Candidates Kia Murdock, left, and Brett Kahler, right, are running for ASUW president and vice-president.
ASUW President candidate Brett Kahler is in his fourth year at UW and is majoring in communications. He has experience with ASUW as he is ASUW vice president and has been a College of Arts and Sciences senator.
Because Kahler has worked with the UW administration as well as members of the Board for an entire year, he has already developed an effective working relationship with these individuals. This will ensure that he can get to work right away without any time for turnover or transition.
“I am running for President so that I can continue to be the voice for students to the UW Administration and the Board of Trustees. I believe that it is important to take the opinions of all students and effectively convey those opinions on important issues that will affect students. I believe that I can work very well with members of the administration as well as the Board to accomplish this task,” Kahler said.
His running mate, Kia Murdoch, is a junior majoring in French and has also served as a senator for the College of Arts and Sciences. She has taken on leadership since day one at UW. In her freshman and sophomore years, she served as President of White Hall Senate and Director of Sustainability in the Residence Hall Association.
“I wanted to run for the Vice President position because I enjoy very much working one on one with my fellow students,” Murdoch said. “I’m very comfortable with the inter-workings of the Senate. I believe I have the experience level and the warm personality to be an excellent resource for the largely brand-new Senate we will have next year.
“We want to continue to work with the administration on projects that are already in motion, such as Half Acre Renovations and the recently funded Student Memorial Statue. We also want to work with the new student safety focused committee announced a few weeks ago to make UW a safer place.”
Their platform includes a sincere commitment to diversity, an accurate representation of student voice and complete transparency.
“These three aspects will help lead our administration to ensure that we are actively reaching out to students to gather input and opinion on major issues affecting the UW student body,” said Kahler.
Along with their passion and platform, these two have the experience and momentum they believe will make a positive difference if elected.
“After spending a year in office as vice president, I am aware of exactly what the job of President entails,” said Kahler. “I also have been part of many initiatives over the last year that, if elected, I can continue to pursue immediately with little to no transition period.”
Murdoch shares Kahler’s passion for making changes that would benefit the students.
“My primary reason for running for office is to continue to progress ASUW, but also to not lose any ground the institution has already made,” Murdoch said. “We plan to utilize every media outlet available to us to not only get the word out to students about what is happening in ASUW, but also encourage their honest feedback.”
“Brett and I are a great team because we represent different parts of campus and differing opinions,” Murdoch said. “We both agree that celebrating diversity, accurately representing student voice to the administration and complete transparency as a student administration are incredibly vital elements of service to this university and our fellow students.”
For more information on their platform, go to facebook.com/KahlerMurdoch4ASUW.
Candidates Ali Moore, left, and Mitch Nedved, right, are running for ASUW president and vice-president.
The team of Mitchell Nedved and Ali Moore is also running for the top executive positions. With experience in ASUW and the Greek community, their deep love for UW compels them to improve the university.
Presidential candidate Nedved is a member of Sigma Chi and a senator from the College of Business serving on two standing committees: the Academics, Technology, and Sustainability Committee and the Students’ Program Advisory Committee. He is a sophomore in finance.
“I am so grateful because serving as an ASUW Senator has allowed me to positively impact the campus and further the interests of other students who, in turn, better the university,” Nedved said. “I have a vision to make ASUW even better; I hope for it to become more about what the students want.”
His vice president candidate is Moore, a member of Chi Omega, who is serving as the ASUW senator for the College of Business.
“My decision to run for vice president came from my increased involvement with UW over the course of my three years here. I genuinely love the University of Wyoming and want to contribute to the longevity of this campus and of the student body that makes it what it is,” Moore said. “The students, as well as the variety of RSOs and opportunities they are involved in, deserve to have a group of students who can relate to them representing their views and opinions.”
The team has three main platforms: transparency through communication and collaboration with other entities on campus, accountability and technology.
“To me, it was most important to find a partner who loves UW as much as I do and who truly wants to see it succeed. Ali Moore is charismatic, professional and dependable; we work well together as a team,” Nedved said. “We believe the key to any legitimate organization is transparency—everyone should always be able to know what is going on.
“With all of the major changes on campus, like plus/minus grading and USP requirements, there needs to be a high degree of accountability within the executive branch of ASUW. Our slogan, ‘Nothing about the students, without the students,’ is derived from the necessity of holding the student government accountable for accurately representing the voice of the student body.
“Lastly, we want to focus on technology. We would like to incorporate more digital signage into the Half Acre and Ross Hall renovations. In addition, we promise to strive for better WiFi service across the campus, especially in high traffic areas. Since student fees are paid each semester, we believe they should be spent that semester so that our students’ investments can benefit them as soon as possible.”
Nedved and Moore believe their experiences with UW organizations qualify them for office.
“My most solid qualification for this position comes from my past experience in ASUW,” Nedved said. “It has trained me to argue for the interests of others and myself, while at the same time to be more receptive to others’ ideas and to be ever mindful of the welfare of UW… I believe that my leadership experience in the Sigma Chi Fraternity, the American Marketing Association and the Global Business Club have built me a solid base of experience to draw from.”
“I have developed a strong faith in my leadership abilities based on my work in Iron Skull and Chi Omega,” Moore said, “My employment with the Writing Center in Coe Library and the UW Athletic Department has allowed me to work with a variety of people from many different backgrounds.”
For more information on their campaign, go to facebook.com/nm4asuw.
Polls are open until 5 p.m. Friday. Votes can be cast by logging onto WyoWeb and clicking the voting link near the e-mail link.
