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.”
According to Jackson, the Student Welfare Committee’s job is to discover what students want and need.
“There was an incident with the art students’ bathroom,” she said. “It was in really bad condition. Also, the (Public Safety) call box by that building was not working, and it was not in a well-lit area. So, we fixed it.”
While on the senate, Jackson has learned about agendas, recording the minutes, and how the meetings are run. For upcoming senators, Jackson asked that they all be true to their word.
“Stand by what you say,” Jackson said. “If you say you are going to do something, then do it. If you are not trying to better something, then don’t do it at all. If you have something to say, then join something. But if you just have something to say and you are not actually willing to do the work, then it’s better for you not to say anything at all.”
Although she is ready to take on a new adventure, Jackson says that she will miss her time in the senate.
“I have loved being a senator and I will miss it a little bit,” she said. “One of the aspects I have liked a lot was seeing the debates because the president does not always agree with the senate or the senate chair or the judicial chair. There is always going to be some kind of disagreement, and it is not like an ‘argument disagreement’,t is like a ‘debate disagreement.’ It is so much fun to see how they cannot agree on a subject but still maintain their professionalism.”