Awa Mbai has been a member of the UNC Greensboro Student Government Association (SGA) for several years; but now, she’s taking on her biggest role yet, and thanks to UNCG, she’s ready to get to work.
“We are the voices for the students, and essentially, each person within Student Government represents somebody at UNCG. It’s important for students to know that there’s someone within our organization they can come to with their concerns,” Mbai says.
In October, Mbai was sworn in as the new President by the UNCG Board of Trustees. She joined SGA during her first year of college, inspired by seeing her resident advisor serve as the President. In her first year, SGA advocated for Juneteenth to be included on the University’s academic calendar, one of the first impactful moments Mbai says she noticed in her SGA career.