UF student senators from both parties gave their thanks to Michael Christ (Graduate, Access) at his last meeting Tuesday night.
Christ joined Student Government as a Students Party senator for Murphree Area in Fall 2013. He left two and a half years later as a graduate senator with Access Party.
During his time in Senate chambers, he was the last member of Students Party and was one of the founders of Access in Spring 2015. He spoke against the expansion of SG’s budget and was against reforms to the Student Body statutes during Summer 2015.
In his goodbye speech, he said he hopes SG will start doing online voting in the future.
“It will come, eventually. It may not happen this year, it may not happen next year, but it’s going to happen,” he said.
“We should all want more people voting,” he said.
Senate President Susan Webster (District A, Impact) said she had a lot of respect for Christ.
“Senator Christ is somebody who’s been a huge impact in Senate. Beyond UF and the Senate, I know he’s going to do great things,” she said.
Student Body President Joselin Padron-Rasines teared up as she spoke about Christ.
“Thank you so much for the service you provided for the Student Body,” she said.
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