ASG’s new leadership realizes dreams
By Anna Altwies, ESU Media Relations
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Four years.
That’s how long Angela Blaufuss, senior crime and delinquency studies major from Olpe, and Sarah Schulte, senior microbial and cellular biology/premedical major from Omaha, Neb., have wanted to be leaders of Emporia State University’s Associated Student Government.
Both women have been involved in ASG since they were freshmen. They achieved their leadership objectives this past spring when Blaufuss was elected ASG president and Schulte was named vice president for the 2008-2009 academic year.
“To be perfectly honest, I didn’t believe it when we first saw that we had won and I was more in shock than anything else,” Schulte said. “Here is something I had wanted to do ever since I came to ESU and then I had it. I think it really dawned on me what was happening when I saw Angela because she is my other half. Without her, I wouldn’t be where I am at nor have the phenomenal support that I do.”
Throughout their time serving on ASG, both Blaufuss and Schulte have held a number of leadership positions. Blaufuss was the University Affairs chair one year and organized the first “Can the Bods” food drive event against Washburn University. She also served on the presidential search committee in the fall of 2006.
Blaufuss said she wanted to be ASG president because she cares so much about ESU.
“After God and family, my greatest love is Emporia State University and the ESU student body. As ASG president I felt I would have an opportunity to give back to the campus community in some way for everything it has given me,” she said. “I wanted to have the opportunity to help bring about some changes that would enhance the educational experiences of other students who attend ESU.”
As Senate Operations chair, Schulte was in charge of how the senate is run for the past three years. She also served as president pro tem, an elected position in charge of parliamentary procedure for the past two years.
Because of the experiences they have had through their leadership positions, and through observing the ESU administrators with whom they have worked the past few years, both women said they feel they are very prepared to tackle their new positions.
“Over the past four years I’ve seen what works, and what doesn’t,” Schulte said. “With my experience, I know how to run the meetings. I’ve got my own ideas, and now it’s just about tweaking and implementing them.”
While campaigning, Blaufuss and Schulte took a more unconventional approach and decided to run without a platform. Both women felt it was essential for their peers to realize they truly wanted to happen what the students wanted to happen, rather than campaigning on personal agendas.
“It was important for us to run without a platform because we felt we should be open for promoting the needs and wants of the student body, not our personal wants and needs for Emporia State University,” Blaufuss said.
Both Blaufuss and Schulte said they are looking forward to the upcoming school year.
“I think there will be great opportunities for our campus this year and in the future,” Blaufuss said. “I look forward to the opportunity to show that our students are truly ‘the center of it all’.”
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