STUSU website
The official launch for STUSU’s new website will be on Dec. 23. President Fernanda Damiani said the website development is on schedule.
Campus trust
The ADHD drug Vyanse no longer requires a request form to be covered. Vice-president administration Philippe Ferland said if a student has a prescription, it will automatically be covered. Ferland also said the icon for the STU Student Benefits app may be changing in the future to differentiate it from other apps. Also, he said two schools are looking to join campus trust.
Funds approved
The finance committee approved $100 donation to Club Japan to host a Christmas party. Tiziana Zevallos is receiving $200 to attend a conference in Austin. Another $100 was approved to the education department for a special event on education and mental health.
Lobby weeks
Sam Titus, vice-president academic said members of STUSU executive and employees participated in a series of lobby weeks for the past two weeks. He said they had 20 New Brunswick Student Alliance meetings, including a one-on-one meeting with the premier and a meeting with the caucuses of the Liberals, the Progressive Conservatives and the Green Party.
“It was arguably the most successful NBSA lobby week in terms of meetings. We talked about the Tuition Access Bursary, mental health funding, international students and gender-neutral washrooms.”
He said they were generally well received.
“I don’t think it’s too optimistic of us to say that we’ll get two of them maybe,” he said. “Gender neutral washrooms were remarkably well-received by people … And also international student health insurance.”
He said maybe as early as next year, international students health insurance will “get better.”
he said the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations also had a successful lobby week. He said they had about 170 meetings. They lobbied for issues such as student financial aid, improvement of access to grants, indigenous student issues and funding for research and mental health.
