Q.What college are you representing and what year are you?
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I am a Computer Science major with a minor in Biology representing the College of Arts and Sciences and I am a 4th year Senior.
Q.Describe your platform.
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For the 2015 SGA election season, I am running with Team IMPACT to support our platform as follows:
- I – Increasing Sustainability Resources
- M – Mobilizing student attendance at athletic events
- P – Promoting awareness of academic programs and resources
- A – Advocating for a 24 hour study space
- C – Creating meaningful and lasting traditions
- T – Transforming student services
Q.What do you hope to achieve with the position?
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As Vice President of Budget and Finance I hope to not only achieve all of the goals in our team’s platform but to set a standard for all student leadership on campus.
Q.Define transparency in student government.
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Transparency of government is the idea of allowing the population to have an open relationship with the government in regards to activities and notions that may effect such population. In relation to SGA, it is keeping an open and dependable relationship between the student government and the student body by being actively aware and acknowledging students, selecting officers for government through elections, and of course informing the student body of anything regarding the students through any government activity.
Q.What are some big issues students have been facing lately?
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One of the big issues students are currently facing is utilization of the vast variety of programs and resources that GSU offers. True success comes from reaching out and expanding one’s self in everything that is available to help you grow academically and professionally. Although programs and resources are advertised from time to time, I truly believe that there should be a larger push for these services to show how much it can impact a student vs showing what is there to offer.
Q.What new initiatives would you try to implement if you received the position?
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If I was elected, I would like to implement student organization workshops to help student leaders manage funding and promote fundraising for their respective organization to promote growth in their organization while properly managing university funding.
Q.What achievement are you most proud of?
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Out of my many accomplishments, one of my most highly achievements was writing and passing Resolution 1501 with SGA this past February to change the food policy at Veterans Memorial Hall for not only international student orgs but for all student organizations. A policy was placed in Veterans Memorial where outside food can no longer be brought into the facility and a lot of international organizations utilized this space as the location allowed outside food to be brought for events. However after presenting and passing the bill with SGA and the Student Center Advisory Board, a new policy has been adopted where outside food can still be brought into Veterans Memorial, supporting all organizations that utilize the facility.
Q.What is an interesting fact about yourself?
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I am a multi-instrument proficient musician. Some of the instruments I play include the guitar, drums, concert percussion, marching percussion, and clarinet. In 2011, I played at the University of South Carolina for a high school recital playing the djembe, an African hand drum.
Q.What have you been involved with on campus and in the community?
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Currently, I am the President of the International Student Associations Council at GSU and held other leadership positions on campus such as the President and Treasurer of the Filipino Student Association and Social Chair of the Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society. On campus I am currently an IT Support Technician with IS&T and previously worked at the Department of Student Health Promotion and with the International Student and Scholar Services office. In 2003 I co-founded the FASTER Project, a student-run organization to help support the typhoon relief in the Philippines during it’s time of calamity. Though the organization I co-founded, we raised over $10,000 for proceeds.
Wow! Very impressive