Alumni re-elect Patrick Shoulders as trustee

Trustee incumbent Patrick Shoulders was elected to another three-year trustee term after receiving 14,507 of 32,552 votes IU alumni cast between May 8 and 1 p.m. today, according to an IU press release.\nShoulders is vice president of the board of trustees, chair of its external relations committee and a trustee liaison to IU-Southeast New Albany. This year’s trustee election received 2,999 more votes this year than last year’s election, according to the news release. About 45 percent ballots were cast online – this was the first year alumni had the option of voting on paper or online, according to the news release. \nTrustee candidate and Indiana attorney Kelly Smith received 11,306 votes, while Michigan consultant Samuel Locke received 6,739 votes.