The final meeting of the Student Senate focused mainly on approving next year’s budget, newly-elected Student Senate President Kelli Rogers said.

The budget increase due to a rise in student fees led to around a one-third increase in the money for appropriations next year, she said.

“We’ll have $120,000 for appropriations next year, compared to $80,000 this year,” Rogers said.

Rogers said the bulk of the fee increase excess went toward the appropriations, which distributes money to student organizations.

The Senate also approved new positions to aid in fostering new ideas for the University through studying the way other universities operate.

“We added positions to research other institutions for ideas on improvement,” Rogers said.

The latter part of the Senate meeting was dedicated to the swearing in of new officials within Student Government, including Rogers who was sworn in as student senate president.

Elmo Lamm, a freshman in management, was sworn in as the student body treasurer.

Other candidates elected to Student Government positions, including student body president, will be sworn in at a later date.