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, but in fact SGA does almost everything because of its subcommittees.

SGA News

Elections for the 2008 school year have ended.

The new officers for next year are as follows:

• President - Faith Johnson
• Vice President for Internal Affairs - Jessica Brooks
• Vice President for External Affairs - Jessica "Jelli" Ellis
• Secretary - Brianna Reese
• Treasurer - Ehren Ekhause
• Parliamentarian - Aman Rakhra

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 Faith Johnson.

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
• Appoints a Parliamentarian/Sergeant at Arms.
• Represents the Missouri Academy at all meetings of Hall Council Presidents of the Northwest Missouri State University Association.
• Attends the annual meeting of the Association of Consortium Student Governments (ACSG).
• Appoints a first-year wing representative to serve as the Missouri Academy's ACSG representative, as defined by the ACSG constitution.

Vice President of Internal Affairs

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

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 each standing sub-committee of the Student Government Association.
• Oversees each standing sub-committee of the Student Government Association.
• Works with the Student Activities Coordinator.

Vice President of External Affairs

The current Vice President of External Affairs of SGA is Jessica Ellis.

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 Brianna Reese.

Duties and Privileges:

• Records minutes of all SGA meetings and is responsible for distributing the minutes to the members of SGA
• Maintains records of wing game points in the absence of a Student Activities Coordinator

Treasurer

The current Treasurer of SGA is Ehren Ekhause.

Duties and Privileges:

• Formulates a budget for the SGA
• Organizes the trimesterly philanthropic project

Parliamentarian

The current Parliamentarian of SGA is Amandeep Rakhra.

Duties and Privilieges:

• Maintains order in all SGA meetings
• Remains competent of parliamentary procedure
• 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 - Shaye Bouckaert
  • 2nd Floor West - Hiren Patel
  • 3rd Floor East - Craig Burkhart
  • 3rd Floor West - Tyler Wolfangel
  • 4th Floor East - none
  • 4th Floor West - Sammy-Jo Stolle
• First Years
  • 2nd Floor East - Laura Phillips
  • 2nd Floor West - Doug McGeehan
  • 3rd Floor East - John McKeever
  • 3rd Floor West - Phill Venice
  • 4th Floor East - Liz Maag
  • 4th Floor West - Deanna MacMillan

Duties and Privileges

• Acts as the liaison between SGA and the respective wings
• Presents the information from SGA meetings in weekly wing 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.

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: Sammy-Jo Stolle

Brad Whitsell, 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 on second floor landing.

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: Faith Johnson

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

The current meeting time and place is: 10:00 pm on Sundays 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: Sybil Coe

Matthew Garrett is the advisor to this committee.

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

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: Aman Rakhra

Academic Interests Committee

The Academic Interests Committee deals with anything related to the academic life of academy students (i.e. study hours, study locations, classes, .. not much, anymore)

Currently the chair of the Academic Interests Committee is: Ehren Ekhause

The current meeting time and place is not decided.

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: Jessica ("Jelli") Ellis

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

Association of Consortium Student Governments

ACSG was created in 2006 by members attending the conference held at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. The purpose of this organization is to bring together Student Governments/Councils from residential math and science schools across the nation in order to improve not only our Student Governments/Councils, but our schools as well. There is one conference held each year sometime between February and April. MASMC is hoping to be selected to hold the conference for the 2008-2009 school year.

Currently the representative of MASMC in ACSG is: Jessica Brooks

Past & Present Conferences:

Illinois Math & Science Academy (IMSA): 2007-2008 Faith Johnson, Jessica Brooks, Deanna MacMillan, Phill Venice, & Samantha Hoffman

North Carolina School of Science & Math (NCSSM): 2006-2007 Nik Fusco, Adrienne Angelos, Jessica Brooks, & Faith Johnson

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.