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Marissa Pezzopane gets off the student bus on the way to last years basketball tournament. (Observer File Photo)

SGA Grants OSL Transportation Funds

March 16, 2016

The Student Government Association (SGA) granted the Office of Student Life (OSL) $6,000 during their meeting on March 10th. The OSL, represented by Jenna Jenson and Anna Walsh, made a short presentation...

SGA Grants Habitat for Humanity and PreSOMA Contingency

January 20, 2016

The Student Government Association (SGA) awarded Pre Student Osteopathic Medical Association (PreSOMA) and Habitat for Humanity contingencies during their Jan. 14 meeting. While PreSOMA was only awarded...

SGA executive board members Kevin Seelander, Jackie Jastrzebski, David Sommers, Charlie Bentley, and Sam DeForest-Davis pose in the Brew.
Photo by Ryan Jenkins.

SGA awards NAfME funding

December 19, 2015

The Student Government Association (SGA) granted the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) $2,100 following their contingency at the Dec. 10 meeting. NAfME asked for money to help them attend...

New Location for Student Success Services

December 4, 2015

Augustana has a new central location where students can go to get support on academic, personal and leadership issues. Student support resources can now be found collectively on the fourth floor of the Gerber...

SGA Discusses Semester Switch with Provost Lawrence

December 4, 2015

The Student Government Association talked with Provost Pareena Lawrence during their meeting on Nov. 19. Discussion topics included a possible switch to a semester schedule, among other topics. Lawrence...

Edmondson discusses leadership with SGA

October 15, 2015

The Student Government Association (SGA) heard a presentation on the topic of leadership from Michael Edmondson during their meeting on Oct. 8. Edmondson’s speech focused on different definitions of...

SGA grants Vikathon funding for dance marathon

October 1, 2015

The Student Government Association (SGA) granted Vikathon a contingency worth $1,730 during the organization’s meeting on Sept. 24 This contingency reflected funding for the dance marathon itself, the...

SGA awards WAUG with contingency

September 24, 2015

The Student Government Association (SGA) awarded WAUG $4,731.59 in funding at the organization’s Sept. 17 meeting. The original contingency filed by WAUG asked for $6,531.59, with the compromise being...

First-year, Kayla Butler and Augustanas special guest, Armando Duarte, dance during a night of Samba held in Wallenberg Hall in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Student Life.
Photo by Luanna Gerdemann.

SGA, dean explain budget allocations

September 16, 2015

SAGA, Augustana’s literary art magazine, may not be able to award $2,000 in prize money this year due to the Student Government Association not giving the publication any funds. “It says (on our website)...

SGA passes office hours amendment

September 15, 2015

As there were no contingencies at Student Government Association meeting on Sept. 10, the main issue on hand was the Office Hours Amendment, which was passed unanimously by the senate. With it still being...

SGA awards SWAG $0, tables WAUG contingency

September 3, 2015

The Student Government Association (SGA) voted on Thursday to award Students Who Achieve Greatness (SWAG) $0 and to table WAUG’s contingency so that an exploratory committee could be created to assess...

SGA releases budget allocations for all student groups

September 2, 2015

The Student Government Association (SGA) released the budget allocations for all the student groups who requested funds for SGA for the 2015-2016 academic year on Wednesday. The list, which can be found...

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