May 22, 2024 • 19 mins
Join cohosts Abby Crawley and Faith Ortega to hear about the RCBC Student Government Association, an organization open to all students at RCBC that advocates for the student voice on campus. Through the SGA, students get the opportunity to have a say in campus events, programs, policies, and more. Club Advisor Adrianne Dahms and Club President Madelynn Schaber discuss the benefits of participating in the SGA on this informative episode.
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Abby Crawley (00:00):
Hi and welcome to the student choice podcast where
(00:02):
we look into the many paths youcan take care as a student at
RCBC. Join us as we investigatedifferent clubs, programs and
activities for the lens of ourfellow students. It's always
your choice, your
Faith Ortega (00:13):
voice, our RCBC. Hi, I'm Faith Ortega. And I've
been a student at rcbc since2022. I will graduate in May
2024 with an associate degree inCommunication Arts,
Abby Crawley (00:24):
and I'm Abby Crawley. I'm a transfer student
here rcbc And I will graduatethis May 2024 of my associates
degree in Communication Arts.
Faith Ortega (00:32):
This season on the students choice podcast will
focus on many rcbc clubs. RowanCollege at Burlington County has
a collection of over 40Interactive clubs open to all
students from music club tocomputer science club to
biochemistry club rcbc truly hasit all. To dive in. We'll talk
(00:53):
with a different clubs advisorand student leader for each
episode. Today
Abby Crawley (00:57):
we are joined by some very special guests rcbc
Student Government Associationmembers our organization open to
all students rcbc They advocatefor the student voice on campus.
Through the SGA students get theopportunity to have a say on
campus and events, programspolicies and more
Unknown (01:13):
gear with us as the club's president Madeline
shaper, who is also an also anrcbc humane services club member
and founder and SGArepresentative for the rcbc
Political Science Club. Today.The club's advisor, Adrienne
Dahms is the Assistant Directorof Student Life Enrollment
Management and Student Successat rcbc. Welcome, and thank you
(01:35):
both for being here. Can youplease just give a quick
introduction for both of you?Sure.
So I'm Adrian, I started rcbc.In 2008, I became the SGA
advisor, around 2010, or 11. AndI've been the advisor ever since
I within the Office of StudentLife, my main function is to
(01:59):
oversee all of our clubs as wellas the SGA. And then I also do a
lot with our orientationprograms in the summer. I'm
Madeline and I started goinginto rcbc in 2020, after I
graduated from high school, andI'm I'm involved in SGA. I just
became president this semester.So yeah.
(02:21):
Nice to meet you both. And thankyou so much for being here. And
congratulations on beingPresident. Thank you. So to
start off just quickly, when andwhy did you start your journey
here? rcbc. What drew you here,
what drew me here was, um, thecommunity feel at rcbc I really
like how it feels like acommunity. And I just love it
(02:44):
here.
I ended up here just sort of byaccident, actually, I was living
in Virginia at the time, and Iwanted I grew up in New Jersey,
I wanted to move back to thearea. And there was a job open.
And I was actually reallyinvolved student leader in
college, and I saw the jobdescription. And I said that
really looks a lot like what Ihave done as a student. So I
applied and I've been here eversince. And
(03:07):
have you been enjoying it hereat rcbc? So far? What is your
overall experience been? Like?
Um, yes, I really enjoy it here.My overall experience is being
involved in so much on campus,like, I just put myself out
there
that is everywhere. I just Imean, as an employee, and as you
(03:29):
know, working in offices duringlife, every day is different. I
get to work with differentstudents every day, I get to do
different activities every day.So I'm definitely never bored.
