The first senate meeting of the semester was held Friday, February 7. The details are below:

• The SGA President is recruiting students for the election committee for the next academic year.

• A new senior class committee is going to be formed.

• There will be no yearbook this year since nobody signed up to take on the role. Pace is still paying the yearbook company $27,000.

• The Finance Committee helped create a surplus of $126,000, most of which will be placed into the Pleasantville Fund.

• The New Bookstore will open on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The bookstore that is currently in the conference rooms will close on Thursday, Feb. 13.

• Pace’s ‘Got Talent’ is March 31.  The winner gets to perform for an hour at Pace’s Spring Carnival on May 2.

• Mentors for first generation students are wanted. students who are interested should contact Erika Schmidt.

• Seniors who have not already done so should apply for graduation and order their caps and gowns.

• The SGA approved a funding request from the Pace Book Club.

• SGA approved funding for PENSA, the new religious club on campus.