The Student Government Association met on Zoom last Tuesday due to winter weather. During this meeting, Parker Collins, a first-year marketing major from Bentonville, was elected as a new senator at large.

“I’ve seen how it’s run. I see how some people actually want to make a difference and I feel like now I can actually be a part of that difference making,” Collins said.

Collins was voted in by acclamation. His leadership experience includes serving on the presidential committee of the Student Activities Board (SAB), a first-year representative for Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and being a new membership educator for Alpha Tau Omega. He was also a member of his high school’s student government. 

“I’m in all these different organizations, so I have different backgrounds,” Collins said. “I feel like if I hear all these different backgrounds and like their problems with campus, I feel like I can incorporate that into making changes for campus and making it a better place where everyone feels like they’re included.”

Collins said he wasn’t sure which committees he wants to serve on, but wants to serve on whichever ones will help with “the environment or diversity and safety on campus.”

“There are just a lot of people that are not from the U.S., so I want to do more things with that where they feel comfortable and A-State is their home, not just where they’re spending a few years for their education,” Collins said. 

The other issue to be discussed at the meeting, SR 22/23-01, a resolution which would provide a housing scholarship funded by SGA, was tabled for the next meeting on Feb. 14.

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