SGA Cabinet Applications

The Student Government Association is now accepting applications for the positions of Secretary and Director of Student Affairs. If you or someone you know would be interested in representing the student body and have the desire to step up as a leader on campus, then download an application here and return it to the SGA office on the second floor of the Plemmons Student Union.

Applications have a priority deadline of 5:00 pm on Monday, August 31st. Early applications will be accepted and we will contact you the same day we receive the application to schedule an interview. Please leave your application with one of our current cabinet members.

Decisions will be made as soon as possible. Please pass on information about this opportunity to anyone you think would make a good addition to the SGA Cabinet.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Jonathan Meisner. Thank you!

Meisner-Armstrong 09/10

All–

At 10:00 a.m. this morning you helped Jonathan Meisner and Michele Armstrong make history by becoming the first President and Vice President  of the Appalachian State Student Body to come from outside the SGA in modern memory. A thanks and a congratulations go out to everyone that voted, followed by the campaign staff and the candidates themselves.

Now comes the transition, and if Jonathan and Michele are going to be truly different, it is going to require that the work for more than just themselves is not finished.  The hard work has just begun.

 We are calling on members of every section of the Appalachian community to hold Jonathan and Michele accountable by working with them in the Student Government Association’s senate and cabinet.

Even when one man inspires, it still take an army to inspire change. Take this challenge to make something more of our student government, whether you want to defend tailgating or fight ignorance, expand recycling or explore diversity, if you want a responsible budget or the communication void to be filled, join Jonathan and Michele in become part of what has clearly become a movement to revamp the purpose of our student government.

I can never thank you all enough,
Eric Chast
Campaign Manager
Meisner / Armstrong Team

Please vote tonight!

All -

We stand hours away from making history. Not in the memories of anyone that attends this school has a non-SGA ticket either won or been qualified to lead as Student Body President until now.

What we need from all of those that have voted for us is a favor that can only be repaid through a year of real service to the student body. Please seek out those you know that have yet to vote, and have them select Jonathan Meisner and Michele Armstrong on appalnet.

A vote has never been worth so much, join our team in making them count.

Thank you
Eric
Campaign manager

SGA Runoff!

Mountaineers–

It has been a crazy ride up to this point–days upon days of little or no sleep.  Days of racing all over campus to meet with different groups to see what it is that we can do for the students.  Too many bottles of sunkist.  Too many frozen pizzas for sustenance while painting our banners to hang  around campus…having no room in any of our apartments because of painting supplies, drying banners, drying tshirts and posters, etc, but finding out we made it to runoffs has made it all worth it.

We are honored that over 1,000 ASU students have put their faith in our ability to make the SGA an organization that truly is accountable to the will of the student body. We have listened to what you have said so far, and we will continue to do so, hopefully while serving as Student Body President and Vice President at Appalachian State.
We  know that there are many groups that we have not been able to visit as of yet.  We know there are still groups out there that feel they are not having their voices heard.  We are fighting for these positions with everything that we have, and meeting more students and getting their ideas and perspectives on how to make changes at ASU is our top priority.

Please contact us at jonathanmicheleSGA@gmail.com and lets arrange a time to meet so we can get the broadest idea of what this campus needs.  It doesn’t matter what time it is–before your 8 am class or at 3 in the morning (we’ll probably be up anyway) we want to hear from you!

We also want to take the time and thank everyone who has actively helped us with our campaign so far and to those silent supporters that we might not have met yet.  Thank you for talking to your friends about what we want to achieve.  Thank you for stopping by our table and asking us questions about what we can do for you.  Thank you for the emails, the phone calls, even just the smile and wave while we are walking to class–we appreciate it all and can’t tell you how excited we are about taking on this great responsibility.

We will continue to keep you posted about what we are doing in the campaign and how you can get involved.

–Jonathan Meisner, Michele Armstrong and the Campaign Team
  STILL fighting for the ability to be the New Voices for a Better Appalachian.     

ASU Cycling Team Endorsement

ASU Cycling Team Endorses Meisner-Armstrong Campaign!

The ASU Cycling Team has decided unanimously to endorse the Meisner-Armstrong Campaign.  If any club or organization would like to do so as well, please send an email to jonathanmicheleSGA@gmail.com with a photo of your group so we can put it on our website.

We really appreciate all the support we have received from students and organizations as a whole.  We hope that the student body realizes that we are working as hard as we can to ensure that the administration hears ASU students.  We hope that you will put your faith in our ability to get things done at Appalachian State University.

Thank you again for your support!

Platform Rap

We have uploaded our platform rap to the website.  You can check it out here.

The rap was written by Morgan Givens.  Vocals were performed by Morgan Givens and Sarah Mosseller.  We aren’t claiming to be excellent musicians, but we hope we at least get people thinking about the upcoming election and some of the issues students face on campus.  If you want to hear more about our platform and the goals we have for the upcoming year, check us out at the Candidate Debate tomorrow at 5:30 pm in the Blue Ridge Ballroom.