So I hear you're everywhere. Sofrom your perspective as a
student and yours as anemployee, here are CBC. What do
you think about the club'selection? Do you think there's
too much too many? What wouldyou like to see in the future
(03:50):
as the person who works with allthe clubs directly, some days,
it feels like there's way toomany. But I that's never a bad
thing, you know, the more thatwe you know, at orientation, and
when we're talking to newstudents, we always tell
students, we, if we don't havewhat you're looking for, we can
make it. So I think the clubselection is great. I think it's
(04:13):
pretty varied in terms of topicsand how you know, even stuff
like how often they meet. Youknow, if you want a club that
meets every week, there's thatif there you want a club that
meets once a month, there'sthat. And then there's always
students, though, that come tous and say, I'm really
interested in this thing, andyou don't have it and so we have
a process to start it and so Iwould hope that no student would
(04:36):
ever say we don't have enough.And if if they do, we can help
them figure that out.
I feel like um, that we have alot of clubs. I mean, some
students that I have talked tothey don't know about a lot of
the clubs that we have, and Ifeel like it would be good to
promote those clubs that theydon't know about, because some
(04:57):
of them may be interested inthem but other Isn't that our
main club is SGA, which I feellike people need to know more
about it.
That's what we're here fortoday. So speaking of clubs, and
you did mention that you're apart of a lot of them. How
important do you thinkextracurricular participation is
for students success, such asyourself. So
(05:19):
I feel like it's very importantbecause it will give students
the chance of interacting withothers on campus and meeting
people. And just gettinginvolved in so much like, it's
so fun. Like, once you'reinvolved, then it's like, whoa,
like, I was not expecting that.So
(05:42):
I'm curious, when you camestraight from high school, did
you start being in so many clubsright off the bat? Or did you
just ease in? And what clubs?Are you a member of?
As soon as I came here, I waslike, nervous my first two
years. And I was like, You knowwhat, like, I'm just gonna take
it slow. Like, let me see whatclubs are there. And then I got
(06:03):
accepted into Phi Theta Kappa,the National Honor Society
there. So then I got inducted,and then I became president the
following year. And then Ibecame president again the next
year, which is now and now I'mpresident of SGA. And I also am
a student worker on campus. SoI'm involved in so much.
(06:25):
Sounds like you dipped your toein the water, and then just
jumped right in after that.Yeah. Real quick for both of
you. When and why did you firstjoin the SGA?
Um, so I joined the SGA. Lastfall semester, and I just joined
him because like, I just, likeplanning fun things for the
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students on campus. And just,they gotta have fun.
Yeah. So part of it was, itwasn't part of my job. I was
working with the SGA, before Ibecame their advisor, but my
supervisor at the time her titlewas changing. And her
responsibilities were changingand show, she was moving a
little bit away from thatstudent facing on a daily basis
(07:08):
roll. And so the opportunitypresented itself, and I've kind
of threw my name in the hat, andI became the advisor advisor.
And I've been doing it for kindof a long time.
So because you've been doing itfor so long, and from a
student's perspective, could youexplain the basics of SGA? What
you guys do and the purpose itserves here? rcbc? Sure. So
(07:32):
really, the point of SGA is it'sreally to give the students a
voice. There's an There's fourmain groups on campus. So
there's the students, obviously,there's the faculty, there's the
administration, and there's thesupport staff. And each of those
groups has a, what's called agovernance structure. And so
(07:52):
they have a Senate thatrepresents them. SGA is the
Student Senate. It's who talksto the other groups who works on
different policy changes. Thosegroups that represent each of
those Senate's that representeach group, they can go to their
the middlemen, to say, my grouphas this concern, or my group
(08:15):
has this problem on campus, andwe want to fix it. And then they
take the concerns or they takethe issues, and they work with
the other departments or theother Senate's, to get a
resolution. So what SGA does isreally it serves as the
middleman for the student voicebetween the general student body
in the lounges and on campus,telling the administration and
(08:35):
telling the faculty, you know,these are the things that are
good, and these are the thingsthat we want you to work on for
us.
Yeah. So as Adrienne said, Weare the students voice. So any,
any concerns students have theycome to us, and then we bring
them up at governance, and theyare addressed? And that a little
(08:56):
nerve wracking? Um, it's kind ofnerve wracking a little bit.
