Greek Council Elections

Seven new students were elected to The Utah State University Greek Council Monday night.

The Greek Council is responsible for governing the Greek community. Their purpose is to promote good relationships among Greeks, sponsor philanthropic events, act as a judicial body and improve the relationship between the Greek community and the USU community.

Greek Council has seven positions including men’s and women’s president, men’s and women’s recruitment, judicial and finance, secretary and scholarship, and public relations and activities.

“I am super excited to start doing things for the community,” Tanner Hughes said. Hughes was elected to be men’s recruitment. “I plan on trying to unite the community more with recruitment. One of my big plans is to have guides that take the guys around to each house so they get to experience more than one house,” Hughes said. “I think that would make them find where they really belong.”

Hughes will be working closely with Women’s Recruitment Elizabeth Speckhard.  New Women’s President, Caitlin Rasmussen held the women’s recruitment position last year.

Sloan Bailey was elected to the public relations and marketing position. “The PR position entails that I am responsible for publicizing and promoting Greek council and the Greek community throughout the campus and even the community. I get the privilege of working with other student organizations to help foster involvement for the Greek students,” Bailey said.

Bailey said her plans are to create a stronger marketing campaign for fall recruitment. She also wants to utilize the USU Greeks Facebook and Twitter pages, to make it more beneficial for active Greeks and Greek alumni.

The men’s and women’s president positions are designed  to “provide guidance and oversee Greek Council officers and committees, while building positive working relationships between the Greek Council and chapter leaders,” according to the job description.

“I don’t know much about my position yet since I was just elected to it, but I can’t wait to get started,” new Men’s President Jake Giles said. “I see a lot of positive change coming to the Greek community.”

The other positions on Greek Council are judicial and finance, filled by Jordan Garner, and secretary and scholarship  filled by Shannon Peters. Both Garner and Peters are new to Greek Council.

(s. stephenson and k. warburton)