Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment in Ac­tion

Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment is ded­i­cated to rep­re­sent­ing the voices of the stu­dent body of Maryville. The mem­bers of the or­ga­ni­za­tion en­gage with stu­dents to un­der­stand their opin­ions and then ad­vo­cate for the bet­ter of the whole com­mu­nity. They rep­re­sent the Maryville com­mu­nity and work to make sure that all stu­dents and fac­ulty and staff mem­bers are liv­ing their best Maryville life. 

Re­cently, the Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment had an elec­tion for its or­ga­ni­za­tion leader. This hap­pened March 5th and went from 9a.m. to 11:59 p.m.. 

Three can­di­dates were rep­re­sented but Yas­mine Gho­lami ul­ti­mately won the elec­tion and is now the new Pres­i­dent of Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment at Maryville. 

The or­ga­ni­za­tion is com­posed of two com­mit­tees per year. The com­mit­tees are based on the yearly ini­tia­tives formed by the Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment Pres­i­dent and the needs that they be­lieve need to be over­seen. This year, the two com­mit­tees are sus­tain­abil­ity and the Maryville food pantry. 

The sus­tain­abil­ity com­mit­tee works to en­sure that the com­mu­nity is op­er­at­ing in an en­vi­ron­men­tally friendly way. The food pantry com­mit­tee works to en­sure that Maryville’s food pantry is op­er­at­ing in a suc­cess­ful way in or­der to pro­vide food for those ex­pe­ri­enc­ing food in­se­cu­rity on Maryville’s cam­pus. 

Cur­rently, the food pantry com­mit­tee is work­ing on growth strate­gies. They are hop­ing to move the food pantry to a new lo­ca­tion that is more con­ducive to their ef­forts of truly help­ing those in need in our own com­mu­nity. They are also host­ing a cloth­ing drive dur­ing the week of April 12th. The com­mit­tee is work­ing to ex­pand the pantry to also in­clude cloth­ing and hy­giene prod­ucts for stu­dents who are un­able to af­ford them. 

“I love be­ing a part of MSG be­cause I can gen­uinely make a dif­fer­ence on cam­pus. I like to hear the voice of the stu­dents and turn their voices into re­al­ity,” said Tariq Har­ris, Sen­a­tor of Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment. He feels, “It’s im­por­tant to lis­ten to the stu­dents be­cause we want to op­ti­mize our ed­u­ca­tional ex­pe­ri­ence and make Maryville into a place where every­one is com­fort­able and feels safe.”

Ad­di­tion­ally, Town Hall was hosted by Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment March 20th where Pres­i­dent Dr. Mark Lom­bardi shared a brief overview of his plans for the cam­pus in the near fu­ture. 

To sub­mit a con­cern re­gard­ing Maryville’s cam­pus, visit their web­site. 

To keep up with Maryville Stu­dent Gov­ern­ment and their up­com­ing events, fol­low them on twit­ter.