Student Organizations | Updated April 3, 2014 |
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| Student Government History |
| Overview |
| On October 8, 1912, the students, at President Cook's urging, organized a Student Self-Government Association. All students were members of the association, bound by honor to observe its motto: "Every Man a Gentleman and Every Woman a Lady." Officers included a president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer and an elected council of eight men and seven women whose duty it was to hear cases of student misconduct 55 and recommend punishment to the faculty. In the late 1950s, the Student Government Association was reorganized to include a student senate as well as men's and women's affairs boards. |
| In 1991, Derek Hopson became the school's first black Associated Student Body president and in 1994, Cindy Woods became the school's first female ASB president. |
| Student Government has been in existence (in some form) for more than 100 years and holds the title as the institution's oldest student organization. Over the years, the Student Government Association has passed legislation relative to student governance and conduct and has made numerous recommendations to the administration for changes in student life rules and regulations. Today, the Miss University of Southern Mississippi Pageant, Homecoming festivities, Eaglepalooza, Lighting the Way for the Holidays, the Big Event and student elections are among the group's annual signature events. |
