FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 14, 2008
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

Elected SGA officials to be inaugurated Friday at Marshall

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University’s elected student government officials will be inaugurated at a ceremony at 5 p.m. Friday, April 18 on the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center plaza on MU’s Huntington campus.

The inauguration will be for students who were elected during the student government elections, which took place March 18-19 on campus. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony in the lobby of the Memorial Student Center. 

Matt James, a senior from Bluefield, W.Va., was elected president of Marshall’s student body, and Sean Hornbuckle, a graduate student from Huntington, was elected vice president. The team of James and Hornbuckle was unopposed in the election.

“Sean and I are very excited to have been blessed with the opportunity to lead our student body throughout the next year,” James said. “We hope to focus on improving school spirit and attendance at events, continuing to develop our safety procedures on campus, and overwhelming students through our commitment to serve the community by giving back and being as visible as possible.”

Marshall students elected Randall Tomblin, a sophomore from Huntington, as the student representative to Marshall’s Board of Governors. These elected student officials will serve one-year terms. Marshall students also elected senators representing colleges throughout the university.

The following are the elected senators for student government:

College of Science – Craig Riccelli
 
College of Health Professions – Kelly Armstrong and Kati Bailey
 
School of Journalism and Mass Communications – Samantha Turley
 
College of Liberal Arts – Catherine Staley and Randall Tomblin
 
College of Information Technology and Engineering – Andrew Copley
 
College of Education and Human Services – Kim Roth, Molly Gallagher and Mary Hatfield
 
Graduate School – Sara Belknap
 
Lewis College of Business – Olivia Morris and Josh Cremeans

For more information, persons may contact Steve Hensley, dean of student affairs, at (304) 696-6423.

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