The results of the Storrs Undergraduate Student Government (USG) election were announced on March 16 via USG’s Instagram page, with Andy Zhang and Haritha Subramanian winning the race for president and vice president, respectively, with 781 votes out of 3,053 voters.
Zhang and Subramanian’s Instagram campaign included discussion about policy proposals relating to student resources, sustainability, community and advocacy.
After the win, Zhang and Subramanian made a post on their Instagram page thanking the students who voted.
“This win belongs to all of us — to every student who engaged, shared their ideas, and believed in the power of change. This campaign was built on a vision of collaboration, transparency, and real change, and we can’t wait to get to work for YOU!” the post said.
Phoenix Harper was elected as chief diversity officer with 895 votes. Harper campaigned on Instagram for “amplifying student voices, holding leadership accountable, and building a stronger, united student body.”
Billy Lipinski ran unopposed for comptroller and was elected with 2,148 votes. On Lipinski’s Instagram campaign, he said that his policy goals are to grow the Tier II funding budget, expand the diversity, equity and inclusion budget and to increase transparency.
In the senate race, 27 out of a total 45 seats were filled. 18 spots in the senate remain vacant.
Only two constituencies were able to fill all of their senate seats.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) had the most competitive senate race, with 14 candidates running for 10 seats. Kyle Lowry, Aditi Thaker, Tanya Sinha, Olivia Eshoo, Sophia Rifkin, Kenneth Nguyen, Kayla DeLuca, Adi Pradeep, Ryan Engels and Julia Petro were elected as the 10 senators to represent CLAS.
The School of Nursing filled both of its seats from three candidates, electing Ava Paquette and Jayden Burgos-Arnett.
The eight other constituencies’ senate seats remain partially or completely empty.
Four constituencies, Academic Center for Exploratory Students (ACES), the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), Neag and Pharmacy, had no candidates running, resulting in vacancies in all of their senate seats.
The School of Business had two out of four seats filled by Thomas McMillan and Gavin Kuebler. The School of Fine Arts filled one of its two seats with Nicholas Jokl.
The School of Engineering elected five senators, Abigail Cummings, Ahmad Zoghol, Tamara Segal, Joel Harris and David Silvestri, with one seat remaining vacant.
The Multicultural and Diversity constituency filled seven out of 10 senate seats with Yasemin Eksioglu, Samantha Ramirez, Sadaf Zarei, Mirolla Boules, Georgia O’Connor, Ethan Denning and Lee Feyerabend being elected.
In the board of trustees representative elections, Sean Dunn was elected as the undergraduate trustee with 1,941 votes and Fabio Saccomanno was elected as the graduate trustee with 248 votes.
In the Foundation Board Student Director election, Christopher Bergen ran unopposed and was elected as student director with 2,323 votes.
The three referenda from the Daily Campus, Nutmeg Publishing and USG asking for a fee increase from students were all rejected with over 75% of voters not approving.