{"id":48832,"date":"2018-01-12T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=48832"},"modified":"2018-01-15T09:09:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T14:09:06","slug":"nominations-sought-for-busu-elections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/01\/nominations-sought-for-busu-elections-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations sought for BUSU elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the polls open next month to select the University\u2019s next student leaders, candidates are needed for the election ballot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) is accepting candidate nominations for the roles of President and three Vice-Presidents: student services, finance and administration, and external affairs. There is also one opening for an 18-month term on Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nomination forms are available at the BUSU office in the Student-Alumni Centre and must be submitted by Friday, Jan. 26 at 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The campaign period begins Monday, Feb. 5 and voting will open Feb. 13, running until Feb. 15 at 9 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt is important that all students make their voices heard in the upcoming elections by voting, as it directly impacts their academic years at Brock University,\u201d said Fiona Purkiss, BUSU Chief Returning Officer. \u201cThe executive positions have an enormous power to change undergraduate students\u2019 lives for the better, so it is important to stay tuned for upcoming debates and updates from our candidates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students are asked to keep an eye on their Brock University email account for additional communication from BUSU about voting procedures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information on the election can be found on the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/government\/elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUSU website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions regarding the election process can be directed to Purkiss at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:cro@brockbusu.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cro@brockbusu.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while questions about the available positions can be directed to Kayleigh Rossetto at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:krossetto@brockbusu.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">krossetto@brockbusu.ca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the polls open next month to select the University\u2019s next student leaders, candidates are needed for the election ballot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[2203,6178,133,6177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48832"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48839,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48832\/revisions\/48839"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}