BY JORDYN FORTE
The polls for the Student Government Association (SGA) Executive Board Elections opened on Wednesday, February 28 and SGA members are urging all students to vote.
“It's extremely important for students to vote in the SGA elections because these are the people who will be the voices of the entire student body, having the power to incorporate change where needed,” current SGA President Tahj Valentine said.
At Stonehill, SGA serves as the voice for undergraduate students, creating a bridge between them and upper administration.
“The Association takes an active and integral role in promoting diversity and inclusion initiatives, campus-wide programming, legislation, and overall student engagement within the Stonehill community,” Valentine said. “We strive to embody the College’s values of, ‘educating the whole person, so that each Stonehill graduate thinks, acts, and leads with courage towards the creation of a more just and compassionate world.’”
“Our job is to listen to the student body and bring their requests to administration in order to further Stonehill both academically and personally,” current SGA Diversity Chair Stephen Cobbs said. “My SGA has goals of transparency, productivity, and accountability, so that we can be held accountable and ensure that Stonehill is left better than when we all entered.”
By exercising the right to vote, Cobbs and Valentine said Stonehill students can choose well-qualified candidates to represent the student body and to help implement positive changes on campus.
To vote, students in the classes of 2023, 2024, and 2025 will be sent an email containing a link to Stonehill’s voting system. Voting for the SGA Executive Board will remain open until March 2 at 12 p.m., and election results will be announced on the evening of Thursday, March 3.
“As a college, we run a democracy-like voting system, and in order for a democracy to be most effective, the people must perform the most important civic duty, and that is voting,” Cobbs said. “This semester, something unprecedented occurred in the fact that all executive positions are running uncontested, [and] while bittersweet, it is still essential for all students to vote, as voting shows the Executive Board that we have your support.”
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