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NOVA SGA Election Information

Elections of the Student Body President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be held annually, as determined by the campus Student Life during the spring semester. 

The Student Body shall elect by electronic ballot. 

If there is only one candidate for an office, the office may be filled by acclamation. 

The Student Body President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall serve a term of one year or until a successor is elected or installed.  

A term of office shall commence annually at the final campus SGA meeting of the spring semester. 

Limitations no individual may serve more than two consecutive terms in the same of

 

SGA Senator Elections

Senators shall be elected at large from the Annandale Campus student body by electronic ballot.

Elections shall be held annually by a timeline specified Campus Student Life during the spring semester. A number of candidates equivalent to the number of Annandale Campus Student Government seats based upon first-time enrollment, receiving the largest number of legal votes cast, shall be declared the winners.

Senators shall serve a term of one year or until a successor is elected or installed.

A term of office shall commence annually on the second Friday of April.

There is no limit to the number of terms that a student may serve as a senator.

SGA Junior Senators 

Junior Senators can be elected during the fall semester. Seats may be allocated for every 1,000 Annandale Campus first-time enrollment, rounded up to the nearest integer, based on the previous Fall term.

Junior Senators can serve a term of one academic year or until a successor is elected or installed. A term of office shall commence annually on the Friday following fall elections and end of the day of transition in the first week of May.

Elections shall be held annually during the third week of September in an election at a regular meeting of the Annandale Campus Student Government for which at least 14 days' notice of the election has been given.

A number of candidates equivalent to half the number of the Annandale Campus Student Government seats first-time enrollment receiving the largest number of legal votes, shall be declared the winners.

 

NOVA SGA Executive Board Requirements 

(President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer)

Executive Board Requirements 

  1. Registered student at NOVA taking at least 6 academic credit hour in the Fall and Spring semesters. 
  2. Maintain a 2.5 GPA cumulative grade point average the entire academic year 
  3. Be in good standing with the institution and not on academic warning 
  4. Participate in Student Government, Student Life trainings, workshops, events, programs, and other duties as assigned

 

NOVA SGA Senator Qualifications

  1. Be a student at the Annandale Campus, taking at least three credits. and paying the Student Activities fee as verified by the Controller's Office.
  2. Have and maintain a minimum 2.25 cumulative grade point average.
  3. Not be serving disciplinary suspension, probation, or expulsion. If so, you have the right to consent to the release of campus judicial and grade information to the Annandale Student Government Advisor to determine continued participation in Annandale Student Government, and acknowledgement that removal for unsatisfactory reports may mean that other members of the Student Government or the NOVA SGA Advisory Council may be generally aware of the student's eligibility for membership.  Information may only be disclosed to the Officers relevant to any proceedings by the Advisor.
  4. Participate in a minimum of one NOVA SGA and or Annandale Student Government Training,  Workshops, Conferences, and/or retreats.