Seven Arkansas Tech University students have earned leadership roles on the ATU Student Government Association executive board for the fall 2025 semester.
Carson Smith of Russellville is serving as ATU SGA president. His previous SGA experience includes fulfilling the duties of secretary of finance and administration during the 2024-25 academic year.
Smith is joined on the ATU Student Government Association executive board by senior Morgen Burgess of Shirley (vice president), junior Fernando Flores of Clarksville (secretary of finance and administration), sophomore Diana Jimenez-Cruz of Russellville (secretary of student engagement), sophomore Courtney Mayberry of East End (secretary of public relations), junior Carly Mitchell of Amity (secretary of community outreach) and junior Bethani Walter of Dardanelle (secretary of internal affairs).
Amy Pennington, ATU vice president for student affairs, and Kevin Solomon, ATU assistant vice president for campus life, serve as advisors to ATU Student Government Association.
The published mission statement for ATU Student Government Association is “to genuinely represent the interests of students and enhance the student decision-making process, to improve campus life through the creation and continuation of viable and effective student services, to preserve and protect the traditions of the university and to support students and student organizations in their academic and community endeavors.”
ATU Student Government Association meets at 12:05 p.m. each Wednesday during the fall and spring semesters. The meetings will take place in Doc Bryan Student Services Center room 242 during the fall 2025 semester. They are open to the public.
ATU Student Government Association executive board conducts its weekly meetings at noon Mondays in the Mary Anne Salmon Senate Chamber, Doc Bryan Student Services Center room 180.
ATU SGA meetings will move to Ferguson Student Union when it opens in spring 2026.
Learn more about ATU Student Government Association at www.atu.edu/sga.
