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 Learn More UAH Student Government Association Contact Diana LaChance 256.824.6878 diana.lachance@uah.edu