Student Government Association

The Student Government Association is the governing body of the students at the Missouri Academy. Just like any other school, we have our student government.

Components of the SGA

The SGA is made up of:

• Exective Officers
  • President
  • Vice President of Internal Affairs
  • Vice President of External Affairs
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Parliamentarian
• Wing Representatives
  • 6 first year representatives from the 6 wings
  • 6 second year representatives from the 6 wings
• Advisor (to make sure things do not get out of hand...)
• 6 Committees
  • Yearbook Committee
  • Student Activites Committee
  • Residential Life Committee
  • Community Service Committee/Club
  • Special Interests Committee
  • RHA Delegation

Executive Board

The Executive Board ensures that the performance of the SGA is at an acceptable quality. The Executive Board is voted upon by the student body has many responsibilities. The Executive Board is made up of:

President

The current President of SGA is Daniel Brigham.

Duties and Privileges:

• Presides over the SGA regular meetings, executive meetings, and open meetings
• Prepares an agenda and is responsible for the distribution of the agenda to the SGA members
• Maintains order and gives members of the SGA the floor
• Suspends members of the SGA's speaking privileges if members of the SGA are out of order
• Holds the highest position that is neutral to the policy of the SGA and must have no vote
• Chairs or appoints a chairperson to chair the Yearbook Committee

Vice President of Internal Affairs

The current Vice President of Internal Affairs of SGA is Jessica Hoffman.

Duties and Privileges:

• Presides over the SGA meetings in the absence of the President
• Holds the highest position with a vote
• Chairs or apoints a chairperson to chair the Student Activities Committee
• Organizes the Prom Committee
• Works with the Student Activities Coordinator (Billy Melosevich)

Vice President of External Affairs

The current Vice President of External Affairs of SGA is Aaron Baker.

Duties and Privileges:

• Acts as the liaison between the Academy students to the Northwest Student Senate
• Chairs or appoints a chairperson to head the Resident Hall Association delegation
• Appoints one first year and one second year to be on the RHA delegation
• Keeps the Academy students informed about pressing campus issues
• Attends campus meetings where Academy students will be affected in anyway
• Abides by both the Northwest Student Senate and the RHA constitutions

Secretary

The current Secretary of SGA is Kacy Krehbiel.

Duties and Privileges:

• Records minutes of all SGA meetings and is responsible for distributing the minutes to the memebers of SGA
• Chairs or appoints a chairperson to chair the Residential Life Committee
• Maintains records of wing game points in the absence of a Student Activities Coordinator

Treasurer

The current Treasurer of SGA is Tara Banaszek.

Duties and Privileges:

• Formulates a budget for the SGA
• Chairs or appoints a chairperson to chair the Community Service Committee
• Organizes the trimesterly philanthropic project

Parliamentarian

The current Parliamentarian of SGA is Ramandeep Babbra.

Duties and Privilieges:

• Maintains order in all SGA meetings
• Remains competent of parliamentary procedure
• Chairs or appoints a chairperson to chair the Special Interest Committee

Wing Representatives

Wing Representatives are the bulk of MASGA. Wing reps take the information they gather from the SGA meetings and disperse it to separate wings and then brings there wing's opinions to the SGA meetings.

Who They Are

• Second Years
  • 2nd Floor East - Andrew Spencer
  • 2nd Floor West - Lily Ehlebracht
  • 3rd Floor East - Aadhar Garg
  • 3rd Floor West - Jason Daming
  • 4th Floor East - Elena Smith-Martinez
  • 4th Floor West - Whitni DeGrange
• First Years
  • 2nd Floor East - David Gorham
  • 2nd Floor West - Sara Pennepacker
  • 3rd Floor East - Jared Verner
  • 3rd Floor West - Jon McNamara
  • 4th Floor East - Jamie Huffman
  • 4th Floor West - Sabrina Bennett

Duties and Privileges

• Acts as the liaison between SGA and the respective wings
• Posts or holds meetings about the information from SGA meetings
• Attends all SGA meetings

Advisor

The SGA Advisor is the person who sits in our meetings and makes sure everything going on is legitimate. Of course, this job falls onto the shoulders of the Director of Student Development who is Doug Daubert. Who He is

Duties and Privileges

Committees

Most of the SGA business is supposed to run mainly from committee which give weekly reports to the SGA.