The President’s Roundtable was held on Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the Legislative Chamber in the UC.

Laura Humphrey, coordinator of student organizations, began the meeting by introducing Charlie Deal, Director of Alumni Relations. Deal discussed plans for this year’s Homecoming, which will take place Monday, Oct. 23 thru Sunday, Oct. 29.

He announced a new event this year, the banner competition. Each student organization is asked to decorate a banner regarding the theme “The Electric ‘80s… The Return of the A-Team.”

During Homecoming week, the banners will be hung on the flagpoles along University Street. The banners are free to student organizations and will be available in the office of Alumni Relations closer to Homecoming.

Homecoming packets will be distributed to the presidents and advisers of student organizations regarding rules and events of Homecoming.

“Homecoming is for alumni… make this year’s the best yet,” said Deal.

For more information about Homecoming week and a complete list of events, please visit www.utmforever.com.

Steve Vantrease, director of the University Center, followed Deal and discussed the 11th Annual UTM vs. Murray State Blood Battle.

In 11 years, UTM has collected 3,300 units of blood for Lifeline Blood Services and Vantrease encourages students to continue this tradition.

The blood drive will be on Tuesday, Sept. 26 and Wednesday, Sept. 27 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the UC. All donors will receive a free t-shirt.

Humphrey continued the meeting with a reminder to attendees to update their organization’s information. Student organization update forms are available from the office of Student Life and on its Web site www.utm.edu/departments/studentlife. Forms are due in the office of Student Life or by electronic submission on Monday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m.

James Orr, Student Government Association president, continued the meeting with an announcement about the SGA Student Appreciation Banquet.

The banquet will be held on Monday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. in the Duncan Ballroom in the UC. It is in honor of the student organizations on campus. Student organizations will receive an invitation to this event in the near future.

Orr followed with announcing a survey that will be placed on the UTM Portal regarding students’ opinion about the yearbook. A forum will also be held on Tuesday, Sept. 26 and it is open to everyone. The location is yet to be determined.

“Students have a voice in what to do with the yearbook. We really need students to participate in voting and to come to the forum. When I put my vote in for SGA at the publications committee meeting, I want to know how to vote for the students,” said Orr. Lastly, Orr stated that starting next week, SGA will assist students with registering to vote as part of a national study about voter registration.

The focus of the study is to determine what the best methods of registration are and if students actually vote once registered.

“I am very optimistic that we are moving in the right direction with student organizations and with SGA and administration. There are tremendous gains in the abilities to communicate and reach out to student organizations to maximize potential benefits for their members,” said Humphrey.