Name recognition was probably a factor in Ronk's seemingly easy election. He wants to motivate the members of the senate and get them working together. Then he hopes to promote greater participation by the student population at large and get more input from them. Ronk says he feels lucky to have been a student at Dana, and that during his time there, he has grown as a person and has become more outgoing. He hopes to convey his positive attitude to the student senate members and to the student body as a whole.
Students are friendlier now and participate more.
I never used to have trouble finding a parking space on a weekend, but now I do because fewer students are going home. Ronk, the son of Carolyn and Larry Ronk of Emerson, Iowa, is a senior organizational communication and broadcasting major at Dana. After graduation, Ronk plans to attend graduate school and study public administration, so public service and possibly politics will continue to be a part of his life.