UMD SGA passes resolution in support of national anti-hazing bill
The Stop Campus Hazing Act requires higher education institutions to disclose hazing incidents and develop programs to prevent it.
UMD SGA passes bill to promote campus accessibility
The bill ensures the Student Government Association will focus on accessibility through universal design standards.
UMD SGA plans to prioritize transparency, student voter turnout
The University of Maryland SGA executive board plans to prioritize transparency and increasing student voter turnout during the 2024-25 academic year.
If SGA wants to represent students, it must embrace an opt-out lottery system
While a lottery system cannot always avoid poor outcomes, it gets us closer to actualizing our true democratic ideals.
More than 70% of electable SGA legislative positions are filled by appointment
Twenty-six of 36 filled electable positions in the current SGA were appointed, excluding the four representatives that are always appointed.
Abel Amene hopes to focus on transportation, food insecurity in new UMD SGA role
On Feb. 21, the 38-year-old Ethiopian native was appointed as a representative for this university’s Student Government Association.
UMD SGA event promotes the importance of consent, healthy relationships
Student attendees made self-care baskets, filling them with lotions, face masks, condoms and more.
UMD SGA launches initiative to promote healthy relationships
The Student Government Association passed an initiative funding an event to raise awareness about consent and healthy relationships.
UMD DOTS says Shuttle-UM routes could see cuts without proposed student fee hike
The Department of Transportation Services is proposing a 16.4 percent student fee increase to “balance the books” for years ahead.