Meet your officers

SGA has the ability to change and improve policies, procedures, and services that affect the student body. SGA is well-situated in the chain of command at GCSU and is consulted and called upon before major changes are implemented. SGA also assists Recognized Student Organizations with student programming and conference expenses through partial funding. Student Government provides financial assistance through the Academic Travel Fund Committee to students presenting research at professional conferences.

The 25 student Senators, five from each class and five at-large, vote on all issues and policies brought before SGA. Senators also represent Recognized Student Organizations and help them receive funding for events.

The responsibility for the governing of the student body is vested in the students themselves. All students are members of the SGA upon their enrollment and officers and Senators are elected on a yearly basis. The SGA has representation on most university-wide councils and committees and sets aside a portion of its monies to encourage organizations to sponsor activities which can benefit all students.

Meet this year’s Executive officers.

Ryan Greene
President

Welcome back, students of Georgia College & State University. As student body president, I am looking forward to making more noticeable changes on the campus of GCSU. Last year, we were quite successful in getting tangible things done for the students, and SGA looks forward to more great things to come for the 2008-2009 year.

I am a senior Business Management major at GCSU. While SGA and classes take up most of my time, I enjoy playing music with the GCSU bands, playing racquetball, and hanging out with my friends. SGA is here to listen to the student’s concerns, ideas, and criticisms of the university. If you have anything that I can help you with, please feel free to email me at sga.president@gcsu.edu, or come to my office during office hours (sga.gcsu.edu).
Thanks, have a great year, and GO BOBCATS!

Justin Haight
Vice President

Hello, my name is Justin Haight and I am excited to be serving you as the Vice President of the Student Government Association for my second term.I have a 3.4 GPA and will be a senior majoring in management, with a minor in marketing. Along with Student Government, I am the treasurer of Santa’s Miracle Fund, and Chaplain of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity. I am a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the GEM program, as well as the Leadership Certificate Program.

As Vice President I oversee the Senate and advise all committees within the Senate. It is my determination to continue to work hard toward the creation and implementation of policies that will directly affect YOU, the student. I can promise each and every one of you that we already have another exciting year ahead of us and urge each of you to run for a position as Senator this year.

I look forward to meeting many of you and will do my best to serve you all.

David McLaughlin
Secretary

My name is David McLaughlin and I am a Junior Management Information Systems major. I am really excited to be an Executive Officer as the SGA Secretary. I had the great opportunity to serve as a senator this past year, working with various organizations across the GCSU campus. As Secretary, I plan to continue working hard with the other officers and incoming senators to assist the concerns of our student body. I am also very excited about the many events SGA has planned this year. It is going to be another great school year and we are looking forward to it.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about SGA, please don’t hesitate to email me directly at sga.secretary@gcsu.edu.

Zach Mullins
Treasurer

Zach Mullins will be serving as SGA’s Treasurer for the 2008-2009 school year and is currently a Sophomore Management major with a minor in Marketing.

Last year, Zach served on SGA as a Senator and Chair of the License Plate Committee. Outside of SGA, he was Resident Student Association (RSA) President and an active member of the University community. As Treasurer, Zach is responsible for the management of all Student Government budgetary matters and is the chair of the Academic Travel Fund Committee, which can fund students’ travel to conferences at which they are presenting.

Michael George
Attorney General

Michael George is returning as Attorney General for his second year in office. This position is more than just a place on the Student Government Association’s Executive Board, it also comes with the responsibility of leading the Student Judicial Board. This Board’s purpose is to hear all Honor Code and Student Code of Conduct violations.

Michael George promises that each case will be heard on an individual basis while taking all extenuating circumstances into account. He would also like to let the student body know that the Board’s purpose is not to punish students for a momentary lapse in normally sound judgment, but to educate; so as to prevent such events from happening again. With this year’s insightful and well-qualified Student Judicial Board, Attorney General George looks forward to a successful, and hopefully slow, year.

Michael is an Eagle Scout, Honors and Scholars student, member of Omicron Delta Kappa, G.E.M. participant and will be applying to law schools in October.

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