The president of AACC’s Student Government Association, along with the organization’s executive vice president and at least one vice president, vacated their positions over the winter break.
Executive Vice President TJ Majors told Campus Current that several officers, including President Jayeim Blake and Vice President of Public Relations Lara Jae Gomez, gave up their posts at least in part for academic reasons.
Blake did not respond to requests by Campus Current for an interview.
“My GPA last semester wasn’t really up to par to stay on the team so they were like, ‘Hey, you need to resign,’” Majors said.
“We all had our personal stuff over the semester, but I think we did a decent job of not letting it affect us too much,” Majors said. “I wish I could have did more in the SGA, but at the same time with everything else I was trying to commit to in that same semester, I only had so much time and energy for all these different things.”
Majors, a graphic and web design student, said he will concentrate on improving his grades this semester so he can run for SGA president in the future.
“I’ll resign, step down and so I can focus on my academics,” Majors said. “And, you know, get my spring semester GPA to where it needs to be, and then maybe run for SGA president.”
The SGA will hold elections from Feb. 17-23 for the student body to fill those vacancies and four other vice president positions.
Candidates must sign up on The Nest by Feb. 5. Any student with an AACC email may vote in the election, which will be held virtually on The Nest (nest.aacc.edu).
Blake, who was elected as SGA president by the student body in the spring, also played goalie for the Riverhawks soccer team for two seasons. In addition, the kinesiology student regularly attended meetings of several student-run clubs.
“With Jayeim, we figured he was probably trying to do too much, maybe,” Majors said.
Gomez said she is changing her major from computer science to business and accounting. “I wanted to focus on my studies because I’m switching majors,” she told Campus Current.
