The upcoming Student Association elections will feature several competitive races, including the Columbian College Undergraduate Senate election, which features 16 candidates running for 6 seats. Below are a list of the candidates, a brief description about them and their top priorities if elected to the SA Senate. WRGW News encourages you to visit the candidates’ websites and Facebook pages to learn more about their platforms.
“My top priority in the election is bringing students’ issues to light. More than pushing personal initiatives as a Senator, I plan on representing Columbian students as best as I can.”
Campaign website: http://www.shreya4sa.sqsp.com
Jevin Hodge
Year: 2016
Top Priorities: Student space, student life, safety, academic modernization
“"GW is elevating at a rapid pace; with an environment of such great ability and even greater potential we have to galvanize campus rapport and take a step in the right direction. Work to create a streamlined and better process for communicating with the allocations and co-sponsorship so all clubs will know what is expected of them.”
Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/JevinHodgeForSenator
Nick Gumas
Top Priorities: Expanding GPAC requirements, enacting non-discrimination legislation, lowering cost of printing
“ I am the only candidate in the race with experience as a SA senator, and I hope to use that experience next year to continue bettering the lives of CCAS students through building off of these initiatives and working on new ones, such as increasing diversity in student government, promoting sexual education, improving resources for smaller student organizations."
Benjamin Pryde
Year, Major: 2016, Econoimcs/Political Science
Top Priorities: Student Safety, Sustainability, Vern Issues, Students Clubs/Organizations, GW Living
"I am running because I believe that students deserve a University where their needs academically and socially are met, and a Student Association that ensures that students' needs and aspirations are not forgotten and are made a priority.”
Campaign Website: http://www.benpryde.com
Justyna Felusiak
Year, Major: 2014, Political Science/Geography
Top Priorities: Course Scheduling, School Spirit, Student Org Funding
“I am running because being a part of the Student Association as a CCAS Senator is something I know I can do and do it well. As a third year student and experienced student leader, I can bring something new and fresh to the SA while still bringing the experience of working with GW administrators to the table.”
Campaign Website: www.facebook.com/JustynaFelusiakCCAS
Ahrim Nam
Year, Major: 2016, Political Science/Spanish
Top Priorities: Extending dining hours, Student Health
“One of my top priorities in the election would probably have to be improving certain aspects of student life at GW, especially student health services and its location.”
Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/NAMforCCAS
Patrick Furbush
Year, Major: 2015, Economics/Political Science
Top Priorities: Improving CCAS advising, reducing GPAC requirements, installing efficient lighting and heating, improving student space
“A top priority I have is improving the CCAS advising because it is too unorganized and GW students deserve only the best help we can get. I am running because I believe I am the best person for the job of changing our school for the better.”
Mollie Bowman
Year: 2016
Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/mollieforsenator
John Menges
Year: 2016, Political Science
Top Priorities: SA financial transparency, dining hall sustainability
“I am running to be a CCAS-U Senator because I want to work together with students, student leaders, and administrators to create a better GW for all students.”
Campaign Website: http://johnforgw.com
Casey Syron
Year: 2016, Political Science, German Language and Literature
Top Priorities: Increase amount of classes that count towards GPAC, Printers in all Academic and Residence Halls, Lower fees for lost GWorld Cards and lost room keys
Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/caseyforgw
Justin Hyde
Major: Organizational Sciences
Top Priorities: Additional Student Space, Student representation on the Board of Trustees, Improving CCAS Advising
Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/JustinHide?fref=ts
Marshall Cohen
Year: 2016, Political Science
Campaign Website: www.electmarshall.com
John Weiss
Year: 2015, International Relations-Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs, Political Science, Environmental Science
Top Priorities: Campus sustainability, efficacy, student rights
Campaign Website: https://www.facebook.com/JohnWeissForCcasSenate?group_id=0
*Brandon Kumar, Justin Hyde, Taylor Cole, Marshall Cohen, John Weiss and Casey Syron did not respond to our request by press time for a comment on their candidacies.
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