The Shippensburg University Student Senate voted in favor of withdrawing about $60,000 from its capital reserves fund, on Jan. 28, to invest in new student group management software.
The motion passed with the approval of 19 senators, with one abstention and three absent from the meeting. Senate is investing in the software to replace the system used last semester, and to help organize student groups, according to Dominic Giovanniello, SU Senate president. The old software, Community, proved to be incompatible with Senate’s needs, and it is being replaced with a 41-month contract with Org Sync for $59,525.
“[Community] wasn’t the best fit for the way we run things at SU,” said Giovanniello at an SU Council of Trustees meeting. “[Org Sync] is Community on steroids, for a cheaper price.”
Senate introduced the software to replace written records of student groups. Senate could not be reached to comment about the investment. Visit theslateonline.com for more updates.
Election process underway
Senate announced at the Jan. 28 meeting that elections for its Executive Rules Committee for the next academic year are underway. Applications are currently available at the Ceddia Union Building information desk and are due Friday, Feb. 12.
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