SGA Implements a New Strategy to Address Student Concerns
SGA Implements a New Strategy to Address Student Concerns
In recent weeks, Mississippi College’s SGA has been working on addressing the student body’s concerns for its campus.
The Student Government Association (SGA) serves as the primary mediator between the student body and Mississippi College administration.
“We exist to be the voice of the student body,” SGA Vice President Isabel McConnell explained. “When you have ideas, issues, or concerns related to anything on campus, we hope to be an organization that can assist you in whatever your needs might be.”
In recent weeks, Mississippi College’s SGA has been working on addressing the student body’s concerns for its campus.
The SGA Senate held its weekly meeting on Nov. 13, where they focused on brainstorming different ways to engage MC’s student body and acknowledge their foremost concerns with campus life. Among these concerns are cafeteria hours, late-night campus dining options, the cleanliness of communal restrooms, library hours, campus study areas, and dormitory washing machines and dryers.
SGA has already met with overseers of the cafeteria, in hopes that their requests could be met.
“Right before Thanksgiving break, the Campus Affairs Committee had a handful of members meet with the faculty members who oversee campus dining,” McConnell said. “That committee spent weeks compiling concerns we have received through our Google form from students to present to them.”
SGA will continue making steps towards addressing other campus issues.
“We will be planning individual meetings and agendas to tackle issues such as extending library hours, lack of study rooms, [and] late-night dining options when we return from [Thanksgiving break],” McConnell stated. “While we can’t promise changes with any of those things listed, we do plan to proactively meet with the right people to discuss the concerns students have brought to us about those things by the end of the semester.”
SGA has developed a plan for collecting student feedback moving forward.
“We have instituted a quotes method through Google Forms where we allow students to share their concerns and ideas with us each week,” McConnell said. “We have been able to hear from over 700 students so far this semester, and have a strategic plan to hopefully make contact with each student by the end of the next semester to hear what their concerns might be.”
As the fall semester comes to a close, SGA is offering one more public event before Christmas break. According to McConnell, this will be the SGA’s final public effort to identify concerns from the student body before the semester ends.
“We will be holding, ideally, one more event on campus where we allow students to meet with us, fill out our form, or voice ideas and concerns they might have.”
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