The primary election for student body president candidates begins at noon today and is open until 6 p.m. Wednesday.
All Kansas State students are eligible to vote at www.sgaelections.ksu.edu for one of the three candidates who filed for president.
The three candidates who filed in the presidential election are Jack Ayres, junior in chemical engineering, Sarah McDermott, senior in entrepreneurship, and Matt Mindrup, sophomore in biology.Related:
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The two candidates who receive the most votes will then have to register their vice presidential candidates by Feb. 22.
The top two presidential candidates and their vice presidential candidates will move on to the general election, which will be held March 7-8. While no vice presidential candidates are officially filed with the Student Governing Association elections committee yet, all three presidential candidates have been campaigning with their vice presidential candidates.
Ayres, Baalman
Ayres and his vice presidential candidate, Olivia Baalman, junior in computer science, have organized their campaign into three platforms, which they have named “Your Degree. Your Campus. Your Voice.”Related:
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Under “Your Degree,” the pair hopes to initiate a “Finish in 4” campaign, improve academic advising technology and increase teacher transparency.
“Your Campus,” encompasses the duo’s goal to start an on-campus food pantry and multicultural student center, improve transportation on campus and enhance the K-State app.
Within “Your Voice,” Ayres and Baalman said they would like to improve transparency among student leaders, administrators and students.
For a more in-depth look at Ayres and Baalman’s campaign and platforms, click here.
McDermott, Abounabhan
As the only female pair in the election, McDermott and her vice president candidate, Mary Abounabhan, junior in management, named their campaign, “She’s Bringing Change.” The team hopes to bring change in three main areas on campus: transparency, diversity and empowerment.Related:
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To make K-State more transparent, McDermott and Abounabhan would work to provide financial breakdowns to each student, class syllabuses on KSIS before students enroll and a K-State version of “Rate my Professor.”
Under diversity, the pair hopes to offer diversity-incentivized programs, workshops for students to learn how to better utilize services offered by SGA and better resources for diversity-based organizations.
Finally, to empower students, they have a goal of making internship and community service opportunities more accessible.
For a more in-depth look at McDermott and Abounabhan’s campaign and platforms, click here.
Mindrup, Zwick
Mindrup and his vice president candidate, Emily Zwick, sophomore in agricultural economics, said they are focused on students, which is why their campaign slogan is named, “Focused on You.”Related:
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Mindrup and Zwick have planned out six platforms, where students will be their main focus. Their goals are extended library hours, a new peer-mentoring program, improved academic-advising standards, changes in public speaking class requirements, the start of an on-campus food pantry and required active shooter training for each student.
For a more in-depth look at Mindrup and Zwick’s campaign and platforms, click here.
