{"id":7952,"date":"2025-04-28T09:54:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=7952"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T15:57:01","slug":"senators-ready-to-represent-utrgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/28\/senators-ready-to-represent-utrgv\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators ready to represent UTRGV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/celeste-image-1024x724.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7953\" style=\"width:656px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/celeste-image-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/celeste-image-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/celeste-image-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/celeste-image-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/celeste-image-2048x1448.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SGA Podium at the Edinburg Campus<br>Celeste Cruz\/Vaquero Radio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/senatorssga.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Student Government Association (SGA) held its inauguration ceremony for the new student representatives last Wednesday in the Edinburg Ballroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SGA consists of student representatives from the executive team and senators from different UTRGV colleges who work together to make the university a better fit for students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newly elected Senator-At-Large for Edinburg Kevin Flores said he will have the opportunity of helping students directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe can just have a more direct impact on them on things,\u201d Flores said. \u201cEven when I tried my best as a student, I couldn&#8217;t do it. Now as a representative of UTRGV, now we can do more changes that students would like.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator for the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship Ingrid Gonzalez said she will connect with the student body by hosting events.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI plan to work closely together with CSI to make more events like I know the Stomp&nbsp; was a big one for Homecoming Week \u2026 we also have Student Employment Recognition Week,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cSo, I will stay connected with CSI to kind of get the students involved, and try to take the advantage that our beautiful university offers. Also, I will work closely together with \u2026 student association, student org, and also students.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She said one of the challenges students face is not having an organization available on both campuses.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI do feel that for some students, it might be challenging to take on a bus to have their schedules not work for them or to maybe perhaps have one class and one day in one city and the other in another city,\u201d Gonzalez said. \u201cNot being able to see their friends, not being able to be involved in certain organizations because they are in one campus but the organization is in another campus.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly elected senators will take office May 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Celeste Cruz for Vaquero Radio.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Student Government Association (SGA) held its inauguration ceremony for the new student representatives last Wednesday in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":7953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[569,16,722],"tags":[730,290,194,726,817,818,26],"class_list":["post-7952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic","category-edinburg","category-news","tag-730","tag-sga","tag-spring","tag-spring-2025","tag-student-government","tag-student-government-association","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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