The External Affairs Committee was created by Mr. Newman and Mr. Pitts to increase student involvement in local government. The EAC will become a standing committee in 1999.
The Student Activity Fee:
Where does your money go?
Students pay $38/semester for the Student
Activity Fee.
Did you know that 52% of that money goes
to administrative overhead?
The rest is distributed among the schools and colleges and student organizations. Here's the 1998 breakdown:
Total Breakdown
| 1. Department of Student Activities (Administrative) | 1,049,303 |
| 2. All Campus Programs and Activities (clubs such as University Union) | 798,166 |
| 3. Schools and Colleges | 166,746 |
| Total | 2,014,215 |
| Student Activity Administration | 77,300 |
| Student Activities Business Office | 16,750 |
| Staff Salaries | 590,248 |
| Staff Benefits | 132,142 |
| Department Labor Pool | 128,433 |
| Recreational Sports Administration | 158,876 |
| Total | 1,103,749 |
The following employees are paid with student activity fees or funds generated from Tate Center services:
| Name | Position |
| James Crouch | Associate Director of Student Affairs |
| Tricia Petty | Student Affairs Counselor |
| Jarrell Anthony | Business Manager II |
| Tommy Altman | Assistant Director |
| Diane Teague | Art Coordinator |
| Richard Wallace | Student Affairs Technical Services Coordinator |
| Willie Banks | Student Affairs Counselor |
| Candice Sherman | Assistant Director of Student Activities |
| Jody Hall | Student Affairs Operation Specialist |
| Bobby Bowen | Duplicating Service Supervisor |
| Ruth Anderson-Hockin | Student Affairs Operation Specialist |
| Rebecca Cartlidge | Senior Secretary |
| Linda Edwards | Administrative Secretary |
| Shannon Bennett | Assistant Conference Coordinator |
| Eleanor Fortson | Administrative Secretary |
| Marian Thomas | Senior Accounting Assistant |
| Misty Pierce | Accounting Clerk |
| Norma Kesler | Phototypesetter I |
| Sabrinia Brown | Accounting Clerk |
| Maureen Finneran | Section Supervisor |
| Linda Fields | Â Accounting Assistant |
| Marian Arnold | Section Supervisor |
| Eva Christian | Offset Equipment Operator |
| University Union | 420,360 |
| Recreational Sports | 70,476 |
| Media and Publications | 59,562 |
| Student Government | 25,932 |
| Minority Student Programs | 56,253 |
| Additional Programs | 165,583 |
| College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences | 10,733 |
| Arts and Sciences | 62,044 |
| Business | 21,895 |
| Education | 24,326 |
| Environmental Design | 4,463 |
| Forest Resources | 4,964 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences | 7,703 |
| Journalism | 7,073 |
| Law | 6,398 |
| Pharmacy | 4,097 |
| Social Work | 4,634 |
| Vet. Med | 3,944 |
| University Studies | 4,472 |
| Total | 166,746 |