2024-25 USUSA Logan Campus Vice President candidates
Parker Norton
What year are you in school? What are you studying? And where are you from?
I am a junior at Utah State. I am studying business marketing. I grew up in American Fork, Utah.
What do you hope to accomplish in your term as Logan Vice President?
No. 1, I would like to protect the students from breaching academic policies by updating and modifying the student code to directly address the proper uses of AI in the classroom. Another thing I want to do is I want to enhance and amplify the student experience on campus. This is just in general at Utah State, but specifically in the spring and winter when it’s dreary. By collaborating with the outdoor programs and on- and off-campus housing, we would be able to bring more activities to the students so they can feel more at place. Lastly, a bill was recently passed for the cutting of the funds for these DEI programs. I realize the fact that they deserve the chance to be heard, and I want to try my best to understand and help other students around me understand how we can help them feel included and heard at Utah State.
What do you think is the best way to reach and connect with students to be able to rightfully represent them?
I feel like the best way to reach students and represent them is to show up for them. We have a lot of students that are putting in work into clubs and activities on campus, and they want support. I think the best way to help them feel heard and seen is to show up for them, and be a part of what they are doing.
If the university was given a million dollar donation, and you were asked to decide what to do with the money, what would you decide to put it towards?
I would put it towards parking. It’s hard to find a parking spot as a student — me being a student who has gotten parking tickets before for parking in the wrong places because I got to get to class. I think it’s just a very valuable thing that saves students time and effort to get to where they need to go quickly.
If you are not elected, how will you continue to be involved at USU?
There are just so many other ways to stay involved. Up until this point I have found ways to be involved off-campus, to bring students together through music and through what types of clothing we’re wearing. Just bringing people together and giving people a purpose to show up and be united in what we’re doing. There are many ways to do that, and that goes without a position and with a position as well.
If President Cantwell invited you to a potluck, what dish would you decide to bring?
I would definitely be bringing a bowl of sliced watermelon. I don’t think a potluck is complete without watermelon.
Brayden Adamson
What year are you in school? What are you studying? And where are you from?
I’m a junior here at Utah State University. I’m studying finance, economics and accounting. I’m triple majoring. I’m from Salem, Utah, just southern Utah County.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term as Logan VP?
As Logan VP, I would love to keep going with my Aggie Dreamers Lounge and help support every other member on the USUSA committee.
What do you think is the best way to reach and connect with students to be able to rightfully represent them?
One, through social media. It’s our biggest and easiest way to reach people. Then through just genuine connections. When I was student body president of my high school, Salem Hills, we lead with a promise of making genuine connections every day, and I think that’s what I would continue here.
If the university was given a million dollar donation, and you were asked to decide what to do with the money, what would you put it towards?
I think that we need more things on campus. So if I had a million dollars that was given to the university, I’d use it to fund the extracurriculars and clubs that get people involved that aren’t regularly involved.
If you’re not elected, how would you continue to be involved at USU?
If I’m not elected as Logan vice president, I’m still going to join a couple boards and be a part of the HURD and do anything I can possible to make a change here.
Then if President Cantwell invited you to a potluck, what dish would you bring?
I’d bring pizza, it’s my favorite food.
Brandon Sorenson
What year are you in school? What are you studying? And where are you from?
I am a sophomore here at Utah State studying business marketing, and I’m from Taylorsville, Utah.
What do you hope to accomplish during your term as Logan vice president?
I want to work on enhancing and making accessible parking and transportation options; diversifying and improving our dining options here on the Logan main campus; improved department spaces — so just making sure that some of the departments that are in smaller areas have more accessible learning opportunities; and then utilizing the MyVoice platform.
What do you think is the best way to reach and connect with students to be able to rightfully represent them?
I think that ties perfectly into my fourth statement on my platform is utilizing MyVoice. It is such a great program that’s already accessible to every student here statewide and also on Logan main campus; for them to be able to put in feedback, whether it be anonymous or have their name included so that it can either go to the correct position or correct department so that we can better look at that.
If the university was given a million-dollar donation and you were asked to decide what to do with the money, what would you put it towards?
I would want to first off, spread it throughout all of our statewide campuses. I think the Logan campus gets a lot of attention due to it being our main campus, but first, look at where we can allocate that to the other campuses that might not have the most funding. And for most of the money being funded up to the Logan main campus, working on those department spacing, making sure that every major or person here feels like they have a place on campus.
If you were not elected, how would you continue to be involved at USU?
Since my freshman year, I have wanted to get involved. I did a part with the Aggie Blue Leadership Conference, which is under the Logan vice president position. Within my first year, I joined USUSA events, USU HURD, and that’s where I found my drive and passion for being a part of involvement here at Utah State. And then my second year, I now sit on the Logan Vice President Committee Council. I was a DEI director for the first half of this year, I worked as an ambassador for the business school and various other positions throughout the university. So getting this position will just give me a better platform to continue to work on what I’ve been working on. But still, there’s so many ways to be involved on this campus. I think that’s something great about Utah State.
If President Campbell invited you to a potluck, what dish would you bring?
If President Cantwell invited me to a potluck, I would have to bring funeral potatoes. I know that can be kind of a bit of a hot take in the state of Utah, but it’s something that I’ve always loved. It’s pretty easy to make on that student budget. But bringing that in always tastes good, and yeah, I think she’d love it.
Archer Dame
What do you hope to accomplish during your term as Logan vice president?
There is so much I want to accomplish, and a year is not enough. The main thing I want to do is set up structures here at Utah State to continue the process of building up opportunities for students to build on as the years go on. I think Utah State has such an incredible community, and I think we can really thrive if we focus on connecting together, communicating together, collaborating and curating a really great space for students to know what resources they have — to know where they can go if they need help, to know where they can find support from other students, from professors, from their deans, know where they can go to their colleges and find those support systems all throughout campus.
What do you think is the best way to reach and connect with students to be able to rightfully represent them?
Being on campus, talking to them, getting to know them, going to events, meeting with organizations. It’s really important that you know them one-on-one on a personal level, because even though we’re in college, we’re all figuring it out. It’s that connection. That one-on-one connection is really important, and that is where growth and relationships happen. One of the greatest things about college is you can make those connections.
If the university was given a million-dollar donation and you were asked to decide what to do with the money, what would you put it towards?
I would suggest that we put it right back into the students and the student organizations here on campus. There are so many students who have so many beautiful goals and things they want to achieve. Sometimes the only reason they can’t achieve it to the degree that they want to is because of funding, and so to be able to give students the opportunity to have the budget to use towards their goals and their dreams and their ideas — there’s nothing better, because the students here are so creative, so passionate. I would love it if we got that donation to be able to feed and support the students and their desires. I think that’d be really cool.
If you are not elected How will you continue to stay involved at USU?
I’m on student events right now, and I would likely just apply again; I love student events. The community that it’s provided for me here has been life-changing. To be a part of it again, to any degree, would be so amazing. I’d also hope to be on the Logan Vice President’s Committee as well.
If President Cantwell Invited you to a Potluck, what dish would you bring?
I would bring jalapeno cornbread. My mom has a phenomenal recipe — you know, some jalapenos, some cheddar cheese, into the savory cornbread. It is undeniably delicious.