Meet the presidential candidates: Akash Vadalia
Published: April 8, 2011Section: News
Akash Vadalia – 2012
Biology and Health
Science Society
and Policy Double Major
Current Union Position
Student Union Treasurer
Campaign Slogan
Putting the U back in Union
Other Campus Involvement
Experiential Learning Fellow, Campus Center Supervisor, Psychology Lab Research Assistant, Former Varsity Tennis Player, Former Co-President of the South Asian Student Association
As Treasurer
Vadalia believes his work on the Union throughout his three years on campus in various positions has allowed him to understand how the Student Union works to help members of the community and now he feels he’s ready to take the biggest leadership role possible.
Main Presidential Objectives
Promote the togetherness of the university, specifically through programming. He plans to work with club leaders to assure that events are scheduled evenly throughout the semester so that there’s always something to do on campus and so he that student activities fund is used to fulfill the needs of the campus most efficiently. He has confidence that this will boost Brandeis’ reputation in the sense that it’s not only great academically but it is also a social and enjoyable campus.
Renovate the housing on campus such as the Castle, East and The Mods.
“I am a hard worker, it’s a great quality of not the greatest quality of mine that I’m a very hard worker. Of course I have weakness like anyone else but my hard work gets things accomplished.”