2008 Woodie Awards
7.32% fee increase goes into effect fall 2008
Trustees vote to raise funds for groups; activity fee to increase by $6.80
Eric Washburn
Issue date: 4/11/08 Section: News
Based on a proposal from the Student Finance Board (SFB), the Board of Trustees voted to approve an increase in the student activity fee, to take effect for the 2008 fall semester.
The decision raised the student activity fee from $79.20 to $85.00, an increase of 7.32%.
According to Ana Windham, associate vice president for Fiscal Affairs, the increase in the student activity fee depends directly on the programming needs that the SFB is presented with each year.
Windham said that the SFB observed a rise in financial need among various campus groups, and the increase was a response to these sorts of viable funding requests.
"That is one of the roles of the SFB, to provide money for what students want," Windham said.
Senior Andrew Gill, chair of the SFB, discussed some of the reasons for the increase in the activity fee.
According to Gill, more funding was needed to support student groups on campus, such as Trinity Multicultural Network (TMN) and the Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee (TUVAC). Because organizations like these are a critical part of student life and involvement on campus, it is important that they have the funding they need to expand their organizations and provide campus events that students can take part in, Gill said.
"A lot of groups on campus are pressed for funding," Gill said, "and it can really squelch creativity when organizations are thinking more about money than how to improve student life."
According to Gill, part of Trinity's competitive advantage is that students come to Trinity to do things that they can't do at other schools. Small class sizes, student research, and premier technological opportunities are only some of the reasons that students choose Trinity.
A strong campus community, in which students are able to take part in leadership opportunities, is also important to prospective students, and student groups that provide these sorts of opportunities depend on money from the student activity fee in order to operate.
The decision raised the student activity fee from $79.20 to $85.00, an increase of 7.32%.
According to Ana Windham, associate vice president for Fiscal Affairs, the increase in the student activity fee depends directly on the programming needs that the SFB is presented with each year.
Windham said that the SFB observed a rise in financial need among various campus groups, and the increase was a response to these sorts of viable funding requests.
"That is one of the roles of the SFB, to provide money for what students want," Windham said.
Senior Andrew Gill, chair of the SFB, discussed some of the reasons for the increase in the activity fee.
According to Gill, more funding was needed to support student groups on campus, such as Trinity Multicultural Network (TMN) and the Trinity University Volunteer Action Committee (TUVAC). Because organizations like these are a critical part of student life and involvement on campus, it is important that they have the funding they need to expand their organizations and provide campus events that students can take part in, Gill said.
"A lot of groups on campus are pressed for funding," Gill said, "and it can really squelch creativity when organizations are thinking more about money than how to improve student life."
According to Gill, part of Trinity's competitive advantage is that students come to Trinity to do things that they can't do at other schools. Small class sizes, student research, and premier technological opportunities are only some of the reasons that students choose Trinity.
A strong campus community, in which students are able to take part in leadership opportunities, is also important to prospective students, and student groups that provide these sorts of opportunities depend on money from the student activity fee in order to operate.
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John
posted 4/11/08 @ 5:15 PM CST
This is a ridiculous story. A rise of $6 makes the paper?
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