Meeting and Greeting PVCC’s SGA

On Dec. 2, PVCC’s Student Government Association (SGA) held a meet and greet event in the Main Building Event Space to introduce its new student officers. This event helped introduce PVCC students to their new SGA in a fun, interactive way, providing snacks and answering questions.

The meet and greet began with Mary-Evelyn Sellars, coordinator for student life and campus engagement, introducing the SGA student officers: President Konsole Mutegeki, Senior Vice President Klaira Bragado, VP of Communications and Marketing Grace Craig, VP and Director of Major Events KenNeisha Lee, VP and Director of Finance Ari Romero-Gonzales, and VP and Director of Community Engagement Aurore Padilla. Through short speeches, each SGA officer introduced who they were as well as their academic majors and some personal facts about themselves. SGA Staff Advisers Mark Ecleo and Kara Presson also introduced themselves and explained their roles of advising and guiding the SGA student officers. (Note: Craig took over as SGA president in January.)

After the introductions, Sellars and the SGA members answered questions written on a board by PVCC students, which tied into some of their future plans for the PVCC campus. Mutegeki discussed his ideas to plan more events for the spring 2025 semester, like getting new outdoor furniture for the Student Patio and setting up a PVCC pool tournament. Also, the SGA talked about plans to create anonymous suggestion boxes, contribute to the spring carnival, and establish free printing services at the PVCC library.

The SGA members also discussed possibly addressing issues with bus route times as well as the PVCC senate meetings for students who do not want to join the SGA but still want to be involved on campus.

The SGA’s goal is to make sure that “the voices of all students [are] heard by our administration,” according to Mutegeki. 

While it’s hard for an individual student to voice their concerns to administration, the SGA can “be a voice for people,” said Bragado. The SGA can help these students bring issues to administration to be heard, as according to Ecelo, “They can have their proposals submitted to the advising team,” who can help link them to “appropriate resources within the college.”

Being heard on campus can inspire the administration and others to create change at PVCC and make it a better place for students and staff. Mutegeki thinks that students should look for “something we can do for PVCC, not what PVCC has done for us.” 

According to Craig, the best way to contact the SGA is to “approach [them] and talk to [them] directly,” or contact the SGA at sga@pvcc.edu. With the help of the SGA, students at PVCC have a greater voice that can be better heard by administration.