General Assembly unveils new student discounts

General Assembly unveils new student discounts and campus improvements

Keynote speaker Dr. Hunt encourages study abroad program

By DEMETRIUS HARRISON News Editor

The Student Government Association is hard at this work this semester and provided students, faculty and staff with the opportunity to take a closer look at the amendments they are making, and have already made, at Georgetown College.

Every month, students are provided a NEXUS credit to gather with the Student Government Association, and every registered student organization (RSO), in the LRC’s Ward Room in efforts to make new, essential and important information available to the student body.

A representative from each RSO is in attendance to absorb all topics of discussion during the meeting in hopes that they will serve as an information hub to their club or organization.

SGA President Ben Martin began General Assembly with a prayer, graciously acknowledging the upcoming tests students may be facing as well as blessing the victims and survivors of Hurricane Florence.

Further into the ceremony, President Martin introduced a new fleet of discounts for the student body to take advantage of upon presentation of his or her G-card.

New to the school year, GC has a partnership with Mod Pizza, granting students 15% off all purchases, 25% off food purchases at Rolling Oven Pizza (located inside of My Old Kentucky Foam) and 10% off all purchases in Maime’s Fine Wine and Gift Shop.

SGA President Ben Martin announced that Kaizen Billiards has declared Thursday as Georgetown College Night. The establishment is granting students their first game of pool free, free pizza while supplies last and free use of their jukebox.

As the assembly progressed, the remainder of SGA’s cabinet presented themselves, as well as discussed their main topics of focus so far throughout the semester.

Dr. Laura Hunt, Professor of Spanish and Department Chair of World Languages, served as the Keynote Speaker on the topic of studying abroad.

Dr. Hunt’s enthusiastic, yet realistic, presentation laid out the importance of students taking advantage of Georgetown College’s study abroad opportunities.

Dr. Hunt explained how studying abroad introduces you to skills you will carry throughout the years to come, as well as assisting with acquiring future careers.

Dr. Hunt recapped her speech with, “I was happy to be invited by Riley Noe to speak with the General Assembly of SGA about the benefits of study abroad. This is my favorite topic!

By studying abroad, students can gain the skills employers are seeking right now in the job market, including leadership and communication skills. They can also experience a different teaching style and take amazing courses abroad, such as Graphic Design in Austria, British Sport and Media in London, or Health Care Administration in Tanzania.

SGA during the first General Assembly of the year.

Source: SGA Instagram

Finally, study abroad is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live abroad as a student and not a tourist. You get the unique chance to learn how other people live and to be immersed in a new culture with college professors as your guides. I always tell students that they’ll never have this opportunity again… the number one regret of college graduates is NOT studying abroad!”

Overall, General Assembly is an interactive source of student-targeted information to improve the quality of life across Georgetown’s campus,

After wrapping the gathering, President Martin commented, “Our first General Assembly went well as we conveyed to the students the things we have worked on recently. Those include a revision to the one-door policy, updates about administration changes, SGA/Graves Center professional headshots for seniors, a grant for the Yearbook club for cameras to establish Georgetown’s first yearbook in over a decade, GC Loves Lindsey campaign, meetings in residence halls to hear student feedback and other topics.

SGA General Assemblies are typically held the last Thursday of every month and if you have any questions or comments, feel free to talk to anyone [on council] or e-mail us at sga@georgetowncollege. edu!”