2013-14 Student Handbook

students having the opportunity to vote. Campaigns will be conducted during the fall semester. simpson County Center A total of seven (7) students serve on the SGA for the Simpson County Center of Copiah-Lincoln Community College. The elected officers of the SGA are president, vice president, and secretary/treasurer. In addition, two representatives from the freshman class and two representatives from the sophomore class are elected to serve on the SGA. Each student who wishes to be nominated for a position in the SGA must pick up a nominating form in the office of the VicePresident of the Simpson County Center and return it no later than the designated time. All nominating petitions must be signed by 15 currently enrolled Co-Lin students, one faculty member or SGA sponsor, and by the Director of Student Services for grade verification. All SGA members must possess and maintain a 2.75 grade point average to run for office. Members must also maintain full-time enrollment while serving as a member of the SGA. SGA officers are elected by both the freshman and sophomore classes while only classes elect their respective representatives.

The SGA president will be elected during the spring semester and should be a sophomore during the year in which he/she serves as SGA president. The SGA president can only serve one term. In addition, the SGA vice president, secretary/ treasurer, and two sophomore representatives will be elected in the spring. The election of freshman representatives will be conducted during the first month of the fall semester.

Homecoming Court The homecoming queen and homecoming court are elected at least two weeks prior to homecoming in October. The Student Government Association serves as chairman of the elections and carries out the balloting.

To nominate a person for the homecoming queen and/or court on the Wesson Campus, a petition must be submitted containing 15 signatures and must be signed by one faculty member and the Director of Admissions and Records.

The homecoming queen must be a full-time sophomore with a minimum 2.0 GPA and will be elected prior to the election of the court. The two students receiving the highest number of votes for queen will enter a second primary, unless one student receives a majority of all votes cast, in which event, that student will be declared winner. In the final primary, the runner-up will be automatically named a sophomore maid.

The homecoming court will be elected following the election of the homecoming queen and will consist of three (3) sophomore maids (one being the runner-up to the queen) and three (3) freshman maids.

On the Natchez Campus, each club or organization may nominate a sophomore maid and freshman maid to serve on the court. All nominations must be signed by at least 15 students and signed by the club faculty advisor and the Director of Admissions. All nominees must be students in “good standing� with the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Student Handbook 55