Student Government Association

The Student Government Association is the governing body of the students at the Missouri Academy. Some say that the Student Government Association does not do anything, and some try to help make the Student Government Association do things.

SGA News

The new officers for next year are as follows:

• President - Nik Fusco
• Vice President for Internal Affairs - Dustin Bales
• Vice President for External Affairs - Eva Daly
• Secretary - Ashton Cope
• Treasurer - Nate Brown
• Parliamentarian -

14:33, 3 Feb 2005 (EST)

• Finally, there is juice in the machine across the candy machine in the downstairs hallway of the Academy.

• Does anyone think that the Academy should get another set of dryers?

22:15, 28 Dec 2004 (EST)

Ha! There is some SGA News.

• As some of you may know, the Res Life Committee has been working on getting a soda machine switched out into a juice machine. As soon as the soda machine across from the candy machine is empty, the vending company will replace it with a juice machine.

• Also, the internet cut off will be suspended on weekends. Just remember guys, this is a "privilege" and do NOT be retarded... *cough* third floor boys *cough*.

Applying to SGA

To apply to run for a Wing Representative position, use the Wing Representative Application.

To apply to run for an Executive Position, use the Executive Officer Application.

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 Activities 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 David Gorham.

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 Sara Pennepacker.

Duties and Privileges:

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

Vice President of External Affairs

The current Vice President of External Affairs of SGA is Jared Verner.

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 Jessica Platt.

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 Sabrina Bennett.

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 Carol Faulhaber.

Duties and Privilieges:

• Maintains order in all SGA meetings
• Remains competent of parliamentary procedure
• Chairs or appoints a chairperson to chair the Special Interests Committee
• Organizes the senior gift
• Oversees all elections

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 their wing's opinions to the SGA meetings.

Who They Are

• Second Years
  • 2nd Floor East -
  • 2nd Floor West -
  • 3rd Floor East -
  • 3rd Floor West - Mike Nolan
  • 4th Floor East - Allie Finney
  • 4th Floor West - Ashley Banaszek
• First Years
  • 2nd Floor East - Ashley Abele
  • 2nd Floor West - Dustin Bales
  • 3rd Floor East - Nik Fusco
  • 3rd Floor West - Brad Bartlett
  • 4th Floor East - Eva Daly
  • 4th Floor West - Ashton Cope

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 Dr. Sam Jennings II.

Who He is

Duties and Privileges

• Attends all SGA meetings
• Works with the Treasurer on the budget
• Okays everything going through SGA
• Acts as the liaison between the Staff and SGA

Committees

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

Yearbook Committee

The Yearbook Committee is, of course, in charge of the yearbook.

Currently the chair of the Yearbook Committee is: Jessica Platt

In the years past, the committee has decided to go with a digital yearbook. This year the committee is seriously looking into paper yearbooks. If anyone has different wishes than a paper yearbook, contact Emily Heidbreider or anyone in SGA or on the Yearbook Committee.

Dr. Robert Theodore is the advisor to this committee.

The current meeting time and place is:

Student Activities Committee

The Student Activities Committee works hard to organize and lead student activites. Dances, contests, and other activities are planned in this committee. Prom Committee also is a quasi-branch of this committee. Student activities are so important in the Academy life that there is a separate budget apart from the SGA budget for it.

Currently the chair of the Student Activities Committee is: Sara Pennepacker

Tyler Tapps, the Student Activities Coordinator, is the advisor to this committee and Prom Committee.

The current meeting time and place is: 7:00 p.m. on Mondays in the conference rrom.

Residential Life Committee

The Residential Life Committee works hard to continually improve the quality of living in the Academy. The committee does this by offering ideas to the Director of Student Development. Currently, the committee is working on getting cheap phones for the lounges, opening up fob doors a half an hour early, and getting a juice machine which was successful by the way.

Currently the chair of the Residential Life Committee is: Jessica Platt

Dr. Sam Jennings II is the advisor to this committee.

The current meeting time and place is: 400 on Mondays in the Conference Room

Community Service Committee/Club

The Community Service Committee strives to help the community in the best possible manner. This committee actively seeks community service opportunities such as prairie restoration at local national wildlife refuges or cleaning up the local town or helping serve the local school. Not only do members of this committee perform community service for fun, but they also help organize community service events.

Currently the chair of the Community Service Committee is: Sabrina Bennett

Matthew Garrett is the advisor to this committee.

The current meeting time and place is: 10 pm on Wednesdays in the Conference Room

Special Interests Committee

The Special Interests Committee works on the overflow of the other four committees. Events that are not under the jurisdiction of the other committees are organized through this committee. This committe also works on the bulletin board on the second floor. The election guidelines are formed by this committee. Furthermore, the elections are a part of this committee's responsibilities. Lastly, this committee organizes the senior gift.

Currently the chair of the Special Interests Committee is: Carol Faulhaber (and maybe Emi Griess)

The current meeting time and place is: 10 pm on Tuesdays in the Couch Corner of the Academic Office

RHA Delegation

The RHA Delegation represents the Academy residents to the Northwest Resident Hall Association. Members of the delegation are responsible for getting issues for the Academy pushed in RHA. Also, members of this delegation must adhere to the RHA constitution.

Currently the chair of the RHA Delegation is: Jared Verner

The current meeting time and place is 5:00 P.M. in the West Meeting Room of the Station.

Contact Information

You can contact the SGA by either talking to a member of SGA, emailing them as individuals, or emailing SGA at mailto:SGA@mail.nwmissouri.edu.

External Links

• Student Senate