Student Government Association Elections

Last week the SGA Election Board released the application to run as a candidate in next month's 2017 SGA Election (due at noon on Monday, March 27th).

While there are typically students who have already planned to run for an SGA position by the time the campaign begins, there are also many students who have never thought of themselves as "the SGA type," and, based on this, will not seriously consider running.

To counter this phenomenon, you can identify a student or two who you think would succeed in working with SGA, but who might not immediately recognize it themselves, and then give them a gentle nudge, asking them if they've ever thought about running. 

Over the past five years or so, a surprising number of students thrive in their work with SGA mainly because they had a professor, supervisor, advisor, mentor, or friend gently suggest that they think about running for a position. 

If you or any student have any questions about this process, please contact Craig Berger (berger@umbc.edu), Coordinator of Student Life for Campus and Civic Engagement, or Sophia Lopresti (soph3@umbc.edu), the 2017 SGA Election Board Chair. 

To apply, students must fill out the SGA Candidate Application.
***The application is due at noon on Monday, March 27th.***

View the SGA myUMBC post.