On Wednesday, the Students' Association presented its proposal for the fall budget and passed it after making a few amendments. This year SA received $90,000 total from the university. Included in every student's tuition is a fee that goes to SA. The idea is that, in turn, this money will be spent in ways that benefit students through ... [Read More…]
About 80 percent of SA budget spent
The Students' Association has spent about 80 percent of its budget, said Treasurer J.P. Ralston. SA receives about $180,000 of student fees each year to divide among campus organizations. But any money that is not spent goes to a restricted account for SA. "Any student funds that come through SA, if they're not used, stay with SA," said Jan ... [Read More…]
Congress solidifies spring budget
The Students' Association passed a budget of about $46,500 on Feb. 5. SA treasurer JP Ralston and financial officer Victoria Garza worked to create a new format to propose the budget in front of Congress. "Victoria and I worked 50 hours on this new budget," Ralston said. SA based the new budget off of how much organizations spent last ... [Read More…]
ObamaCare to cost ACU $204,000
Beginning next semester, ACU will have to pay about $204,000 in additional benefits to employees under the Affordable Care Act. Stacey McGee, associate chief financial officer, said she is working on adjusting the university's budget to accommodate additional costs attributable to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The act, more ... [Read More…]
SA finalizes fall group budget
The Student's Association met with members from numerous on-campus organizations to finalize its fall 2013 budget on Wednesday. This year 62 groups requested a combined total of $125,945.15. The Student's Association was is allocated $90,000 for the fall semester and $42,808.50 of it went to the student groups. The remaining balance of the fall ... [Read More…]
Budget plan to cut more jobs
About a year and a half ago, Dr. Phil Schubert stood before a packed Hart Auditorium, twice, to give details on a plan to cut $10 million from the university's budget. The two-year plan, effective in May 2012, called for elimination of about 35 university positions. A handful of those positions, most of them in Student Life, are about to be cut ... [Read More…]
Conference request funding continues
The Students' Association granted an additional $710 to student groups Wednesday as part of its continued conference request funding. The conference request fund is a line item in the SA budget set aside to help finance student groups taking trips this semester. The amount provided for the fund was $6,500; however, SA had $48,882 in requests. SA ... [Read More…]
SA continues conference request funding
After heated and raucous debate, the Students' Association granted $1,331 of the total remaining $4,724 in the conference request fund budget in their meeting on Wednesday. The conference request fund is a portion of the SA budget specifically set aside for student groups taking trips this semester. The total amount for the fund began at $6,500; ... [Read More…]
SA divies up funds to 55 student groups
The Students' Association granted over $41,000 to various student organizations this semester in their budget meeting on Wednesday. Executive Treasurer Joseph Austin, along with Chief Financial Officer Kevin Coldewey, spent the last four weeks meeting with campus groups to discuss their expenses for the semester. Combining the needs of student ... [Read More…]
SA budgets decrease for student organizations
Most student organizations have access to fewer funds than usual after this semester's SA budget release. SA Treasurer Joseph Austin, senior accounting and pre-law major from Houston, said it was difficult this semester to meet all of the needs of each organization because there were some new factors. "There were eight groups who were first time ... [Read More…]