Students Nominated for ASG Positions

The nominees were chosen over the summer by ASG President Jonathan Ducote, a junior at N.C. State University.

Amanda Devore, a senior accounting major from N.C. State, is the nominee for vice president of finance and development, the newly-created committee responsible for overseeing the ASG's $165,000 budget. Devore worked last year on N.C. State Student Senate's Finance Committee.

Ducote said Devore has the technical qualifications necessary for the job of heading the newly created committee charged with overseeing ASG's expanded budget.

"She has the level of responsibility needed to do the job," he said.

The $165,000 ASG budget was generated by a systemwide $1 student fee increase for the 2002-03 academic year.

"My main concern is making sure, with all the budget concerns, the fee money is spent responsibly and that it goes along with the constitutional bylaws," Devore said.

Ducote also said Devore's close proximity to the new ASG office, which will be located in Raleigh, is an added advantage. "I wanted to work side by side with (her) to cut down on any problems there may be," Ducote said.

Victor Landry from Fayetteville State University is Ducote's choice for ASG vice president of legislative affairs.

"He has great adeptness and skill in organizing things," Ducote said. "He can send a strong, consolidated message to the legislature and include the public in that message."

Andy Ball, a sophomore from Appalachian State University, is the nominee for vice president of public affairs. "One of (Ball's) biggest assets is that he is very up-to-date and has the ability to look around corners and see where he needs to go," Ducote said.

Marsha Moore, the nominee for vice president of academic affairs, is a senior elementary education major at Appalachian State University.

Moore gained insight into the guiding principles of a state university while working with the chancellor's office at Appalachian State last academic year, Ducote said.

"She was a natural choice," he said.

Ducote nominated Sadie Cox for vice president of student affairs. Cox served as the student body president at East Carolina University last year.

Ducote said Cox has experience addressing students' needs on a local level and brings innovative ideas to the table.

Ducote said the nominees all have one thing in common.

"They had been thinking about the issues for a long time before they applied for the job," Ducote said. "They made that clear when they applied. They are all solid, credible individuals.

"They know what they want, what they need to do and how to get there."

UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Jen Daum said she has worked with all of the nominees.

"I think they are all exceptionally qualified," she said. "I trust (Ducote's) leadership and think he made a good decision in choosing these nominees."

Ducote will present the nominees to the ASG General Assembly, headed by ASG Senior Vice President Kian Brown of N.C. Central University, on Sept. 14.

The ASG General Assembly members will then vote on whether or not to approve Ducote's vice presidential nominees.

The chairman and vice chairman of the ASG Council of Student Body Presidents were also recently appointed by the council at its first meeting last month.

Ryan Eller from Appalachian State was appointed chairman of the council. Deon Winchester from Fayetteville State will serve as vice chairman.

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