By: Stephanie Turaj
Posted In: News
Fifteen Senators have been elected for Salve’s Student Government Association. SGA elections were held from 7 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29 through 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30. According to SGA President Vincent Testa, 24 percent of Salve students students logged into the online system eBallot to vote this year. This number is close to 500 students. Among those elected, there are six freshmen.
Karl Varkey was among one of the freshmen to be elected. He said the Senate race was not that stressful, and only a little bit stressful towards the end. According to Varkey, it was a close election. Varkey advertised using a Facebook group. This was a common way to advertise this year, in addition to posting flyers around campus.
“My brother was in [SGA] and he said it was a really good opportunity,” said Varkey. “I was part of student government in my high school.”
Varkey said that, as a freshman, he will probably have different viewpoints than the upperclassmen senators. He said, however, that he is enjoying his time at Salve, and that all the faculty and students are welcoming.
SGA’s mission, according to their website, is to “serve as the liaison between students, faculty, staff and administrators at Salve.” Varkey said SGA deals with issues such as caferteria food
and various campus problems and events.
The students elected to the SGA Senate are:
Travis Jay Boutin ’13
Justin Chale ’14
Alyssa Cusano ’12
Mary Grace Donaldson ’11
Grace Kelly ’14
Julia Kernan ’13
Bridie McCaughey ’11
Siobhan Mullen ’14
Elyse Nassar ’11
Michael Powell ’13
Matt Tympanick ’12
Jivanto Van Hemert ’14
Karl Varkey ’14
Sam Watson ’12
Briana Williams ’14
