School: Engineering Year: Second Major: Systems Engineer Hometown: Fluvanna County, Va.
Housing: On Grounds, Lambeth Field Apartments
Activities: Student Council, Former-First Year Class
President 2007, Sustained Dialogue, L2K4 Participant,
President's Commission on Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity, President's Commission for Parking
and Transportation, Black Leadership Institute,
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated
Current Office: Student Council Vice President of
Administration
Web site: www.vote4action.com
What makes you a competent and qualified candidate?
After serving as a member of the representative body and being the only candidate to have served on the executive board, my broad range of knowledge about Student Council and my even-keeled personality will make me both an effective and approachable leader as Student Council President.
In your opinion, what are the most pressing issues facing the University and how would you use your office to deal with them?
Student safety, sexual assault, the charter initiative, hate crimes legislation, the development of new student spaces, diversity and the creation of a community of understanding are all pressing issues that I hope to address throughout my term.I plan to utilize the office of president to implement programs and legislation that will continue to bring these issues to the forefront of the student body agenda until they are markedly resolved.
How will you maintain contact with your constituency and ensure transparency in your actions?
As Student Council President, I plan to implement an aggressive outreach initiative that will include "town hall" meetings with focused groups to better gauge the concerns of our collective student body through the reflections of elected student leaders.I also want to mobilize Student Council to present bi-annual forums, and redesign the representative office hours, so that the representative body is more pro-active in their attendance at student activities.In regards to the issue of transparency, I aim to better develop Council's Corner, a Student Council-run section within the Cavalier Daily, in order to keep students abreast on pressing issues and future plans of action.I'll also urge Council members about the value and importance of their individual vote, now that the media may report our voting records.
Why did you decide to run for office?
After two years of being heavily involved in representative student government, I felt that running for Student Council President was the next logical step in my progression in enhancing the quality of student life.
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