{"id":25523,"date":"2021-03-23T15:25:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T19:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=25523"},"modified":"2021-04-29T12:51:04","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T16:51:04","slug":"interested-in-being-an-sga-leader-apply-by-april-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/interested-in-being-an-sga-leader-apply-by-april-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Interested In Being An SGA Leader? 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The responsibilities of officers include participating in leadership training, voting on college legislative issues, organizing community service initiatives, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike in previous years, applicants across MDC\u2019s eight campuses must fill out the same <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdc.edu\/homestead\/pdf\/homestead_sga_application.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">election packet<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They must be turned in to their respective campus\u2019 Student Life Department through email by the deadline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The election packet includes a declaration of candidacy, election and campaigning procedures, qualifications for candidacy, election timeline, sign and poster rules, and a candidate expense sheet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Position descriptions and responsibilities can be found in the SGA constitution. They are posted on the organization\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sharknet.mdc.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">SharkNet<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[SGA] looks for student[s] who [have] leadership skills, communication skills and work coherently in a team environment,\u201d said Jenny Gomez, who serves as adviser to the Kendall Campus SGA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be eligible to participate in the elections, students must be enrolled in at least six credit hours at the campus they are applying for during the fall and the spring semesters. They must be in clear academic and conduct standing, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and have at least a 2.5 GPA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Candidates will be notified if their name will appear on the ballot by April 13 via email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campaigning will take place from April 14-25. Social media marketing is allowed as long as it\u2019s appropriate and not paid for. Because MDC remains under Phase 2 of their Pandemic Recovery Plan, students may only campaign virtually through their own social media accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voting will take place between April 19-25 through MDC\u2019s elections website: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/elections.mymdc.net\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">elections.mymdc.net<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Students must log in to the site using their myMDC account and password.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/sga-elections-capture-low-voter-turnout-one-campus-only-tallied-31-votes\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Last year\u2019s election<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> had a low voter turnout\u2014it tallied only 942 votes in comparison to the 3,532 votes in 2019. However, Kendall Campus SGA President Anthony Valenzuela says his team has partnered with the campuses&#8217; media services to push for a bigger turnout this year. They plan to send weekly email reminders regarding the election and create informational articles about the process on SharkNet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s about educating students on what these roles do and what they mean,\u201d Valenzuela said. \u201cI hope every student takes this election seriously because it\u2019s going to be a challenging year between virtual and physical environments. We need good leadership at the top.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Results will be announced on April 26 on SharkNet and via email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy advice to [the applicants] would be that you are your only competition and you hold the pen to write your own story,\u201d Valenzuela said. \u201cSo, what are you going to make of it in this new position?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you interested in becoming a Student Government Association (SGA) leader in the 2021-22 school year?\u00a0 Applications are open at all eight Miami Dade College campuses until April 9. 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