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Athletics awards Carpentier

The Plattsburgh State Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation held an award ceremony for student-athletes Monday, May 8. The department also honored Vice President for Enrollment and Student Success Michele Carpentier with the the Cardinal AD Recognition Award. The award is given to a strong supporter of Cardinal Athletics outside the department. "Carpentier has had an immeasurable impact on several generations of Cardinal student-athletes," an article on the Cardinals website reads. " While she is retiring after this academic year, her devotion to SUNY Plattsburgh and Cardinal Athletics in particular has been unwavering over the course of the past several decades."

Read more about the Athletics Department award ceremony on page 8 and check out the Cardinal Points website or previous issues to learn more about Carpentier. >>> 8

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1) In the previous issue's article "Daniel Lake hosts panel talk in Yokum," a few words in Justin Lowry's quotes were written inaccurately. Lowry actually spoke of "understanding humanity through the physical remains of society" and "a sideshow of objects."

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The Student Association’s budget for the next year was presented by Treasurer Osamuyimen Akpata. The SA fee would remain $80 per semester going forward and would go into the next budget. It was noted that the current academic year’s budget of $1,104,445 was high in comparison to previous years due to rollover funds

Additionally, club budgets were detailed for next year. All clubs that turned in a budget for the next semester will be receiving at least $1,000. However, no club will receive more than $8,000 in budget. The budget was higher than usual this year, and this reflects in the average club budget dropping to $2,093 from the current $2,553 value.

Akpata explained her budget by saying, “My goal was to ensure more equitable access to funding for all clubs.”

Finally, any active club that failed to submit a budget on time will instead receive $300. This change will cut down on available additional allocations.

After the joint session the Executive Council decided to recommend the budget for the Senate to approve. Vice President Saran Kaba praised the decision to grant $300 to clubs without a budget.

Following the budget recommendation from the Executive Council to Senate, the SA began their meeting to vote on clubs and budgets. During the SA council meeting, the budget was voted on in addition to the discussion of usual club requests.

The club Apostolic Students and Associates was represented by Senator Liza Ali for its latest request for permanent club status. Since their previously declined request for permanent club status, the club has shown significant improvement in club activity. Following these improvements, the Senate unanimously granted the club's request for permanent status.

The Nepalese at Plattsburgh club was present at the meeting and requested permanent club status approval as well. The club previously did the Holi event alongside Club International and expressed interest in holding more cultural events that celebrate Nepalese culture. Their request for permanent club status was unanimously approved. The final item on the Senate agenda was to approve the newly recommended budget for the 2023-2024 academic year. The budget, which was proposed at the prior meeting, was unanimously approved.

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