First & foremost we would want to further enhance the student body’s voice for Tarleton State University. Our campus is continuously evolving, expectations for what students can achieve are expanding. SGA is an organization that been brought back into the spotlight among the student experience with tremendous strides in participation across all facets of the campus. I, Aaron, have been a TTM, am a current Texan Rep and Vice President of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. I, Art, am a current third year TTM (student director 2016-2017), current Tarleton Ambassador, current congressperson for the college of education, and fortunate enough to receive 2017-2018 Homecoming King. The both of us believe we have garnered enough experience outside of SGA to be able to lead it during the current changes and advances Tarleton is currently enduring.

Our first point of action is to make sure that faculty & administration are continuing to listen to the student voice and placing the opinion of the student body in the light it deserves. During these growing phases, Tarleton State has lost some of the connection it once had with its students. It’s time to revert back to that connection that was once highly prominent. Taking the initiatives to attend organizational meetings, as well as weekly to monthly updates on where our administration stands on current student dilemmas will help bring the Tarleton community closer than ever before. Furthermore, the accountability needs to be held among our university leaders to follow through with plans & actions proclaimed to the student body. If elected, Aaron & I look forward to discussing with these leaders to find real solutions that our campus deserves to see.

The second point of our agenda is to make SGA truly relevant to the common student in terms of accessibility and connection to those who speak on behalf of them such as our congress within SGA. A strong population of Tarleton’s students don’t know or don’t care for their student government enough to realize that this organization was built upon serving & giving back to the students.The both of us believe that we have the power and knowledge as to how to get the ball rolling to achieve this goal. If it takes steps such as going into our colleges on campus and making it aware to students who represents them. Or engaging in hall meetings among residential dorm to inform public about their unknown voice they have in SGA, and of course hearing feedback from upper class man and those individuals who have been a Tarleton Texan long enough to know there needs to be a positive change on this campus.

Lastly, it is vital for Tarleton Texans to remember that change is something that does not have to wait until you are in a position of power to achieve it. This begins with how we treat one another & realizing that the time is now for our students to push for the change they wish to see at TSU. To simply put it, it doesn’t matter if you’re a first year student trying to survive college life or you’re taking a victory lap before you cross the stage, we want to challenge every student on campus to use their voice.