Wisconsin Student Government

 
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This weekend I went to Wausau for the Wisconsin Student Government (WSG) conference. It was awesome! It all started on Friday morning with a motivational speaker named Matt Booth (www.mattbooth.com). If you ever have the chance to go listen to him, GO! He was easy to listen to, he made a lot of sense and the time spent listening was quite uplifting. After the speaker and lunch we started the proceedings.

Another speaker was Conor Smyth a WTCS Policy Advisor. (http://www.wsgtech.org/seminars/State-Legislative-Update-for-WSG-Jan-2011-Conor-Smyth.pdf) He was extremely informative and I encourage you to go to the link above and learn more and see what it is you can do as a citizen and as a technical college student.

There were sixteen different technical colleges attending. It is all very structured and organized. There was a small presentation for the logo winner, Tami Anderson and her daughter. They won an ipad! WOW! After minutes, budgets, elections and such we adjourned to check into the hotel. We stayed at the Stoney Creek Inn…very nice! I was able to bring my family along since my mother-in-law lives just moments from North Central Technical College where we had the WSG meeting. They were able to visit family and go swimming at the hotel.

On Saturday the meeting gathered again for only a few hours and established next year’s dates and locations and finished up other business. My family picked me up and we went to my mother-in-law’s for lunch. Brats and burgers on the grill…YUM! After lunch we all went to the river and enjoyed the cool weather and running water then went right up to Rib Mountain. Even though Beaver Dam has started spring, Wausau is a few steps behind us. There was still quite a bit of snow and the rocks were slick. Too early for Rib Mountain. Even so, I got some great pictures from the weekend and I learned a lot about WSG!

Make it a great one, Kirsten

Student Senate 2

So, this weekend I will be going to Wausau for the Wisconsin Student Government meeting (WSG). This will be my first WSG meeting and first meeting outside of the regular Student Senate meetings I go to at Moraine Park Technical College. The regular Student Senate meetings in Beaver Dam are pretty neat. There is so much information addressed in each meeting however it is well organized therefore goes fast and is fun. Not only that, but most of the time there is a free lunch to boot.

At the Wisconsin Student Meeting in Wausau we will be working hard and having fun there too. The WSG brings reps from all of Wisconsin’s Technical Colleges together to one place. There we will discuss issues that affect students throughout the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS). A student Governor and Lt Governor are elected each year to officially represent MPTC’s interests. Other members of the student government are encouraged to participate as well.

I wanted to go to this meeting to be a part of and learn the ins and outs of being a student at Moraine Park, but I also wanted to go for family reasons. My mother-in-law lives in Wausau so my husband will be able to spend time with her and our kids while I am busy with meetings. I am looking forward to a couple of days of adult interaction and a mostly kid free weekend. I am also looking forward to some hiking. I am sure my family and I will be visiting Rib Mountain while we are there. It is so beautiful there! The picture in this blog is from a trip we took there in the past. To learn more about Wisconsin Student Government or Student Senate, visit

http://www.morainepark.edu/services/student-life/student-government/#student-life

Make it a great one,
Kirsten