Student Representative resigns from position
UT’s Board of Trustees student representative resigned from his position on Friday, Nov. 21.
R.J. Duncan was a part of the "We Are UT" SGA campaign.
UT’s Board of Trustees student representative resigned from his position on Friday, Nov. 21.
R.J. Duncan, a sophomore double majoring in finance and marketing, was a member of the “We are UT” campaign team. Duncan was elected Student Representative in the 2014 SGA (Student Government Association) election.
There is no process in place to fill this position should it become vacant, according to the University of Tennessee’s Student Government Association Constitution. However, Dean of Students Melissa Shivers, SGA Program Coordinator Abigail Brumfield, SGA President Kelsey Keny and SGA Vice President Connor Dugosh met and decided on a replacement initiative used in other SEC Universities should there be a resignation.
The SGA executive committee will compile a list of three nominations. They will be submitted to Student Senate for approval at a meeting on Dec. 2 at 6 p.m. in the University Center’s Shiloh Room.
SGA will have three nominations prepared to send to the Office of the Governor by the end of the first week of December.
Once approved, these names will be submitted to the Office of the Governor in Nashville. The rest of the procedure is entirely at Governor Haslam’s discretion.
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Edited by Maggie Jones
Food aficionado, Jessica Carr, believes her passion for food first began while learning to cook Asian and southern cuisine with her mom. Now a senior journalism major at the University of Tennessee, Carr combines her love for writing and food by cultivating restaurant reviews through her blog. As newly appointed Editor-in-chief of the Tennessee Journalist, the official news website for UT's School of Journalism, Carr plans to build experience and one day be the editor of a food magazine. When she isn’t writing, she’s most likely in a theater enjoying the latest indie film.
