{"id":217539,"date":"2026-03-19T11:41:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/?p=217539"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:41:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:41:49","slug":"real-change-starts-with-real-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/2026\/03\/19\/real-change-starts-with-real-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Change Starts with Real Voices!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ÌÇÐÄvlog Board of Trustees (BOT) will hold its Annual Tuition Hearing on Thursday, April 9, 2026 on the Montclair campus, University Hall, 7th Floor Conference Center.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, the Board of Trustees hosts an open forum where students can voice their thoughts on proposed tuition, housing, and fees for the 2026-2027 academic year. University leaders will be in attendance to share important information on how these decisions are made.<\/p>\n<h2>Listening Sessions<\/h2>\n<p>ÌÇÐÄvlog has two (2) students who serve on the Board of Trustees: Quentin G. Ocampo and Jameson Klinsky. They will be hosting three listening sessions to hear students\u2019 thoughts ahead of the April 9 BOT Tuition Hearing. All students are encouraged to attend and share their experiences.<\/p>\n<p>A panel of University administrators will also be present at these sessions to answer any pressing questions you may have. Come out and Elevate Your Voice!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montclair.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/12347120\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Montclair Campus Session: <\/strong><\/a>Tuesday, March 24, 11 a.m. &#8211; 12:30 p.m., University Hall, Room 1070<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montclair.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/12347121\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual Session:<\/a> <\/strong>Wednesday, March 25, 7:30-8:30 p.m., <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montclair.zoom.us\/j\/95184651680?pwd=kbwdmmIPSBlDYgXd8Hw8CFDXLGDphR.1\" target=\"_blank\">Zoom<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montclair.campuslabs.com\/engage\/event\/12347122\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomfield Campus Session:<\/a> <\/strong>Tuesday, March 31, 4:30-6 p.m., Talbott Hall, Deacon\u2019s Den<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Can&#8217;t Make It? We Still Want To Hear From You!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students who are unable to attend the BOT hearing on April 9 or the listening sessions may <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montclair.co1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_3px1AErVi8bF1Wu\" target=\"_blank\">submit their comments<\/a> on proposed tuition and fees. Response submission will close on Monday, April 6 at 11:59 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Any other questions or concerns may be directed to the Student Trustees at <a href=\"mailto:botrep@sgamsu.org\">botrep@sgamsu.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;re invited to the Annual Tuition Hearing on Thursday, April 9, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":217540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-featured-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217541,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217539\/revisions\/217541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/student-services\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}