New Student Body Government at AUK

This Thursday the AUK student body elected its new officers for the Student Government Association for the 2009-2010 year, marking AUK's 5th election since opening and a student voter turnout of 42 per cent.

Abdullah Al-Sharrad will succeed Nora Al-Hilaly as Student Body President and Mohammad Al-Mutairi will serve under him as Vice President. Essa Al-Matar won as Treasurer and the Secretary position will be filled as per the Student Body Constitution. The 2009-2010 Media Officer will be Omar Al-Hussainan and Essa Al-Boloshy will serve as Public Relations Officer and Programming Officer is Mohammad Al-Shuraij.

For General Assembly, Sophomore Representative position is vacant. The election for the offices of Junior and Senior will be postponed. Business and Economic Representative will be Noha Aoun.

SGA currently ratified their constitution making significant changes that provide a major shift in the current SGA which allows for more participation and input from a diverse student body, specifically with the creation and implementation of the General Assembly (GA). Prior to this y ear, SGA consisted of only 9 board members and volunteers during events. Decisions were general made within their experience, with advice from administration, and represented AUK students. With the new SGA constitutional changes and the creation of the GA, SGA will now have representatives from a variety of areas of campus including the different academic divisions, clubs and organizations, sports, and class years. Thus, the makeup of SGA will now be totaling around 25 students. All major decisions will have to be discussed and go through the entire SGA including the board and the GA.

New student body government at auk

The Student Government Association for the 2009-2010. First row from left to right: Omar Al-Hussainan, Mohammad Al-Shuraij, Essa Al-Matar, Noha Aoun. Back row from left to right: Abdullah Al-Sharrad, Essa Al-Bolushy, Mohammad Al-Mutairi

New student body government at auk