Despite running unopposed, Page said he is excited to have won. He received 676 votes, and the remaining 54 votes went to various write-in candidates.
Page said his first goal is to improve communication between graduate and undergraduate students. Page said he also wants to increase communication between the administration and graduate students.
Because he was the only person on the ballot, Page said he was not too worried about the election.
"I didn't feel it was necessary to plaster my face all over campus," he said.
Page said if someone else was interested in doing the job then they would have launched a campaign.
"I'm just trying to tap into issues important to students," he said.
Page said he will work to find out what is on their minds.
"We're here to work for the graduate students and the student body," he said.
He also said he plans to remain in constant contact and communication with whoever becomes student body president.
"We're the graduate representatives, and the student body president represents undergraduates and graduates," Page said.
He said the GPSF and its leaders should play a part in campus issues rather than being an afterthought.
Page said he does not think everyone on campus needs to know exactly what GPSF does, but he said he wants to make sure GPSF is effective.
"That will result in students knowing what it is and what it does," Page said.
Page said he wants graduate students who are excited to help out with GPSF's issues and committees to get involved.
He said he hopes to do everything he can, including sending out e-mails and hosting forums, to reach out to students.
He said he plans to hold public appearances in all the graduate schools to get input from as many graduate and professional students as possible.
"We want to go out to them instead of them coming out to us," Page said.
Page said he wants to fill empty GPSF Senate seats and would do so with diversity in mind.
He said he does not want professional students to be forgotten.
Page also said some students might think graduate students are apathetic but that he does not think this is true.
He said a lack of participation can be attributed to graduate and professional students' busy schedules.
As a second-year medical student, Page said he is going to have to carefully manage his time, starting with the election celebrations.
He said even though he ran unopposed, he planned to go to Top of the Hill to celebrate.
"That's the great thing about this election," Page said.
"No one had to lose."
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