新澳门六合彩开奖记录

SGA Officers Win National Model Congress Awards

Three Student Government Association Officers from 新澳门六合彩开奖记录 recently returned victorious from Washington, D.C., winning four awards in the National Model U.S. Congress.

Participating students gained insight into the legislative branch of government while meeting other student leaders from around the nation.

Representing Eastern Florida were Cocoa SGA President Jessica Carter, Cocoa SGA Vice President Julia Weatherspoon, and Cocoa SGA Treasurer Kimberly Otto. Together, they won the Distinguished Delegation Award for Eastern Florida.

Each played the roles of actual members of Congress, debating and voting on legislation.

鈥淚t was like a crash course in the U.S. legislative branch", said Carter, who won Most Distinguished Majority Whip.

鈥淲e were judged by how well we could stay in character and promote the kind of bill that the actual person would try to pass,鈥� said Weatherspoon, who won Outstanding Representative Award and the Distinguished Majority Leader Award.

鈥淚 pretended to be a Republican Senator,鈥� said Otto. 鈥淚t was really intimidating at first, but soon I got into character and it was really cool.鈥�

鈥淚 now have a better understanding of the legislative process and am bringing that back to the students at Eastern Florida,鈥� said Carter. 鈥淲e now use Roberts Rules to govern the proceedings of our SGA general business meetings. These are the same rules followed by Congress.鈥�

鈥淭hey really represented the college in an outstanding manner,鈥� said Melissa Toepler, Director of the Cocoa Campus Office of Student Life. 鈥淭hey deserve recognition for their hard work and bringing home these awards.鈥