Like whoa, like, I, I like havethe power to help them fix
this. And everybody's looking atme right now. I'm so scared.
That's exactly my thoughtprocess.
And if a student has a concernthey want to bring up to the
SGA. How do they contact you?
(09:17):
So they can either just show upto a meeting, the SGA meets
about once a month, or they cansend an email to sga@rcbc.edu
Some students will see Maddie atthe student worker desks in the
SSC and walk up to her and justbe like, Hey, this is a thing
that's going on. So really,however they want, just find
(09:38):
somebody in either student lifeor at SGA and tell them
yeah, don't be afraid to come upto me if you guys have any
concerns.
Sounds easy enough. Manny, couldyou go into what it's been like
being the President of the SGAspecifically, okay,
so um, been president, it's beena lot of fun. My officers are
(10:04):
really great. Um, and we've justbeen getting ourselves out there
a little bit. Um, we started ourpodcast called SGA sit down
series. And it will be comingout later. Not sure when but
stay tune. But no, it's just alot of fun. And I love it. Like,
(10:30):
I'm grateful to be a part ofsuch an amazing club.
Yeah, it sounds really fun.Could you go into more what your
podcast is going to be about?
Yes. So the SGA sit down seriesis going to be basically about
getting to know the rcbccommunity. So we go into get
into know Student Life, publicsafety, students support Career
(10:53):
Services. And then last but notleast, the president.
And Adrian, what has it beenlike being the advisor for the
SGA
It is unpredictable. And thebest way, you know, like Maddie
said this year, they were like,we want to have a podcast
because we think students needto hear directly from the people
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who are running the departmentsthat help them. And that's what
they did this year. In previousyears, we've had a similar
thing, but on a video series. Insome years, they were just
really, really into socialmedia, promotion, and just
getting the word out there aboutthings that were happening on
campus. So every group thatcomes in, as officers, you know,
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they take the reins and whateveris interesting or important to
them, they get to work on forthe next year. And so it's just
really my job to support themthrough that. And that, to me is
really exciting. Just seeingwhere their heads are at and
what what's really meaningful tothem. And then watching them
from the beginning of the yearwhen they start with the ideas
to the end of the year whenthey're dropping their podcasts
(11:59):
soon, you know. So it's justreally exciting. Maddie, would
you mind going into more of thespecific responsibilities you
hold? Yes.
So basically, I just run themeetings. And, um, obviously I
do the student concerns andlisten to what the students have
to say about the campus like,if, for instance, doors are not
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working on campus, then we writethat down. And then we report it
back to everyone likegovernance, and then they will
make the steps to fix it. Andum, yeah, I just run the
meetings, get our meetingsgoing, and the governance report
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and everything.
That's really cool. It's likeyou're a first hand reporter
just ready for duty. That's
Oh, yeah,
it's so cool. Like a walk aroundwith a clipboard, just checking
things off check. So I get tellyou both love this club. So
much, no one can see, but I cansee they're smiling. And you
probably can hear it when Maddieis talking. But what is your
favorite memory from the SGA?And all your proudest? Thoughts?
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Okay, so there's a little bit ofspoiler alert, but Maddie knows
already, at the end of everyyear, the SGA president gets to
speak at graduation. And theyare the ones who present the
Professor of the Year award. Andthat is something that some SGA
presidents know about. But somedon't like, I'm not sure that
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Maddie realized until I told hera couple of weeks ago. And then
I think for me, at least in theyears that I've been doing it,
that moment of watching them getup there and present that award
like that's the moment theyreally like Maddie sitting here
and she's telling you like I goto this meeting with all of the
senior administrators and Ichanged Don't you know, I fixed
doors for students and I, Ichanged their experience. But I
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don't think that a studentpresident knows the impact that
they make until they're on thestage of graduation, like
speaking in front of everybodythat they realize like this is
this is a journey for me. And Ireally did something here. And
so like that moment, in at theend of every year, when the SGA
President realizes like, this iskind of a big deal. I like
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watching that.
