SGA Appoints Kirkland Pinkerton to Executive Board for 2017-2018

2017 Jun 27

Kirkland Pinkerton is serving his second term as Student Government Association president during the 2017-2018 academic year. He also served as an SGA senator in 2015-2016. He is involved in his community and even has his own photography business! The Centerville native earned his EMT certificate in spring 2016 and returned to Columbia State in the fall to begin working on a sociology degree.

In his first year as SGA president, Pinkerton served in a leadership position in the Tennessee Board of Regents Student Government Presidents' Council and went on to represent Columbia State as a candidate in the final rounds of selection for the Tennessee Student Regent position. In addition, Pinkerton took part in the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature, a decades-old mock legislature event held at the Capitol that attracts colleges across the state of Tennessee. Along with other SGA representatives, he wrote, presented and debated legislation, and ultimately got appointed future roles at TISL next year. In addition, he helped pass legislation to begin the process of increasing student activity funds to help increase the visibility of student government and the availability of funds for campus clubs and organizations.