By Megan Higdon
Western Herald

Name: Darius Machado
Age: 26
Major(s)/Minor(s): Business Administration
Class Standing: Graduate Student
Hometown: Mumbai, India

Have you had prior experience with WSA ? Other leadership roles outside the WSA?
In the WSA – No
Roles outside the WSA -

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
Indian Student Association, ISA – Event Coordinator
Indian Student Association, ISA – WMU – President
International Programs Council, IPC – Member
International Programs Council, IPC – President
Student Leader of the Year Nominee
National Association of Campus Activities – WMU Delegate
Outstanding Service Award – Haenicke Institute of Global Education

What is your committee and how do you plan on promoting the WSA through it?
Not Applicable to AC

What do you think WSA’s role is within WMU?
WSA’s role is the representation of the student body of WMU to the administration to address the needs of the students.

Why do you feel that you are qualified for this position?
Past experiences being in leadership positions in different organizations, professional work experience, and working with different organizations on campus are part of the reason I would say I’m qualified for this position. Effective communication, a sense of maturity, being level headed, transparent and unbiased are other skills that I bring to the table.

What are you goals for your position on the cabinet?
My goals are as follows,

1. Create awareness about the allocations process and to reach out to different organizations on campus to create that awareness.

2. Revisit the bylaws and guidelines to make sure there is clarity and detailed so that every organization can understand the funding process in a simple fashion.

3. To always make sure that the deliberation process is always fair and just.

Name: Zac Putnam
Age: 19

Major(s) / Minor(s): Business Management
Class standing: Freshman
Hometown: Rochester, New York

Have you had prior experience in the WSA?  Other leadership roles outside the WSA?
Yes, I have been a senator for the Hayworth College of Business this year. I was the sponsorship chair of Colleges against Cancer. I will be residence assistant next year as well.

What is your committee and how do you plan on promoting the WSA through it?
I am the treasurer . I want to assist the rest of the executive cabinet in helping more people have their voices heard.

What do you think WSA’s role is within WMU?
WSA’s role is to the voice of all students who are enrolled at WMU.

Why do you feel that you are qualified for this position?
I feel that I have had a great deal of experience in finance and operational budgets. I have been observing the previous treasurer, Zachary Putnam a lot this year.

What are your goals for your position on cabinet?
My goals are to maintain the financial records for WSA and accurately keep track of all finances and the operational budget.

Posted by kleonard on Apr 15 2010. Filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry