Student Government Executive Cabinet Application

Advancement and Community Relations

This team will be responsible for heading up efforts for Student Government to promote itself 

and the University in Columbia, South Carolina, and Nationally. This includes visiting high 

schools, various communities and educational institutions. This team will work with the 

Development office to raise funds for the University and also with the University President’s 

Capital Campaign. The leadership will plan events in which other universities visit Carolina to 

discuss issues and exchange ideas. This group will also work with the Columbia community 

to improve relations through the integration of community service within Student 

Government. This group will also act as a liaison to the My Carolina Alumni Association.

 

This group will be responsible for serving as the official Student Government representative 

to the Athletics Department. The group will work on issues such as student ticket 

distribution, the use of the Carolina Card at games, game day security, and transportation to 

the games, and school spirit. These leaders will work in conjunction with the Senate Athletics 

Committee to organize a community of students to improve student attendance and publicity 

for athletic events. Members of Athletics will also work on various programing events that will 

enhance this component of student life. They will also be responsible for working with Ticket 

Return to further advance the system. 

 

Academics will work on a variety of projects that deal with in-class and out-of-class 

educational experiences for students. They will assist the President in continuing to work on 

assessing and promoting the textbook rental program, the Text Book Turnstile at Thomas 

Cooper Library, and other initiatives to lower textbook prices. This team will work closely with 

the Faculty Senate to build communication and a working relationship.  This area will require 

some partnership with other parts of Student Government to research what can be done to 

reduce the overall financial burden academics or higher education can have on students, and 

addressing the issue at state and federal levels. Members of Academics will also focus on the 

student advisement process by finding ways to make this experience more efficient and 

effective. The team will have put a great emphasis on developing study abroad, 

undergraduate research, financial aid, internships, jobs and other career development 

opportunities better for students. 

 

This group will be in charge of developing and facilitating a working relationship with local, 

state, and national politicians. They will coordinate all student-lobbying initiatives on the 

state and national levels. This group will oversee the Congressional Advisory Board and will 

work with the President to appoint students to that board. Some initiatives this group will 

oversee are eat-in speak-out, political debates, showcase, dialogues, events at the South 

Carolina Statehouse and any new initiatives that take form. As with government affairs, group 

will do the same with businesses in the community. They will work to create initiatives and 

partnerships that will work to promote students, but also businesses. This team will help to 

raise awareness and research South Carolina’s economy.

 

This group will be in charge of developing a coalition between Greek Life and Student 

Government. They will work on initiatives such as transportation for Greek Village, sustaining 

the culture, and promotion. This person will be ask to serve as the representative for Student 

Government for any council meetings. This group will also work to help create a strong 

communication by working with the President of the Student Body by participating in Greek 

events and attending meetings.

 

This group will assist the Student Body Treasurer in advocating for the financial help of 

student organizations and the education of their budget. This team will also schedule times in 

which Student Government leaders will meet with organizations on campus and help to 

develop relationship to improve communication. This group will be in charge of the 

development and implementation of the Thomas Sumter Academy. The academy will focus on 

organizational development in areas of recruitment, leadership, internal affairs, budgeting, 

fundraising, etc…. This group will begin to lay the foundation for the communication 

platform that will be developed for organization to utilize for the reasons for a publicity 

resource and student engagement.  This group will also directly work with the Residence Hall 

Association. 

 

The role of this group will be to promote the importance of diversity and inclusion at the 

University. This group will work with all minority and multicultural groups to create a more 

inclusive campus and culture.  Partnerships will be strengthened with departments such as 

OMSA, University 101, Housing, and Student Development etc… The Diversity and Inclusion 

group will assist in educating all new and current students about what it means to be diverse 

and inclusive. The initiatives this group will promote and develop will foster an inclusive 

environment that is devoted to promoting the beliefs and values of the Carolinian Creed. The 

foundation of their initiatives will be the opportunity to discover, learn and appreciate the 

diversity that makes up our campus. 

 

Safety and Transportation will work in conjunction with each other. This group will continue 

to work with on the safe ride program to promote and develop awareness throughout the 

Carolina Community. This group will also work with the current shuttle system to make it 

more efficient and effective for students. Through these transportation initiatives, the group 

will work with keeping our students safer. Members of safety will assess at lights along walk 

areas, a more effectively marketed late-night transportation services, and alert systems. This 

group will work with the USC Police Department to make sure that we are communicating, 

executing, and enriching current and new initiatives. Members of safety will also work at 

educating students on the resources and programs available to them on campus.

 

This group will be in charge of improving the quality of student life through certain student services provided to students around campus.This will focus on enhancing the Carolina Card by working with dining services to improve the current system. They will focus on other things such as time frames and quality improvement. This group will continue to push the Carolina Card off campus with options.They will serve on committees dealing with student services and representing the student body and working with groups in the Russell House to help further different initiatives.  Student Services will work with Sustainable Carolina to help further the University’s progression of conservation and sustainable development. This group will work in collaboration with Academics and Transportation to help enhance those services.  This group will focus on promoting the wellbeing of all students by working in collaboration with Healthy Carolina. Members of Student Services will work with off campus housing to help with closing the disconnect these students have. 

 

These persons will be responsible for overseeing the Freshmen Council. Duties of the FC 

Advisors are assigned according to the Student Government Constitution and Freshmen 

Council Charter. One advisor will be a senior with an anticipated graduation date of May 

2012. The second advisor will have been a member of the 2010-2011 Freshman Council. FC 

advisors will be responsible for advertising, recruiting, developing, and advising the 

Freshman Council. 

 

The elections commissioner will recruit and appoint members of the commission during the 

spring semester. This commission will serve to oversee the process and integrity of Student 

Body Elections. The elections commission will be in charge of leading, evaluating, researching 

past elections trends to help increase voter turn-out for the coming election year. The 

commission will work with all of Student Government to help promote elections and student 

involvement within Student Government. The elections commission will also plan the budget 

for the election as well inauguration.

 

The AG will assist the President with Student Government legislative and judicial matters. The 

AG will assist the President in organizing the new Constitutional Council. The Attorney 

General will also serve as the official liaison to the Carolina Student Judicial Council (CSJC). 

Other duties have been described in the Student Government Executive Codes