Amelia Lutz will serve as the next president of the Student Government Association after running unopposed in this year’s election.
Lutz, a junior film and television major and current executive vice president, was announced as the next SGA president the evening of Tuesday, April 9, after voting closed earlier that afternoon with 129 students participating. Three other executive board officers were elected by students and a new representative to the Board of Trustees was selected through an interview process.
Lutz said she looks forward to “opening a consistent form of communication” between the college’s administration and student body. She previously told the Chronicle that she wants to facilitate greater transparency so that students remain informed and understand what is happening with the college.
“I feel like there’s so many big ideas coming from administration and from the students combined together,” she said. “I’m really excited to look at how we can make sure those communications happen.”
Lutz will succeed senior fine arts major Jenna Davis for the 2026-2027 academic year. Davis was elected SGA president as a sophomore in April 2024, and will be graduating this spring.
Sophomore musical theatre major Danielle Lang was elected executive vice president over sophomore film and television major Ari Orth. Lang is currently the vice president of communications.
“I’m excited to see how we come up with new ways of doing things — different events, activities, passion projects and everything like that,” Lang said.
Lang said she also wants students to continue holding SGA accountable by sharing feedback across schools to ensure their voices are represented.
Michael Kowalkowski, a junior double major in fine arts and arts and entertainment management, was reelected as vice president of finance after running unopposed.
“This year I realized if I wanted to do something, I have all the resources to really make it happen,” Kowalkowski said. “I’m in the space to be the one to do that, and not be like ‘Oh, we’ll see what we can do.’”
Rosa Weinand, a first-year acting for stage and screen major, was elected vice president of communications, succeeding Lang. Morgan Lawson, a junior film and television major, was selected as the student representative to the Board of Trustees, succeeding senior graphic design major Trinity Sutton.
During the announcement, Davis gave a speech to the students present and charged the incoming leaders to “take every opportunity,” and said that Columbia is “what you make of it.”
“Sometimes it will be hard, but the school depends on you,” Davis said. “In times of trouble or miscommunications, be the ones to acknowledge it.”
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