The Workshops

This conference will help your student government achieve the following objectives:

Reduce Student Apathy.

Exciting new approaches will be introduced which should result in renewed student and faculty interest in student government.

Improve student input on your campus.

Regardless of the input you have now we offer concrete suggestions which will improve your student participation in campus governance.

Assist you in forming a "plan of action" for resolving your own campus concerns.

Provide the necessary skills and ideas enabling you to "make a difference" on your campus next year.

More than 70 different workshops, including:

  • Increasing Underrepresented Student Participation
  • Parliamentary Procedures for Beginners
  • Recruiting and Retaining Student Volunteers
  • Getting Things Done Politically on any Campus
  • How to Delegate to Others
  • Creating an Environment for an Effective SGA
  • Commuter Student Programs that Work
  • Sessions for SGA Advisers
  • How to Make Positive First Impressions that Last
  • Adviser Workshop for First Year Advisers
  • Issues Facing LGBT Leaders
  • Making Your Committee Meetings the Best Ever
  • Building a Lasting Relationship with Administrators, Faculty and Your Fellow Students
  • How to Plan and Execute a Plan for Positive Change at Community College Setting
  • Improving the Important Role of Branch Campuses
  • SGA and Technology:Ideas that are Working
  • How to Do More with Less
  • Student's Role in Tuition Increase Deliberations and Budget Cuts
  • How to Keep Education Affordable
  • Ethical Decision Making for Campus Leaders
  • What is SGA's role in leading campus discussions concerning tuition and fees - Where the increases go and who is impacted
  • How to Motivate Student Volunteers
  • Teacher and Course Evaluations
  • Student Activity Fee; Procedures, Politics, and Budgeting
  • SGA Role in Addressing a Campus Crisis
  • Increasing Minority Involvement
  • Developing a SGA Public Relations Plan
  • Understanding SGA Advisor expectations
  • How to Improve Student Government Elections