The results of the Storrs USG election have been announced, with Lorien Touponse and Arunima Chaturvedi being elected as President and Vice President respectively winning 906 votes out of 3053.
Touponse and Chaturvedi told the Daily Campus that “our overarching principle and largest initiative is to return USG back to its advocacy roots by bringing resources to students and clubs directly instead of them having come to us.”
Tae’Niajha Pullen was elected as Chief Diversity Officer with 1840 votes. She campaigned on Instagram on lifting the voices of sexual assault victims at UConn, creating a more inclusive environment for students of all backgrounds, and implementing support systems for students on academic probation.
Sydney Whittaker was elected as Comptroller with 978 votes, campaigning on Instagram on supporting USG’s advocacy initiatives, being transparent about the most recent funding status and making “budget adjustments where necessary to ensure equitable access to funding for all active Tier II organizations.”
Races for Senate seats were far less competitive, with just 25 out of the 45 senate seats on the ballot being filled. All candidates who ran for a senate seat won a senate seat.
Two constituencies, ACES and Pharmacy had no candidates running, meaning that all three ACES seats and both Pharmacy seats were left empty.
CLAS filled eight out of its ten seats with Kyle Lowry, Olivia Eshoo, Aditi Thaker, Kenneth Nguyen, Shahad Faiz, Ryan Engels, Advaith Pradeep and Devin O’Brien getting elected to the USG Senate.
In the School of Business, two out of four seats were filled by Heaven Buckham and Gavin Kuebler. The CAHNR also filled two out of its four seats, with Elizabeth Garcia and Andy Zhang getting elected.
The School of Engineering filled three out of six seats, with Aya Amoudi, Harshit Yadav and Sadaf Zarei getting elected.
The School of Fine Arts filled one out of its two seats, with Luke Roy getting elected. NEAG also filled one out of two seats, with Andy Lanza getting elected.
The School of Nursing was the sole constituency to fill both its seats, with Allison Villano and Megan Minicucci getting elected.
The Multicultural and Diversity constituency filled six out of its ten seats, with three of the winning candidates receiving 18 votes or less as write-in candidates. Jibreel Akbar, Avery Flechtner and Daniel Siguenza ran on the ballot and were elected while receiving at least 1100 votes each. Khushi Kalyan, Lianna Smith and Nathan Velazquez were write-in candidates who all won seats despite receiving 45 votes between them.