The new sStudent Senate Officers (L) Graduate Affairs Mason Potter, Secretary Will Jones, President Blake Rainey and Vice President Nicki Fletcher. Photo credit: Christina Cox
Student Senate election results were announced March 24 in Hughes-Trigg Student Center. According to Student Senate, 2,005 SMU students voted in this year’s election.
President: Junior Blake Rainey was elected President. Rainey’s goals as president are to reform reform the services and facets of the university that tuition money goes towards (including dining, parking and safety), empower students to set up appointments with senators to make a change and deliver real solutions to issues within the Student Senate.
Vice President: Junior Nicki Fletcher was elected Vice President. “Creating opportunities for SMU students to expand their career potential is a challenge that I am passionate about pursuing,” Fletcher said on her campaign website. She hopes to connect SMU students to more resources on campus and through an online calendar.
Secretary: Junior Will Jones was elected Secretary. He will continue his role as Student Body Secretary, which he took on as interim in January. Jones said he is working on legislation to create a Queer Student Senate Seat, a Military Veterans Student Senate Seat and an Athletic Student Senate Seat.
Graduate Affairs Officer: Graduate student Mason Potter was elected Graduate Affairs Officer.
The following is the full election result list for all senators:
Cox:
David Sherzad
Vivian Frederick
Trevor Thomas
Cameron Farr
Nizh McLaughlin
Samuel Gordon
Nathan Jajan
Dedman:
Spencer Reppond
Fairooz Adams
DK Manley
Kennady Galloway
Declan Healey
Donna Charkuar
Lyle:
Nathan Revaren
Caroline Street
Matthew Lucci
Julian Gutierez
Aleena Tautia
Ryan Uukasin
Meadows:
Grant Dow
Pre-Major:
Davis Wells
Julia Scambray
Ben Ovenshire
Kelsey Shipman
Trey Dalton
Adam Bixby
Baxter Cantrell
African-American:
Naomi Samuel
Asian-American:
Sidora Ibad
Hispanic:
Jose Santoyo