Washington University will begin to refund housing and dining balances on a prorated basis, raising several questions regarding additional refunds and forms of compensation for students.

Students and employees in need of emergency funding during the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for financial support through the Crisis Response Student Fund or the Crisis Response Employee Fund, which will continue to accept applications for stipends through the end of the day today.

Student Union unanimously passed the general budget for the 2020-2021 school year, Feb. 16, approving $3,756,970 of $4,246,843.70 total requested funds.

Student Union finished conducting a series of preliminary meetings in preparation for their 2020-2021 general budget session, to be held on Feb. 15, after changing up the structure of the decision-making process.

Student Union released their student group budgets for the spring semester on Nov. 11, allocating 66.9% of requested funds.

“My intention is not to respond to or defend the events over the past several weeks, but rather to recognize that there does exist a thorough ‘why’ behind ‘what’ we do.”

After Student Union cut over $550,000 in funding requests from the budget, students groups must adjust their budgets for the upcoming year.

Student Union unanimously approved its general budget for the 2019-2020 school year, cutting $555,734.69 in general budget requests, Tuesday night.

Moving forward, we urge Student Union to continue to show as much care as they did this year when making budgetary decisions.

Student Union introduced two new funding categories for SU-recognized student groups last week.