Senate
Senate Candidates
Allison Carr
Graduate Student
Major: Higher Education Leadership
Brandon Quispe
Sophomore
Major: Business Management
Laura Northup
Freshman
Major: Secondary Education
Natalie Jones
Junior
Major: Health Science
William Crow
Senior
Major: History
Ashley Thinnifel
Freshman
Major: Accounting
Campus Involvement
Orientation Leader
How will I benefit the student body?
I am an ambitious and hardworking person who aims to support needs and wants of the students at VSU. I am very passionate about making sure that students have the opportunities to be involved both with their campus and with the surrounding community of Valdosta.
Bob Greenbaum
Senior
Major: International Business
Campus Involvement
Blue key Honor Society, Baptist collegiate ministries, VSU Ambassadors, Student government
How will I benefit the student body?
I believe that I can further the interests of the student body when it comes to safety and parking issues. I am always looking for ways to improve campus and open to receive concerns from students.
Georgette Henderson
Freshman
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Campus Involvement
Student Government Association First Year Senator, Honors Student Association
How will I benefit the student body? I’ve always been passionate about VSU and I truly care about the students that attend VSU as well. I relate to a lot of the common concerns that so many students on campus have and I feel that my involvement in the SGA Senate will allow me to be the voice of the students and focus on their needs and concerns. To me, being involved in the SGA senate is about making sure that I am available for the student body on campus and making sure that I am doing my part in ensuring that every student’s time at VSU was well worth it and fulfilling.
Hailey Wilkinson
Junior
Major: Mass Media
Campus Involvement
National Society for Leadership and Success, Assistant Director of Communications for Student Government Association, Society for Collegiate Journalists, and Fire Pit
How will I benefit the student body?
I am motivated and driven to create change here at VSU. I love hearing from fellow students about their ideas on how we can make VSU a better and safer place for all students.
Jalen Smith
Freshman
Major: Secondary Education/History
Campus Involvement
Sullivan Scholar, Future Black Educator, VSU Mass Choir, V-State Outreach Ministries, BLAZE the Ballot
How will I benefit the student body?
I believe it’s important as a senator to understand the plight of your peers. When you understand the student struggle you do the best to ensure that administration understands it to. It is our job to cultivate blazer culture of equal representation all across the board. The only way the student body benefits is when their voices are heard. Blazers aren’t meant to be silent, they are meant to shin
Justin Carter
Sophmore
Major: Physical Education
Campus InvolvementCAB, Black Student League, Collegiate Men, Future Black Educator, Sullivan Scholar
How will I benefit the student body?
It is no secret what I’m trying to do. What I’ve done so far I wanna continue to do. The students of Valdosta State have a special place in my heart. I love being there for the student to answer any questions they may ask and if I can’t ask, find someone who can. We are all in this thing together with the same goal in mind.
Lauren Canady
Junior
Major: Political Science
Campus Involvement
SGA and Orientation Leader
How will I benefit the student body?
The student body would benefit from my involvement in SGA because I am passionate about what I believe in, such as the environment and on campus dining, and will do everything in my power to make sure the students get the representation they deserve. I have also loved being apart of the Blazer Allocation committee and hearing different students talk about the conferences and study abroad trips they are attending.
Lauren Vosburgh
Sophomore
Major: Biology
Campus Involvement
SGA First-Year Senator
How will I benefit the student body?
I am a student who is vested in the academic, emotional, and physical well-being of my fellow Blazers. I believe the success of my peers is as important as their collegiate experience. Through the leadership skills and experience I have gained this year in the SGA Senate, I hope to continue making a positive impact on each student at VSU!
Leo Alexander Sterns
Sophomore
Major: Pre-Med and Biology
Campus Involvement
Fire-Pit Member “Cannon Crew”, VSU Department of Campus Recreation Lifeguard, VSU Department of Housing and Residence Life Resident Assistant
How will I benefit the student body?
I am a very outgoing person that loves to care for the well-being of others and those around me. I understand that being an SGA Senator is an important role to connect the school with the students and vice versa. I have been able to be part of different leadership positions in which I have greatly benefitted from to help and guide others to a path of success. I feel that the connection I have been able to develop with different students throughout campus, including faculty, has brought me much knowledge in how to help others and bring the word out about different initiatives and activities. I am very passionate in getting as involved as I can get with the school while also helping impact other students’ involvement on campus and their success in school. Red and Black, All Hail!
Makaya Clinton
Sophomore
Major: Health Sciences
Campus Involvement
NAACP, First Year Senator
How will I benefit the student body?
The student body can benefit from my dedication and positive leadership skills I have gained from other organizations/programs. My main goal while at VSU was to join an organization that was centered around positive change and SGA is exactly that.
Rebekah Pitts
Sophomore
Major: Political Science
Campus Involvement
The Wesley Foundation and SGA
How will I benefit the student body?
I am a friendly, understanding individual that aspires to make the concerns of my fellow students a priority with my position within the Student Government. I enjoy being part of a creative team that furthers student involvement on campus through the Campus Life committee.
Tristin Sahagun
Freshman
Major: Applied Mathematics
Campus Involvement
AFROTC, Collegiate Men of VSU
How will I benefit the student body?
I am an innovative and dedicated person that can better represent VSU’s AFROTC population. Using my knowledge of freshman on-campus life, servant leadership, and diplomacy, I will make the campus a better place by educating the student body and implementing a better trash and recycling system.
Vanessa Okojie
Sophomore
Major: Political Science
Campus Involvement
Speech & Debate team
How will I benefit the student body?
I am hardworking and dependable. I am open to new ideas, I love to learn and I seek to improve in everything I do. I have leadership experience that I’ve gained from other organizations that makes me confident and prepared to represent the student body and put their needs first. As a member of the campus life committee last semester, we worked to make sure students had the best possible experience at VSU; I want to exceed that goal next semester. GO BLAZERS!
SGA
Valdosta State University
SGA Administrators
Elections Commissioner:
Dr. Vincent Miller
Faculty/Staff Designee: Sherolyn Hopkins
SGA Elections Liaison:
Amea Thompson
Contact
Student Union
3rd. Floor Room 3106
Dean of Students Office
229.333.5941