Meet Loveth Lungele, Candidate for Executive Director of Student Life

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As the MUNSU elections approach, many candidates are announcing their candicacy for one of the 38 elected representatives of the Board of Directors. For this session, The Muse presents an executive candidate who will be placed on the ballot during the vote on March 19th-20th, Loveth Lungele.

Loveth Lungele has been involved in campus life since she started her academic studies at Memorial University, three years ago. As an executive member of the MUN NSA (Nigerian Student Association) and event coordinator, Lungele has developed her professional experience while bringing students together and promoting school pride. With regards to some of her recent volunteering, Lungele spoke about her time at the MUN Tax Clinic

This gave me an opportunity to meet new people; which helped me better integrate into the community, It also gave me a chance to work with different people and to give back to the community.

Upon election, Lungele has stated she would implement a variety of positive changes and improvements to current MUNSU operations. These policies include increasing club funding, implementing bi-weekly emails for clubs/societies activities, and allowing for longer club lifespan through a mentorship and junior executive program which would allow for leaders to pass on the torch to younger members upon graduation. Furthermore, in cohering with her policies on student life, Lungele has proposed bolstering and expanding welcome-week and winter carnival events to “help foster a sense of unity and belonging” amongst MUN students.

Similarly, another policy promoted by the candidate would be to organize “hype-day/tailgate” events for the Seahawk teams with the intention of encouraging student participation in the school’s games, by distributing prizes and conducting rallies to conjure school spirit.

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Lungele encourages anyone who might like to reach out to her campaign to do so through her Facebook page @lovethelungele4studentlife or by sending an email to llungele@mun.ca.

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Jacob Laybolt
Jake is a graduate student, currently studying Employment Relations. In 2023, he completed his Honours BA in Political Science. He has worked with the Muse since 2018, covering student politics, labour organizing, and campus activism.