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Legislators Meeting with Caldwell College Student Government
Meeting between higher ed officials, state legislators and New Jersey college leaders is scheduled to take place on Friday.
Student government leaders from colleges and universities around the Garden State will seek to learn from and network with state legislators and higher ed leaders at a conference on Caldwell College’s campus later this week.
The Caldwell College Student Government Association and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey will host Senator Richard J. Codey, Senator Steven V. Oroho, Senator Tom Kean, Assemblyman Thomas P. Giblin, and Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll on Friday.
The “Meeting of the S.G. Voices” event will focus on college affordability and debt management, stimulating school spirit and campus involvement and student government leadership talent acquisition and retention.
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“Our goal is to not only unite New Jersey’s independent college and university student governments with legislators, but to also create an annual event that will be held for many years where students leaders can collaborate with and learn from state leaders,” Caldwell College’s Student Government Association President David Reeth said in a release.
An executive coaching session will feature New Jersey legislators sharing their professional stories, offering students advice and discussing higher education issues.
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According to the release:
Elizabeth “Betsy” Garlatti, chief of staff for NJ Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks, and Gabrielle Charette, executive director of the New Jersey Higher Education Student Assistance Authority will lead a session on trending topics for higher education.
There will be a professional development roundtable where Bob Polakowski, vice president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in New Jersey, will speak on “Putting Government Back in Student Government”, Caldwell College business faculty Tom Keen, Ph.D. will speak on “Leadership Starts with You” and business faculty Virginia Rich, Ph.D. will present on “Creating Your Own SG (Student Government) Voice Legacy”.
The day begins at 10:20 a.m. with registration and will conclude at 2:40 p.m. It will be held in the Student Center and Newman Center on Caldwell’s campus at 120 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, NJ 07006.
For information contact David Reeth at dreeth@caldwell.edu.
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