Arkansas Tech will see a new group of students serving as the Student Government Association next year, but nine positions still have not been filled. The election results showed two of the three senior senator positions were filled and seven of the eight senator at large positions were filled.

The results also showed no applications were received from any students to be senators of their college. The colleges on campus include Applied Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Business, Education, Natural and Health Sciences, Professional Studies and Community Outreach, and the Graduate College. Elections will be held for these positions a few weeks after the fall 2011 semester starts along with the freshman senator positions.

Many of the students ran for positions ran with no opponents. The Secretary of Internal Affairs, Secretary of Public Relations, three sophomore senators, three senior senators, and the eight senators at large all ran uncontested.

Travis Flower, SGA’s 2010-2011 president, said he is proud of SGA gaining a larger presence on Tech’s campus because he feels it was not recognized enough before he became involved. Flower said SGA has “continually worked to change this fact and I strongly believe students are more aware of our presence and our mission due to our intentional efforts to correct this.”

He was also pleased about the success of many events including a second Centennial Homecoming celebration, a second annual Wonder Week, and several blood drives. Flower also gave credit to Derick McKinney, secretary of community outreach, for his work in organizing fundraisers to donate $1,500 to earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan.

He said his only regret was not having more students involved in the Student Government Association. He said throughout his presidency “there were consistently one or two vacancies in the senate. I believe it is of most importance to make sure those senate positions are filled in order to ensure our students have the voice and liaison to university administration they deserve.”

Roger Norman, next year’s SGA president, has many goals for what he wants to change on campus. He said he feels “the best leaders are the best servants, and part of serving people is truly caring about them.” Norman said his main goals were increasing campus security, expanding cafeteria hours, securing more parking areas, increasing wireless Internet availability, and trying to make the city of Russellville more college friendly.

He said increasing campus security is the most important of these goals because “as on-campus security becomes threatened, there is a greater need for the university to take active steps to prevent danger.” Norman hopes this can be accomplished through “additional lighting of remote areas of campus, self-defense seminars, and looking at updating or adding security systems.”

He said he is excited about the upcoming year and wants “everyone to get fired up about what is going on at Tech.” He said he believes campus involvement is his strongest attribute and it helped him get elected to this position. Norman said of his involvement, “I think many people already knew my progressive mindset because of the wide student network I have developed here at Arkansas Tech.” Norman is involved in the Arkansas Tech Band, Presidential Leadership Cabinet, and campus ministries.

Because of the different activities I have been involved in on campus, I have a diverse group of friends and acquaintances. With this diverse friend group comes diverse concerns and desires on how to help improve Arkansas Tech University. I feel that this diversity in my student network allows me to serve in a unique manner, drawing from many different angles,” he said.

The vote totals for this year’s election show 578 people on Tech’s campus voted for the new president. Jake Smith received 268 votes, while Roger Norman received 310 votes. There are 9,814 students on the Russellville and Ozark campuses. This means about 5.9 percent of Tech students voted in the elections. Norman said he hopes to fix this problem by “promoting awareness of the SGA to the general student body.”  He said he believes spreading awareness of SGA will “open the door for the SGA to be able to serve the student body in a greater way than ever.”

“I am excited for what the new year holds. I consider it an honor to be able to represent the student body as president, and I am so grateful for the opportunity. I look forward to year of progress. Most importantly, I am here to serve the student body, and if there is anyway that I need to help the University, or address concerns of the students, I will do it with all I have.”

throughout his presidency “there were consistently one or two vacancies in the senate. I believe it is of most importance to make sure those senate positions are filled in order to ensure our students have the voice and liaison to university administration they deserve.”

Roger Norman, next year’s SGA president, has many goals for what he wants to change on campus. He said he feels “the best leaders are the best servants, and part of serving people is truly caring about them.”

Norman said his main goals were increasing campus security, expanding cafeteria hours, securing more parking areas, increasing wireless Internet availability, and trying to make the city of Russellville more college friendly.

He said increasing campus security is the most important of these goals because “as on-campus security becomes threatened, there is a greater need for the university to take active steps to prevent danger.”

Norman said he hopes this can be accomplished through “additional lighting of remote areas of campus, self-defense seminars, and looking at updating or adding security systems.”

He said he is excited about the upcoming year and wants “everyone to get fired up about what is going on at Tech.”

He said he believes campus involvement is his strongest attribute and it helped him get elected to this position.

Norman said of his involvement, “I think many people already knew my progressive mindset because of the wide student network I have developed here at Arkansas Tech.” Norman is involved in the Arkansas Tech Band, Presidential Leadership Cabinet, and campus ministries.

Because of the different activities I have been involved in on campus, I have a diverse group of friends and acquaintances. With this diverse friend group comes diverse concerns and desires on how to help improve Arkansas Tech University. I feel that this diversity in my student network allows me to serve in a unique manner, drawing from many different angles,” he said.

The vote totals for this year’s election show 578 people on Tech’s campus voted for the new president. Jake Smith received 268 votes, while Roger Norman received 310 votes.

There are 9,814 students on the Russellville and Ozark campuses. This means about 5.9 percent of Tech students voted in the elections.

Norman said he hopes to fix this problem by “promoting awareness of the SGA to the general student body.”

He said he believes spreading awareness of SGA will “open the door for the SGA to be able to serve the student body in a greater way than ever.”

“I am excited for what the new year holds. I consider it an honor to be able to represent the student body as president, and I am so grateful for the opportunity. I look forward to year of progress," he said.

"Most importantly, I am here to serve the student body, and if there is anyway that I need to help the University, or address concerns of the students, I will do it with all I have.”