JHU SGAThe 114th Session
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CampusGroups Website Changes

Unknown · 114th session · created September 30, 2026 · updated October 1, 2026

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Removed old "Useful Links" under "Links":

  • What was wrong:
    • JHU SGA Constitution
      • Feb 8, 2024
  • JHU SGA Bylaws
    • Jul 3, 2024
  • JHU SGA Senate Procedural Rules Bill
    • Apr 1, 2023

Updated links in "Guiding Documents":

Updated "Apply to Join SGA" page

  • What was wrong
    • "SGA's structure is designed to create an accurate representation of the student body amongst it's Senators!"
      • Unrelated to title
      • Grammatical error
    • "Apply to Join SGA"
      • Suggests SGA is primarily through appointments, not elections
    • Diagram includes outdated roles (i.e., Director of Research, Media RSO Category Representatives)
    • URL was "hmm"
  • Updated to
    • new Title: "Get Involved"
    • Link to CSE and events page for meeting schedules
    • URL changed to "get-involved"

Updated "Contact Us" page

  • What was wrong
    • The CampusGroups email/message applet doesn't FREETHINKING work
    • "E: sga@jhu.edu"
      • very cool shorthand, but "Email: sga@jhu.edu" is far more professional
  • Updated to
    • Removed widget :(
      • It literally does not work, just leaves people confused (i tried using it to contact TSU, resulted in wasted time)

Updated Body Sans font face

  • What was wrong
    • Verdana
    • Looks lazy/unpolished
      • Especially compared to other Universities
  • Updated to
    • Open sans
    • Header: Georgia
      • not bold

Tried to Updated Footer

  • What was wrong
    • "┬®" isntead of just copyright symbol
    • Privacy Policy
      • Wrapped to new line for unknown reasons
    • YouTube icon was different scale than Instagram icon
  • Reason failed change:
    • Can't edit footer widget, it's simply not listed in the widgets section

Updated Structure

  • Was as wrong
    • Diagram includes outdated roles (i.e., Director of Research, Media RSO Category Representatives)
    • "The Judicial Branch, composed of the Judiciary Board and Committee on Student Elections, interprets guiding documents and SGA disputes"
      • Incorrect grammatical parallelism
  • Updated to
    • "The Judicial Branch, composed of the Judiciary Board and Committee on Student Elections, interprets guiding documents and settles SGA disputes"

Updated "The Judicial Branch" page

  • What was wrong
    • "The Committee on Student Elections facilitates SGA elections for all elected positions. The Executive and Legislative branches of SGA cannot interfere with CSE processes during the election period, however decisions can be appealed to the Judiciary Board."
      • Suggests only SGA appeals, any student can
  • Updated to
    • "The Committee on Student Elections facilitates SGA elections for all elected positions. The Executive and Legislative branches of SGA cannot interfere with CSE processes during the election period, however decisions can be appealed by any student to the Judiciary Board."

Updated "The Executive Branch" page

  • What was wrong
    • "This means that all Cabinet members are empowered to get involved with any aspect of SGA they desire, including helping Class Programming Councils, Senators, and introducing legislation to the Senate."
      • Elliptical, suggests some explicit constitutional/legislative ability to affect Programming/Senators in ways they "desire"
      • Also, no member of the Executive Branch may be an introducer of legislation to the Senate
    • Grace Guan and Sienna San Kim bolded, Jazzlyn Fernandez not
      • visually weird
  • Updated to
    • "This means that all Cabinet members have the duty of being involved across the SGA, including helping Class Programming Councils, Senators, and sponsoring legislation to the Senate."
    • consistent weight/tags for different members

Updated "SGA Committees"

  • What was wrong
    • "To promote a stronger culture of civic engagement and community engagement at Homewood Campus and create new infrastructure inside and outside of the classroom so we can have conversations about community engagement and our place in Baltimore. We believe that the best way to spark civic engagement is to cultivate relationships and empathy between diverse individuals, because diverse relationships are key components to success, happiness, and innovation."
      • Incorrect tense
    • "Co-Chairs: Shreemann Patel"
      • Missing Sumire Sumi, ex-officio
    • "Co-Chairs: Peter Tarpley"
      • Missing Amy Xu, ex-officio
    • "Responsible for matters related to current student services, reviewing SGA sponsorship of events, and tasked with providing SGA-sponsored services to fill needs that the University administration cannot or will not provide.
      • Should be "fulfill needs," not "fill needs"
  • Updated to
    • "Responsible for creating a stronger culture of civic engagement and community engagement at Homewood and new infrastructure to facilitate conversations about community engagement and our place in Baltimore. We believe that the best way to spark civic engagement is to cultivate relationships and empathy between diverse individuals, because diverse relationships are key components to success, happiness, and innovation."
    • "Co-Chairs: Shreemann Patel, Sumire Sumi"
    • "Co-Chairs: Peter Tarpley, Amy Xu"
    • "Responsible for matters related to current student services, reviewing SGA sponsorship of events, and tasked with providing SGA-sponsored services to fulfill needs that the University administration cannot or will not provide."

Updated "Initiatives Tracker" page

  • What was wrong
    • Had random "Simple Title" underneath the footer lol
    • Title of page Initiatives Tracker doesn't match menu select and URL "What We Do"
  • Updated to
    • Title is now "What We Do"
    • Removed floating Simple Title

Updated home page

  • What was wrong
    • The aggressive quoting of an SGA rep from (a decade?) ago is confusing; no source, and we can choose our own words (I hope so, at least! Are we ourselves not motivated to address the needs of the student body?)
    • "The 114th Student Government of Johns Hopkins University"
      • Has a picture of the 113th below
      • We haven't taken a picture together for the 114th yet, but I'd rather people not be confused by people they see in the picture who are or aren't in the images on pages for each Branch
  • Changed to
    • Added caption: "Pictured: 113th Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University"
    • "The Johns Hopkins Student Government Association (SGA) is the primary representative body for Hopkins Undergraduates. The mission of the SGA is to strengthen student unity, represent and advocate for student interests, and provide a forum for discussion about our University. We want to ensure that your voices, the student body, are being heard by administrators."

Updated "Meeting Minutes" page

  • What was wrong
    • "The Johns Hopkins Student Government Association (SGA) is the primary representative body for Hopkins Undergraduates. The mission of the SGA is to "strengthen student unity, represent student interests, and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas." We want to represent "you," the student body, to the administration, and ensure that the voices of students are being heard."
      • unrelated, repeat of home page
    • URL was "agendas" instead of "minutes"
  • Updated to
    • Removed unrelated blurb
    • changed URL to "minutes"