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<\/a>With an anticipated 8,250 students who will be enrolled during the upcoming academic year, the UOG Student Government Association recently proposed their fiscal 2017 auxiliary budget proposal, estimating that $198,000 would be available from student activity fees.<\/span><\/p>\n This could beg the question\u2014where does all the money go?<\/span><\/p>\n Part of SGA\u2019s proposed 2017 academic year budget includes initiatives of $60,000 for sponsored activities, $35,000 for Enrollment Management and Student Services (EMSS) Division support, $20,000 for Charter Day and Blue Night, $20,000 for stipends, $20,000 toward clubs, theatre, and HR transfers, and $15,000 for leadership development.<\/p>\n The remainder of the budget is reserved for contractual services, supplies, equipment, uniforms, and utilities.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Jericho Tobias, UOG SGA president, \u201cSponsored activities include the Welcome Back event and spring and fall assemblies. Our main goal was to enrich student activities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Tobias further addressed that EMSS received about $45,000 last year but that was greatly reduced to $35,000 this year.<\/p>\n Dean of EMSS Michael Gunn, Ph.D., stated that EMSS will be evaluating next year’s budget to determine if money is being used to support students in the most efficient manner.<\/span><\/p>\n Gunn posed a question for the upcoming student government: \u201cAre we really getting the right bang for the buck or could we get the same amount of input for $40,000 or $50,000 and provide a little more money to clubs and organizations?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cCurrently, we have funds available to support student organizations as well as to support significant university-wide events for students,\u201d Gunn said.<\/span><\/p>\n Gunn further noted that the SGA budget serves three main purposes, including support student organizations, support university-wide student activities, and support SGA.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked how EMSS is supporting SGA with the proposed $35,000, Gunn responded that approximately $15,000 goes to recruiting materials, office supplies, computers, printers, and associated automation, roughly $5,000 goes into student support activities such as select student travel, and other student activity opportunities are about $7,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>