Spring 2014 SGA Senate and SGA Finance Board Positions Available

Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:57:00 -0500

by Craig Berger

UMBC's nationally recognized Student Government Association is looking for students interested in making a difference on campus and beyond.

If you're looking to get more involved on campus, the SGA Senate and Finance Board are looking to fill some vacancies. The Senate is looking to fill an empty Senate seat, the Finance Board is looking to fill an empty Finance Board Representative position, and both bodies are searching for a secretary for the Spring 2014 semester.

The Senate is SGA’s engine for collecting ideas from students and turning them into campus change initiatives. Members meet weekly (Mondays at 5:30 p.m.) to discuss and develop initiatives, talk with campus administrators and take positions on issues. But most of the Senate’s work takes place between the weekly meetings. Members spend time talking with students, representing all undergraduates on university committees, meeting in project working groups and doing the follow-up needed to get initiatives off the ground.

The Finance Board is the branch of SGA that provides funds to support student organization activities: $230,000 this year. Most of the Finance Board’s work is done at weekly meetings, where student organization leaders present requests and Finance Board members ask questions and make decisions. These meetings, which take place Tuesdays starting at 5:30 p.m., can be both long and intense. Finance Board members have to wrestle with complex issues: applying university policies, striking a balance between supporting amazing events and stretching funds across the entire year, thinking about the precedent-setting impact of their decisions. But they have a lot of fun too, partly because it’s so interactive and engaging.

The deadline to apply for these positions is Thursday, December 31.

You can submit your application at:
https://docs.google.com/a/umbc.edu/forms/d/11Q3VLHyhK-nLwIRx99usx9G29EPJC44K2yeoBVHSeqc/viewform

Have questions?

Contact Hayden Marshall (Speaker of the Senate) regarding the available Senate positions (haydenm1@umbc.edu).
Contact Sara Kim (Chair of the Finance Board) regarding the available Finance Board positions (ak15050@umbc.edu).