On April 21, Student Congress (StuCo) sent an email to all Doane students regarding the upcoming StuCo senator elections for the following year. Students were asked to pick 10 students out of a variety of other students.
Fast forward to Friday, April 24, when StuCo announced not only the new senators for the year but also that there was a three-way tie between freshmen Bettie Chambers, Naomi Clutter and Frank Thomas. As a result, a whole other election was set from April 28-30 to determine who would be the final senator for the 2026-27 school year.
As of now, the new senators include: juniors Sam Hartman, Shelby Hesman and Eme Starbuck, sophomores Harrison Sjuts, Lauren Maly and Derek Silva and freshmen Saje Phelps and Felicia Deumi-Nappi.
Deumi-Nappi said that her decision to become a StuCo senator was a spontaneous decision, but she knew from the beginning of the semester that she wanted to be more involved around campus.
“I have a leadership position that enables me to grow and develop my character and be a role model for those around me,” Deumi-Nappi said. “I love helping people and being the person people can come and talk to when they have any concerns.”
Deumi-Nappi also talked about how she wanted to raise her voice to ameliorate the Doane community and how excited she is about being part of StuCo next year.
“I would say the most exciting thing about being a senator is being able to work and communicate with other students,” Deumi-Nappi said. “Finding compromises and conclude to thing that we struggle with at Doane is something I want to help with.”
While the current senators get ready to hand the torch to the upcoming senators its a good thing to note that many of them focus on improving not just communication, but also improving the Doane community as well.
