Senior economics major Alex Cornillie will run as the Students Party candidate for Student Body president with political science and economics junior Jesse Schmitt as his vice president. Party president. Sen. Carly Wilson will run for treasurer.
Cornillie has served on the Reitz Union Board of Managers and managed programs for Gator Growl and Homecoming.
He was also the press secretary for former Student Body President Ashton Charles.
Schmitt has no UF Student Government experience.
However, Wilson said he ran and campaigned before with the Student Alliance Party and understands SG.
He also brought Humans vs. Zombies to campus in 2010.
Schmitt was welcomed to the football team last spring as a walk-on fullback.
He said his overall goal is to increase student participation in SG.
Last week, the Unite Party announced Tj Villamil as its presidential candidate.
Today it will announce its treasurer and vice presidential candidates at the Reitz Union Amphitheater at 12:35 p.m.
Each party has also been interviewing potential senators during qualifying, which ended Tuesday.
Supervisor of Elections Toni Megna said about 659 students qualified during all three days.
The Students Party had 53 students and the Unite Party had 606 students. No one declared independent, she said.
Pre-nursing sophomore Alexandra Desjardins-Martel fills out a Student Government slating form on Monday afternoon.
