At the second forum March 23, ASUI candidates were given the opportunity to explain their values.
Presidential candidate Rachael Miller and her running mate Mckenzie MacDonald attended the forum, as well as senatorial candidates Seth Berryhill and Jordan Kizer. Election Coordinators Bailey Brown and Brianna Larson moderated the debate.
All candidates were asked two questions during the event. Brown began the discussion by asking candidates to explain how they would stay involved on campus if not elected into the position.
“Even if I was not elected to ASUI I”d still seek to represent student interests and goals as well as encourage students to participate in clubs,” Berryhill said.
Berryhill said he would want to be active in raising student awareness of on campus resources, such as the Writing Center and Career Center.
Kizer said his goal would be to work with students who wanted to be more involved on campus.
“Part of my platform involves helping students being more connected to campus and being more connected to the people on campus,” Kizer said.
Kizer said his platform also includes student communication with ASUI, which he said he hopes to improve by establishing an email address where students could directly contact senators.
Miller said since she is currently the ASUI Senate Pro Tempore and her running mate is a current ASUI senator, they would continue working hard on projects they have already been involved in.
“As senators it”s our goal to accurately represent the student voice, especially communicating student concerns to faculty or upper administration,” MacDonald said. “Being able to continue to do that in our senate roles is still very important to us and we will continue to be involved with ASUI.”
Brown asked the candidates to elaborate on ways ASUI can encourage students to attend more campus events.
“One thing we can do to get students to attend more campus events would be advertising them more at the university,” Miller said. “Also getting more students to use OrgSync and make sure events are posted on there more regularly.”
Miller said she would also like to determine which events specific groups of students are passionate about and advertise those events to the groups who hold a particular interest.
Kizer also said he would like to see an improved advertising strategy on OrgSync to encourage student participation in events.
“I”d also want to increase the amount of advertising for off-campus students more about events that might interest them,” Kizer said.
Berryhill said, “I believe one of the places we are lacking is students actually knowing about events. It would be great if students were given a way through polling to decide on the best way for them to find out about events.”
Berryhill said the poll would give students the opportunity to decide for themselves what events are important to them.
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