By Michael Walsh and Matt Clyburn

It will be four times the Student Government Association this Friday when the CCSU SGA hosts senates from the three other Connecticut State University System schools.

Interim SGA President Jamie Canny said that the summit is focused on “the exchange and collaboration of new ideas intended to equally benefit all four campuses.” Canny said that 60 total senators will be participating in the event with 15 select senators coming from each school’s SGA.

Last year’s scheduled summit meeting was canceled and Canny said that the SGA is excited to meet with the other schools in the annual event once again.

“The presidents and two other senators get the chance to meet twice a semester…in Hartford, but having a large population of our senates together is greatly beneficial,” said Canny. “This year the summit is especially important with the proposed reduction in funding for the system and proposed consolidation.”

Canny says that she hopes all the schools will be able to take away at least a couple new ideas that could only have come up at a meeting of all four schools.

The event will run from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m in the Constitution room of Memorial Hall. At around 7 p.m. the group will gather to discuss any findings and ideas found during the day.