Get to know your candidates:<\/p>\n
Kandice Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Name, hometown, year, major:<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: My hometown is Douglass, KS, I am a Senior, and an Organizational Leadership major <\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I\u2019m from Otis, Kansas. I\u2019m a senior majoring in Accounting with a minor in English.<\/strong><\/p>\n What is your sign:<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: Really? Sagittarius.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I\u2019m not into horoscope or astrology, but my sign is Cancer.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What do you want to be after college and why?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: After college, I want to encourage young women to peruse their passions and their strengths. I am going to develop a program that empowers young women to discover and develop new skills they can take pride in that will carry over into a future career, and maintain a healthy level of self-confidence.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I want to either be an accountant for a big tech company or do accounting for a book publishing agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are your long-term goals?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: 5 years from now I would like to have a corgi or a golden retriever, and a decent start on my retirement fund. I am also looking into the possibility of an internship with the Mary Kay Foundation in Dallas, TX.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I want to settle myself in somewhere Northeast or Northwest in the United States! I want to have a home and start developing myself in my career!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are your short-term goals?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: A few of my short-term goals for this semester include earning a 4.0 GPA, getting back to benching minimum 130lbs,<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: First, I want to excel in class, but I also want to enjoy my last year at Fort Hays!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are some of greatest strengths?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: I consider my compassion, thoughtfulness, and respect for those around me some of my greatest strengths. I am also a very loyal person.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I believe I am dedicated to people. If someone asks me to do something for them, you can guarantee I will try my hardest to make them happy. I\u2019m a people-pleasing person, so making people smile and laugh and feel great with life if my forte. There\u2019s all this negativity in the world, hatred, and violence, and I want to help those people out!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is one thing people do not usually know about you?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: I can twitch my nose like a bunny.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I\u2019m a secretive gamer, I love video games. My favorite video game is The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. I\u2019ve played it for over one-hundred hours\u2026 and there\u2019s still so much to do!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are you most excited about homecoming?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: My parents and grandparents are coming to town to support me, which is always fantastic. Campaigning is helping me to meet more FHSU students, and expand my campus family, which has also been a blessing.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I love seeing how dedicated people are to FHSU. I love seeing the colors, the energy, and positivity, the spirit\u2026 that\u2019s what the tiger family is all about.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What has been your greatest memory at FHSU?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: My greatest memory would be my first week on campus. I had a chance for a fresh start, I was <\/strong>excited for all my classes, and I had made fast friends and gone through sorority recruitment. There were so many good things happening and I didn\u2019t have to pay bills yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: My greatest memory is definitely meeting the people in my learning community my freshman year. Coming to campus and knowing a group of people helped me feel connected. My favorite part about this was our business service trip to St. Lucia in the Caribbean. Helping a developing country\u2019s entrepreneurs start their businesses was very rewarding.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What are you involved in at FHSU?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: At FHSU, I have been actively involved in Encounter, on the Leadership and Worship Teams, Delta Zeta sorority, and the Women\u2019s Leadership Project.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I am the president of my social justice service organization US 4 U. I am also involved in the Mortar Board honor\u2019s society, the Student Chapter of the ACFE, I have also been an Orientation and Welcome Leader for two years. I help volunteer for different service opportunities on campus. I take part in the Writing Circle and I\u2019ve also helped the Library and the English department with Banned Books Week.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do you have any tips, words of advice to other aspiring student leaders?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: Do not limit yourself. If you think you <\/strong>can\u2019t do something \u2013 do it anyway and prove yourself wrong.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: To lead people, you have to make sure you are in the right mindset. Leading people is not easy, but the challenging experience is so rewarding. You have to be dedicated to what you\u2019re trying to lead people towards. If you aren\u2019t, how will you be able to motivate people for your cause?<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Random Questions<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: Definitely the Duff.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I mean\u2026 I grew up kind of watching both of these stars (hey now, hey now\u2026 this is what <\/strong>dreaaaaammms are made of). If I had to choose one though, Lindsay has my vote mostly because I\u2019ve watched more of her movies than I have Hilary\u2019s (Mean Girls and Freaky Friday are two of my favorites from childhood!)<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you could have any superpower what would it be and why?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: I\u2019d like to be able to read, write, and speak in any language fluently. Or be able to grow whatever plant I wanted whenever I wanted it, that would shrink my grocery bill. <\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I wanna be Superman, fly and be strong and have all these great powers\u2026. Just kidding. That\u2019s too much. I would love to have the ability to change people\u2019s minds. Why? Cause there are some serious baddies in this world who need to progress their thinking.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is your least favorite Disney movie?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: My least favorite Disney movies is The Black Cauldron \u2013 it gave me nightmares for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: The Jungle Book 100%. For some reason, I\u2019ve never been able to get into it\u2026 I don\u2019t even like the bear guy!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Favorite genre of music?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: Favorite music genre \u2013 Rock.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: Alternative rock!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Favorite holiday and why?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: My favorite holiday is Christmas, because my family has more traditions for Christmas than any other holiday, and Christmas lights and decorations just make me incredibly happy.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: If Leap Day can be a holiday I would say leap day. Why? Because you can throw the BIGGEST party ever. It only happens once every four years! CELEBRATE!<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Which building on campus would you go to first in a zombie apocalypse?<\/p>\n Kandice Wright: In case of a zombie apocalypse on campus, I would hole up in Custer Hall because you need a card to open many of the doors and I don\u2019t think zombies will be about that business.<\/strong><\/p>\n Dalton Steinert: I\u2019m gonna give two places. First would be Rarick because of the stairs\u2026 and second would be Malloy, because that place IS. A. 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