David Dregne and Devine Nzegwu came through on last week’s Student Senate presidential ticket, winning with 367 votes.

Voting began at midnight, April 15 and ended at 6 p.m., April 16, Kenny Brotheridge, Student Senate vice president, said. Any student with a UW-Platteville e-mail account was able to vote.

All the voting was done on the UW-Platteville Web site using a student username and password, Brotheridge said. Students were able to only vote for their college.

“I was not aware of any students not being able to vote,” Brotheridge said. “Last year there were a few incidents of students having trouble voting, but nothing this year.”

According to election results, 787 students logged in to vote for next term’s president and vice president of Student Senate.

“Our term ends halfway through Monday’s meeting, when we will swear in Dave and Devine,” Frank Moullet, Student Senate president, said. “I think David and Devine will do a great job. They both have experience on Student Senate and are very motivated people.

“I really think Kenny and I have accomplished everything we set out to do and more.”

Moullet said this year’s senate was a great group to work with, even though there were some issues.

“I am graduating, so my involvement with Student Senate will be coming to a close,” Brotheridge said.

Diversity and technology are just a few items on the list to look at for next term, Nzegwu, Student Senate vice president elect, said.

Diversity has a negative stigma, Nzegwu said. Working with students and faculty members on how diversity is more than just skin color is one of her goals.

Student Senate will also be working on making Desire2Learn use mandatory with all professors, Nzegwu said.

“Most of my classes don’t use D2L and it’s hard to follow your progress and keep track of your grades when the professors don’t use it,” Nzegwu said.

Using text messages to inform students on canceled classes and other issues is another area that is going to be researched, Nzegwu said.

“We are working with UW-Madison to get information on how [their] entire system works,” Nzegwu said.

“As of right now the students voted for the best candidates for our campus,” Brotheridge said. “I personally feel very comfortable with David and Devine being the new president and vice president and wish them the best.”