In the Fall 2020 semester, the Student Organizations Funding Committee received a historically low number of application requests due to restrictions placed on student organization events because of COVID-19. SOFC is a part of the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government Student Organizations Committee, which provides consulting services and funding to student organizations on campus.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 11:41pm
The University of Michigan Central Student Government convened via Zoom Tuesday night to talk to the Dean of Students Laura Blake Jones about the office’s plans to improve quarantine and isolation housing and student mental health.
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 12:09am
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel discussed the University’s fall 2020 response to the COVID-19 pandemic and plans for the winter 2021 semester at the Central Student Government meeting Tuesday night.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 8:10pm
The University of Michigan Central Student Government convened via Zoom Tuesday night to talk to Dr. Robert Ernst, executive director of University Health Service and associate vice president for health and wellness in Student Life, about the effects of the Washtenaw County stay-in-place order and U-M COVID-19 testing.
Thursday, November 5, 2020 - 3:15pm
Members of the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government and other student groups promoting women’s health are teaming up to bring free menstrual products to campus.
In 2017, the free menstrual product initiative from the student group Women’s Organization on Rights to Health found that students used about 590 products each week when free menstrual products were placed in the Chemistry Building, Mason Hall, Pierpont Commons and Walgreen Drama Center.
Monday, November 2, 2020 - 10:01pm
The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government passed a resolution advocating for changes in the 2020-21 Academic Policy in response to COVID-19 in their meeting via Zoom Tuesday night.
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 9:47pm
The University of Michigan Central Student Government met via Zoom Tuesday night to talk with Amy K. Dittmar, senior vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs, about the University’s 2020-2021 budget.
Dittmar spoke about the University’s endowment in comparison to that of other universities in the country. She said though the University’s endowment is one of the top 10 in the country, on a per-student basis, the University is in the top 100.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 10:42pm
The University of Michigan Central Student Government convened via Zoom Tuesday night to discuss the University administration’s response to COVID-19 and passed a resolution to create a task force that responds to and works to mitigate the effect of the pandemic on students’ lives.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020 - 10:17pm
The University of Michigan Central Student Government voted to remove LSA junior Sam Braden from his role as speaker of the Assembly at its weekly meeting Tuesday night.