Anna Salvaggio will replace Collin Mays as Western Student Association Vice President. Mays stepped down from his postion as vice president early this summer in order to go on tour for his book. Facebook Photo
By Jacob Nelson
Staff Reporter
The Western Student Association could go through a change of leadership this coming week if the Senate votes replace Collin Mays with Anna Salvaggio as the new Vice-President.
Mays recently published a book and will be going on tour in the Midwest.
Mays has a long list of accomplishments across the country and will be featured in this year’s “Who’s Who in Black Detroit,” an annually published book that highlights the accomplishments of successful African Americans in the Detroit area.
With his recent accomplishments and upcoming book tour, Mays realized that he would be unable to put his entire effort into being Vice President of WSA and therefore decided to step down so WSA could hire someone who would be able to be more dedicated.
Many candidates were interviewed over the summer, but in the end WSA President, Sean Nicholl, decided on Salvaggio to fill the position.
“I chose Anna Salvaggio to fill [Collin’s] place based on her vast experience on campus, and her work ethic that I have seen out of her throughout the years here at WMU,” said Nicholl.
The Senate will vote whether or not to accept Salvaggio as the new vice president the WSA meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 12.
Nicholl said that although Salvaggio will have a little bit to catch up on, it appears that she fully capable of handling the responsibilities.
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Interesting how the western herald predicts the future, and their tweets contradict the content in this article.
This would have been the truly first time that anyone outside of the WSA cabinet had heard about this, mind the fact that interviews and even applications were not made public. (offering it to the general population at WMU as with most cabinet positions. While it is not required by the WSA constitution, it is pretty idiotic to claim this is what you did and to not have actually done it. )
furthermore, say what you want about Anna’s experience, and it seems impressive on paper and paper alone, she’s already added this position to LinkedIn which is public for anyone to see. This is highly disrespectful to the position of Vice President and to WSA as a whole, she does not have the position, just because President Nicholl nominated her doesn’t mean she’s been approved. This undermines the entire power of the WSA senate by falsely claiming she has a position when she really doesn’t have it.
It seems to me once again President Nicholl picked his friend to serve in this position, once again as he did with the rest of his cabinet.
It is interesting that the Western Herald opens with “Anna Salvaggio will replace Collin Mays as Western Student Association Vice President” despite later stating that this requires the confirmation of the Senate.
As a former Senate member myself, I am, frankly, disappointed with the lack of independence from the Senate. I supported the Nichols/Mays campaign when they took office and will continue to do so for Nichols, but the replacement of Mays was not well-publicized, and a primary part of the campaign is being replaced just after being elected.
I agree with the previous post that this post is presumptuous, as is the attitude from Nichols. I urge the senate to not support this replacement immediately and to not only take into consideration the need for a vice president but also the needs of the student body in making a careful decision. I have nothing against Salvaggio other than her previous failures to commit to WSA as her priority; after the fiasco with last year’s president, it is important to make a wise choice.
Has the Senate become so reliant upon the cabinet that it can no longer dissent in any way? Now is their chance to prove otherwise.
Awesome Anna. You are definetly qualified for the position and an outstanding Bronco!!! The President knows you are perfect for the position – remember that!! Someone will always try to take away the “glory ” Just keep your head up and be the exceptional person that you are and always will be!!!