The Undergraduate Student Government Association’s newly elected President Stacey Mendigutia, junior biology major, is ready to improve the NSU experience with her officers from the Mako Movement party.
The new SGA was announced on April 9 after 377 undergraduate students voted. The elected officers will take office May 1.
Mendigutia hopes to accomplish Mako Movement’s five initiatives: enhance the collegiate atmosphere, improve the quality of life for students at NSU, streamline organization funding, support and assist student organizations, synchronize campus resources to improve accessibility and convenience and, ultimately, become one NSU, in accordance with NSU’s 2020 Vision.
Dive into one NSU
The four initiatives created by the new SGA members lead up to the final goal: to become one, united NSU.
“It may sound cliché saying ‘become one NSU,’ but that’s our main focus,” said Mendigutia. “The other four goals are just ways of how we are going to make this main focus happen.”
Enhance the collegiate atmosphere
Mendigutia hopes to enhance the collegiate atmosphere and have NSU students “raging with school spirit” by plastering the NSU logo all over the university and its surroundings. The party plans to promote and advocate for school spirit in every way possible.
“Utilizing #SHARKNATION with the new influx of students is the perfect avenue to take to improve school spirit,” Mendigutia said.
Improve the quality of life for students
Mendigutia and her team believe that school spirit is lacking and that strengthening the collegiate atmosphere and community involvement by incorporating more NSU traditions will increase Shark pride.
One way the party hopes to accomplish this goal is by enhancing the food quality on campus through already established relations with Chartwells personnel.
“We plan to really use the feedback provided at the annual Town Hall meetings,” Mendigutia said. “We also hope to eliminate the stigma that ‘NSU is more a business than a college’ by making it feel more welcoming and comfortable to both residential and commuter students alike.”
Streamline organization funding, assistance and support for student organizations
SGA currently has made strides to help organizations receive funding, and the Mako Movement wants to continue these efforts, said Mendigutia. The new SGA executive board plans to show their financial support and commitment to student organizations.
“The Lego Party created the event ‘Fund Times’ to inform student organizations of their eligibility for budget hearings and how to create and present a bill,” Mendigutia said. “We would like to continue this and instill a process where we continue to help the student organizations gain access to the necessary funds.”
Synchronize campus resources to further accessibility and convenience
The Mako Movement feels that NSU provides its students with many opportunities that are underutilized because they are not well known.
Mendigutia said, “We want to make students aware of the resources made available to them on campus and add resources if deemed fit by the students and senators.”
Congratulations to the newly elected Undergraduate SGA members!
President
Stacey Mendigutia
Vice President of Legislative Affairs
Natalie Davison
Vice President of Judicial Affairs
Corey Burns
Treasurer
Bethany Warlich
Executive Secretary
Shane Wolfe
Public Relations Director
Nicole Almeida
Campus Entertainment Director
Sarah Personelli
Residential Senators
Michael Villegas
Emily Laporta
Commuter Senators
Tiffany Roque
Juliana Herrero
Allison Siegel
Minority Senators
Nadia Siddiqi
Laura Vergara
International Senator
Paula Leoro
Inter-Organization Council Chairwomen
Ujala Ahmed
Inter-Organization Council Senator Records Chairwomen
Alyssa Boltson
Inter-Organization Council Legislative Chairwomen
Hema Narlapati
Sorority Senator
Jessica Rodriguez
Fraternity Senator
Steven Alcide
Athletic Senators
Gabriella Lopez
Cassilly Lobaugh
Organizational Standards Board
Desiree Casanova
Lacei Sams
Christian Orsorno
Senate Secretary
Erin O’Keefe
Photo Credit: Courtesy of S. Mendigutia
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