When Adrian told me I wasspeaking at graduation. I was
like, it was like, Whoa, are youserious? Like, I did not know
that at all. But um, yeah, to gooff. Like Adrian said, I feel
like after I speak that momentis going to be like, Well, like
I do so much for the students oncampus.
(14:38):
How are you feeling about it?Are you nervous? apprehensive?
Are you just really excited?
I don't know.
I'm sure you'll do great. Imean, I'll be there. Abby will
be there watching atcommencement, probably
with a snack in my robe. Justwanna let you know.
Okay, yeah, I'm gonna need asnack. I'll be
holding a granola bar as youwalk offstage, just eat which
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will be part and it'll be goodtime that we're Yeah, of course
and everything. So I'm not sureif you mentioned what your
degree is specifically Maddie,but has the SGA kind of
coincided or impacted yourspecific degree path here at
rcbc? Um,
so My Degree Path is Psychology.Um, and yes, because I'm a very
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people person, I like being withpeople. I'm just grateful to
help people like, whether oncampus or off campus, I'm just a
huge people person,
what are your future goals andplans inside and outside the
SGA? For both you,
I mean, I plan to stay here atICBC for as long as they'll have
me. Like I said, Before, Ireally, I really like working
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here, the people are great, thestudents are amazing. Every day
is different. And I'm neverbored. And to me that's so
valuable. Like, could I gosomewhere else and make a larger
paycheck? Maybe Sure. But Ithink the fact that, you know, I
get to look back every year andsay I helped a student,
accomplish a goal, even if it'sjust one student, that to me is
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really important in terms of,you know, finding fulfillment in
my day to day. So I will, like Isaid, continue to work with SGA,
as long as they'll have me. So
after graduation, I am going totry to get a job as a child
psychologist, obviously, after Iget my bachelor's, but also I've
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been applying to work in otherdepartments on campus. So I hope
to work in one of thosedepartments, because I love this
campus. And I still want to beinvolved after I graduate,
why child psychologyspecifically? I just
really like children. And I feellike I want to make an impact on
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them
feel like that coincides withyour feeling to help people and
always be interacting withothers. Exactly. I can see how
that would work great with whatwould you tell a student if they
were considering joining theSGA. But maybe they were on the
fence a little bit, I
would tell them just to come tothe club meetings, find out what
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we're about. And then if they'reinterested, like further, try to
be an officer and then work yourway up to President. If
a student wants to be involved,whether it's the SGA or
something else, I would tellthem just do it. Don't like and
Mattie referenced that, youknow, feeling that nervousness
on a new campus in a new placethe first couple years. And so
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many students have that. And weknow that and so we are just
ready to kind of like take youin and help you figure out. But
if you want to get involved,just do Don't wait. Don't put it
off, you know, a graduation, askfive students who are involved,
what their biggest regret was,and they'll say, I wish I had
done it sooner. So just do it.Besides
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your regular meetings. Do youguys have any fun events or
things planned for the futurewith the club,
obviously, the podcast that willbe airing soon. But right now we
are looking for a new officerboards. So if anyone is
interested, come to the SGAmeeting come September or
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August?
Yeah, we'll do a little work torecruit some new leaders over
the summer. We like to pull fromthose brand new students and
just get them involved rightaway. But at the end of each
spring, the current board kindof winds down and then we bring
in a new board for next year.Gotcha.
It's gonna be a surprise foreverybody then.
So maybe if you're listening andyou're someone who wants to get
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in a leadership role, or getinvolved with how things work at
the college SGA might be perfectfor you. So definitely go and
check them out. Thank you to ourguests so much for being here
today. And to our listeners.Thank you for adventuring on the
journey with us today as weexplored the Student Government
Association. For moreinformation on the SGA go to
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rcbc.edu/sga
and you can check out thestudents choice podcast at
rcbc.edu/students-choice orwherever you get your podcast.
