Students have until Friday to apply for a seat on the Mayor's Commission to help improve the relationship between Ball State and Muncie.
The commission, which is replacing the 3-year-old Muncie coalition, will create a line of communication between the Muncie and Ball State communities, Mayor Dan Canan said in a February interview. Two BSU students from each class -- freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students -- will serve two-year terms on the commission with the possibility of reappointment.
However, seniors who graduate this year and juniors who graduate next year will be accepted because this is the commission's first year, Ben Tietz, president of Student Government Association, said.
"We're really looking for someone who's interested in working with Muncie," Tietz said. "We're looking for someone who's willing to be dedicated."
Students who want to be a part of the Mayor's Commission must have a minimum 2.5 grade point average, enrolled as a full-time student and able to commit to a two-year term with exceptions for juniors and seniors, according to the commission's application. The group will meet at least once a month and could be called to additional meetings by the mayor and the SGA president, Tietz said.
Interested students will sign up to be interviewed by Tietz when they turn in their applications.
If all goes well, Tietz said he will choose the 10 applicants he wants to recommend to the commission after the last interviews Wednesday morning. He plans to present them to the mayor during the SGA inauguration Wednesday afternoon.
Tietz said he is hustling to get the commission up and running before his SGA administration leaves office Wednesday.
"It's something that Team Tietz put our time and effort into, and it's something we would like to complete from beginning to end," he said.
Once Canan receives Tietz's recommendations, he will interview the chosen students and make the final decision of whether or not to appoint them.
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