 2021 5:01:23 PM To: COGSSpeaker via COGS Cc: Jacalyn Butts Subject: [COGS] COGS Budget Meeting Reminder Happy Friday Representatives, This is a reminder that the COGS Budget Meeting will be held this Monday, March 15th at 6:30 PM via Zoom. Please find the bill packet attached and the zoom link below for Monday?s meeting. Please take time to review the budget report and budget bill here. Meeting URL: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/98488394188 Meeting ID: 984 8839 4188 If you are unable to attend the meeting please notify the COGS Speaker (COGSSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu) and COGS Deputy Speaker for Finance (COGSDepSpeaker at admin.fsu.edu) via email. Best, Jacalyn Jacalyn Butts, M.Ed. 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