1. Student Government Association Looking at the Illinois State University Student Government Association

2. Historical Overview of Student Governments University of California-Berkeley One of the more early-established student governments Organization of activities Illinois Wesleyan University fulfill the role of mediator Illinois State University organizes activities and student services mediate between the student body and the administration

3. Why is it important to study student Government? To strengthen the cohesiveness among ISU, the student body, and the SGA Improve how the SGA functions Spread the word about SGA on campus

4. Methods Observations Interviews Surveys

5. Student Body 20 surveys were given to 20 ISU students Freshmen: 40% Sophomore: 10% Junior: 25% Senior: 15% Grad: 5% Issues that concern Students Diversity, Parking, Recycling, Safety, Tuition costs, Map grant, Smoking, Class availability, Food, Housing, Free activities Student thinks SGA could promote by: Having more events, Having direct interaction with students, Posters

6. Statistics: Awareness of SGA

7. Current SGA Members

8. Photos of the SGA

9. Past SGA Members Issues of the Past Shooting at Virginia Tech and Northern IL College of Business dress code The plus and minus system

10. Conclusion SGA works to better ISU students experience Map Grant Lack of Knowledge throughout the Student Body about SGA Percentages show a high number of students do not know what the SGA does. SGA may need different ways of promoting According to statistics