Student Government Association passed two pieces of legislation at its first senate meeting of the semester on Monday evening. The primary focus of the meeting was an amendment to the organization’s constitution — authored by President Gavin Mummert, Vice President Mohansingh Udhwani Jr. and Treasurer Jacob Hukill — which would […]
The Vision hosted 2018 SGA presidential candidates Gavin Mummert and Colin Haslett and vice presidential candidates Mohansingh Udhwani Jr. and Jessica Blakley for an informal panel discussion Tuesday night. Voting for the new SGA president and vice president is now open on BruinLink and closes Friday. For highlights of Tuesday […]
A day before the polls open for students to vote on the next SGA president and vice president, the Vision will host this year’s candidates for an informal discussion on key campus issues. Presidential candidates Gavin Mummert and Colin Haslett will appear with vice presidential candidates Mohansingh Udhwani Jr. and […]
SGA presidential candidate Colin Haslett and vice presidential candidate Jessica Blakley want to make sure SGA is accessible for all Belmont students. To do this, they plan to work with the university to improve counseling services, give out more money to student organizations and give students more platforms to voice […]
If SGA presidential candidate Gavin Mummert and vice presidential candidate Mohansingh Udhwani Jr. are elected, they hope to bridge the communication gap between SGA, Belmont students and administration. “A lot of students on campus don’t know what student government is, and it’s not their fault, so our goal, our job, […]
SGA Vice President Macy Thompson — who will leave her position for the spring semester in order to attend Belmont West — closed Monday’s meeting with a goodbye speech. Read the full speech below: When I first came to Belmont, I entered into music performance classes where we had around […]
SGA Vice President Macy Thompson announced she will be stepping down from her position next semester at the beginning of Monday’s biweekly meeting. Thompson — who was recently accepted into the Belmont West program in Los Angeles — will be pursuing her studies in California for the spring semester. The […]
“Our SGA team is here to help you, the student body, make a difference on campus. We are not the only ones who have the ability to make a change.” Whether you know it or not, most of you have probably been to an event that SGA has either sponsored, […]
Belmont SGA announced its plans to host a DACA awareness event and discussed grant petition deadlines during the first meeting back from fall break. President of Hope Council Reena Patel is helping SGA members plan an informative event about DACA students in the Belmont community, and Belmont instructor Jose Gonzales […]
Belmont SGA passed its first legislation of the year in its first meeting back from the American Student Government Association conference, and started talks of reevaluating the SGA constitution. The two pieces of legislation both concerned on-campus housing — the firstfocused on installing a Brita water filter in the Horrell […]
Grant petitions and a student government conference trip to Washington, D.C. are two of Belmont SGA’s largest expenses in its $75,000 budget passed during its first open meeting of the semester. Belmont’s Student Government Association has $46,000 to spend in grant petitions — $1,000 less than last year’s budget, according […]
In the midst of hurricane season and President Donald Trump’s DACA decision, Belmont SGA is planning to do what it can to help. SGA President Shania Jones announced at Monday night’s SGA meeting that she’s creating a temporary “pressing issues committee” to raise funds for hurricane victims and offer support […]