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.
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Components of the SGA
The SGA is made up of:
- Exective Officers
- 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
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
- 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: Emily Heidbreider
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 Activites Committee
The Student Activites 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: Jessica Hoffman
Billy Melosevich is the advisor to this committee and Prom Committee.
The current meeting time and place is:
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: Kacy Krehbiel
Doug Daubert 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: Tara Banaszek
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: Ramandeep Babbra
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: Aaron Baker
The current meeting time and place is: 5 pm on Wednesdays somewhere in the Station
SGA News
Contact Information
You can contact the SGA by either talking to a member of SGA, emailing them as individuals, or emailing SGA at MASGA@mail.nwmissouri.edu
External Links
- Current Website for SGA, hopefully it will all be added into the Wiki completely
- Student Senate
