Class of 2025, Criminal Justice & Psychology, minor in Philosophy
Hometown | Paxton, MA
Campus Involvement | Student Senate, Criminal Justice Club, Tour Guide, CJ Department clerical assistant, Orientation Leader, Presidential Student Ambassador, 2025 Class Committee, Honors Program

Lily Morgan, SGA President

Can you describe the role of the SGA President? What do they do for the student body?
The SGA President is the face of the Senate and oversees its operation. The SGA President is often the voice of the student body to the administration as well, sharing concerns and ideas that they gathered from the Senate meetings. The SGA President is there for the students. 

What are some goals you hope to accomplish while in this position?
I hope to increase student engagement on campus, both with our student organizations and within our administration. Through this, I hope to increase the student voice within important conversations on our campus.

What are some of the challenges you could face in this position?
I foresee that recruitment will be a challenge, as it has been a recurring challenge in all student organizations post-pandemic. 

What do you hope your fellow students remember about you?
I hope my fellow students will remember me being a friendly face on campus. Someone that they were not afraid to share their concerns with and that I helped them with their issues. As a student leader on campus, I want to be able to help the students to the best of my ability and hope to be remembered for this. 

What advice would you give to students just beginning to explore the type of leader they hope to become?
Get involved on campus. Go to a club meeting or an event, get to know other students there. You do not need to be involved in everything to make an impact on campus. Just going to a club meeting and participating is impacting that club for the better.

What are your current plans for the next few years?
I am attending law school. I am not exactly sure where yet, but I am currently in my application process, so we will see during the year where I end up going.

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Club Name: Criminal Justice Club
Mission: We want to increase the Worcester State community’s educational opportunities related to the field of criminal justice, and to broaden the community’s view of criminal justice to include such topics as Forensics, Cybercrime, Law, and Homeland Security.
Club Meeting Time: Every other Tuesday from 2:30-3:30pm in room 116 of the LRC (Learning Resource Center)
Contact information/social media: cjclub@worcester.edu,

Why should students get involved with your organization?
Students should get involved with the CJ club if they are interested in anything related to criminal justice. We want to introduce students to the fields within criminal justice and do so by bringing in many guest speakers and other events. Many people think criminal justice just involves law enforcement, but it is so much more. We help introduce students to many job opportunities, internship opportunities, and general knowledge of these numerous fields.

What types of events and/or programs do you do throughout the year?
We mostly host guest speakers, about 4 per semester. We also host a career fair in the fall and a field trip in the spring. Last year, we went to the Worcester County Jail and this year we will be going to a police academy.

What has been one of the biggest successes of this organization?
Our biggest success was getting our club active again. During Covid, the club was not active and in the last two years it has been slowly dying. This year has been a great year though, with having many new members join our club and our career fair being the biggest one yet. We had over 30 agencies host a table to tell students all about job and internship opportunities.

What do you think your organization brings to the students at Worcester State?
We help introduce students to all the fields within criminal justice. By bringing in speakers from the field, we introduce students to professionals in fields they potentially want to work in, giving them a connection that can help them in the future.

How can interested students join your organization?
Students can join our organization by attending club meetings. They just need to attend two in a semester to be considered a part of the club.

How can the campus community learn more about your programs and events?
Our Instagram is very active. We post about any guest speakers we are having and all our events. They can dm us or email us about any event coming up as well. We also put up flyers on the bulletin boards about any upcoming events we are hosting.

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