Don't forget to tune in forfuture episodes on the rcbc Film
Club and the rcbc nj stars club.If you have any topics relating
to student choices at our CBC,we'd like to hear from you.
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I'm Abby Crawley and I'm FaithOrtega and remember your choice
your voice our rcbc
Hi and welcome to the student choice podcast where
(00:02):
we look into the many paths youcan take care as a student at
RCBC. Join us as we investigatedifferent clubs, programs and
activities for the lens of ourfellow students. It's always
your choice, your
Faith Ortega (00:13):
voice, our RCBC. Hi, I'm Faith Ortega. And I've
been a student at rcbc since2022. I will graduate in May
2024 with an associate degree inCommunication Arts,
Abby Crawley (00:24):
and I'm Abby Crawley. I'm a transfer student
here rcbc And I will graduatethis May 2024 of my associates
degree in Communication Arts.
Faith Ortega (00:32):
This season on the students choice podcast will
focus on many rcbc clubs. RowanCollege at Burlington County has
a collection of over 40Interactive clubs open to all
students from music club tocomputer science club to
biochemistry club rcbc truly hasit all. To dive in. We'll talk
(00:53):
with a different clubs advisorand student leader for each
episode. Today
Abby Crawley (00:57):
we are joined by some very special guests rcbc
Student Government Associationmembers our organization open to
all students rcbc They advocatefor the student voice on campus.
Through the SGA students get theopportunity to have a say on
campus and events, programspolicies and more
Unknown (01:13):
gear with us as the club's president Madeline
shaper, who is also an also anrcbc humane services club member
and founder and SGArepresentative for the rcbc
Political Science Club. Today.The club's advisor, Adrienne
Dahms is the Assistant Directorof Student Life Enrollment
Management and Student Successat rcbc. Welcome, and thank you
(01:35):
both for being here. Can youplease just give a quick
introduction for both of you?Sure.
So I'm Adrian, I started rcbc.In 2008, I became the SGA
advisor, around 2010, or 11. AndI've been the advisor ever since
I within the Office of StudentLife, my main function is to
(01:59):
oversee all of our clubs as wellas the SGA. And then I also do a
lot with our orientationprograms in the summer. I'm
Madeline and I started goinginto rcbc in 2020, after I
graduated from high school, andI'm I'm involved in SGA. I just
became president this semester.So yeah.
(02:21):
Nice to meet you both. And thankyou so much for being here. And
congratulations on beingPresident. Thank you. So to
start off just quickly, when andwhy did you start your journey
here? rcbc. What drew you here,
what drew me here was, um, thecommunity feel at rcbc I really
like how it feels like acommunity. And I just love it
(02:44):
here.
I ended up here just sort of byaccident, actually, I was living
in Virginia at the time, and Iwanted I grew up in New Jersey,
I wanted to move back to thearea. And there was a job open.
And I was actually reallyinvolved student leader in
college, and I saw the jobdescription. And I said that
really looks a lot like what Ihave done as a student. So I
applied and I've been here eversince. And
(03:07):
have you been enjoying it hereat rcbc? So far? What is your
overall experience been? Like?
Um, yes, I really enjoy it here.My overall experience is being
involved in so much on campus,like, I just put myself out
there
that is everywhere. I just Imean, as an employee, and as you
(03:29):
know, working in offices duringlife, every day is different. I
get to work with differentstudents every day, I get to do
different activities every day.So I'm definitely never bored.
So I hear you're everywhere. Sofrom your perspective as a
student and yours as anemployee, here are CBC. What do
you think about the club'selection? Do you think there's
too much too many? What wouldyou like to see in the future
(03:50):
as the person who works with allthe clubs directly, some days,
it feels like there's way toomany. But I that's never a bad
thing, you know, the more thatwe you know, at orientation, and
when we're talking to newstudents, we always tell
students, we, if we don't havewhat you're looking for, we can
make it. So I think the clubselection is great. I think it's
(04:13):
pretty varied in terms of topicsand how you know, even stuff
like how often they meet. Youknow, if you want a club that
meets every week, there's thatif there you want a club that
meets once a month, there'sthat. And then there's always
students, though, that come tous and say, I'm really
interested in this thing, andyou don't have it and so we have
a process to start it and so Iwould hope that no student would
(04:36):
ever say we don't have enough.And if if they do, we can help
them figure that out.