Get out and vote…aaaaaayy….ok, we’ll stop.

Debate info!

Last night in my absolute excitement for the candidate debate, I said that the debate would be held tomorrow.   Tomorrow….Monday, that sounds similar, right?  The actual debate location and time is Monday, March 23rd at 5:30 pm in the Blue Ridge Ballroom.  We hope you will all make it out in support of Jonathan and Michele.  The debate will be extremely important so all voters can make an informed decision about the candidates.  If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them here, or send us an email at jonathanmicheleSGA@gmail.com

Website Launch!

After many long, arduous days in the library, lots of cursing over deleted files and too many bottles of sunkist to count, the Meisner-Armstrong campaign website launched! We wanted the website to really represent Jonathan and Michele–it is bright, energetic and shows how passionate they are about making an impact on Appalachian State.  The website and this blog will be updated regularly as the race to the finish continues.  We really hope that you will be inspired by all the hard work Jonathan & Michele are putting into their campaign and tell your friends that when they vote on March 30th, the Meisner-Armstrong ticket is the way to go.

Both Jonathan and Michele are excellent athletes, but more importantly they are leaders on campus and always push themselves to succeed.  Campaigning is never easy, and I can say honestly that neither has slept more than 6 hours in the past few days in order to create a dynamic website and banners to really show what they are about.

All the materials used to create the banners on campus are recycled or second-hand, right down to the paint and bed sheets.  Many people have asked whether the banners are printed or not, and we are proud to say that they were all made painstakingly by hand.  Jonathan and Michele were in the thick of things–stenciling, painting, assembling, climbing trees and becoming involved in the creative process as a whole.  They truly believe that they can be the new voices the SGA needs, and it is obvious they are willing to put in the work to get there.

If you have any questions or comments about Jonathan and Michele’s campaign so far, feel free to leave a comment here or email us at jonathanmicheleSGA@gmail.com–we would love to hear from you!

Remember, we will have contact tables through the 27th–come out and speak with Jonathan & Michele directly so they can let you know their plans for the upcoming school year.

Hope you all have an amazing day, and remember–Meisner-Armstrong, New Voices for a Better Appalachian!

–Sarah Mosseller
PR Manager

First Post–Jonathan Meisner

Jonathan Meisner

Hello App State world!

Thanks for checking out the official Meisner-Armstrong blog! There is probably a lot you are looking for in the next Student Body President, and a lot you want to know about exactly who all of these candidates are. Here are a few things about me:

I was born and raised in Greensboro, NC. I have two younger sisters. One is a freshman here at ASU. The other will be in high school next year. I’m a junior and majoring in Business Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship. I hope to one day own my own business in Boone, NC. Currently, I serve as the president for the Men’s Lacrosse team.

I app-solutely love ASU and want to leave it better than I found it. This is something many of my teachers and role models at ASU have told their students to strive to do; it is something that I will strive to do. If I were graduating this spring instead of next year I think I would have left this University a better place than I found it; however, I truly believe that I would be selling myself short if I didn’t try and impact the school in a greater way. To me, being the student body president of the great App State is not about building a resume, but about taking on the responsibility of representing the entire student body. This means sticking up for all students and making sure your best interests are heard and acknowledged by the administration.

Michele and I have been to many student groups around campus and have really listened to the concerns they have expressed. We learned a lot about things we didn’t even know existed. We have built our platform on information we gathered from these groups. Our platform is by no means a final list of things we will strive to accomplish. It is simply what the students so far have told us is important to them.

If elected, we hope that students will continue to communicate to us things they wish to see at this University so we can strive to make it a reality. Also, there is no one thing on our platform that will outweigh any other in terms of our commitment. Everything we will strive to do is vitally important to someone or some group on this campus and it will be our job and responsibility to make sure that we do everything possible to make sure that their voice is heard.

If any of you have any questions, comments or concerns please leave a comment or shoot me an e-mail at jonathanmichelesga@gmail.com and I will be more than happy to respond. Also if you have something you would like us to include in our platform or would like to let us know about please email us as well. By taking a moment to let us know your ideas/concerns you are ensuring that your voice will be heard so action can be taken.

We will be in the student union off and on over the coming week with a contact table so come by and meet us and let us know what you think.

This blog, as well as our website, will serve as a way to let you (the voter) know what we are up to so please check back regularly for information on upcoming campaign events as well as information about us as candidates.

We still have a lot of groups to visit and we do not want to leave anybody out. If you are involved in a club or organization and would like us to come talk to your group please shoot us an e-mail with some contact information for the person in charge of your meetings so we can make sure it is okay with them to stop by. Thanks for reading!

-Jonathan Meisner