It has been more than a decade
since a Logan native served as Utah State University’s student president. Ryan
Lambert is hoping to change that.
“I have many memories from
younger years of roller-blading through campus on Sunday afternoons,
growing a love for Aggie basketball from the family side of the Spectrum, and
taking walks to Aggie Ice Cream with my family,” Lambert said. “I'm just
passionate about this university because it's played such a big role in my
childhood growing up in Logan, and now even more today as a student. I want
people to love their Aggie experience as much as I have.”
Lambert’s main goal is to
share the love he feels for the university with other students.
“I want to be president
because I love Utah State University and I want to give back by making it a
positive experience for any student who will allow it to be such,” Lambert
said. “I grew up here, I've been involved here, all my friends are here, and I
love it here. I think I offer something unique and different, and I want to
take advantage of the opportunity to help students have the same experiences
that I've had, and have more together.”
The last Logan native to be
present was Celestial Bybee, who led what was then called the Associated
Students of Utah State University in 2002-2003. Incumbent candidate Doug
Fiefia, who leads what is now known as Associated Students of Utah State
University, is from South Jordan. Joshua LeFevre, the third candidate, hails
from Kaysville.
Lambert hopes to improve
student involvement if he is elected.
“There are some great people
here at Utah State,” Lambert said. “Unfortunately, I don't feel like enough
people feel like they can really give back or have much to offer. I want to
focus on communicating to a wider variety of students so that more people
feel like they can be, and should be, involved.”
He praised Fiefia’s
initiation of a new program called MyVoice. The messaging system allows
students to submit concerns or problems.
“Doug has done a terrific
job this year,” Lambert said. “He's created the MyVoice system that has made it
available for students to express comments or concerns, where otherwise it has
been hard for them to do so.”
Steve Clark, a senior at
USU, met Lambert their freshman year while participating in the ambassador
program. Clark describes Lambert as a naturally popular person who doesn’t like
attention.
“If Ryan receives public
credit for something he has done, he turns red in the face,” Clark said. “He’s
not in this for the attention or the scholarship.”
Clark continued to learn
about Lambert as they played basketball together and attended leadership
conferences.
“I’ve learned that Ryan is
such a good person,” Clark said. “There has never been anyone more ready for
this position.”
Eliza Welsh, Tess Griffeth, Mark Hanni, Emi Tano and
Bailee Woolsetnhulme contributed to this article.
No comments:
Post a Comment