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MCC Daily Tribune

Travels with Tiberius Special Edition: SGA Receives SUNY Award

Tiberius headed to Syracuse with nine members of the Student Government Association for the SUNY Student Assembly Fall Leadership Conference, knowing a secret—they were going to come home with an award!

The MCC SGA received the SUNY Student Assembly President’s Award for Civic Engagement. Jodi Oriel, Student Life Advisor, nominated MCC’s SGA for their extraordinary work with voter registration and engagement for the 2024 election. Members of the SGA led by Jodi and Mark Sample, the faculty advisor, include:

  • Angelo Romero
  • Joseph Leichtner
  • Alicia Crimmins
  • Loritea Ellis
  • Liam Krieger
  • Tehya Deisenroth 
  • Esma Demir
  • Nicholas Tran
  • Neenee Curry
  • Elizabeth Cole
  • Billy Simba
  • Alyssa Ryan
  • Shawn San Sanchez
  • Ashley Wrobeh
  • Elisabeth Small

Some of the activities SGA participated in which led to their award include but are not limited to:

  • From the theme “Be Counted: Voting Is Your Right,” they created a QR code that led the MCC Community to the SUNY Turbo Vote tile featured on the myMCC Website. The code was sent to all students and displayed on posters throughout campus.
  • They organized informational tables every day, from the first day of classes until Election Day, which included laptops to register students to vote.
  • They held watch parties for the debates and election night when the results came in.
  • SGA partnered with the Political Science Department to engage the student body in deliberative dialogue events leading to Election Day.

Along with the award presentation, the SGA and other conference attendees celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the SUNY Student Assembly. Dr. Christina Lee and Senator Elizabeth Cole also presented “How Culturally Responsive Campuses Can Increase a Sense of Belonging: Examples from Monroe Community College” at the conference.

Photo captions:

  • Photo 1: Tiberius with Student Assembly President’s Award: Legal-sized paper cutout of Tiberius, the MCC mascot, stands next to the paper certificate of the SUNY Student Assembly President’s Award.
  • Photo 2: SGA and Presenters with Tiberius –  A group shot of seven people (six students and Dr.Christina Lee) smile at the camera. One student is holding the paper Tiberius.
  • Photo 3: SGA Trip 11-16 Tiberius Group 1— A group of students stand in the sunshine outside in front of the MCC bus. One is holding up the paper cutout of Tiberius.
  • Photo 4: Tiberius and Bus Driver SGA Trip – Joseph Scanlon, Ph.D., an associate professor of political science, is shown seated in the driver's seat inside of the MCC bus, smiling at the camera and holding up the paper cutout Tiberius.

Attached Files:
TIberius with Student Assembly Presidents Award.jpg
SGA and Presenters with Tiberius.jpg
SGA Trip 11-16_Tiberius Group 1.jpg
Tiberius and Bus Driver SGA Trip 11-16-24.jpg

Veronica Chiesi Brown
Community Relations
11/19/2024