With the Student Government Association president and vice president positions filled by Lyndsay Robinson and Steve Bowen in the recent election, the question about who they are and what plans they have for SGA become more prominent.
Robinson is from Tewksbury, Massachusetts, majoring in Politics and minoring in Russian Area Studies here at Saint Anselm College. Bowen is from Londonderry, New Hampshire, majoring in Politics and minoring in Communication.
The two have been involved in SGA since their freshman year, both winning elections and becoming entirely dedicated to the organization with their success. The two of them also balance many other extracurricular activities including their SGA responsibilities. Robinson is busy being the chair of the Kevin Harrington Student Ambassador Program at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, writing for the Crier, and working for Admissions and the Office of Career Services.
For other activities, Bowen is part of the Student Ambassador program as well, and also participates in Knights of Columbus, Abbey Players, Intramural Ice Hockey, and Road for Hope, just to name a few.
Between the two of them, there is certainly no shortage of leadership experience.
“I am the National President of a student organization called Business Professionals of America, where I represent over 55,000 students from across the country. I also serve on the steering committee of the National Campus Leadership Council, which is a network of over 300 student body presidents from across the country,” says Robinson of her past experience.
Bowen was in Student Council in high school, and really expanded upon his leadership a few weeks ago, when he was one of two students chosen to attend a leadership conference in Manchester.
As far as plans for what they want to accomplish, both had similar ideas. They want Anselmian pride encouraged at every event, believing supporting others is crucial. After attending the popular men’s basketball game at SNHU the other day, Bowen is especially focused on making such support and involvement the most important.
“Every game should be as electric as the one at SNHU. Team spirit and school pride are two very important things to me and I’d like to see it go up as much as possible by the time I leave office.”
He also mentioned that they plan to sell reusable cups for use in Davison and the Coffee Shop starting next year to cut down the number of plastic cups we use. In a closing remark, Robinson states that she is reluctant to leave the college in a year.
“This place is my home and I could not imagine being somewhere else.”