Anna Campbell (she/her) has been voted as your new Activities and Development Officer, with 1,741 votes, beating Fred Baker and Riley Gibson for the role. She will take over from Rose Franchi, the current Activities and Development Officer, in June.
At the results event, Anna said: “I’m pretty shaky, and so happy, and so overwhelmed! Thank you to all my friends who helped me design posters and canva posts, and to all the other candidates, everyone has been so supportive. It has been such an encouraging month.
“Thank you to everyone who voted. It means so much.”
Anna’s manifesto focused on, among other issues, boosting support for new societies by supporting societies in having more free events outside fresher’s week, improving society engagement with mature and postgraduate students by having better communication and delivery around give it a go sessions, and streamlining society services by making the room bookings system more transparent.
You can see Anna’s full manifesto here.
Speaking to Forge Press before the voting opened, Anna discussed her musical abilities – she plays the French Horn, Tenor Horn, and Piano – and her leadership roles in musical societies. Anna is president of the Brass Band society, and organised an overseas tour last year to Germany, and is organising a tour to Belgium this year.