During a quick meeting Wednesday, Student Government Association appointed a new engineering senator, senior Tyler Laudick.

Laudick transferred from the University of Kansas in fall 2014, and said he had been looking to join SGA since the fall semester.

While at KU, Laudick said he was part of the engineering student council.

“Part of what we did there was facilitate communication between students and faculty and administrators,” Laudick said. “Here at Wichita State, there’s not necessarily an engineering student council of some sort. There was an open engineering senator position and I thought that was something I could use my skills I learned at the University of Kansas and bring them here.”

Laudick already has some goals in mind for his new role.

He said at KU, engineering students had to print off material for class, such as lecture notes from professors. To avoid high printing costs for Wichita State engineering students, Laudick has a solution.

“I think something they could do is have a lab where engineering students could have access to free printing,” he said.

In addition, Laudick said he would like to see more supplemental instruction offered for engineering students. According to the university’s website, Supplemental Instruction (SI) is “an international program developed to assist students with learning material in traditionally difficult classes.”

SI courses are led by a student who has previously succeeded in the course and focuses on collaborative and active learning, according to the website.

Laudick said there are a lot of SI sessions available in classes such as biology, chemistry and math, but that is not necessarily the case for upper-level engineering classes.

“A lot of students need help when they get to those upper-level classes, so I think there should be some sort of SI sessions for those students,” he said.

Student Body President Joseph Shepard said he thinks Laudick will serve students well in SGA.

“He’s an amazing individual who has all the qualities to represent the engineering college,” Shepard said. “I think he is extremely excited to go in and work with Dean [Royce] Bowden and work with the senators to address the needs and concerns of the engineering students.”