Nic Frello, left, and Caleb Jarvis, right, are excited to start their new roles and to make an impact on the student body.
NDSU’s new student body president and vice president are ready to serve their fellow students in the upcoming academic year.
Nic Frello and Caleb Jarvis have been active in Student Government, both having held executive officer roles within their fraternity, and decided now was the time to broaden their involvement across campus.
“We decided to run for student body president and vice president because we believe we can have a positive and lasting impact on the NDSU community,” said Frello, a Management Information Systems major from Maple Grove, Minnesota. “We are both actively involved on campus and have found aspects in which we can amplify student voices and work to foster a proud, vibrant and supportive environment for all students. We share a vision for a more connected and engaged student body because student involvement is what drives campus, and that our combined skillset will create an effective team to bring our vision to life.”
Frello and Jarvis’ main priorities center on three key pillars: informing, involving and investing in the student body. The informing pillar will entail the creation of a Senate Outreach Committee.
“This committee will be comprised of senators with the sole goal of being the bridge between the Student Government and the student body,” Jarvis said. “Members of this committee will be tasked with actively reaching out to clubs and student organizations regularly to get feedback on ideas and further promote events around campus.”
This pillar also will emphasize the use of alternative communication methods rather than relying solely on email communication to reach students about important information.
For their involvement pillar, Frello and Jarvis want to bring back the spring involvement expo, which like the fall involvement expo, is a time when students can explore NDSU’s student organizations.
“Recruitment for organizations notably decreases in the spring, and we would like to not only allow them to increase the success of the organizations but also involve as many students as possible, so they can get the most out of their time here,” Frello said.
Frello and Jarvis also plan to propose an increase to the overall student ticket quota for NDSU football games.
“After our national championship victory, prospective attendance is expected to increase. We would like to accommodate this need for extra tickets while also showing as much support as possible for every organization involved in making Bison game days a special experience, including the Gold Star Marching Band, cheer team and dance team,” Frello said.
Within their third pillar, investing in students, Frello and Jarvis aim to further their involvement and support for on-campus programs that provide valuable resources to students.
“Our most prominent goal with this is to expand the Goods for the Herd Food Pantry. We will be meeting with the Great Plains Food Bank to explore options to expand the pantry’s offerings through our previously established connections, as well as trying to develop new ones with new opportunities to help serve our students,” said Jarvis, a political science major from Rogers, Minnesota.
In addition to the partnership with the Great Plains Food Bank, Frello and Jarvis plan to implement new initiatives across campus to increase the amount of goods provided through the pantry.
Looking toward the 2025-26 school year, Fello and Jarvis said they are excited to start their new roles and to make an impact on the student body.
“We are most excited to be the voice of the student body and work with our team to implement ideas that will improve student life, as well as see the different sides of campus we have never seen before,” Frello said. “Ultimately, our whole goal is to create a lasting impact that extends beyond our time in these roles and continues to aid in serving the student body’s needs so we can create a community full of Bison pride.”
