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Student Government kicked off election season last week with Presidential Town Hall, Senate Social Debate and Presidential Debate.
The presidential and vice presidential elections will be contested between the SOAR Party and the Change Party, with Alfred Dozier IV and Jadyn Watkins representing SOAR, and Michael Scholwinski and Cole Little representing the Change Party.
Election Commissioner Ethan Gillis said: north texas daily He said in an email that his and the election board's current goal is to prepare all candidates for their positions and election rules.
“We work hard to ensure that candidates thoroughly understand what it means to run and hold office,” Gillis said. “So far, it's been smooth sailing.”
Dozier is a sophomore and current president of the National Association of Black Journalists, Mayborn School of Journalism SGA Senator, Black Student Experience Facilitator, North Texas 40 Development Director, Resident Assistant, and Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of the Black Student Union. I am serving. and orientation leader.
“I'm involved in a lot of things because I want to be busy,” Dozier said at City Hall. “And I get pleasure from it […] Interacting with people. ”
During the presidential debate, Dozier said that if elected, he would step down from other leadership positions and that his only leadership role would be as resident assistant, orientation leader and SGA president.
Mr. Dozier's running mate, Jaidyn Watkins, is an SGA senator, public representative for the Palestine Solidarity Committee, and Black Student Experience Facilitator.
SOAR Campaign said: every day Their main initiative is the meal swipe donation program.
“[The meal swipe donation program] “This includes students who have surplus meal swipes to donate through an online portal that can be used by other students,” the party said. “We believe this program is key to fighting food insecurity because students who are struggling to find meals can donate meal swipes that would otherwise go to waste. Because it will happen.”
Scholwinski, a member of the Change Party, is a freshman but a junior in the unit, and is currently SGA's chief of staff and a member of the Mock Trial Association.
“I want to be SGA president so that I can make a difference and develop and build this community that has embraced me personally,” Scholwinski said during the debate.
His running mate, Cole Little, is also an SGA senator, a member of the University Programs Council, a member of Mock Trial, and a member of the Student Services Fee Committee.
Change party's main initiative is the Go program. This is intended to improve communication between her SGA and the student body by contacting students directly. One type of communication that Change hopes to streamline is bringing student concerns to senators.
“We are appalled that a system to address student concerns is being offered buried on SGA’s OrgSync page,” Little said. “SGA has been incredibly stagnant, and that’s largely due to our small presence on campus.”
Monthly meetings with deans are also part of the proposed Go program, an effort to encourage senators to attend student organization meetings and volunteer.
“I would say our program is going to be flexible,” Scholwinski said during the debate. “And this is the spec […] This will allow senators and executive committees to create their own volunteer experiences, while also creating a more functional volunteer experience. ”
SGA also hosted a Senate social event where students could meet Senate candidates. Gillis sent an email on March 19 inviting students to apply as write-in candidates. Currently, there are no Senate candidates running to represent the School of Information, School of Visual Arts and Design, School of Education, and School of Applied Collaborative Research on the university's Frisco campus.
Voting begins March 25th at 8am and ends March 28th at 5pm
Results will be announced on March 29th.
