The student body has spoken and the Student Government Association’s new president and vice president said they are ready to deliver.
Jordan Beale, a junior biochemistry major from Benton, Kentucky, was recently voted the new president of SGA after a close race with junior Julia Allen.
“I was confident in my platform, but my competition was so good and the race was so close that it was such a toss up,” Beale said. “It’s really neat to look forward to something so big and so cool — I see so much potential and believe it’s going to be a great year.”
As president, Beale will be in charge of calling and planning meetings along with taking charge of any proposals. She already has several plans for what she wants to personally accomplish next year.
One of her main goals is improve the academic advising system.
“I would love to see each student be designated two advisors — one from their department and one from the Career Development Center who’s just really focused on seeing you succeed as a student,” Beale said.
Beale will be working closely on accomplishing these goals with vice president Hannah Passamonte, a junior social entrepreneurship and international business major from Maui, Hawaii. Both leaders already have one goal in mind to work on together – a tuition lock-in.
Passamonte’s other plans include combating food waste in the cafeteria and even trying to improve parking. Passamonte said along with combating food waste, she wants to see healthier food options on and off campus.
“I would really like to see different ways for students to get healthy, whether that be expanding our gym facilities within the SAC or if that means just getting a healthier [food] option in the Student Center,” Passamonte said.
With big plans ahead of them, Beale and Passamonte said they have a great support system from the rest of SGA.
“I definitely feel very excited about the upcoming year because I know it’s going to be a fun one,” Passamonte said. “It’s going to be a lot of fun to work with [Beale] and to work with the other executives and the rest of SGA.”