MUNCIE, Ind– On Wednesday, January 28th, marked the official start of Ball State University’s Student Government Association's election season. Kicking things off with the nomination convention, members of the organization, as well as interested candidates, got to learn more about the campaigning process moving forward.
“It's really only about a month-long process.” Jackson Phenis, the Elections Board Commissioner, said. “But I'm sure some of these people have been talking about this probably since the beginning of last semester.”
The Nomination convention is just the beginning of the process. Each of the tickets will be formally nominated at the convention, and the Elections board will also receive their campaign staff information.
“It's all really deciding, do I want to run? Am I qualified? And questions like that,” Phenis said.
“I’d say what initially encouraged me to join was the influence from my older peers who are already in SGA,” Quinn Davis, one of the candidates running in this election, said. “And wanting to make a difference in the community that we’re a part of, I see a lot of people who feel unrepresented at Ball State, and they feel like they don't have a voice, so being able to join SGA and be that voice for them was important to me.”
The student senate is composed of five causes representing five major areas of students: On-campus, Off-campus, At-large, organizational and Collegiate. This encompasses a vast majority of different perspectives, values, cultures, and ideas that candidates take into consideration when forming their campaign.
Polls for voting in the 2026 student government election will be open to students on Monday, February 16th, at 8:00 a.m. on “BeConnected.”
Students can look out for the candidates' campaigns and more information on the Student Government Association's Instagram at "bsustudentgov."
If interested in contacting the organization directly, students can visit them in the Student Center, Room 112.
Contact Brianna Baariu with comments at brianna.baariu@bsu.edu
