Centennial Service Challenge
Starting now, through 2010, RU is celebrating our centennial,
and focusing on the service we have done the past 100 years and
hope to continue for the next 100. Individuals, clubs, and
organizations can get involved by doing your service in honor of RU 100!
It's really easy to get involved with the Centennial Service Challenge.
Most clubs and organizations are already doing community or global
service in some form. So, to get involved in the CSC, keep doing what
you're doing, but do it in honor of RU 100.
How?
- Complete and submit this form to register your service with SGA.
This is your way of telling us you plan on doing this service in the
near future. Get in the spirit of RU 100 by having a goal of doing 100
hours, or 100 dollars, or 100 donations, etc.
- Download the Centennial signage. Take photos of your
club/organization doing service, with one of these signs visible.
If you'd rather, you can make your own sign indicating you're doing
your service for RU 100. Note: We recommend using a photo release
form, especially for those in your photos who are under 18 or
disabled.
- Complete this form to report the completion of your service.
Attach photos, and email to the address listed on the form. SGA is
working with the university on a way for everyone's service
projects in honor of RU 100 to be displayed online.
Everything you need to get started is on this page! Please email
sgaserve@radford.edu if you have questions or need help!
All CSC documents:
CSC FAQ
CSC Registration
CSC Signage
CSC Submission
CSC Photo Release
What Do You Want Wednesdays
Do you ever get jealous when you see
Facilities employees zipping around campus on their golf carts as you trek from
Muse to Waldron? Well, envy no more! Every Wednesday from 8:40 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
SGA members will be on a golf cart giving students free rides around campus.
All you have to do in exchange is answer a weekly question we'll ask along the way.
The question might be about anything from gym hours to budget cuts - anything
that affects the student body. We'll be looking for you this Wednesday!
Forums
This month we'll be hosting a Centennial forum to
introduce the student body to the service theme of
RU's centennial celebration and some of the exciting
centennial happenings coming up this year. We will
also teach you more about how you or your group
can join the Centennial Service Challenge. Check
back soon for date and time.
Sustainability
Working with the Green
Team and RU
SustainABILITY, SGA works to educate and
promote conservation and sustainability on our
campus. In hard economic times like these, each
time you turn off the light when you leave your
room or shorten your typical shower length, you are
saving the money on electricity and water that
could go towards academic programs and keeping
adjunct faculty on staff. RU’s goal is to
reduce our carbon footprint two percent per year
over the next 10 years, and SGA wants to support
that goal every step of the way. Please visit the
RU
SustainABILITY website to learn more about how
you can help!
Campus, Community, and Global Outreach
Radford students do a LOT of community service.
From planting trees to Relay for Life to working
with local kids, Radford students are known for
caring and lending a helping hand. The theme of our
Centennial
Celebration is service, and starting now RU is
going to try to keep growing the amount of service
we do both locally and beyond. We think it would be
awesome to figure out how many hours of service all
of our student clubs and organizations are doing
total – so that we can challenge ourselves to
beat that number next year! More information will
be coming very soon on how you can add your
organization’s service hours to the RU
service tally.
Spread the Red
Last year we figured out how to make other
schools’ teams Dread the Red. This year,
let’s Spread the Red! The school bookstore
and local stores are carrying more Radford gear
than ever, and we want to try to fill our campus
with red. Make sure to let us know if YOU
have any ideas for merchandise you’d like to
see in the bookstore. One thing we’re
thinking about is a t-shirt bonfire where everyone
who throws another school’s t-shirt into the
fire will get a free RU t-shirt.
Cooperation and Diversity Promotion
The Radford student body is composed of many
diverse groups. This includes the Black Student
Affairs Council, the International
Student Affairs Council, Spectrum, political
groups, religious groups, and more. It is
RU’s goal to prepare us for the diverse
working world we will become a part of upon
graduation. SGA supports this mission and
encourages all students to join together to
celebrate our uniqueness and differences, and find
our common ground and similarities. This year, SGA
will be taking a hands-on approach to uniting the
campus. This includes helping with events and
programming for various clubs and organizations,
including both diversity groups and groups that
aren’t considered diversity groups (just
contact us for help!), as
well as promoting the use of the campus-wide events
calendar to ensure that two events of interest to
the entire campus community are not in conflict
with each other. We’d like to see a very
diverse group of students at every student activity
and event!
Student Finance Committee (SFC) Funding
The SGA VP of Student Finance and other student
representatives serve on this committee, along with
representatives from Student Affairs. SFC-funded
accounts include R-SPaCE, SGA,
Campus
Recreation, Arts, Sport Club Council,
Greek Governing Councils, and
Club Programming, among others. What do these
student-run organizations have in common? They all
provide events and programming potentially of
interest to the entire campus community. These
groups can get up to $1500 in supplemental funding
subject to SFC authorization. Click here for more information.
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Q: RU a member?
A: Yes!
If you are a current Radford University student, then you
are a member of the Student Government Association. Our
student body is governed by students, for students. The
university exists for the benefit of students. We deserve
to, and do, have influence in university-wide policies
and student activity funding.
SGA is the voice of the student body. And we cannot be
your voice without your help. So look around our website,
get familiar with some of the things we do, and contact
us whenever you have questions, ideas, or concerns; need
guidance on university procedures; need help with an
event; or just want to say hi. All of us working together
will make Radford a truly special place and a
life-changing experience.
This year SGA endeavors to closely listen to student
opinion and be a channel for open communication between
students and the administration and faculty. We’re
taking a hands-on approach to achieving goals like
increasing school spirit, sustainability, diversity
awareness, and service on campus. We also sponsor many
fun events ranging from Homecoming to the Highlander
Olympics. We believe in open access to information,
student leadership, integrity, excellence, and constantly
bettering RU and the student experience.
A message from the Student Body
President
