David Schmiesing
FUSG welcomes new senator, justice
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST A new justice and sophomore senator were sworn into Franciscan University Student Government during the body’s formal meeting Wednesday. Junior Maria Lencki, who served as a Student Government justice last year, returned to the judicial branch after the Senate voted to confirm her. The 10 assembled senators also held an […]
New FUSG leadership wants students to ‘Expect More’
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Senior Derek Markle considered running for president of Franciscan University Student Government before he was even elected a senator in fall 2018. The summer leading up to that fall semester, he reached out to junior Alex McKenna, then a freshman who had served the previous year on Student Government as executive assistant, to see if […]
Freshmen senators sworn in, exhorted to represent student body
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER CATHOLIC VALUES COLUMNIST Three freshmen senators were sworn in during Franciscan University Student Government’s formal business meeting Wednesday, Sept. 11. Freshmen Paul Aubert, Julia Hetmantsky and Cecilia Cuellar were elected by their peers during Monday’s election. Chief Justice Billy Chester swore in the new senators during the Wednesday meeting. They were selected out of a pool of five candidates. […]
David Schmiesing: Franciscan University is ‘an extreme blessing’
ELISHA VALLADARES-CORMIER SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER When David Schmiesing began attending Franciscan University in 1988, there was no study-abroad program, the student population was half its current size and students played basketball in the Gentile Gallery. Twenty-eight years later, the university has cultivated a vibrant Austria program, doubled in size and added several new facilities, including […]