Student Government Association Committees

Student Government Standing Committees

Awards Committee—The Awards Committee nominates candidates and selects recipients for the Joseph A. Buck Outstanding Senior Award, the H. Dean Probst Outstanding Faculty Award, Henry L. Ashmore Outstanding Senator Award, the SGA Professional Staff Service Award, and other awards as necessary.

Cecil Barnes
Aaron Eubank
Justin Todaro
Josh Felice

Community Service Committee—The Community Service Committee sponsors and coordinates special projects that benefit the community.

Ernesto Ortiz-Ariza -Chair
Katie Sanks
Esteban Alamo
Adrienne DeCoteau
Jasmine Deloach
Chatonna Powell
Larissa Robinson

Elections Committee—The Elections Committee is responsible for the coordination of the annual election of the SGA Executive Officers and Senators as well as any special elections necessary throughout the year. The committee recommends any revisions to the SGA Elections Code as well as hears any cases and determines sanctions for minor violations of the code. Members of the committee may not seek an opposed office or campaign for a candidate while serving on the committee.

Anna Mach-Chair
Joseph Johnson
Stephanie Perkins

Finance Committee—The Finance Committee is responsible for verifying that all requests for funding meet the established guidelines and recommend action to the senate. They are also responsible for conducting the annual budget hearings and present their recommendations to the Senate for annual budget approval.

Anna Mach-Chair
Tamer Amer
Somi Benson
Rachel Ege
Aaron Eubank
Whitney Kimbrough
Chris Nowicki
Britney Wynn

Rules Committee—The Rules Committee is required to recommend amendments to the SGA Constitution as well as determine if a proposed item of legislation is constitutional.

Alex Collins-Chair
Amber Bell
Ashley Johnson
Joseph Johnson

Student Conference Support Committee—The Student Conference Support Committee is responsible for determining the guidelines for student organizations to receive conference support funding. They are also responsible for verifying requests and awarding or declining requests.

Josh Hitt-Chair
Courtney Boles
Kory Campbell
Tamiko Harvey
Ashley Sandford
Robert Slater

Student Services Committee—The Student Services Committee is responsible for identifying and investigating concerns to student services to the student body. They are responsible for developing and presenting recommendations to the senate and university officials.

Chris Nowicki-Chair
Tamer Amer
Courtney Boles
Dylan Coffey
Chelsea Jackson
Whitney Kimbrough
Emmanuel Sackey

SGA Position Appointments

Campus Union Board Representatives—SGA elects two senators as voting members to the Campus Union Board and represents the Senate on campus activity programming.

Tamer Amer
Stephanie Perkins

President Pro Temp
Josh Hitt

Parliamentarian
Alex Collins

Senate Whip
Chris Nowicki

Vice President Advisory Committee—The Vice President Advisory Committee is responsible for assisting the President of the Senate in a consultation capacity.

Faculty Standing Committees

Committee on Admission and Academic Standing—This committee is responsible for reviewing university admissions standards. This committee provides one SGA Representative or student at large.

Chris Nowicki

Library Committee—This committee is responsible for considering the library budget, library allocation policies, as well as other library policies. They are also responsible for promoting library related communications throughout AASU. The committee also selects the recipient of the Brockmeier Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty Member. This committee provides two seats for students that can either be SGA Representatives or students at large.

Rachel Ege
Joe Peny

Student Conduct Committee—This committee recommends policies relating to Academic Honor Code and the Code of Conduct as well as reviews and selects members to the Student Court. This committee provides one seat for a student that can either be a SGA Representative or a student at large.

Justin Todaro

Student Recruitment, Advisement, and Retention—This committee is responsible for defining and evaluating advisement goals, objectives, and procedures. They also evaluate the relationship between academic advisement and retention and review both current and proposed policies concerning advisement. The committee identifies the resources needed for advisement and retention and develops, assesses, and helps to implement annual plans. This committee provides one seat that can be either a SGA Representative or student at large.

Courtney Boles

University Standing Committees

Committee on Disability Services—This committee makes recommendations to the President of the university concerning the needs of students with disabilities. This committee provides support to those with disabilities and offer and recommendations on how to improved services. This committee provides one seat for with a SGA Representative or student at large.

Committee on Minority Affairs—This committee meets at least twice a year with the Director of Multicultural Affairs to help plan and implement strategies for increasing the minority population at AASU. This committee provides one seat for a SGA Representative.

Kory Campbell

Intercollegiate Athletics Committee—This committee is responsible for reviewing the athletic budget and reports to the President of the university. The SGA treasurer serves on this committee as a nonvoting member. This committee provides three seats which can be SGA Representatives or students at large.

Tamer Amer
Cecil Barnes
Anna Mach (non-voting member)
Emmanuel Sackey

Student Activities Committee—This committee is responsible for making recommendations on policies to Student Activities. They are also responsible for recognizing organizations on campus and hear organizational conduct cases as well as selecting Who’s Who and Silver ‘A’ Award recipients. This committee provides three seats which can be SGA Representatives or students at large.

Joseph Johnson
Larissa Robinson
Katie Sanks