{"id":1411,"date":"2025-03-05T11:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/?p=1411"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:42:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:42:30","slug":"jccc-president-working-to-make-school-best-it-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/03\/05\/jccc-president-working-to-make-school-best-it-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Senate President Working To Make JCCC ‘Best School It Can Be’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logan Grigsby. (Photo by Elizabeth Taylor)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Logan Grigsby never saw himself as the president of Student Senate, but, a couple years and a job opening later, he is fulfilling that role, serving JCCC and its community.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAt first I was only an online student, so then I decided, I want to come on campus and start getting into clubs, meeting people, and getting out of the house,\u201d Grigsby said. \u201cSo, when I first joined the Senate, [I had] no idea I\u2019d ever be president. Never for a second in the world thought I\u2019d be president.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But what does being the president of Student Senate entail?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI meet with my exec team every Wednesday and we set the agenda, write the agenda, and I try to be the organizer and delegator,\u201d Grigsby said. \u201cI try to delegate the tasks out to everybody and then just work with everybody. I\u2019m kind of more the public face of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If a student has a concern, or a way they want to see campus improve, they can also inform the Student Senate, and Grigsby finds a way to run it up the administration ladder. He leads a general assembly meeting every Monday where they go over various points of action.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of things [we go over] will be budget requests when clubs and organizations want to come on campus,\u201d Grigsby said. \u201cWe have a budget, I believe it\u2019s $20,000 a year, to give out to clubs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Student Senate also plans for several events they put on throughout the year. According to the Student Senate website, they host Trick or Treat for Kids, JCCC Gives, and the Spring Dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beyond budgeting and planning, the Student Senate is here to make JCCC the \u201cbest school it can be,\u201d Grigsby said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether it is trying to make halal food available in the cafeteria or being notified of handicap buttons that do not work, Logan Grigsby and the Student Senate are always looking for ways to improve JCCC.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely are always looking for ways to improve campus and figure out issues students are having,\u201d Grigsby said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grigsby has been serving as the president of Student Senate since August of 2024. Before that he was a regular senator, then the vice chair of the treasury department.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have about a year and a half, getting close to two years\u2019 experience on it, and I absolutely love it,\u201d Grigsby said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing better than giving back to the community, and I\u2019m very passionate about helping this school. This school has really helped me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested in running for the Student Senate, the application to do so comes out in March. Elections are in April. For more information about the Student Senate, click<\/span> here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Logan Grigsby. (Photo by Elizabeth Taylor) Logan Grigsby never saw himself as the president of Student Senate, but, a couple years and a job opening later, he is fulfilling that role, serving JCCC and its community. \u201cAt first I was only an online student, so then I decided, I want to come on campus and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001,"featured_media":1412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6],"tags":[116,115],"ppma_author":[128],"class_list":["post-1411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-life","tag-jccc-student-senate","tag-logan-grigsby"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Elizabeth Taylor","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/03\/05\/jccc-president-working-to-make-school-best-it-can-be\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/03\/LoganGrigsby-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[{"link":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/2025\/03\/05\/jccc-president-working-to-make-school-best-it-can-be\/","display_name":"Elizabeth Taylor"}],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Featured<\/a>","Life<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Featured<\/span>","Life<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["JCCC Student Senate<\/a>","Logan Grigsby<\/a>"],"unlinked":["JCCC Student Senate<\/span>","Logan Grigsby<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 5, 2025","modified":"Updated on March 28, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 5, 2025 11:44 am","modified":"Updated on March 28, 2025 1:42 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":128,"user_id":1001,"is_guest":0,"slug":null,"display_name":"Elizabeth Taylor","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c66e30782a78843059dfef77721e16c4ab3c33e647c30690c4e541a9bd8d151?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Elizabeth","last_name":"Taylor","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/files\/2025\/03\/LoganGrigsby-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1411"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1411\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1411"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.jccc.edu\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}