Valedictorian Nomination

Class of 2024 Valedictorian Nomination:   The class member who, in the opinion of peers, has shown academic excellence in addition to being an outstanding member of the graduating class both socially and personally.  The selected student is required to give a speech during the Convocation Ceremony.

Nomination Rules:

  • Nominations must be received by 11:59pm on March 31st 2024. 
  • Self- nominations are NOT permitted
  • Each class member is permitted to nominate one person for the role of valedictorian. 
  • Nominees are free to withdraw their names if they do not want to be considered.
  • If individuals are nominated multiple times, one edited paragraph that is representative of those submitted will be posted at the time of voting.  Editing will be done with the assistance of the nominee and a notation will indicate the number of times that the individual has been nominated.

Selection Rules:

  • Each graduating class member is permitted to vote for one person for the role of valedictorian and voting is anonymous 
  • Polling results will be reviewed by election scrutineers, any discrepancy in voting or abnormalities in the nomination process may result in a re-run of polling.
  • The scrutineers for this process will be chaired by the Hippocratic Council President, and include the Past- President, VP-Windsor, VP- Communications and Honorary President.
  • Concerns about the process may be brought to the scrutineers anytime before the results are announced publicly.  The scrutineers will review all complaints and decide by consensus if the fairness of the election has been significantly impinged and intervention is required.  Intervention may include, but is not limited to, disqualification of nominees, invalidation of the results and/or restarting the process. 
  • There will be predefined rules for run-off elections
    • If more than four people are nominated for the position, there will be a run-off election between the two candidates with the most votes at closing of the first polling period.
    • If leading two candidates are within < 5 votes there will be a run-off.
    • The results of run-off polling are final unless the nominees are in a dead tie.