UOSA leaders met Tuesday evening to talk to students and hear their concerns.

The informal chat in Cate Center was the first of three “Coffee with UOSA” events planned for this semester, in which members of student congress, UOSA Graduate Student Senate, UOSA Superior Court and Campus Activities Council will sit down and discuss ideas and issues with students.

“I think it’s a really great program,” said UOSA Chairman John Jennings. “It’s a great way to meet regular students and informally talk about ideas.”

UOSA President Katie Fox said she had originally envisioned the event as “Coffee with Katie and Dewey” during the president and vice president’s campaigning, but after the election it expanded to include the rest of student leadership.

“We wanted to get to know [regular students] on a personal level and see what kind of changes they would like to see on campus,” said UOSA Vice President Dewey Bartlett.

“What they like and don’t like. What improvements or suggestions they have for us as a student government.”

Around 40 people attended the event, but few attendees were not in student leadership positions.

Jean Maxime, finance and accounting junior, said he attended the event because his friend is a member of UOSA.

“It’s really nice to have people together but to be honest, I don’t really know what they want — the purpose of it all,” Maxime said.

Bartlett said he thought attendance would improve at the next meeting.

He said he hopes the coffee talks will provide students the opportunity to voice their opinions and collaborate with other OU student leaders.

“Our vision of this is, if we could, we would have all of Cate filled with people,” Bartlett said.

Fox said she thought the event was a success.

“I’m really excited about the turnout, especially with the bad weather,” Fox said.

“Coffee with UOSA” will be held again March 2 and April 6.