"The student senate, in general, is responsible for advocating the issues and problems of their respective constituents to the faculty and the higher authorities of SGA. Though this can certainly be broken down significantly more. A major part of the student senate is to positively and significantly impact the college experience of their constituents. This can be in the form of stress relief during exams, encouraging or advertising research opportunities, creating fun and entertaining events to celebrate the student's accomplishments, and overall, helping the students to make the most of their time at Embry Riddle.

Another major portion of the Student Senates' job is to answer the problems that arise for the students. This has been handled in the past with office hours and open forums for students. I think that another great way this could be addressed is by using an open Instagram account that is just for submitting problems within the colleges, with the expectation that not everything can be resolved as we all hope. This account would function similarly to the unofficial posting board account, Riddle Regards. Overall, the Student Senate should aim to positively and significantly impact the lives of the students."

"As stated previously, I think an excellent way for the students to communicate their concerns with the senate could be through a public Instagram account where its sole purpose is to convey issues and problems within the colleges. I also think that open office hours are certainly a decent way to provide a solution for the students, they just need to be advertised more openly. One way this could be handled is by having a representative from the senate speak at the Univ 101 class and educate the students on the different opportunities that are available to them. This could also increase the involvement that the general student body and incoming students have with the SGA.

Furthermore, I am aware that most, if not all, of the programs, have regular communication with their students through email blasts and general announcements. This form of communication can be utilized by the senate to send out messages to their constituents. Obviously, this will not get the attention of every student, but it will certainly get more than if it was not done at all."

"As mentioned previously, the Senators should always aim to positively impact the student’s experience at Riddle and within their college. I have several ideas in mind for how to go about this, such as increasing lab and research participation, creating a more modern way for the students to voice their concerns, and creating more fun events for the COAS students as the COAS Senator, one of my primary missions would be to encourage joint program research projects and the education of all the amazing opportunities that are available to us. This will be through working with the faculty to have clearly stated prerequisites for their labs and then providing resources for the students to reach those requirements. I will also encourage the programs to hold seminars for the different faculty projects and to highlight the projects of the students. There is already a similar concept within the AP program, so I will build upon that.

As stated previously, incorporating social media, specifically Instagram, into the process of receiving the grievances of the students would increase the participation significantly. Not only would this create a new platform to connect with the students, but it will also alleviate any miscommunication when speaking face to face.

Furthermore, I intend to host the first STEM and Humanities week. The week will include several events for all programs in the college such as speakers from each respective field, workshops to advertise the opportunities that each program has, and many more! This will be further reinforced by the encouragement and inclusion of more businesses and companies at the Career Expo that are interested in the programs of COAS and not just engineers. Overall, I intend to build up the opportunities and college experience for the students of COAS to a never before seen before."