Student Senate allocated $1,500 to the Behavioral Sciences Association to help fund its annual I Will Listen event at its Feb. 10 meeting.
BSA Treasurer Eliza Lohman said the I Will Listen event welcomes community and Northwest members to submit artwork to showcase awareness around mental health.
The art exhibition event will be 1-7 p.m. March 26 in the J.W. Jones Student Union.
“Anyone is allowed to submit art for this event, also attend this event; and it’s a pretty successful event,” Lohman said. “We usually have well over 300 people attend, and it’s been successful every year that we have had it.”
She said the event has allowed students to process their emotions by creating and submitting art, and many are thankful for the opportunity to do so. The BSA researches art and therapy for the event, and has found that art is a good therapeutic outlet.
Senior Class Rep. Alora Bucey said the upcoming event has been talked about a lot on campus.
“I do know that this has been stirring up a lot of conversation,” Bucey said. “Professors have been emphasizing students to put in their stuff. This is really good for just the community in general; both for people to express themselves, and then also to further different people’s career paths.”
Alongside the Northwest Accounting Society, another finance-based club has joined the campus organization directory. Finance and Investing Club President Karsten Pate and Vice President Maximo Filion presented the FIC to Senate, seeking approval.
The organization aims to be a professional resource for finance students in particular, but any student may join. Pate said the purpose of the organization is to help students be financially literate, whereas the Northwest Accounting Society focuses on providing information and opportunities for accounting majors, according to its BearcatLink.
One way the FIC plans to achieve its goals is by bringing in professionals to present about their finance and investing careers.
“We want to have our members learn from those who have already done finance investing, who have been high up in finance-related careers,” Pate said. “They can learn about people who have done it (and) succeeded at the highest level.”
Freshman Class Rep. Malachi Skillen said having a Finance and Investing Club would be beneficial for recruiting students with business majors to campus.
“When I came to other colleges, there were other colleges that pointed out the fact that they had an investing club,” Skillen said. “I’d say it’s definitely important to have.”
The Finance and Investing Club was approved by Senate. Meetings are planned for 7 p.m. Thursdays, bimonthly.
Senate’s Lead Green Representative position was filled by junior Ava Murphey. The Lead Green Representative stands for Lead Green ambassadors who help students develop leadership skills.
Murphey is a business management major. She said she enjoys working with people, and that skill will help her be successful in this position.
“My boss appointed me,” Murphey said. “I just think it’s fun to be involved and work with people on campus. I like staying in the know, and I have a lot of free time coming up for my senior year and also the rest of the semester.”