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WEDNESDAY 09.07.2016
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VOLUME 85
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ISSUE 31
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STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
SGA IN THE RED
Recently released budget shows 2015-16 session overspent WILL FISHER NEWS EDITOR
Last year, SGA ended the year with a $12,927.52 deficit in their budget. In total, SGA received $88,930.35 in income mostly from student fees and partially from Mud Bowl sponsors. SGA spent $101,857.87, with $26,333.87 of the budget going to events.
Other expenditures include $22,141.01 spent on advertising and campus sponsorships, $18.348.73 allocated to the Student Organization Committee and $14,856 spent on professional development. SGA ended the year with $288,349.52 saved in the bank from $301,277.04. The SGA student fee is $5 a student a
semester. Other TBR schools’ fees range from $3 to $20 a semester, according to a TBR report. Last year, the Senate approved the Sunshine Act which requires SGA to publish a budget each quarter. This is the first budget published under the act. The budget can be accessed at www.apsu.edu/sga/guiding-documents.
INCOME: $88,930.35
EXPENDITURES: $101,857.87
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Dean steps down to faculty roll
Served for less than 10 months in the position
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Raj Dakshinamurthy received his in biochemistry and structural biology from the University of Arkansas. PHOTO COURTESY OF APSU
Raj Dakshinamurthy stepped down from his position as Dean of the College of Graduate Studies and the associate provost for research on Wednesday, Aug. 31 and will now serve as a full-time faculty member in the Department of Chemistry. APSU appointed Dakshinamurthy to the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies in December 2015. He previously worked in the chemistry department at Western Kentucky University.
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Professor Chad Brooks will assume Dakshinamurthy’s roles in an interim capacity. Dakshinamurthy made the decision to step down earlier in the week and the change was effective immediately. The university does not anticipate any changes in the day-to-day operations of the College of Graduate Studies and expects the transition in leadership to be smooth. As the Dean of Graduate studies, Dakshinamurthy was in charge of directing the College of Graduate Studies
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and serving as a facilitator between faculty and administration. Brooks’ LinkedIn page states he has worked in the university’s biology department for 11 years and served as the Assistant Dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics since June 2015. He will serve in his new interim role until the school begins a search to replace Dakshinamurthy. Dakshinamurthy specializes in biomedical sciences and has published more than 30 papers and a patent related to the field.
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