{"id":3908,"date":"2023-02-27T17:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2023-02-27T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T17:01:09","slug":"troy-sga-elections-are-coming-up-heres-what-the-sga-actually-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/02\/27\/troy-sga-elections-are-coming-up-heres-what-the-sga-actually-is\/","title":{"rendered":"TROY SGA elections are coming up; here&#8217;s what the SGA actually is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 With an upcoming election on the way, TROY&#8217;s Student Government Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.troy.edu\/student-life-resources\/groups-organizations\/student-government-association\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SGA<\/a>) President is clarifying the organization&#8217;s purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although students may know Troy University has a SGA, some may not know what the organization&#8217;s purpose is. The SGA is made up of three separate parts. The first part is called the Freshman Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;That is really our freshman-based SGA,&#8221; said SGA President Ava Carnazza. &#8220;We made it so that freshmen can get involved but also adapted to what SGA is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Freshman Forum comes the Senate, which is made up of senators elected by the student body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Any senator can bring an idea to the Senate,&#8221; explained SGA Executive Vice President Dalton Cates. &#8220;Whether it be through a resolution or accommodation of someone here on campus. They can even make amendments to our code of laws that we have or the constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final part of the SGA is the the Presidential Cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We meet every other Thursday but there&#8217;s many different committees on there,&#8221; Carnazza said. &#8220;As SGA exec, we are always willing to hear people&#8217;s opinions, students&#8217; opinions, and concerns about the university. We actually love to have students in the office.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are encouraged to visit the SGA office at room 215 in the Trojan Center. The 2023-2024 SGA Executive Board elections will be held on Wednesday, March 1. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 With an upcoming election on the way, TROY&#8217;s Student Government Association (SGA) President is clarifying the organization&#8217;s purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Although students may know Troy University has a SGA, some may not know what the organization&#8217;s purpose is. The SGA is made up of three separate parts. The first part is called the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2023\/02\/27\/troy-sga-elections-are-coming-up-heres-what-the-sga-actually-is\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-3908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}