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SGA Lays Out Plans For New Year

Written By: LaShawn Oglesby

The Student Government Association (SGA) swore in all of the sophomores, upperclassmen and graduate senators before going over their strategic plan for the academic year at their first meeting of the semester.

Last Monday at 8 p.m. in the University Center, the president of SGA, Tyler Barker, read and explained SGA’s strategic plan for the upcoming academic year. This plan will be made available to the public later this week. It consisted of their objectives, each having its own strategies and goals.

Among the things mentioned was the smoking policy that will be going into effect Oct. 1. SGA wants to continue to educate and advocate this policy to VSU students.

Another issue mentioned was the GPS tracking for the shuttle buses, an app that lets users find the location of any bus in transit.

Vice President Nicholas Buford spoke on the upcoming schedule for SGA and its members’ office hours. Buford announced that there are multiple senator spots open for upperclassmen and freshmen. The SGA is also in need of a secretary. In order to become a senator of the SGA, one of the steps entails attending three meetings before trying to secure a spot.

The SGA budget, a little over $14,000, was also on the agenda. Student activity fees and community service hours for SGA members were discussed. Also mentioned briefly were the upcoming Happening Thursday and the bonfire that occurred Tuesday.

In attendance were many special guests, including VSU President William McKinney and his wife Dr. Dacia Charlesworth, who each gave a speech after all the senators were sworn in. Dr. McKinney took to the podium first and encouraged SGA throughout his speech.

“We don’t exist if not for our students,” Dr. McKinney said. “We are here for you, we support you and above all else we will always, always listen. I thank you all in advance for the work I know that you are going to do this year because you always do it and you always do extraordinary things.”

Dr. Charlesworth, who applauded SGA, said, “I am just so impressed with what I saw tonight. You have a lot of work to do and what you set up to do is extraordinary and I wish you all the success.”

Dr. Charlesworth, who is part of Leadership Lounge, also announced that on Sept. 26, a field day would be held with the partnership of Boys and Girls Club and her group. Any person affiliated with VSU can attend for free. There will be many activities including bowling, obstacle courses, volleyball, kickball and darts.

“You are our hope, our light and our joy,” Dr. Charlesworth said.

In the upcoming year, SGA would like to have a Homecoming King and see positive results arise from the smoking policy, according to Barker who explained after the meeting what he wanted students to know.

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