Jesse Miller What position are you running for? Vice President How do you plan to enhance student life at UAS? I’ve been working on being a voice for students so when issues comes up, we can make a direct appeal and work on making changes happen. Why are you running for student government? I’ve seen…
BY David Russell-Jensen For the UAS Whalesong Your student government, the United Students of the University of Alaska Southeast, Juneau Campus (USUAS-JC), wish a belated welcome (or welcome back) to UAS! We hope that you, dear reader, may have met some of us at some of the kick-butt events we’ve hosted or sponsored both on…
Student Government is currently running elections for the 2016-2017 Academic Year. The following are the current candidates for each position, and students may run as write-in candidates. Elections for the remaining open positions will be held at the beginning of the Fall semester. President: David Russell-Jensen Vice President: Austin Tagaban Senator: Kristin Rees, Alicia Norton
BY CALLIE CONERTON For the UAS Whalesong This is an important time for the University and we at Student Government are working hard to make sure that the students are fairly represented within the University, the University system and in the State of Alaska. With the spring semester well on it’s way and the legislative…
BY KAYLYN HASLUND For the UAS Whalesong UAS is a growing place of inclusion for people of all backgrounds, including those on and off the gender binary. The gender binary is the classification of sex and gender, typically broken down into male and female. The university has done a lot to be open on the…
BY CALLIE CONERTON For the UAS Whalesong Welcome back students. Student Government has a busy semester ahead of us this spring and we are excited to take it on and give you all we got! We have a full senate this semester with Senators Hannah Wolfe-MacPike, Tim Wilson, Naomi Edenshaw, Karey Allen and Griffin Plush…
BY CALLIE CONERTON For the UAS Whalesong Hello comrades! The semester is almost over and Student Government did a lot around Campus this fall. We recently hosted a De-Stress Fest complete with puppies, yummy snacks in the learning center, meditation, a relaxation room, a student/faculty art show and a pizza party with a viewing of…
BY CALLIE CONERTON For the UAS Whalesong Hello fellow students! Hope midterms didn’t wipe you out! We have been actively trying to reach out to the student population and we have started Monday Morning Coffee with Student Government. We would love for you to come our office and tell us what is on your mind,…
President Callie Conerton Callie Conerton was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska – “the Gem of Alaska”. She has been on the United Students of the University of Alaska Southeast- Juneau Campus (USUAS-JC) Student Senate for four years, having served previously as President, Vice President and Senator. She currently is in hot pursuit of her…
BY DAVID RUSSELL-JENSEN For the UAS Whalesong UAS Student Government met for our annual retreat the last weekend of September – in a nutshell it was a fun-filled and let’s-get-down-to-business meeting, where we discussed our goals for Student Government, our goals for ourselves, and we worked on editing our Constitution. The Constitution will take a…
