{"id":132372,"date":"2026-01-26T17:37:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132372\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T17:37:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:37:06","slug":"only-two-unf-sg-committees-able-to-conduct-business-approve-requests-discuss-survey-topic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132372\/","title":{"rendered":"Only two UNF SG committees able to conduct business, approve requests, discuss survey topic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Jan. 23, the UNF Student Government (SG) committees were scheduled to appoint new justices, approve financial requests, and discuss January\u2019s Osprey Voice survey topic.<\/p>\n<p>However, due to a lack of voting members, the Rules and Oversight Committee (R&amp;O) was unable to conduct business. The appointments were tabled for the next meeting. The remaining committees proceeded as scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>The Budget and Allocations Committee (B&amp;A) heard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unf.edu\/sg\/oic\/clubfunding.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple requests<\/a> from UNF organizations while the University and Student Affairs Committee (USA) finalized the SG survey topic for the month.<\/p>\n<p>Budgets and Allocations Committee<\/p>\n<p>Four travel requests were brought to the B&amp;A committee and each petition for $2,000 was unanimously approved.<\/p>\n<p>The UNF Health Administration Student Association, Institute of Travel Engineers, Athletic Trainers\u2019 Student Association, and Health Administration Case competitors each separately requested $2,000 for lodging and travel expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The UNF Health Administration Student Association requested funds for 18 students to travel to Houston, Texas, to attend the American Congress on Healthcare Leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Institute of Travel Engineers requested funds for 17 students to attend the ITE Student Leadership Summit in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic Trainers\u2019 Student Association requested funds for 17 students to visit the Southeast Athletic Trainers\u2019 Association Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Administration Case competitors included four students from the Brooks College of Health who requested funds to attend the 2026 UAB Case Competition.<\/p>\n<p>The SG travel request budget previously stood at $32,618.98 and after approval, the budget is now at $24,618.98.<\/p>\n<p>Osprey Racing was the only Registered Student Organization (RSO) that made a special request during this meeting. The RSO petitioned for $6,885.27 for new racing components necessary for competition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chair Hazel Joseph asked the Osprey Racing representative if the new parts would go towards a \u201ccurrent build\u201d or an \u201cupcoming season build\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis [prototype] is what we\u2019re building for this year, for the 2026 competition,\u201d said Osprey Racing Treasurer Jackson Shirey.<\/p>\n<p>Following approval of Osprey Racing\u2019 petition, the SG special request budget stands at $75,979.21.<\/p>\n<p>Associate Director Jason Edgar, who acts as a fiscal advisor for SG, reminded petitioners that their request still stands for approval by Student Body President Amelia Dyal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not familiar if all of you know the process of what happens next but the student body president has five business days from today to approve or deny your request,\u201d said Edgar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>University and Student Affairs Committee<\/p>\n<p>The USA committee decided on the Osprey Voice survey for the month of January, according to an email sent by Chair Shipton MacDonald.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUSA will be pushing out their Osprey Voice survey for the month of January on the topic of Dining, next week,\u201d said MacDonald.<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<\/p>\n<p>The SG Senate will meet Friday, Jan. 30, at 3pm in the Senate Chambers (Bldg. 58E, Room 3200).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>For more information or news tips, or if you see an error in this story or have any compliments or concerns, contact <a href=\"https:\/\/unfspinnaker.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"ec89888598839eac99828a9f9c8582828d87899ec28f8381\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Jan. 23, the UNF Student Government (SG) committees were scheduled to appoint new justices, approve financial requests,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-132372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}