UPDATED: Sept. 1, 2015 at 6:44 p.m.

Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong are now officially president and vice president of the Student Association.

Seedat and Hong, along with Comptroller Phil Kramer, Speaker of the Assembly Janine Bogris and all of the assembly representatives, were sworn into office at SA’s first meeting of the semester Monday night in Maxwell Auditorium.

The student assembly elected Eric Evangelista, a junior political science and history major, as the recorder. Evangelista has served as an assembly representative since his freshman year and is the “longest-standing member of the assembly” Kramer has seen thus far.

The assembly confirmed all nine of Seedat’s nominations for cabinet positions. The nominations are as follows:

• Juwan Thompson, sophomore entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and marketing management major, as chief of staff
• Alexis Cardwell, junior social studies and American history major, as community engagement chair
• Haley Robinson, junior public relations major, as internal director of public relations
• Jack McCormack, junior public relations major, as external director of public relations
• Sonia Suchak, sophomore citizen and civic engagement major, as director of academic affairs
• Keelan Erhard, junior retail management, supply chain management, and entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises triple major, as director of student life
• Justin Baumann, senior political science and information technology management major, as technology co-chair
• Anthony Reid, sophomore civil engineering major, as technology co-chair
• Tracey Ford, sophomore policy studies and citizenship and civic engagement double major, as chair of Board of Elections and Membership

Suchak said her goals as director of academic affairs include lowering textbook prices, expanding the summer research program, coming up with a first-year pamphlet for academic affairs and subsidizing online help classes for the LSAT and GRE exams.

As co-chairs of technology, Baumann and Reid said they want to begin to make YouTube tutorials on navigating MySlice, work to provide a platform for students to easily explore web design and shed light on creative technologies in the public MakerSpace, located in Kimmel Hall.

Erhard, who previously served on the Student Life Committee, said he recognizes that race and diversity were huge issues on campus last year, and he wants to send out a survey to get a sense of how students feel about these issues.

As chief of staff, Thompson said he wants to enhance communication between the cabinet and committee members. He said he is willing to “be a support for anyone who needs it” by supporting the initiatives headed by either the cabinet or the committee members.

Correction: In a previous version of this article, Alexis Cardwell’s position was misstated. She is serving as community engagement chair. The Daily Orange regrets this error.

Published on September 1, 2015 at 1:10 am

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