On September 1, Student Government (SG) Vice President Matt Danna took over for SG President Ed Wolf as Acting President of SG. Filling in for Danna is Emily Hughes, SG Women’s Senator and President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Both successions of office comply with the bylaws of the Student Government Constitution (Article II, Section 6).

Wolf is on co-op this Fall and unable to be at RIT. Danna will serve as Acting President until the beginning of winter quarter on December 1, when Wolf will resume his role as president.

Wolf prepared Danna for the role over the course of the summer and during freshmen orientation. “Matt has a strong and proven leadership ability. I am more than confident that he will do a good job filling in for me, and already he and Emily are off to a great start,” said Wolf.

As Acting President, Danna has full control of the day-to-day Student Government operations and checks in with Wolf weekly to discuss the changes they plan to implement at RIT.

“With the dorms being beyond overcrowded and some major parking and transportation issues… I hope we can start resolving these issues right away before they turn into major problems,” stated Danna.

Danna also hopes to address issues of the lack of school pride and indifference towards RIT that is apparent in the majority of the student population. According to Danna, “students feel this way because of their just-average student experience.”

He believes much necessary information is not communicated to the average student. “At the end of their tenure here at RIT, they have a lot of frustrations and those relate to a mere mediocre student experience,” said Danna. “I hope we can pay close attention to our current issues on campus as well as our foreseeable future concerns.”

For a complete list of Wolf and Danna’s 2008-2009 strategic plan, visit sg.rit.edu/docs/strategicplan2008.pdf.