Signature Program #1: Book swap
We have a program where students donate textbooks that permit other students to borrow and use. This program is known as the book exchange program, we also have the book donation program which operates the same as demonstrated.

Signature Program #2
Student Population Meeting is an event headed by SGA that allows students to question and interact with the faculty, staff, and administration.

Program Eligibility

How to Apply

1. Napster Program

The University of Miami Napster Program: The University of Miami Student Government was able to bring Napster to it's student population and giving them access to over 700,000 songs. Students are able to download songs without any cost and UM is one of the first six schools in the nation to offer this program to their students. When we first started the initiative, the administration was obviously pessimistic about the whole program. Over a hundred e-mails were sent to random students at both Penn State and the University of Rochester to see how their student body was responding to the new Napster program; luckily all of the responses were positive and insightful. Through discussions with Napster, IT, and administration we were able to come up with a contract that would please all of the parties and from there the University of Miami/Napster program was born. Over the summer and throughout the beginning of the school year, UM and our student government have been featured in the Chronicle for Higher Education, The Miami Herald, Yahoo News, CNN news, South Florida Business Journal, and all the major local news stations. We were one of the only schools in the country to have a student initiative that began this program and we should all be very excited. The year began off with over 10,000 fluorescent flyers being inserted into the First Impression, the first copy of the Hurricane was devoted to Napster, the program was mentioned to all the freshmen at Orientation and the administration continually plugged it at major events. The University and IT saw a large surge of subscribers in the first few weeks with over 2,500 undergraduate students signing up. Over 1,000 circular Napster flyers were posted throughout the memorial classrooms and residential colleges, Public Service Announcements on WVUM, reminders on Ibis News, and most importantly a spot on the UM Homepage. The University is also looking into extending the service into the Law School and the Graduate School in response to requests from their respective Student Governments.


2. Safe-ride program

The University of Miami Student Government has, for the past few years, offered a fantastic shuttle service for the student population. Three separate services have been created through SG and they all offer safe, convenient transportation options for the students. First, the Ibis Ride transports students to the local social areas on Thursday nights. Picking up students on campus, the Ibis Ride runs until 3 a.m. Second, the Halloween Ibis Ride has brought safety to the students over the past two years. Running from 8 to 3 a.m., the Halloween Ibis Ride transported 1,600 students this past halloween to Coconut Grove. Finally, the second annual Thanksgiving Shuttle brings UM students to Miami International Airport, free of charge, on the day before Thanksgiving. All of these shuttles are available to any UM student and they have been a huge success for both UM and SG.


3. Book swap

The major program that is now being completed in the UM Student Government is Cane Exchange. Similar to a UM Ebay, Cane Exchange will allow students to be able to buy or sell items from one another, in the confines of the UM Community. With the help of our Webmaster we are really hoping that this site takes the place of the unsightly bulletin boards that are in the residential colleges, the University Center, and the Law School. Cane Exchange will not act as solely a book exchange, but a market for all goods that students may be interested in purchasing or selling, such as televisions, computers, clothes, etc.