I feel like um, that we have alot of clubs. I mean, some
students that I have talked tothey don't know about a lot of
the clubs that we have, and Ifeel like it would be good to
promote those clubs that theydon't know about, because some
(04:57):
of them may be interested inthem but other Isn't that our
main club is SGA, which I feellike people need to know more
about it.
That's what we're here fortoday. So speaking of clubs, and
you did mention that you're apart of a lot of them. How
important do you thinkextracurricular participation is
for students success, such asyourself. So
(05:19):
I feel like it's very importantbecause it will give students
the chance of interacting withothers on campus and meeting
people. And just gettinginvolved in so much like, it's
so fun. Like, once you'reinvolved, then it's like, whoa,
like, I was not expecting that.So
(05:42):
I'm curious, when you camestraight from high school, did
you start being in so many clubsright off the bat? Or did you
just ease in? And what clubs?Are you a member of?
As soon as I came here, I waslike, nervous my first two
years. And I was like, You knowwhat, like, I'm just gonna take
it slow. Like, let me see whatclubs are there. And then I got
(06:03):
accepted into Phi Theta Kappa,the National Honor Society
there. So then I got inducted,and then I became president the
following year. And then Ibecame president again the next
year, which is now and now I'mpresident of SGA. And I also am
a student worker on campus. SoI'm involved in so much.
(06:25):
Sounds like you dipped your toein the water, and then just
jumped right in after that.Yeah. Real quick for both of
you. When and why did you firstjoin the SGA?
Um, so I joined the SGA. Lastfall semester, and I just joined
him because like, I just, likeplanning fun things for the
(06:48):
students on campus. And just,they gotta have fun.
Yeah. So part of it was, itwasn't part of my job. I was
working with the SGA, before Ibecame their advisor, but my
supervisor at the time her titlewas changing. And her
responsibilities were changingand show, she was moving a
little bit away from thatstudent facing on a daily basis
(07:08):
roll. And so the opportunitypresented itself, and I've kind
of threw my name in the hat, andI became the advisor advisor.
And I've been doing it for kindof a long time.
So because you've been doing itfor so long, and from a
student's perspective, could youexplain the basics of SGA? What
you guys do and the purpose itserves here? rcbc? Sure. So
(07:32):
really, the point of SGA is it'sreally to give the students a
voice. There's an There's fourmain groups on campus. So
there's the students, obviously,there's the faculty, there's the
administration, and there's thesupport staff. And each of those
groups has a, what's called agovernance structure. And so
(07:52):
they have a Senate thatrepresents them. SGA is the
Student Senate. It's who talksto the other groups who works on
different policy changes. Thosegroups that represent each of
those Senate's that representeach group, they can go to their
the middlemen, to say, my grouphas this concern, or my group
(08:15):
has this problem on campus, andwe want to fix it. And then they
take the concerns or they takethe issues, and they work with
the other departments or theother Senate's, to get a
resolution. So what SGA does isreally it serves as the
middleman for the student voicebetween the general student body
in the lounges and on campus,telling the administration and
(08:35):
telling the faculty, you know,these are the things that are
good, and these are the thingsthat we want you to work on for
us.
Yeah. So as Adrienne said, Weare the students voice. So any,
any concerns students have theycome to us, and then we bring
them up at governance, and theyare addressed? And that a little
(08:56):
nerve wracking? Um, it's kind ofnerve wracking a little bit.
Like whoa, like, I, I like havethe power to help them fix
this. And everybody's looking atme right now. I'm so scared.
That's exactly my thoughtprocess.
And if a student has a concernthey want to bring up to the
SGA. How do they contact you?
