ASWSUV Interim president announces new executive staff
Students of Washington State University Vancouver will be electing a new student body president this fall, following a controversial election season last spring.
Ian Muck, former Associated Students of Washington State University Vancouver Senator, was unanimously voted in by the 2018 ASWSUV Senate to fill the role of interim president for the summer semester. The role of the interim president includes hiring the new executive staff positions such as director of legislative affairs, director of communications and director of student enrichment for the 2018-2019 school year.
“Since taking office, we have been hard at work assembling a team of dedicated students to serve as the Associated Students of Washington State University Vancouver Executive Staff for the 2018-2019 academic year,” Muck said. “We have been putting together a training that will ensure the creation of a strong, comprehensive student government with an ethos.”
Transparency and ethics were two of Muck’s primary qualities when determining new hires for executive staff positions.
“We were looking for people who care about the position [and campus] they were applying for,” Muck explained. He also said he looked for personalities and strengths that meshed well with other candidates to build the best possible team.
The newest members of the ASWSUV Executive staff, as voted in by the 2018-19 Senate are as follows: Chief of Staff, Davina Cepeda; Director of Campus and Community Outreach, Natalie Ewing; Director of Leadership Development, Sarah Martinez; Assistant Director of Communications, Elle Marander; Director of Communications, Cam Plute; Director of Student Enrichment, July Canilao and Interim Vice President, Travis Toth.
As the summer Interim Vice President, Toth will train the 2018-2019 ASWSUV Senate. He said his training plans include looking over mock bills with spelling errors and looking at previous Senate agendas.
“We’re looking for a highly operating set of parliamentarians,” Toth said. “We want to get them into the mix of it’s okay to speak out.”
Registration for candidacy for ASWSUV President or Vice President opens Aug. 20 and Vicente Chaves is the only returning candidate from the spring elections. Chaves’ running mate for Vice President has yet to be announced. Muck said he has offered the opportunity for interested students to job shadow him and Vice President Toth this summer.
“Remember to vote,” Muck said. “In September, in November, and in spring.”