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White House Live Chat With Drake University

Hey Everyone!

Listen up, this is pretty cool and Drake University will be heard nationally but we don’t have much time! 

As a Student Senate, we’ve been in conversations with the Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (yes, THE White House), and they are hosting a special event called “Open for Questions” tomorrow, September 14th, at 3:00PM CDT. Here is the link to the live web chat: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/09/12/open-questions-live-chat-american-jobs-act

Senior White House officials will be fielding questions on how the American Jobs Act will impact young Americans. Moderating the conversation will be:
  • Ronnie Cho, Associate Director, White House Office of Public Engagement
  • Brian Deese, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director, National Economic Council
  • Roberto Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education Policy

Examples of questions they will be fielding about the American Jobs Act are:

  • How will the President’s plan support young entrepreneurs?
  • Will the plan help prevent police, firefighters and teacher layoffs?
  • What programs will the American Jobs Act support on youth employment?

Through our conversations with Ronnie, he has promised to field a question from Drake University live tomorrow! This is what we need to do:

  • Submit your question by Tweeting with the hashtag #DrakeOpenForQuestions, posting on our Facebook wall, or commenting on this post by 2 PM CST tomorrow (Wednesday, Sept. 14th)
  • Our Public Affairs Officer, Sarah Coffey, will be monitoring these questions coming in and will pick what she deems to be the best single question and will email it directly to Ronnie Cho for him to give to the panelists to answer live
This is a great way to get Drake University’s name out there in the national discussion of issues affecting young Americans. Please help in assisting this effort!
Thanks everyone and let me know if you have any questions!
Greg Larson
Drake University Student Body President
gregory.larson@drake.edu

Executive Election Results

Congratulations to our new Student Body President-elect, Samantha Haas, Vice President-elect of Student Life, Byron Spears, and Vice President-elect of Student Activities, Greg Larson!

Student Senate Executive Elections

Do not forget to vote for the Student Senate Executive Elections on Monday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 2. Voting will end on Tuesday at 11:59PM. The results will be announced early Wednesday morning shortly after the voting ends. Please join us in welcoming the new Executive Officers for the positions of Student Body President, Vice President of Student Life, and Vice President of Student Activities.

The link below will take you to the page to vote. You will need to sign in using your blueView username and password.

http://oias.drake.edu:7777/obs/login.do

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