(09:17):
So they can either just show upto a meeting, the SGA meets
about once a month, or they cansend an email to sga@rcbc.edu
Some students will see Maddie atthe student worker desks in the
SSC and walk up to her and justbe like, Hey, this is a thing
that's going on. So really,however they want, just find
(09:38):
somebody in either student lifeor at SGA and tell them
yeah, don't be afraid to come upto me if you guys have any
concerns.
Sounds easy enough. Manny, couldyou go into what it's been like
being the President of the SGAspecifically, okay,
so um, been president, it's beena lot of fun. My officers are
(10:04):
really great. Um, and we've justbeen getting ourselves out there
a little bit. Um, we started ourpodcast called SGA sit down
series. And it will be comingout later. Not sure when but
stay tune. But no, it's just alot of fun. And I love it. Like,
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I'm grateful to be a part ofsuch an amazing club.
Yeah, it sounds really fun.Could you go into more what your
podcast is going to be about?
Yes. So the SGA sit down seriesis going to be basically about
getting to know the rcbccommunity. So we go into get
into know Student Life, publicsafety, students support Career
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Services. And then last but notleast, the president.
And Adrian, what has it beenlike being the advisor for the
SGA
It is unpredictable. And thebest way, you know, like Maddie
said this year, they were like,we want to have a podcast
because we think students needto hear directly from the people
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who are running the departmentsthat help them. And that's what
they did this year. In previousyears, we've had a similar
thing, but on a video series. Insome years, they were just
really, really into socialmedia, promotion, and just
getting the word out there aboutthings that were happening on
campus. So every group thatcomes in, as officers, you know,
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they take the reins and whateveris interesting or important to
them, they get to work on forthe next year. And so it's just
really my job to support themthrough that. And that, to me is
really exciting. Just seeingwhere their heads are at and
what what's really meaningful tothem. And then watching them
from the beginning of the yearwhen they start with the ideas
to the end of the year whenthey're dropping their podcasts
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soon, you know. So it's justreally exciting. Maddie, would
you mind going into more of thespecific responsibilities you
hold? Yes.
So basically, I just run themeetings. And, um, obviously I
do the student concerns andlisten to what the students have
to say about the campus like,if, for instance, doors are not
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working on campus, then we writethat down. And then we report it
back to everyone likegovernance, and then they will
make the steps to fix it. Andum, yeah, I just run the
meetings, get our meetingsgoing, and the governance report
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and everything.
That's really cool. It's likeyou're a first hand reporter
just ready for duty. That's
Oh, yeah,
it's so cool. Like a walk aroundwith a clipboard, just checking
things off check. So I get tellyou both love this club. So
much, no one can see, but I cansee they're smiling. And you
probably can hear it when Maddieis talking. But what is your
favorite memory from the SGA?And all your proudest? Thoughts?
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Okay, so there's a little bit ofspoiler alert, but Maddie knows
already, at the end of everyyear, the SGA president gets to
speak at graduation. And theyare the ones who present the
Professor of the Year award. Andthat is something that some SGA
presidents know about. But somedon't like, I'm not sure that
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Maddie realized until I told hera couple of weeks ago. And then
I think for me, at least in theyears that I've been doing it,
that moment of watching them getup there and present that award
like that's the moment theyreally like Maddie sitting here
and she's telling you like I goto this meeting with all of the
senior administrators and Ichanged Don't you know, I fixed
doors for students and I, Ichanged their experience. But I
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don't think that a studentpresident knows the impact that
they make until they're on thestage of graduation, like
speaking in front of everybodythat they realize like this is
this is a journey for me. And Ireally did something here. And
so like that moment, in at theend of every year, when the SGA
President realizes like, this iskind of a big deal. I like
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watching that.
When Adrian told me I wasspeaking at graduation. I was
like, it was like, Whoa, are youserious? Like, I did not know
that at all. But um, yeah, to gooff. Like Adrian said, I feel
like after I speak that momentis going to be like, Well, like
I do so much for the students oncampus.
