The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Student Government Association at Tufts held elections for three positions last week for the roles of SGA president, first-year representative and community development lead. The elections for all other positions took place last spring. The results are as follows:
President: Yolanda Jiang
First-year representative: Zakaria Tourabi
Community development lead: Nadaly Soto
Yolanda Jiang, who formerly served as the community development lead, will take on the responsibility of leading SGA meetings and setting semester-long agendas. First-year representative Zakaria Tourabi will take charge of connecting first-year students on the SMFA campus and representing their concerns with the SGA. Nadaly Soto, community development lead, will be focusing on organizing community events and collecting feedback from community members.
Current SGA Vice President Cassandra Kellner wrote in a statement to the Daily that, throughout the year, the SGA will continue to work with SMFA administrative offices and Tufts departments to focus on issues affecting SMFA students.
“We’ve been collecting student feedback about services like transportation and dining and implementing changes that better SMFA student life,” Kellner wrote. “Other members are working to make budgeting more streamlined and collaborating with the curriculum committee to provide more structure and direction for career paths.”
Additionally, Kellner wrote that the SGA plans on arranging a student exhibition that will be put on display at the Barbara and Steve Grossman Gallery in the spring. Their next event, “SGA Snackin,” will be held on Wednesday.
