New Highs in Voter Turnout for 2017 ASG General Election
During the 2017 Associated Student Government general election, over 5,800 students cast votes for candidates for ASG President, ASG Vice President, ASG Secretary, and ASG Treasurer. After final vote totals were calculated, Andrew Counce was elected president of the 2017-2018 Associated Student Government and Natalie Counce was elected vice president. Andrew is biology major in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and Natalie is a finance and accounting major in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. Andrew and Natalie are cousins and are both currently juniors.
In other executive elections, Ashton Yarbrough was elected ASG secretary and Macarena Arce was elected ASG treasurer. Yarbrough is currently a sophomore elementary education major in the College of Education and Health Professions. Arce is currently a junior international economics major in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. She is also an international student from Peru. Andrew Counce and Macarena Arce are also alumni of ASG's Freshman Leadership Forum program.
A report on final voting totals for the executive election can be found on the ASG website at https://asg.uark.edu/asg-executive-election-results/
Legislative candidates were also elected as part of the 2017 ASG General Election. Candidates for Senate and the Graduate Student Congress were selected by college. Seats unfilled in the general election will be elected on an at-large basis at the beginning of the fall semester. Elected senators and Graduate Student Congress representatives for 2017-18 are:
J. William Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences
Senators
- Brandon Davis
- Ashely Goodwin
- Karsen Sims
- Elonay Yehualashet
- Bree Dulaney
- Jesse Kloss
- Kianna Sarvestani
- Noah Bradshaw
- Drake Moudy
- Tiara Armstrong
- Nabil Bhimani
- Deja Middleton
- Makynna Meega
- Mariam Siddiqui
GSC Representatives
- Alex Marino
- Arley Ward
- Ashley Whiting
- Scout Johnson
- Nathaniel Conley
- Daniel Elkin
- Garrett C. Jeter
College of Education and Health Professions
Senators
- Brittany Smith
- Andrew O'Neil
GSC Representatives
- Victor Nardo Jr.
- Alexandra M. Boyd
- Stacy Mackey Kimbrough
Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural Food & Life Sciences
Senators
- Clay Smith
- Amelia Chapman
- Amarachi Onyebueke
GSC Representatives
- Isabel Whitehead
- Katherine Wilkinson
- Cullen Shaffer
Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
No undergraduate students from the Fay Jones School of Architecture ran in this election.
College of Engineering
Senators
- Ikenna Egbosimba
- Allison Barnett
- Luke Turner
- Ben Thornton
- Zane Lovell
- Aliyah Conley
- Mateo Lopez
GSC Representatives
- Alexa Koenigseder
- Prashanth Ravishankar
- Jonathan Blanchard
- Joshua Burbridge
- Nasya Sturdivant
Sam Walton College of Business
Senators
- Jacob Boone
- Caroline Dallas
- Jake Stewart
- Scottie Taylor
- Cassidy Cook
- Drew Hartmann
- Kayla Kochan
- Emma Cleaver
- Brenden Weathers
- Jared Pinkerton
- Thea Winston
No graduate students from the Walton College of Business ran in this election.
GSC Representative, Graduate School
- Cameron Nunn
- James "JD" DiLoreto
GSC Representative, At-Large
- Jose Diaz Gomez
- Breanna Wilbanks
- Michael Bohlen
- Jama Grove
- Michael Powers
Final vote totals for the legislative elections can be found on the ASG website at the Election Results page.
At the March 14 ASG Senate meeting, the Senate body elected its executive, the chair of Senate. Colman Betler was elected by his peers in the Senate to serve as the chair of Senate in 2017-2018. Betler is currently a sophomore biochemistry major in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.
All newly elected executive and legislative ASG leaders will be sworn in at the 2017 ASG Inauguration on Friday, May 5.
The Associated Student Government at the University of Arkansas is a student-led organization that acts as an organized voice for all students and strives to effectively represent student interest. More information can be found at asg.uark.edu. For more information, please contact Associated Student Government, asg@uark.edu or call 479-575-5205.
Contacts
Associated Student Government,
Office of Student Activities
479-575-5255,
osa@Uark.edu
Scott Flanagin, executive director of communications
Division of Student Affairs
479-575-6785,
sflanagi@uark.edu
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