At their first November meeting, the Student Government Association filled a vacant senate seat and discussed a wellness walk they hosted.

Anna Hartley, a junior criminology and psychology major from Conway, filled the liberal arts and communication seat during the meeting.

Hartley said she wanted to join SGA to get more involved and learn more about government before she goes to law school. 

“I hope to use this so that I just have more experience with government before I go into a government field where I’m going to need to know, like the inner workings and just things like that,” Hartley said. 

While she said she doesn’t know where she’ll make an impact during her time in SGA, she knows that it’s something she wants to do. 

After the seat was filled, the senate discussed the wellness walk they hosted Thursday.

SGA President, Jake Williams, a junior business major from Piggott, Arkansas, said the walk was a major success.

“Many different departments of higher leadership saw different issues around campus; it was a big eye-opening event that the Student Government Association was very proud to host,” Williams said. 

The goal of the walk was to continue the university’s safety standards and to let everyone know that SGA is committed to the safety of the student body. 

The event followed a pre-planned route through campus. The first stop on the route was the parking garage and the walk ended on the Reng Center front lawn, where participants gathered to take photos. 

“We had some good talks about the campus plan that’s put in place for different future proposed projects. And so had some good communications with that,” Williams said. 

Denver Brooks, SGA cultural diversity director, said the walk was a great opportunity to let administration and university employees know that the campus is unsafe for students.

“We love campus. We love being on campus, we love this school, and we just want to continue to make it safe for not only ourselves, but for future Red Wolves,” Brooks, a junior radiology major from Northrop, Arkansas, said.

Brooks said she is passionate about a resolution SGA recently passed to install lights at Unity Park.

“It’s a space that a lot of our organizations use, so we want to just highlight their space and make it safer for them to use,” Brooks said.

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