KEARNEY – Emily Saadi and Zach Zavodny will serve as the next student body president and vice president at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
They were elected Thursday following two rounds of student voting. After advancing past the initial round, Saadi and Zavodny received 465 of the 901 votes cast in this week’s runoff election to edge out Aidan Weidner and Olivia Koenig.
Saadi and Zavodny will take office March 29, succeeding current President Noah Limbach and Vice President Tristan Larson.
As student body president, Saadi will represent UNK as a student regent on the University of Nebraska Board of Regents and serve as the official student body representative to the administration and public. The president also has the power to approve or veto legislation passed by the Student Senate.
A junior from Kearney, Saadi is a pre-law student majoring in political science with minors in social work and global peace and security. She’s involved in the UNK Honors Program, Locke and Key Society, Undergraduate Research Fellows, Phi Eta Sigma honor society, Pre-Law Society and campus intramurals. Saadi also serves as service chair for the Catholic Newman Center, secretary of Student Senate, public relations chair for Model United Nations and social affairs chair for the Honors Student Advisory Board.
She’s a Chancellor’s Ambassador and student worker for the American Democracy Project.
A junior from David City, Zavodny is a pre-medical student studying chemistry with a health science emphasis. He’s involved in the UNK Honors Program, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, Undergraduate Research Fellows and Student Government, serving as a senator and as a member of the Chief Diversity Council and Faculty Senate Committee for the Library.
Additionally, Zavodny is a Chancellor’s Ambassador, Learning Commons tutor, Honors Program mentor and vice president of external affairs for the Honors Student Advisory Board.
Members of the executive cabinet, pending Student Senate approval, are:
Joseph Hiatt of Spencer – Chief of staff
Allie Daro of David City – Secretary of community relations
Luke Sykes of Clatonia – Secretary of the treasury
Earlen Gutierrez of Lexington – Secretary of student organizations and affairs
