The Undergraduate Senate passed a bill to allow students to use Blackboard to monitor their EagleBuck$ accounts and discussed extending hours at the Student Health Center at its meeting Sunday.
The Electronic Access Guarantee to Legitimate Expenses Act asks Housing and Dining Programs to upgrade the Blackboard system to allow students to monitor their EagleBuck$ expenses, said Jason Cunningham, the class of 2009 senator who wrote and presented the bill.
This Blackboard upgrade was one of Student Government President Joe Vidulich's top priorities for the semester. Vidulich said he wants to see it piloted this semester.
"I wanted to make it easier for people to check the balance of their EagleBuck$ and add money to their EagleBuck$ online," he said. "With the upgrade, you can go on and see where the money is being spent if you lose your ID."
Housing and Dining was going to upgrade Blackboard by this semester but have not made any changes yet. The bill illustrates the importance of this issue to students' financial transparency and well-being and works to speed up the upgrade process, Cunningham said.
Vidulich said he is meeting with Chris Moody, director of Housing and Dining, Thursday to discuss the Blackboard upgrades.
The next Undergraduate Senate meeting will take place this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Kogod room 118.
-REBECCA KERN
