Mark White

As a mechanical engineering student and as a leader in the Student Government Association for nearly four years, Mark has continuously placed the students as the number-one priority.   Some of Mark's major accomplishments include:

• Saved students $1.2 million in book buy-backs and used textbook sales with the UCF Bookstore through a resolution.
• Funded an electronic marquee outside the Student Union to save student organizations thousands of dollars in promotional costs.
• Launched initiative to provide free round-trip rides to improve road safety.
• Wrote resolution for on-campus stadium and fought for the stadium at two Board of Trustees meetings.
• Helped create student organization manual to aid student leaders.
• Improved diversity initiatives while serving on Asian-American task force.
• Worked to create more student jobs in the Recreation and Wellness Center and Student Union while on the Activity & Service Fee Committee.
• Extended hours of Recreation pool and expanded student jobs.
• Worked to create survey process to assess student needs in the expansion of Recreation & Wellness Center services.
• Increased funding of Multicultural Student Center to encourage inter-group programming.
• Raised the priority level of the Arts II Complex by meeting with the administration.

Mark's worn many hats while at UCF: Special Olympics Soccer Coach, Speaker of the Senate, College of Engineering and Computer Science Ambassador, Sigma Phi Epsilon Scholarship Chair, UCF Athletics Committee Member, Homecoming Task Force Member, Grade Appeals Board Member, Student.  Now Mark looks forward to his next hat -- as President of the Student Government Association at the University of Central Florida.

Jared Stout

Jared has served in student government in both the legislative and executive branches.  First, he served in the Student Body Senate where he aggressively fought for the College of Arts and Sciences and for many religious, cultural, and minority organizations.  He also was selected to represent students on the Activity and Service Fee budget committee where he fought for equity in funding for all student organizations regardless of their mission.  Jared now serves as the Chief Student Advocate, a position in which he is fighting for student rights, advising students and student organizations on student conduct cases, working with students on grievances against the university, and sitting on university committees and appeals boards to protect student interests.  Some of Jared’s contributions while in Student Government have been:

• Writing and passing first bill for the Interfaith Trialogue, an open discussion between Hillel, Muslim Student Association, and Campus Crusade for Christ.
• Working on the Block Tuition resolution passed in the Student Senate to fight against the government forcing students to pay for classes they aren't taking .
• Collecting signatures for the petition against block tuition.
• Working to get online advocacy forms for the Student Government web site to help students directly submit their complaints to the Executive Cabinet.
• Sitting in on the President's Alcohol Task Force meetings to ensure that students’ rights would not be violated.
• Advising countless numbers of student organizations and students going through the student conduct process.
• Working with many organizations and branches of student government to program and organize the Hurricane Katrina Relief Concert.
• Working with the Campus Activities Board Fine Arts Committee on Project: Darfur, fighting for funding for the project and helping organize organizations around the project.
• Fought for the Higher Education Act Amendment Resolution in the student senate, advocating for students rights guaranteed by the 4th and 5th amendment.