The 2012-13 Student Government Association executive board has been sworn in and is ready to get to work.

On April 23, rising seniors Allahquan Tate, Catherine Hamlin and Reginald Johnson were inaugurated as the SGA president, Miss N.C. A&T and Mr. N.C. A&T, respectively.

Rising juniors Canisha Cierra Turner and Ryan Marcus have been sworn in as the vice president of internal affairs and the vice president of external affairs, respectively, while rising senior, Patrick Malachi will take over as secretary and rising senior Desiree Simmons, returns as treasurer.

Tate, 20, is a Fayetteville, N.C., native. He is an architectural engineering major with aspirations of being an architect.

“I always had a knack for creativity,” Tate said. “I saw a building in Raleigh and I just wanted to start designing.”

He brings with him previous years of SGA experience. He was the freshman class president and a student senator for the College of Engineering. Tate says his previous experience in SGA, his ability to manage his time and his background in architectural engineering will make him a good president.

“Architectural engineering might be the hardest major on campus,” Tate said.

“We have to manage our time because we’ll have multiple projects due, we have other meetings and events going on that we have to attend – time management and understanding that there is a demand and the ethics and morals I learned, because of the responsibility it is in being an engineer, will really help me,” he added.

Hamlin, 21, is a Winston Salem native and journalism and mass communication major. Her election as Miss A&T is a childhood dream come true.

“About 10 years ago, I was attending church and a lady by the name of Brooke Myatt stood up and the bishop announced her as Miss A&T,” Hamlin said.

“I thought she was regal and poised and I turned to my mom and I said I was going to be Miss A&T.”

As she grew older, Hamlin realized she did want to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps and attend A&T.

“My grandfather participated in the sit-in movement and the reason why I wanted to become Miss A&T became more apparent,” she said.

This is Hamlin’s first time being named queen of anything. She did have two unsuccessful runs for Miss Freshman and Miss Junior.

“It wasn’t my time yet,” she said. “I had to grow and become the young lady I am to represent North Carolina A&T.”

Johnson, on the other hand, has had a great deal of royal court experience leading up to his election as Mr. A&T.

Johnson, 21, was A&T’s first Mr. Freshman in the university’s history. A year later, he was elected as Mr. Sophomore but took a break from royal court duties.

“My professor told me I needed to perform more as a theater manager so I got engaged in shows as stage manager and performing lead roles and principle roles and being the house manager,” he said.

For the rest of his junior year, he performed in national competitions and was even nominated for the coveted Irene Ryan Scholarship from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. While all of that has been great, Johnson still felt himself being called back to the royal court to serve as an example for his peers.

“I was kind of disturbed by the things I was seeing on campus with how the men act on campus and the way they spoke and behaved toward women,” Johnson said.

After prayer and soul searching, Johnson decided he would seek one of the highest positions on A&T’s royal court.

“I decided that I needed to run to be the vocal instrument for A&T,” he said. “The main reason I ran was to make an impact on this campus. I want to move and shape the campus.”

Tate and Johnson have been working together to affect changes for their class in SGA since their freshman year and both agree that it is a little sweeter to have been elected to their offices together.

“It’s like a dream that became reality,” Tate said. “It was a great moment for us.”

Tate has nicknamed his administration, “The Dream Team.” He has high hopes about what he and his peers will be able to accomplish for the 2012-13 year.