In April, Julie Jordan sat down with Keegan Figuerao, MSU’s SA President, to talk about AI on campus. The goal was to get more students involved in the AI governance and adoption conversation.
MSU has 60 AI Ambassadors representing faculty and staff across nine colleges and multiple divisions. A Community of Practice with more than 500 members. But, until now, no organized student input.
The SA AI Task Force adds the student voice to that picture.
First meeting: May 7. Andrew Berry, SA’s Policy Director and the Task Force lead, began building the student perspective on AI at Mississippi State. Students are researching how peer institutions have approached AI governance. They are identifying the questions that matter most for MSU and shaping recommendations that feed into the university’s ongoing guidelines process.
Students are doing the policy work themselves.
Governance conversations improve when people feel heard and feel like they are contributing to building the future. The AI Ambassadors and the Community of Practice have been two ways to gather input. The new SGA Task Force puts students directly in the planning.
First meeting is May 7. More to follow over the summer.