"We, the students of the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver), according to the authority granted by the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado system and the Office of the Chancellor of University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus, in order to give the students an effective voice in the shared governance of the campus, to provide the students an enriching and fulfilling university experience and to promote the general welfare of the student body, do ordain and establish this constitution of the Student Government Association (CU Denver SGA). We do so in accordance with the Laws and Policies of the Regents of the University of Colorado and the Constitutions of the State of Colorado and the United States of America."