Student Government Association
   Located on the lower level of the Memorial Union, the Student Government Association (SGA) exists to serve, protect and promote the interests and rights of the students of FHSU. It is a representational form of government with Senate seats available by major. The SGA serves as a vehicle for students to examine, discuss and take action on campus issues.
SGA has a long history of being the central student organization on the FHSU campus. Its goal is to work as an advocacy group on behalf of students' concerns. Student government works with every student organization on campus and serves as the voice of FHSU students to the Administration, Faculty, Staff and the Kansas Board of Regents. In addition, SGA oversees the distribution of student fee money to all student organizations and student services.
The SGA is structured as follows:

PRESIDENT
As the representative student spokesperson on campus, the president is responsible for student committee appointments and the appointment of student justices to the Student/Faculty Court. The president also carries out legislation enacted by the
Student Senate.

VICE PRESIDENT
The vice president serves in the absence of the president, chairs Student Senate meetings and rules on expulsion of senators.

SENATE
As representatives of FHSU students, senators act as a governing body to enact amendments of the constitution, confirm or reject presidential appointments, approve or reject appropriations requests and approve the final allocations bill. They also provide a constructive channel of communication between their constituents and the Administration, Faculty and Staff. The senators are elected from nine academic areas that represent all university majors. The Student Government Association officers for the 2008-2009 academic year are:
President Tyler Hughes
Vice President Cole Engel
Executive Asst. Luke Hachmeister
Treasurer Robyn Sellard
Legislative Affairs Corey Anglemyer
Director
Admin. Asst. Ashley Shellnut
Webmaster Doug Mercer

STUDENT FACULTY COURT
The highest student judicial body on campus, the Student/Faculty Court, is subject only to final appeal to the university president. Students may appeal campus judicial proceedings to the Student/Faculty Court. The court consists of seven justices, four of whom (including the chief justice) are students.

Student Fee Allocations to Student Organizations
Student activity fees are defined as all money generated annually by the per-hour tuition assessment for student activities. The purpose of this fee is to facilitate student activities and services at FHSU. The Student Government Association allocates student activity fees by two processes--allocations and appropriations. It is important to note that student activity fees may not be used for individual gain, parties, dances, awards, individuals not enrolled at Fort Hays State University or other activities deemed unacceptable by the Appropriations or Allocations committees of the SGA.

Allocations Process
The Allocations Committee will notify student organizations during the fall semester about the allocations process. By the first Monday in December, any organization seeking an allocation for the following year may submit a preliminary budget and a request to the Allocations Committee. The committee then will formulate questions, and these will be submitted to the organizations before the final day of classes of the fall semester. The final deadline for requests is the fourth Monday in January. This deadline is mandatory and all figures submitted are binding.
In addition to its budget request, each applying organization is responsible for providing information concerning previous, present and anticipated income and expenditures. A standardized form has been developed to assist organizations in preparing requests. The form is available from the Student Government Association office on the lower level of the Memorial Union.

Appropriations Process
Appropriation funds may be requested for the purpose of assisting groups registered by the Student Organization Committee and other special events that serve the interests of the university. Appropriation funds may be requested for a campus event or an organization trip. Appropriations Request Forms may be picked up at the Student Government Association Office and must be turned in no later than six weeks prior to the event. Requests from one organization may not exceed $1,000 per school year, and organizations receiving allocations are not eligible for appropriations. Representatives from the organizations making requests must appear before the Appropriations Committee to explain the need for the appropriation and to answer questions. Requests are then forwarded to the Student Senate, and a decision is made in approximately three weeks.

Student Fee Structure
Undergraduate students and graduate students pay a per credit hour charge as follows:
On-campus students will pay on-campus tuition and fees for on-campus courses and Virtual College tuition and fees for Virtual College courses. Students will pay undergraduate fees for undergraduate classes and graduate fees for graduate classes.
All on-campus students will be assessed a $30 Registration/Orientation fee upon their first enrollment at Fort Hays State University. Virtual College students may contact the Virtual College office at 785-628-4291 (www.fhsu.edu/virtualcollege) or Student Fiscal Services at 785-628-4461 for course fees.

SGA/Student Organization
Calendar of Events
One major feature on to the FHSU Web site is the Master Calendar, www.fhsu.edu/calendar/. This calendar replaces all other calendars on the Web site, except the Memorial Union and Beach/Schmidt calendars, which are linked with the master calendar. The entire calendar is searchable by event or subject, building or room, department and date. This simplifies things for our users in that they have only one place to go to find FHSU events.
Anyone can post an item. Once the item is submitted, it goes to a specified departmental approver. This can be the director or chair, the administrative assistant or secretary, or a faculty member, which is up to the individual department. After approval, if the person who submitted it chose to have it publicized, it will go to our University Relations news department; if he or she did not choose to have it publicized, it will only appear on the calendar. (There is also a "Send Us Your News" link from the calendar Web page to use to submit news items to University Relations.)
The master calendar is open for student organizations to use. The advisors have been set up as approvers for each organization. Again, anyone can submit an event, but it won't appear on the calendar until it has been approved.
To use the calendar, simply go to the URL above and create an account. Then you may post events. If you want to use the calendar but need assistance in getting started, contact Suzanne Klaus at 628-5520 or e-mail sklaus@fhsu.edu.