Nandish Dayal and Taylor Bono

Nandish Dayal and Taylor Bono are president and vice-president, respectively, of UAH's SGA.

Michael Mercier | UAH

A new group of elected representatives was sworn into the Student Government Association (SGA) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) last month. Fourteen will serve on the SGA's executive board, while the remaining 26 will serve on the SGA senate.

"I'm really excited by the caliber of students who ran for and were chosen to serve on the SGA for the upcoming academic year," says Nandish Dayal, a nursing and chemistry double major who will be serving a second term as president. "And I'm very much looking forward to building on all of the positive changes we laid the groundwork for this past year."

To ensure adequate representation, each of the university's five colleges and each class year has a designated number of seats; there is also one graduate seat. These, in turn, are all overseen by an executive board consisting of a president, vice president, vice president of finance, director of organizational funding, a consul, a scribe, four program coordinators, a faculty liaison, a media director, a disability support liaison, a parliamentarian, and a health and safety officer.

The SGA's primary responsibility is to advocate on behalf of UAH's students and work with the faculty, staff, and administration to address and resolve any issues that impact the student experience on campus. Pursuant to that, the association also sponsors a number of programs and initiatives to instill a sense of community and campus involvement. These include Trunk or Treat, the Reach for the Sky annual balloon launch, Higher Ed Day, the Big Event, and the ChargerCycle bike-share program.

2014 – 2015 SGA Representatives

(Name, hometown, major, SGA seat)

  • Nandish Dayal
    Suva, Fiji
    Nursing/Chemistry
    President
  • Taylor Bono
    Syracuse, NY
    Biology/Pre-med
    Vice President
  • Ezekiel McBrayer
    Vinemont, AL
    Accounting
    Director of Organizational Funding
  • Paul Rowland
    Nolensville, TN
    Finance
    VP of Finance
  • Garrett Ake
    Athens, AL
    Electrical Engineering
    Freshman
  • Brittany Bailey
    Huntsville, AL
    Chemical Engineering
    Engineering
  • Brittany Black
    Harvest, AL
    Chemical Engineering/Chemistry
    Engineering
  • Kadeidra Bowie
    Birmingham, AL
    Accounting
    Business
  • Rachel Byrd
    Madison, AL
    Biology/History
    Liberal Arts
  • Haley Davis
    Huntsville, AL
    Biology
    Science
  • Victoria Eccles
    San Luis Obispo, CA
    Electrical Engineering
    Engineering
  • Chris Finch
    Madison, AL
    Nursing
    Nursing
  • Austin Finley
    Brownsboro, AL
    Aerospace Engineering
    Sophomore
  • Michael Gvodas
    Douglassville, PA
    Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Sophomore
  • Hisham Haqq
    Madison, AL
    Business
    Business
  • Craig Hunt
    Omaha, NE
    Mechanical Engineering
    Engineering
  • Ayesha Iqbal
    Madison, AL
    Biology
    Senior
  • Chanty Jackson
    Selma, AL
    Accounting
    Business
  • Jacob Jones
    Cullman, AL
    Chemical Engineering
    Engineering
  • Graham Kirchner
    Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
    Biology, Pre Med
    Science
  • Michael Maddox
    Hayden, AL
    Mechanical Engineering
    Sophomore
  • Krishan Magan
    Rogersville, AL
    Mechanical Engineering
    Graduate
  • Claudia Mesnil-Baez
    San Juan, Puerto Rico
    Education and Spanish
    Liberal Arts
  • Alexander Mintari
    Waterford, MI
    Business Administration
    Freshman
  • Evan Mitchell
    Santa Fe, TN
    Civil Engineering
    Engineering
  • Kristin Monaco
    Huntsville, AL
    Nursing
    Junior
  • Luke Murphy
    Gaylesville, AL
    Civil engineering
    Junior
  • Reem Musa
    Huntsville, AL
    Nursing
    Nursing
  • Nhu-An Nguyen
    Madison, AL
    Biology/Chemistry
    Science
  • Kareem Omar
    Nicholasville, KY
    Physics and Aerospace
    Senior
  • Dylan Owens
    Harvest, AL
    Accounting
    Business
  • William Parsons
    Madison, AL
    Spanish and Computer Science
    Liberal Arts
  • Komal Patel
    Houston, TX
    Biology/Chemistry
    Science
  • Taylor Reed
    Harvest, AL
    Mechanical Engineering
    Engineering
  • Brittani Searcy
    Jackson, OH
    Aerospace Engineering
    Senior
  • Harsha Srikakolapu
    Hyderabad, India
    Biology
    Science
  • Brandon Straight
    Chester, IL
    Aerospace Engineering
    Engineering
  • Michele Tisler
    Philadelphia, PA
    Nursing
    Nursing
  • Henry Wheaton
    Reading, England
    Chemical Engineering
    Junior
  • Elliot Wheaton
    Reading, England
    Chemical Engineering
    Freshman

Contact

Diana LaChance
 256.824.6878
diana.lachance@uah.edu