Department requests for student fees to increase continued into the second day of fee hearings, where both Student Health Services and Student Recreation asked for an increase in their current student fees to improve services and cover COLA.
The UVUSA Student Council met with representatives from the School of the Arts and Operations and Managment to discuss proposed changes to their student fees. Both organizations are asking for increases in their fees for the upcoming year.
A schedule has been finalized by UVUSA as the 2024 student fee hearings are set to begin on Jan. 18. Departments are expected to request fee increases due to a 2023 tuition freeze.
Speakers met with the UVUSA Student Council to present changes in university policy, changes include faculty rank, disciplinary action for faculty, and policy relating to how UVU uses its data.
The UVUSA Student Council heard a presentation from UVU’s finance and business department to seek approval about fiscal policy changes, ranging from mandatory direct deposits, fraud deterrence and grant programs.
The Student Council was briefed by members of the Product Portfolio Management Team on the upcoming transitions to student Google Drive and Box accounts; both of these are set to be done away with by Fall 2023 and fully transitioned to the Microsoft Office family of programs.
Tuition is to stay the same as UVU honors the call by Gov. Cox to halt any raises in tuition or fees; the student council also approves fee proposals to maintain all current student fees with added suggestions for the next student council.
The athletics department presented again to the student council upon their request about their financial situation and to give more detailed information on how student fees were used; the council also mentions the possibility of creating a new fee to support The Den.
The UVUSA Student Council met Feb. 2 to hear from different department heads and vote on policy changes concerning foreign travel and digital transformation. The council also heard updates about recent events like the drag show and upcoming election information.
The student council decided to change the name of a position in the activities branch: the “social events chair” will be changing READ MORE
