SGA
BREAKING: Tordsen and Santjer next SGA executive team
This is a developing story and updates will continue Tyler Tordsen and Dustin Santjer were elected the next president and vice president of University of South Dakota’s Student Government Association. After two days of voting, the polls closed at 8 p.m. The candidates were held in an unknown location to be told the results. Tordsen […]
SGA at odds with future measures of Senate Bill 62
The University of South Dakota Student Government Association has yet to come to a decision on a bill that would allocate four at-large senate seats to traditionally marginalized students. SGA Senators tabled Senate Bill 62 during their Mar. 4 meeting after two rounds of discussion involving the Senate and the gallery. Discussion over the bill […]
BREAKING: SGA Senators announced
The Student Government Association announced the senators for the 2014-15 term. The senators will join president-elect Tyler Tordsen and vice president-elect Dustin Santjer. Arts and Sciences: Leah Gleason Sami Zoss Jamie Rykhus Lyndsay Claussen Nicholas Henchal Brent Olinger Nathaniel Steinlicht John Slunecka Alexander Zephier Rachelle Norberg Health Sciences: Taylor Gall Amber Schnitzler Business: Sheldon Moysis […]
Workroom to open for students
A new student organization workroom will soon be ready for use in the Muenster University Center. Donating $20,000 to the new workroom, the University of South Dakota Student Government Association is in the process of determining the best way to allocate the usage of the space to student organizations. The university has matched SGA’s donation […]
SGA taskforce gives recommendation for mandatory education and position for inclusive excellence
A taskforce dedicated to senate inclusiveness delivered a recommendation to the Student Government Association Tuesday night that called for mandatory education training and the creation of a SGA Inclusive Excellence Coordinator. Headed by SGA Senator Tyler Tordsen, the ad-hoc committee recommended an educational component to be required for SGA senators and executive team. Some of […]
Bill 62 committee deadline extended additional week
The deadline for a task force committee to present their recommendation on Senate Bill 62 to the University of South Dakota’s Student Government Association has been extended an additional week to Feb. 4. A recommendation was scheduled to be presented to SGA Jan. 28, but the deadline has been extended to Feb. 4 due to […]
SGA supports county alcohol diversion program
The University of South Dakota Student Government Association will support a resolution in favor of a program allowing people over the age of 18 who received a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor in Clay County to forgo conviction by completing a series of activities. Senators of SGA voted 18 to 5 Jan. 28 on […]
Students could work off alcohol minors in program proposed by SGA
A bill was proposed to the Student Government Association Tuesday that would allow people who received alcohol minors to essentially work the conviction off their record with a program run by the Clay County State’s Attorney, Teddi Gertsma. The bill stated is someone received a minor, they would have the ability to try to avoid […]
Two campaigns declare intent to run for SGA president, vice president
Two campaigns for Student Government Association executive candidates were declared at Tuesday’s SGA meeting. Petitions for executive teams and senate candidates are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 4 to SGA’s office, while voting is scheduled for March 4-5 on the myU portal. Below is a brief Q & A with the declared candidates. Presidential Candidate […]
More than 60 turn out for SGA meeting
Senators of the Student Government Association may be in position to act as the representative voice of the student body, but some student were angered by Tuesday night’s meeting to find their own voices cut short by SGA proceedings. “I just wanted to be heard,” said graduate student Lydia Graslie. Graslie was among the largest […]