Seedat discusses ride-hailing services coming to Syracuse
SA President Aysha Seedat is advocating for ride-hailing services to come to Syracuse. She argues that having a service like Uber in Syracuse could improve student safety. Read more »
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SA Briefs: 3 takeaways from Monday's meeting
Here are three takeaways from Monday night’s Student Association meeting. Read more »
Student Association discusses resolution to bring Pan Am Flight 103 memorial to SU
The Student Association of Syracuse University discussed a bill to change rules for write-in candidates of student elections and a resolution to bring a Pan Am Flight 103 memorial to SU at the organization's meeting Monday night in Maxwell Auditorium. Read more »
Former Student Association president does not qualify for top 15 in Miss America
Former Student Association President and Miss Rhode Island Allie Curtis did not qualify as one of the top 15 contestants for the Miss America pageant on Sunday. Read more »
SU alumna Allie Curtis hits stage at Miss America 2016 pageant
Allie Curtis, Miss Rhode Island 2015, graduated from Syracuse University in 2014 with a bachelor of science in public relations and political science. During her time at SU, Curtis led the Student Association as president during the 2013-2014 school year. Read more »
Seedat sworn in as SA president, cabinet members confirmed
Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong officially started their tenure as president and vice president of Student Association on Monday. All nine of Seedat's cabinet nominations were confirmed as well. Read more »
Former SA presidents discuss future leadership
Former Student Association presidents Allie Curtis and Boris Gresely discuss the future of the organization under Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong, who will take the oath of office on Monday. Read more »
Former SA President Allie Curtis crowned Miss Rhode Island
Former Student Association President and SU alumna Allie Curtis was crowned Miss Rhode Island on Saturday night and will compete in the Miss America pageant in September. Read more »
Members of SA reflect on past experiences, look toward future during final meeting of the year
SA held senior night at the last meeting of the semester on Monday in Maxwell Auditorium, a time for those moving on from SA to look back on their experiences and offer advice to those responsible for the future of the organization. Read more »
Boris Gresely reflects on importance of teamwork as Student Association president, discusses future plans
Boris Gresely has served as Student Association president for the past three semesters and has been engaged with the SU administration during his time in office. Read more »
Assembly members elect Board of Trustees representative, reflect on semester's accomplishments
Residence Hall Association president-elect Nedda Sarshar was elected as the SA Board of Trustees representative at the meeting in Maxwell Auditorium. Sarshar, the current director of civic engagement for RHA, was selected out of three candidates after a series of assembly discussions and voting. Read more »
Write-in candidates reflect on campaign process, express hope that new president will follow through on campaign promises
AJ Abell, Safet Mesanovic, Tatiana Cadet and Jesse Nichols all campaigned as write-in candidates for president, while Seedat and her running mate, Jane Hong, were the only candidates to appear on the ballot on MySlice. Seedat was declared the winner around 1 a.m. Friday, with 24.1 percent of students voting in the election. Read more »
Aysha Seedat elected president of the Student Association's 59th Session, beating out write-in candidates
Seedat defeated four write-in candidates who were running campaigns for president. A total of 24.1 percent of the student body voted in the elections. Read more »
More than 18 percent of Syracuse University student body casts vote as of Wednesday
With one more day left to vote in the Student Association elections, 18.5 percent of the Syracuse University student body has already voted as of 5 p.m. Wednesday Read more »
Two write-in candidates field questions at Student Association presidential debate
AJ Abell and Tatiana Cadet were the only Student Association presidential candidates present at the National Pan-Hellenic Council sponsored debate Monday night in Stolkin Auditorium. Read more »
Aysha Seedat brings knowledge of organization, passion for diversity as SA presidential candidate
Aysha Seedat and Jane Hong both know what it’s like to struggle with identity. As the first two women of color to ever run on… Read more »
AJ Abell draws on experiences acclimating to America to fuel write-in campaign for SA president
Having grown up in an orphanage in Russia before moving to the U.S., AJ Abell’s life has taught him to value experience as much as result. And his past has loose connections to his campaign platform, which is centered on transparency and inclusiveness Read more »
Official Student Association forum receives low attendance of just 1 student, candidates answer questions
Only one student attended the official Student Association candidate forum Sunday night in Shaffer Auditorium Read more »
Write-in candidates hold town hall meeting to discuss campaign, attended by 3 people
AJ Abell and Jonathan Dawson hosted a 15 minute-long meeting in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to discuss their campaign progress and platform and hear back from the Syracuse University community. Read more »
Members of SA, RHA discuss return of Impact Week, events for engaging with Syracuse community
Impact Week has been absent from the Syracuse University campus for the past couple semesters, but this year Student Association Director of Student Engagement Alejandra Avina is bringing it back in a different way. Read more »
Board of Elections and Membership revises guidelines for acceptable write-in votes
With four of the five candidates for this year’s Student Association presidential elections being write-ins, SA’s Board of Elections and Membership has revised the guidelines for acceptable votes. Read more »
Details remain unclear regarding potential SA presidential debate on Wednesday night
The debate, which is sponsored by the NPHC, will take place at 8:30 p.m. in Lyman Hall, room 132. Doors for “The Great Debate” open at 8 p.m. It is unclear which of the five members running for SA president will take part in the debate. Read more »
International students run write-in campaign on platform based mainly on student desires
Safet Mesanovic and Gener Romeu Oliva said they believe SA is currently lacking representatives from a variety of majors and functioning as too much of a “closed” organization. Read more »
Group to host Impact Week to encourage student engagement on SU campus, in the community
The Student Association will host Impact Week to engage SU students on campus and in the community. Impact Week will take place from April 13 through April 19, culminating with The Cuse Conference, the first ever. Read more »
