The Associated Student Government’s main focus is reaching out and providing educational resources for student needs.

BY LARRY L. HARRIS

TIMES STAFF

In past semesters and out of a $100,000 plus budget, the ASG has funded events, field trips, conferences, and book vouchers for many of the campus student groups.

This semester the ASG will be surveying students to determine the most important student needs on campus.

Director of Student Development and Activities, Blake Balajadia’s approach is to listen.

He said he hopes the ASG, “takes the student body in a direction that meets their needs … as a team we will go out (to students), we will listen and provide what they need.”

ASG Vice President Sia G. Sa’Quee said she hopes to improve Communication between students, ASG and the administration. She said she plans to make use of the social media and various ASG activities to outreach and include students into college life.

“We are all in a community, even though we focus on academic goals we all have to get along and develop our communication and leadership skills,” Sa’Quee said, “ I just want students to know that they have a student government that cares for them and works with them to see that everybody achieves their goals and the dreams for our (their) lives.”

ASG President Cody Mowbray’s main objective is to establish a sense of community for   students especially the evening students.

“I hope to make more events for students, and get the word out to get students excited with what’s happening (on campus), Mowbray said.”

Mowbray plans to make the VTA Echo Pass a major project of this semester. The VTA Echo Pass will provide students with inexpensive bus transportation to campus. A 200 pass pilot project will be undertaken this semester to help define student usage and establish potential student body cost for the VTA Echo Pass.

Student Development and Activities Program Coordinator, Elizabeth Eckford sees the ASG as an advocacy instrument for students in obtaining Book Vouchers, transportation and eliminating obstacles that stand in the way of student success.

“I’m hopeful for the student body this year” Eckford said. “There have been a lot of (positive) changes on campus.”

If you have a concern or wish to express a campus wide student need you can email Cody Mowbray at [email protected].

ASG meetings are held every Wednesday, room SC 204 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The meetings are open to all of the campus community.