Student's campus involvement leads her to next year's SGA treasurer position
Elise Maloney
Issue date: 4/28/09 Section: News
SGA has found a new treasurer to be part of the executive branch for the upcoming school year.
Katurah Jackson, a sophomore English major, said she decided she wanted to be treasurer after being a senator for two years.
"I always wanted to have an executive position anyways, she saud, "and what better (way) to do it than to work my way up!"
Jackson said she is very involved on campus. She is the Traditions Chair of the Jaguars Activity Board (JAB) and the secretary of the Black Student Union. With JAB, Jackson has helped prepare major events around campus.
"My goal was to see how many different things I could be in," Jackson said.
Her involvement caught the eye of current SGA president, Andre Goodman, who said he believes that she is very dedicated to Augusta State University.
"I am really pleased about how she campaigned and really got students to vote," Goodman said. "It (serving in SGA) is not about being elected; it is more about getting students to know about what you are doing and who you are."
Jackson said she plans to see SGA grow over the next year.
"I would like to see SGA get more involvement from the students," she said. "I would like us to get our name out there more so the students not only know what SGA stands for and what we are about, but who we represent. A lot of students don't know about SGA: what it is about or what it is for."
When Jackson first joined SGA, she said she had to overcome some struggles of not knowing about the basic setup of SGA and therefore would like SGA to hold discussions to receive more student input.
Jackson is not only a senator in SGA, but she is also on the Student Welfare Committee and the Committee on Committees.
"With Committee on Committees, we have interviewed future senators and people who are interested in being senators," Jackson said. "We get to go through the process of actually finding out why they want to be in SGA and why they want to be a senator."
Katurah Jackson, a sophomore English major, said she decided she wanted to be treasurer after being a senator for two years.
"I always wanted to have an executive position anyways, she saud, "and what better (way) to do it than to work my way up!"
Jackson said she is very involved on campus. She is the Traditions Chair of the Jaguars Activity Board (JAB) and the secretary of the Black Student Union. With JAB, Jackson has helped prepare major events around campus.
"My goal was to see how many different things I could be in," Jackson said.
Her involvement caught the eye of current SGA president, Andre Goodman, who said he believes that she is very dedicated to Augusta State University.
"I am really pleased about how she campaigned and really got students to vote," Goodman said. "It (serving in SGA) is not about being elected; it is more about getting students to know about what you are doing and who you are."
Jackson said she plans to see SGA grow over the next year.
"I would like to see SGA get more involvement from the students," she said. "I would like us to get our name out there more so the students not only know what SGA stands for and what we are about, but who we represent. A lot of students don't know about SGA: what it is about or what it is for."
When Jackson first joined SGA, she said she had to overcome some struggles of not knowing about the basic setup of SGA and therefore would like SGA to hold discussions to receive more student input.
Jackson is not only a senator in SGA, but she is also on the Student Welfare Committee and the Committee on Committees.
"With Committee on Committees, we have interviewed future senators and people who are interested in being senators," Jackson said. "We get to go through the process of actually finding out why they want to be in SGA and why they want to be a senator."
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