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When N.C. Central University students were asked about the SGA, many asked, "What is the SGA?"
"What do you bring to campus for the students and school?" asked Shalonda Johnson, English literature senior.
Nursing freshman Don'El Bously asked similar questions. "What do they entail? What are their intentions?" she said. SGA, not to be mixed up with SAB (Student Activities Board), stands for Student Government Association.
SGA President Reggie McCrimmon's response was simple. "SGA takes the students' needs and advocates for the students," McCrimmon said.
"They make sure that there is student representation in major decisions that take place within the University."
McCrimmon said that if there were no Student Government Association, students wouldn't have a voice in the administrative decisions that affect them. Among these decisions are tuition and fees.
"I don't want any decision to be made on this campus without a student being involved," said McCrimmon.
"That's my main interest. And in doing so SGA, has to be visible. "We have to be sure that we are proactive in everything that we do around the campus."
There are few differences among student government associations at other universities, according to McCrimmon, but NCCU's SGA has drawn praise.
"Your SGA is much larger than ours," said Jayson Dawkins, Winston-Salem State's junior class president.
"Y'all have more members." "There's not really much of a noticeable difference, but I like the unity y'all showed," Dawkins said. "It seemed like the SGA was a family. I got a silly vibe when I was there, that I felt like I was at home."
McCrimmon insists that getting involved in the SGA is not difficult. "I would say come to the office, but you don't even have to do that.
"Tweet us @nccusga, say ‘I want to get involved.' "DM me and put your number in there. "I'll pick up the phone and I'll call you. We'll follow up with you," said McCrimmon. The mission that the SGA will continue to take on this year is "Connect, Grow, and Serve."
The organization's goal is to connect the internal structures of the SGA so that they can grow as a student organization and be effective.
"I want students to remember that we are all tied into this together," said McCrimmon.
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