ASUP run-off results: Burks and Wester victorious

By Olivia Sanchez | April 4, 2018 9:40pm
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Kathleen Burks has been elected to serve as ASUP director of communications and Brandon Wester has been elected to serve as ASUP director of finance. Photos courtesy of Kathleen Burks and Brandon Wester.

Results from the ASUP run-off election indicate that Kathleen Burks has been elected to serve as director of communications, and Brandon Wester has been elected to serve as director of finance.

Last week, students voted Sitara Nath and Michael Gallagher to be next year’s ASUP president and vice president. Their opponents Alex Peterson and Carrie Fitzgerald received 37.8 percent of the vote, compared to Nath and Gallagher’s 61.2 percent. All candidates for executive board, including presidential and vice presidential candidates layed out their platforms for students at Speech Night

ASUP president and vice president candidates Sitara Nath and Michael Gallagher react in excitement shortly after the announcement was made that the two won the elections on Wednesday, March 28, 2018.
by Annika Gordon / The Beacon

Wester ran against Wyatt Dykhuizen and Abigail Pell in the initial race for the director of finance position. And Burks ran against Sven Shoultz and Brenda Hernandez and Molly Rausch in the race for director of communications. Kaity Sullivan was elected to serve as Campus Program Board (CPB) Director, and will succeed Jacque Nelson, who has been in the position for two years. 

Contact News and Managing Editor Olivia Sanchez at sancheol18@up.edu or on Twitter @OliviaRSanchez.
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