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Savannah Gill and Jackson Wheeler are two students making a difference through the college\u2019s SGA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gill is a current SGA senator and next year\u2019s SGA vice president for the college\u2019s Fayetteville campus. A Fayetteville City High School graduate, Gill is no stranger to student government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have always been involved,\u201d she explained. \u201cThroughout high school, especially senior year, I held four to five managerial positions in the different clubs and activities we had throughout the school. I knew involvement in such things provided additional opportunities than just attending school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Currently involved in both SGA and Motlow\u2019s honors society, she said she has enjoyed interacting with peers and making connections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe had SGA boot camp at the beginning of this year,\u201d said Gill. \u201cThey gave us a rundown of what SGA does and what your positions can do for students. We were able to be in the same room, asking questions, bouncing off ideas of each other, and making connections with each other.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pursuing a degree in marketing, Gill said she hopes her involvement with SGA will help move her through her collegiate and professional career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hope I will be able to make connections because each can help move me along in a career and life,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n She also hopes to bring what she gained from SGA back to her hometown of Fayetteville. Gill said young people in the community are essential to its future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m a small-town girl, so I plan to come home once I finish school,\u201d explained Gill. \u201cYoung people in small communities are important because our voice needs to be heard. We are the future of these communities, and we want to be a part of the discussions, decisions, and planning of our communities. And we need to take the initiative to be involved because the more involvement you have, the more people will listen. We have to be the change we want to see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jackson Wheeler is the SGA vice president for Moore County. An athlete in high school, Wheeler said his interest in SGA peaked after seeing a need to bring students together after returning to a post-COVID campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI knew SGA boosted student morale and gave them opportunities to engage with each other,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen I arrived in the fall of 2021, the campus seemed quiet. There weren\u2019t a lot of students on campus due to COVID restrictions. With things lifting, we wanted to create opportunities for students to return to campus. Since then, we\u2019ve been focused on hosting campus events.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Former Presidents Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, and Oprah Winfrey \u2014 what do they all have in common? All internationally famous individuals have made a difference in their chosen professions. They have championed causes, introduced legislation, passed laws, and led people to the greater good. Each was also involved in student […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17755,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/2-17-1024x683.png\")