Dowling's Student Government Association organized a recent trip to New Orleans in which students, faculty and alumni helped cleanup some of the area's most devastated neighborhoods.

Dowling students are self-governing through an elective system in which each student has the opportunity to elect peers as representatives in the Students' Government Association (S.G.A.). All full- and part-time students are automatically members of the SGA and are entitled to attend and participate in all S.G.A.-sponsored functions and activities.

The S.G.A. is comprised of three branches: the Executive Board, the Student Senate and the Student Review Board. Officers are elected in April and serve for a one-year term. All officers must maintain a 2.3 average to hold any elected office or any appointed responsibility for any campus club, committee, or organization.

Throughout the academic year, many social functions are sponsored by various clubs and classes of the S.G.A. A sampling of some of these annual events during the year include the Halloween Party, Holiday Ball, and the semi-formal Spring Cotillion. Dances, trips and other events are also sponsored throughout the year by the College's various clubs and organizations. Following the conclusion of the spring semester, the S.G.A. hosts an "End of the Year Party" for all undergraduates alongside the banks of the Connetquot River which winds its way through the College's picturesque campus.

Congratulations to the 2008-2009 Student Government Association Executive Board Members and Class Presidents!!!!!!

SGA President: Anthony Harris
SGA Vice President for Activities: Michael Murphy
SGA Vice President for Finance: Russell Gerry
SGA Vice President for Administration: Miguelina Javier

Senior Class President: Valerie Pugh
Junior Class President: Aliciabeth Hillerud
Sophmore Class President: Christina Ring