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MEDLIFE at UGA receives top student organization award
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MEDLIFE at UGA 2020-2021 co-presidents Seena Mansouri and Emma Jones accept the SOAR Award for “Organization of the Year.” (Submitted photo)
MEDLIFE at UGA was named “Organization of the Year” during the 20th Annual H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards, given out April 6 at the Tate Student Center. The SOAR Awards celebrate the accomplishments of student organizations at the University of Georgia.
MEDLIFE at UGA is a local chapter of an international nonprofit organization that seeks to provide medicine, education and development for low-income families. Each year, MEDLIFE at UGA offers more than 60 service opportunities to benefit the Athens community and fundraises for their partner communities abroad.
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Outgoing SGA President Asim Ahmed said his confidence in the new executives is in ânot only how capable and impressive they are, but also how much they love this university.â
Ahmed said some of the accomplishments of the previous administration included lobbying with the state legislature to gain more opportunity for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to attend state colleges, ensuring the option of on-campus voting and working with UGAâs Enterprise Information Technology Services to better accommodate virtual learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.
âI believe that your work to give a voice to previously underrepresented segments of the student body has been particularly effective,â Jack Decker, the 33rd administrationâs attorney general, said to the outgoing administration.
Belong ticket wins 2021 UGA SGA election redandblack.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from redandblack.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On Wednesday evening, the University of Georgia Student Government Association announced the Belong and Bridge executive tickets will continue to a runoff election. Per the Elections Code, the two tickets with the largest proportion of the vote where neither receive an absolute majority move on to a runoff.
The election certification announcement, which was held through Zoom, was previously scheduled for 5 p.m. but was delayed until 5:50 p.m. due to a last minute Elections Committee hearing.
The voting period for the runoff begins on Feb. 25 at 8 a.m. and closes on Feb. 26 at noon. Certification of official runoff results will be announced at 5 p.m. the same day.