• Week 4

New developments occurred with the Student Government Association as of September 10th.

Hannah McCarthy has been elected as AVP of External Affairs.

Matt McKenna has been elected Associate Justice.

Lily Chabot, president of the Student Government Association, met with Chancellor Glenn Hegar last weekend at A&M College Station to discuss the conditions veterans face on the A&M Galveston campus.

Maintenance hours for student workers have decreased from 40 hours to 18 hours.

• Week 5

New developments occurred with the Student Government Association as of September 17th.

Bradley Grych will be traveling to Pearland High School for career day to discuss the Maritime Business Administration, as well as the benefits A&M Galveston can provide to upcoming students. 

The Maritime Business Administration is expected to double its number of enrolled students for next year. “It’s expected to skyrocket,” Bradley Grych said in Thursday’s meeting.

• Week 6

New developments occurred with the Student Government Association as of September 24th.

Lily Chabot provided a comment on the matter behind President Welsh’s resignation. “With the resignation of Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III, much information is yet to become available,” she said in an email. “While things remain uncertain right now, the Student Government Association will provide updates when necessary. I have full trust in the leadership within the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies, both on the executive level and the student level, to maintain a positive environment for all on our campus.”

The Campus Living Committee has stated that the big-scale repairs happening at TAMMA Hall will cause a plethora of students to move out of their original dormitory. In total, 150 beds will be shut down and displaced. Students who are enrolled in the Corps of Cadets program will be presented with the option to stay three to a room while only paying two-thirds of their original housing payment. Non-cadet students will likely be moved to other halls; for instance, if there is an empty dorm in Atlantic, the students would shift there. Construction will begin in January of 2026 and is expected to finish

by the summer of 2027.

The Maritime Ball is currently being discussed among faculty, and seniors will be given discounted tickets as a way for more students to attend the event. There had been previous instances where commuting students were unable to attend the Maritime Ball, so the ball will be hosted on campus as a way to benefit these students.

• Week 7

New developments occurred with the Student Government Association as of October 1st.

Due to recent changes in leadership of the school, the university is requiring all professors to go back and ensure every description matches up with the syllabus and what is actually being taught in the course. A third-party observer, who is not knowledgeable in the course, will look over it and flag it if something seems out of place. Some course descriptions have not changed in 20+ years, and there can be drift. The administration assures professors that they have their backs and will support them if they have followed the guidelines. 

Put differently, students are still free to engage in political discussion, but it would be questionable if the professor didn’t make it clear that classes were permitted to have such conversations within the syllabus.

Graduate representative Patrick Smith said that the MARA Masters Program has grown substantially (44%) this year. This increase in enrollments has made this the largest masters program on campus, accounting for 70% of all enrolled students in the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies.