While many students are scrambling to find textbooks to study for exams and preparing for the end to the year, the Student Government Association is planning for next year.

Some of the executive board’s initiatives for next year include increased student involvement, a strict enforcement of the attendance policy and scholar initiatives.

Kendrick Bryan, executive vice president-elect, said he wants SGA to work with a lot of student organizations next year such as the Campus Activities Board and the Dynamic Leadership Institute.

He said he also wants SGA to work with university committees such as the Athletics Committee and the Publications Committee.

President-elect Kevin Smiley said he wants to continue getting the word out about SGA.

He said he’s personally pledged to go somewhere new on and around campus each week to talk with students.

Smiley said SGA plans to have an activism week in the fall where student organizations promote specific causes or issues.

He said the organizations would be able to apply for money from SGA to promote their cause.

The money would be separate from organizational aid, Smiley said.

He said SGA members are also thinking about having a fair in the fall to get students involved with extracurricular activities on campus.

Smiley said he plans on keeping the senate attendance policy the same for next year.

He said he plans on strictly enforcing the policy.

Senate members aren’t allowed to have more than three absences per semester unless excused by judicial council, according to the SGA bylaws.

Smiley said he plans on getting to know every senator on an individual basis, which he hopes will install a sense of accountability.

“To be a better organization we have to be close,” he said.

Smiley said he wants to have some social events where he hopes senators will get to know each other and the executive board better.

Justin Thurman, administrative vice president-elect said SGA members hope to develop a scholar initiative program that would help students research their dissertations or theses.

Smiley said SGA also plans to expand its green team efforts.

He said a green team is a group of students who would go into different offices on campus and tell people working there about how to have an environmentally-friendly office.

“SGA is pumped about this,” Smiley said. “It helps to save the world and helps to save costs.”

The rest of the executive board hasn’t been appointed yet, he said.

Open positions are chief of staff, director of academic and student affairs, director of public relations and director of information technology, Smiley said.

He said the original deadline for applications was at 5 p.m. on May 1. The deadline has been extended until further notice because of miscommunications in the SGA office.