Associated Student Body senators met Tuesday to approve the 2013-14 student budget and vote to fill open seats.
Treasurer Carson Rutledge presented the budget encompassing 95 organizations requesting a total of $200,000 from the ASB for the year.
“They went through a two-part application before they made it on this list,” Rutledge said of the organizations receiving funding in the approved budget. “Each organization submitted a paper application and interviewed for funding.”
Rutledge emphasized that multiple opportunities to pursue funding existed.
“We tried to give them every opportunity to apply,” he said.
Using the requests submitted by individual organizations, Rutledge drafted a final budget of $60,000.
A total of $4,276.20 has been saved for organizations that apply for funding in the spring, according to Rutledge.
The senate approved the budget in a 38-0 vote.
Forty-seven applicants from the School of Education, the School of Applied Sciences, the Graduate School, Campus Walk and Kincannon Residence Hall applied to fill open seats, with 38 applying to fill at-large seats.
After voting, open seats for Minor Hall and the School of Applied Sciences remained.
These seats were filled as at-large seats after general voting, and an unopposed candidate for the graduate school was approved.
“There was an incredible turnout for the open seats, and based on what senators said it sounds like we have an awesome group,” said Morgan Gregory, ASB vice president and senate president. “I’m excited that we have all 60 seats filled, and we can start getting to work.”
