VGCC Student Government Association officers for 2015-2016 include: seated, from left, Senator Lydia Hendrick, Secretary/Treasurer Isabelle Louise Snyder, Senator Emory Gant-Hawkins and President Aleria Perry; and standing, from left, Parliamentarian Daniel Davis, Senate chair Shane O’Malley, Vice President Cassandra Saroza, Assistant Public Information Officer Micah Roberts, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer Angelique Taylor, Public Information Officer Keyante Lindsey and Senator Francis Scotland. Not pictured: Senate chairs Andrew Boyle and Dianna DeWeese and Senators Jessica Huffman and Samantha Huffman. (VGCC photo)
Vance-Granville Community College’s Student Government Association (SGA) has installed a group of officers to serve during the 2015-2016 year.
In September, elections for the top five offices were conducted online, giving all students a chance to participate. The winners of these elections included President Aleria Perry of Henderson, a student in the College Transfer program; Vice President Cassandra Saroza of Louisburg, a College Transfer/Franklin County Early College High School student; Secretary/Treasurer Isabelle Louise Snyder of Butner, a College Transfer/Granville Early College High School student; Parliamentarian Daniel Davis of Norlina, a College Transfer/Warren Early College High School student; and Public Information Officer Keyante Lindsey of Oxford, a College Transfer student.
Students appointed to other offices included: Angelique Taylor of Macon (Human Services Technology/Substance Abuse), assistant secretary/treasurer; Micah Roberts of Stem (College Transfer), assistant public information officer; Andrew Boyle of Franklinton (Bioprocess Technology), the senate chair for VGCC’s Franklin Campus; Shane O’Malley of Inez (College Transfer/Warren Early College High School), senate chair for Main Campus and Warren Campus; Dianna DeWeese of Creedmoor (Accounting and Business Administration), senate chair for South Campus; Jessica Huffman of Durham (Paralegal Technology), senator for Franklin Campus; Emory Gant-Hawkins of Henderson (Culinary Arts), senator for Main Campus; Francis Scotland of Oxford (College Transfer), senator for Main Campus; Lydia Hendrick of Oxford (College Transfer/Granville Early College High School), senator for South Campus; and Samantha Huffman of Durham (College Transfer), senator for South Campus.
As SGA president, Perry is also the student trustee, representing the interests of her fellow students at all meetings of the VGCC Board of Trustees.
The Student Government Association is designed to promote the general welfare of the college in a democratic fashion and to facilitate communication among the student body, the faculty, and the administration. SGA also provides a means through which students can promote interest in student activities, both on and off campus. For more information on SGA, contact Jeffrey Allen, Director of Student Activities and Athletics, at (252) 738-3405.