SGA Town Hall & Elections

It is hard to believe that Student Government Elections are right around the corner. This year the Student Government Association has been very active in providing a more pleasant environment for all of the students, faculty and staff with many new implementations. We would like to extend the opportunity for all 2012-2013 returning students to participate in the Student Government Election process. We are currently accepting applicants until Friday, March 2 2012 for ALL positions listed below.

Additionally, any student is invited to join us, Monday March 5, 2012 at 10:10 am in the Chapman Multimedia Center for a special CEP event to hear about the exciting work SGA has done this year and to hear from all candidates.

If you are interested in running for a position below please attend one of the two meetings below to receive more information on dates and rules for campaigning. Additionally, the information will be listed on the SGA website this afternoon.

Informational Meetings:

Wednesday, February 29th at 8:00PM in Watkins 100 Friday, March 2nd at 10:00AM in Watkins 138

Positions Available (Number of spots):

(1)   SGA President

(1)   SGA Vice President

(1)   SGA Secretary

(1)   SGA Treasurer

(1)   SGA Parliamentarian

(1)   Senior Class President

(1)   Junior Class President

(1)   Sophomore Class President

(7) Class Senators from the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Class respectively.

 

 

Letter from your Student Body President

Have an idea on how to improve our campus? Let us know! The Student Government Association has been working very hard this semester by making improvements to our school. From a new keypad lock on the Rouse Hall door, to extended ours in the cafeteria, we have written resolutions much like these two that have promoted many forms of change on our campus and even in the community. Just to give you an idea, our freshmen are currently working on raising funds to support our school’s very own cancer research center, the sophomores are behind an initiative to bring business discounts for students and staff, the juniors created a playful enviornment for kids at our Homecoming Kids Festival and our seniors are underway to raise more than $10,000 for our new Student Center!

There is such much more going on in SGA that I barely have enough space to tell you about so if you have any interest in serving with the Student Government Association or were wanting more information on what we are currently working on then come stop by one of our SGA meetings that take place every Wednesday night from 9pm-10pm in Johnston 104 or feel free to email me at tseear3364. I would love to get you involved.

Mock Caucus Results

Thank you to the students who were able to make it out to last night’s Mock Caucus. We had an excellent turn out!  Also, a huge thank you to Dr. Danny Parker for moderating the caucus.

The results are of the caucus are:

Candidate	Number of Votes	Percentage
Newt Gingrich	11	26.8%
Ron Paul	14	34.1%
Mitt Romney	5	12.2%
Rick Santorum	11	26.8%
Total Votes	41

 

 

Thank you to SGA for having the idea and executing this program!
Sarah

Decision 2012: Mock Caucus

Student Activities and SGA will be hosting the first ever ‘AU Mock Caucus’ in preparation for the SC Republican Presidential Primary on January 21st.  The Mock Caucus will be held on Thursday night, January 19th at 7:30 PM.  This event IS for CEP Credit, and will take place in the Chapman Multimedia Room – Thrift Library.

We encourage all students to come out and support your candidate by voting in the Caucus.  Members of the audience will be asked to speak in support of each candidate prior to the vote.  Results of the caucus will be emailed to the Student Body the following day.

The 2012 Republican Presidential Primary ballot consists of the following:

Newt Gingrich – Former Speaker of the House of Representatives

Jon Huntsman – Former Governor of Utah and Ambassador to China

Ron Paul – Congressman representing Texas’ 14th District

Rick Perry – Texas Governor

Mitt Romney – Former Massachusetts Governor

Rick Santorum – Former Pennyslvania Senator

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday night!  Please remember that this event is for CEP Credit.

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Freshman Class Runoffs

This year we had 10 individuals run for the 8 available positions. Additionally, we are glad to have had about a 40% voting rate from the freshman class and are excited about the year ahead!

Due to the closeness in result percentages, we will need to have a runoff election tomorrow, Thursday September 1st. The runoff will be between Trinka Dorsey and Madison Bronson.

The winner of that race will join seven other individuals as the Freshman Class representatives in SGA. Those members will be announced at the conclusion of tomorrow’s runoff.

If you are a member of the freshman class, be sure to check your email in the morning to vote in this race!

SGA Elections TODAY

Every fall ambitious freshman vie for one of the 7 senator positions within Student Government. The freshmen class will elect 8 senators, and the SGA senate body will select one of those senators to serve as the Freshmen Class President. We are very excited that this year there are ten individuals running for these eight positions.

Elections began this morning and will end at 3 p.m. today. All freshmen received an email invitation with a link to vote online. SGA and Student Activities hope that the iPad initiative increases the number of students who vote due to the ease of checking their AU email and accessing the internet.

Results will be announced this evening and all new SGA officers will be sworn in at Wednesday’s Senate meeting.

What issues do you think SGA should focus on this year?