{"644836":{"#nid":"644836","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Applications Open to Run for Student Government","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EApplications are now open to run for positions within Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s Student Government Association (SGA). Undergraduate students can run for a seat in the Undergraduate House of Representatives (UHR) or for the undergraduate presidential ticket. Graduate students can apply to run for the graduate presidential ticket or to be appointed to the Executive Cabinet.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeats in UHR are broken down by academic major, class\/year, and special constituencies, including transfer and international students. Learn more about UHR \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/undergraduate-representatives\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. Each undergraduate presidential ticket consists of a candidate for president and executive vice president. The responsibilities for each position can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/undergrad-exec\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EUndergraduate applications close on Friday, March 5, at 5 p.m. Campaigning will begin Sunday, March 7, at midnight, and polls will open on Monday, March 22 at midnight. The undergraduate election season will conclude on Friday, March 26, at 5 p.m., when polls close and campaigning stops.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGraduate students can apply to run for the presidential ticket, which also contains both president and executive vice president, by Sunday, March 21, at 5 p.m. Campaigning will begin the next day, and polls will be open from Thursday, March 25 to Monday, March 29, at 5 p.m. Results will be announced in the Graduate Student Senate on March 30. The application can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/forms.gle\/T19mdpX2dTUnPStJ7\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/forms.gle\/BQEnBsrh9YGmkMc5A\u0022\u003EApplications\u003C\/a\u003E to join the graduate cabinet will close on Sunday, April 11, at 5 p.m. From there, the newly-elected president and executive vice president will appoint people to various positions. Learn more about the duties of all executive positions, including the presidential ticket and cabinet, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/grad-exec\/\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. Elections for\u0026nbsp;the Graduate Student Senate will be held in the fall.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENo prior SGA experience is required to run for any position. The application can be found \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.gle%2FMTd9Sfrrge1TvgbA8\u0026amp;data=04%7C01%7Cgwyner3%40gatech.edu%7C35392d489ab149a65a6408d8d9f3bc46%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C0%7C0%7C637498988140239192%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000\u0026amp;sdata=3mGWf8ayozVMPjhxtpQAHFHfarU7FkT6x9czp460%2FlI%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. Questions about any part of the election process can be sent to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sga@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esga@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents can sign up to run both undergraduate and graduate positions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Students can sign up to run both undergraduate and graduate positions."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2021-03-01 20:14:27","changed_gmt":"2021-03-03 19:58:34","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"644951":{"id":"644951","type":"image","title":"Ballot Box","body":null,"created":"1614798661","gmt_created":"2021-03-03 19:11:01","changed":"1614798661","gmt_changed":"2021-03-03 19:11:01","alt":"A digital drawing of several hands of different neon colors submitting ballots into a ballot box.","file":{"fid":"244877","name":"GettyImages-1007970872.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-1007970872.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GettyImages-1007970872.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":870570,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GettyImages-1007970872.jpg?itok=zWHyYu8x"}},"633908":{"id":"633908","type":"image","title":"Gold SGA logo","body":null,"created":"1585602645","gmt_created":"2020-03-30 21:10:45","changed":"1585602645","gmt_changed":"2020-03-30 21:10:45","alt":"Circle with \u0022Seal of the Student Government Association Est. 1922\u0022 in gold, the letters SGA with Tech Tower, and Tech\u0027s name and motto.","file":{"fid":"241204","name":"Gold SGA Logo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Gold%20SGA%20Logo_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Gold%20SGA%20Logo_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2409658,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Gold%20SGA%20Logo_0.png?itok=SdMRWnlk"}}},"media_ids":["644951","633908"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/sga.gatech.edu","title":"SGA Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"166922","name":"sga"},{"id":"166923","name":"student government association"},{"id":"9475","name":"elections"},{"id":"167481","name":"sga elections"},{"id":"166979","name":"SGA President"},{"id":"30461","name":"undergraduate student government association"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:stucomm@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}