Former Student Government presidential candidates Brooksie Bonvillain and Chris Sellers of “Leading the Way” say they have proven “leadership isn’t merely positional” after accomplishing 17 of their 23 campaign initiatives.
Bonvillain, who was SG Senate speaker this year, and Sellers, who was a senator for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said they have “no regrets” after an election loss last year that led them to “opportunities to serve the University in other ways.”
Bonvillain and Sellers said they qualify accomplishing initiatives as carrying out their intent.
Bonvillain cited their initiative to eliminate the freshman football lottery as something accomplished by intent. She said while the lottery was not eliminated, every freshman who requested tickets was awarded them, so the initiative’s goal was achieved.
Creating an SG scholarship fund, re-zoning parking, procuring early registration for war veterans and creating availability for online Student Health Center appointments are some of the initiatives Bonvillain and Sellers say they have accomplished through SG Senate or as executive staff projects with the help of J Hudson and Dani Borel, who won the runoff election against Bonvillain and Sellers.
Bonvillain and Sellers said they have been happy to watch progress of the funding of service-learning courses through the Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership.
This year, the Senate approved $12,000 to help fund six service-learning courses, and Borel and Hudson supplemented Senate funding totaling eight new service-learning courses.
Bonvillain and Sellers said they have four initiatives in progress, including creating a complimentary major and minors guide and adopting a 24-hour on-campus printing zone.
Bonvillain and Sellers praised their candidates for carrying out initiatives and said they were thankful Hudson and Borel took on “Leading the Way” initiatives.
 
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