With the new school year underway, the Student Government Association is hitting the ground running with its campaign promises, ensuring that the students’ concerns are prioritized.
“I am passionate about these topics because I am passionate about students. We have an opportunity this year to make changes that benefit students and benefit their lives on campus,”, said SGA’s president Trent White.
White, alongside his new SGA electives Brooke Patterson (Vice President) and Skylar Brackett (Vice President of Finance and Administration), are ready to navigate and learn how they can be advocates for student life as well as fulfilling their pledges.
Some of their pledges consist of academic transformation, internship opportunities and influencing mental health within students and their workload. White discusses topics such as making dead week “dead again” and providing students with resources and information to help guide students to maintain a stress-free semester.
“SGA is advocating early on that we get a designated study day on the Fridays before finals,” White said. “The goal is to have that for this fall but I’m very optimistic that we have a codified study day by our spring pre-finals, and we have been working on that all summer.”
As the semester is beginning, SGA has been at work trying to reach and accommodate different organizations, groups and areas around campus. White says that SGA is making sure they are spreading awareness and being transparent to students when it comes to important information that students should be aware of.
By trying to reach different student organizations, SGA has created the BUC Fund, which is used to provide organizations with sufficient funds and help them out in various ways. White, along with the rest of SGA, wants to see students thrive and grow this year. SGA is making it known that they are for the students and are eager to get students what they deserve.
“We now have an opportunity to ensure that words like ‘opportunities’ and ‘experiences’ and ‘excellence’ aren’t just buzz words, but lived experiences,” said White. “We often talk about changes, but this is the year that we can subsequently see those changes take place.”
