Student Union election results from this week’s election were announced Wednesday evening.

The UP executive slate, which ran uncontested, won with more than 96 percent of the vote. The slate, headed by President-elect John Harrison York, the current vice president of programming, will take office on March 31.

Foremost on the slate’s agenda is creating next year’s budget through a collaborative process with other SU members and student groups.
“I’m very excited to go ahead and start with the new position to engage the student body,” York, a junior, said. “As we begin to plan the general budget, [Vice President of Finance-elect] Cody Katz will be seeking a lot of input in the coming month.”

The UP slate’s platform focuses on creating opportunities for students to co-program, volunteer and get off campus.

The slate also hopes to finalize a complete campus calendar using live@edu, an undertaking that no administration has yet done successfully.

York hopes to reach people even outside of SU.

“For the average student, an e-mail blast doesn’t have a very meaningful impact, so a lot of it is going to be personal outreach to students,” York said.

He plans on hosting several focus groups throughout the year for students to discuss issues of concern. York hopes that every student will feel welcome at these meetings.

Senior Class Council was the only contested race. Pup N’ Suds, a slate headed by Alex Cooper, beat out incumbent slate Mission Accomplished by about 10 percent of the vote for every position.

All of the other proposed class council slates won.

Nearly one third of the undergraduate student body voted in the elections on Tuesday and Wednesday.

“Given the fact that exec was not contested, I was pleased to see such a good turnout,” York said.