Stu­dent Coun­cil Wel­comes New Mem­bers 

MISHAWAKA- On Sept. 2, Bethel Uni­ver­si­ty’s Stu­dent Coun­cil held its up­per­class­men and un­der­class­men stu­dent coun­cil elec­tions. Each coun­cil is com­posed of three mem­bers: the pres­i­dent, vice pres­i­dent and sec­re­tary. Elec­tions for the up­per­class­men and un­der­class­men coun­cils take place every fall, and the ex­ec­u­tive coun­cil elec­tions take place every spring. 

Ac­cord­ing to Ex­ec­u­tive Coun­cil Pres­i­dent Zach Kern, there was a good turnout for vot­ing in the elec­tion. Kern wants to en­cour­age more stu­dents not only to vote, but also to run for stu­dent coun­cil po­si­tions. Kern said par­tic­i­pa­tion in Stu­dent Coun­cil gives stu­dents a voice, and he en­joys get­ting to rep­re­sent the stu­dent body.  

Fol­low­ing the elec­tion, there was a full coun­cil re­treat for the ex­ec­u­tive coun­cil and the new coun­cil mem­bers to be to­gether and brain­storm ideas for the year. One of the up­com­ing events stu­dents should be aware of is the up­per­class­man dance on Nov. 13, which has been moved from the spring se­mes­ter to the fall se­mes­ter in re­sponse to the grow­ing num­ber of stu­dents grad­u­at­ing in De­cem­ber.  

The stu­dent coun­cils meet in­di­vid­u­ally every other week, al­ter­nat­ing with whole coun­cil meet­ings. Bethel stu­dents are wel­come to at­tend these meet­ings at 9:00 p.m. every other Mon­day in the Trustee Board Room. The next full coun­cil meet­ing will be held on Nov. 7.