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How are you feeling about it?Are you nervous? apprehensive?
Are you just really excited?
I don't know.
I'm sure you'll do great. Imean, I'll be there. Abby will
be there watching atcommencement, probably
with a snack in my robe. Justwanna let you know.
Okay, yeah, I'm gonna need asnack. I'll be
holding a granola bar as youwalk offstage, just eat which
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will be part and it'll be goodtime that we're Yeah, of course
and everything. So I'm not sureif you mentioned what your
degree is specifically Maddie,but has the SGA kind of
coincided or impacted yourspecific degree path here at
rcbc? Um,
so My Degree Path is Psychology.Um, and yes, because I'm a very
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people person, I like being withpeople. I'm just grateful to
help people like, whether oncampus or off campus, I'm just a
huge people person,
what are your future goals andplans inside and outside the
SGA? For both you,
I mean, I plan to stay here atICBC for as long as they'll have
me. Like I said, Before, Ireally, I really like working
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here, the people are great, thestudents are amazing. Every day
is different. And I'm neverbored. And to me that's so
valuable. Like, could I gosomewhere else and make a larger
paycheck? Maybe Sure. But Ithink the fact that, you know, I
get to look back every year andsay I helped a student,
accomplish a goal, even if it'sjust one student, that to me is
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really important in terms of,you know, finding fulfillment in
my day to day. So I will, like Isaid, continue to work with SGA,
as long as they'll have me. So
after graduation, I am going totry to get a job as a child
psychologist, obviously, after Iget my bachelor's, but also I've
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been applying to work in otherdepartments on campus. So I hope
to work in one of thosedepartments, because I love this
campus. And I still want to beinvolved after I graduate,
why child psychologyspecifically? I just
really like children. And I feellike I want to make an impact on
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them
feel like that coincides withyour feeling to help people and
always be interacting withothers. Exactly. I can see how
that would work great with whatwould you tell a student if they
were considering joining theSGA. But maybe they were on the
fence a little bit, I
would tell them just to come tothe club meetings, find out what
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we're about. And then if they'reinterested, like further, try to
be an officer and then work yourway up to President. If
a student wants to be involved,whether it's the SGA or
something else, I would tellthem just do it. Don't like and
Mattie referenced that, youknow, feeling that nervousness
on a new campus in a new placethe first couple years. And so
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many students have that. And weknow that and so we are just
ready to kind of like take youin and help you figure out. But
if you want to get involved,just do Don't wait. Don't put it
off, you know, a graduation, askfive students who are involved,
what their biggest regret was,and they'll say, I wish I had
done it sooner. So just do it.Besides
(17:52):
your regular meetings. Do youguys have any fun events or
things planned for the futurewith the club,
obviously, the podcast that willbe airing soon. But right now we
are looking for a new officerboards. So if anyone is
interested, come to the SGAmeeting come September or
(18:17):
August?
Yeah, we'll do a little work torecruit some new leaders over
the summer. We like to pull fromthose brand new students and
just get them involved rightaway. But at the end of each
spring, the current board kindof winds down and then we bring
in a new board for next year.Gotcha.
It's gonna be a surprise foreverybody then.
So maybe if you're listening andyou're someone who wants to get
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in a leadership role, or getinvolved with how things work at
the college SGA might be perfectfor you. So definitely go and
check them out. Thank you to ourguests so much for being here
today. And to our listeners.Thank you for adventuring on the
journey with us today as weexplored the Student Government
Association. For moreinformation on the SGA go to
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rcbc.edu/sga
and you can check out thestudents choice podcast at
rcbc.edu/students-choice orwherever you get your podcast.
Don't forget to tune in forfuture episodes on the rcbc Film
Club and the rcbc nj stars club.If you have any topics relating
to student choices at our CBC,we'd like to hear from you.
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I'm Abby Crawley and I'm FaithOrtega and remember your choice
your voice our rcbc
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