President-elect Hannah Davis has begun the hiring process for the 2012-2013 ASUI board chairs and fill the vacant senate seats left by vice president-elect Nick Tunnison and her.
Davis recently hired Jim Martinez as ASUI chief of staff. Martinez will help Davis as she proceeds with the board chair hiring process.
“I’ve worked with Jim in SARB (Student Alumni Relations Board) and within ASUI, and he’s going to do a great job,” Davis said. “He’s already been doing an amazing job helping with this whole process.”
The deadline to submit applications for board chairs has already passed and interviews are underway, but Davis and Tunnison are still accepting applications from students wishing to fill the two senate seats that will be left vacant when they take office.
Davis said she is looking for people who have sought information within ASUI and have made an effort to speak with current senators.
“Because it is only a semester long they have to come in with the whole ball running. They will have the summer to research and kind of think about what they want to do, but they have to come in ready,” Davis said.
As vice president and president of the senate, Tunnison works closely with senators and said he is looking for “go-getters” who are willing to work hard in ASUI.
“People that are passionate about ASUI and passionate about changing the campus for the better,” Tunnison said. “Senate is kind of something where we’re obviously on a team but it’s kind of individual, so someone who isn’t afraid to go out on a limb and try to push an event that they think will really help the community.”
If more than six students apply for senate seats, Davis will narrow the field to her top six (three for each vacant seat), and candidates will then be interviewed by returning and incoming senators. After the interviews, the senate will vote and the top two candidates will be selected.
Applications for the vacant senate seats are due May 1 by 5 p.m. to Davis’s professional email [email protected].
Kaitlyn Krasselt can be reached at [email protected]