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Kyle Kuphal
Issue date: 9/17/07 Section: News
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Michael Jamnick has been involved in student government since his freshman year in high school. Now he is the Urban Affairs chair for the Student Government Association at SCSU.
This is Jamnick's third year at SCSU, and he has been part of student government off and on since he started here.
"I've been the Urban Affairs chair since March," he said.
Purpose of SGA
The main objective of student government is to listen to students' concerns and decide how to allocate funds to other student organizations.
"We represent students and listen to concerns," said Jesse Boyer, vice president of student government. He also said student government has a "tremendous amount of freedom with allocating funds."
Another duty of the SGA is to go to St. Paul in bonding years to lobby for funding. Jamnick said they work mainly on funding for buildings and campus maintenance.
According to student government's Web site, http://studentorg.stcloudstate.edu/stugov/, to become part of student government an individual must be enrolled at SCSU and have a minimum GPA of 2.0. Members are selected during the general elections in fall and spring and also during internal elections, which are conducted during the first meeting of the month.
Applications are due the day before the first meeting by 4 p.m. for senate review. The deadline for this fall's elections was last Wednesday.
Meetings are conducted at 5 p.m. every Thursday night in the Cascade room in Atwood and typically last a few hours.
"We've had meetings last two and a half hours, and we've had meetings go until 1 a.m.," Boyer said.
Benefits for members
One benefit of being involved in student government is that students are able to be part of the decision making process.
"With politics you need to be involved," Jamnick said.
"Initially it was having representation and making decisions on policy," he said.
Another benefit of being part of the student government is meeting and learning how to better communicate with others.
This is Jamnick's third year at SCSU, and he has been part of student government off and on since he started here.
"I've been the Urban Affairs chair since March," he said.
Purpose of SGA
The main objective of student government is to listen to students' concerns and decide how to allocate funds to other student organizations.
"We represent students and listen to concerns," said Jesse Boyer, vice president of student government. He also said student government has a "tremendous amount of freedom with allocating funds."
Another duty of the SGA is to go to St. Paul in bonding years to lobby for funding. Jamnick said they work mainly on funding for buildings and campus maintenance.
According to student government's Web site, http://studentorg.stcloudstate.edu/stugov/, to become part of student government an individual must be enrolled at SCSU and have a minimum GPA of 2.0. Members are selected during the general elections in fall and spring and also during internal elections, which are conducted during the first meeting of the month.
Applications are due the day before the first meeting by 4 p.m. for senate review. The deadline for this fall's elections was last Wednesday.
Meetings are conducted at 5 p.m. every Thursday night in the Cascade room in Atwood and typically last a few hours.
"We've had meetings last two and a half hours, and we've had meetings go until 1 a.m.," Boyer said.
Benefits for members
One benefit of being involved in student government is that students are able to be part of the decision making process.
"With politics you need to be involved," Jamnick said.
"Initially it was having representation and making decisions on policy," he said.
Another benefit of being part of the student government is meeting and learning how to better communicate with others.