SGA officers sworn in

By Meghan Ledden

April 29, 2010 No Comments

The Student Government Association had their inauguration to officially swear in the newest administration for the 2010-2011 school year.

President, Dillon Harp, vice president, Robin Ussher, and student representative on the board of governors, Peter Gregory, took their oath in the lobby of Blum Union.
Former SGA president Josh Todd thinks the inauguration went really well but he’s going to miss SGA.

“The student leaders I worked with (are what I miss most),” Todd said. “They were all amazing and did great things in the last year. Not just SGA leaders, but all the student leaders on campus.”

Many students have said they don’t know much about SGA or who the SGA officers are. Harp’s main goal is to get the word out about SGA. He said it may take more than just sitting in the SGA office.

“We are going to have to go out and do the ground work. If it takes me going outside and shaking everyone’s hand as they walk into the union, I’m going to do it,” Harp said.

They had their first senate meeting Monday afternoon officially as their respective positions to talk about their main issues for the next school year.

The officers have been hard at work since before the election and now are focusing in on what is to come in the next school year. The biggest concern SGA has for next year is involving the students of MWSU. Harp says he wants for students to have a clear understanding of what SGA does and for them to have more of a say than before.

“One of the biggest things I want to do is give back to the students,” Harp said. “I feel like sometimes SGA hasn’t done the most it can for the students.”

Ussher agreed with Harp about getting the SGA word out to the students.

“There are going to be days when Dillon and I are going to be standing out in front of the union and just saying hi and talking to them,” Ussher said. “We’re not going to be strangers to these people that we’re representing because we know that’s not what it’s about.”

Gregory wants to be the best voice he can for the students of MWSU.

“As Student Governor, I will do my best to carry out the responsibilities of my position on the board and represent the student’s interest to the administration,” Gregory said.