Introducing Adam

Greetings! Like Trevor said, welcome to the Northern Iowan’s NISG elections blog.

My name is Adam Haselhuhn and I am a 5th year senior here at UNI and a double major in political science and political communications. I started my NISG career working for the executive branch as an office assistant/chief of staff. Then I served as an Off-Campus Senator and Chair of the Student Affairs Committee. After that I asked my good friend Jake Rudy to run for Student Body President and Vice President. After a long, drawn out election cycle we eventually won the election. It was an honor to serve the students of UNI last year. I am excited to serve the students one more time by covering the NISG elections in a new way for the NI.

Currently I am the Coordinator for the College Hill Partnership, which is the neighborhood and business association for the college hill area. During my time at UNI I have been involved in various activities including Connecting Alumni To Students (CATS), Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Colleges Against Cancer, and the Maucker Union Advisory Board. While I was President I served on numerous university committees, including the Student Services Fee committee which develops a 2.6 million dollar budget.

When I was President my main goal in office was to make sure student’s voices were heard with administrators, faculty, and staff. We spent most of our time attempting to repair the image of NISG and prove the organizations legitimacy. We also wanted to reach out to students in new ways, like visiting student groups to get feedback, using social media outlets such as twitter and facebook, and implementing new programming such as Green Week and Alcohol Awareness Week. One thing I always struggled with was the amount of students who still didn’t know what NISG was despite all of our efforts.

During Trevor and my presidential campaigns, the NI did what it could to try to cover the elections, but it wasn’t enough. I know personally I spent thousands of dollars to promote my campaign and to get elected. The NI also sent a reporter to cover the NISG debates for that writer’s very first story – ever. I knew this year, something needed to change. In order for the NI to have meaningful coverage of the NISG elections, they needed a team that could share their experiences and have the inside knowledge of what was happening to properly inform students of what was going on.

I am excited to work with Trevor on this new endeavor. It is my hope that we can inform you of what your student government is and can do for you in the future. We will give you the background information, platform analysis, and my honest opinions on what will be best for the students at UNI. So stick around and keep checking back for updates!