By John Wilson
Last week, students, members of SGA along with the president
of the University of Montevallo met in Farmer Hall for the semester’s second
and last town hall meeting. The meeting brought in almost twenty Montevallo
students and a President that was ready to hear their concerns.
Briefing students with his “State of the School” address,
Dr. John Stewart III went over the current status of the university as far as
its ranking among other college campuses along with a few of the future plans
the university hopes to put into action.
Dr. Stewart spent over an hour presenting ideas and
proposals on a variety of topics ranging from possible additions to residence
halls, weekend extracurricular activities for students and additions to the
school curriculum.
Students expressed concerns about not having a wider range
of living options, especially student athletes attending school at Montevallo.
Many students felt pressured into living on campus in order to receive
scholarships, which to some, is more expensive than living on campus.
“I feel like if
you’re going to make us stay on campus, you should at least give us a
scholarship large enough to cover housing and tuition,” said April Lee.
Other items discussed at the meeting options for more
afterschool activities, specifically on the weekends and the school’s
partnership with “Be the Match” which is a national bone marrow registry. The
organization will host a campus drive in January. For more information on “Be
the Match”, click here.
