Students' Association Senators
The Students' Association Senate is comprised of 23 senators serving the seven different academic colleges. If an academic college doesn't fill all of its seats, senators at large are sworn in to fill empty seats. Additionally, an executive team is formed at the beginning of each term to serve as senate leadership including the student body president and vice president.
Committees: Finance Committee, Government Affairs Committee and Organizational Subcommittee
Year: Sophomore | Major(s): Pre-pharmacy
Campus Involvement: FEM Club, JRV Hall Government president, State-A-Thon morale leader, Kappa Epsilon and UFSAC
Committees: Finance Committee, Government Affairs Committee and University Activity Fee and Budgeting Committee
Year: Senior| Major(s): Animal science and agricultural science
Campus Involvement: Little International, FarmHouse Fraternity, Agronomy and Precision Ag Club
Committees: Finance Committee, Student Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Student Promotion Committee
Year: Sophomore | Major(s): Agricultural business and entrepreneurial studies
Campus Involvement: College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Prexy Council, CEO
Committees: Campus Planning and Sustainability Committee, Finance Committee, Parking and Traffic Committee, Student Promotion Committee, Student Success Committee, Student Union Advisory Committee and University Activity Fee and Budgeting Committee
Year: Junior | Major(s): Civil Engineering
Campus Involvement: Community assistant, Residence Hall Association, Chi Epsilon vice president, American Society of Civil Engineers officer, Joint Engineering Council, Newman Center
Committees: Government Affairs Committee (chair) and Student Promotions Committee (chair)
Year: Sophomore | Major(s): Political science and history
Campus Involvement: Political Science Club, Newman Center, Pre-Law Society and President of Turning Point USA
Committees: Senate Communications Committee (chair)
Year: Senior | Major(s): Human biology, pre-optometry
Campus Involvement: University Program Council, Undergraduate Research, Fishback Honors College
Committees: Student Diversity and Inclusion Committee (chair)
Year: Sophomore | Major(s): Criminology and Spanish
Campus Involvement: Black Student Alliance president and TRIO student
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
No current senators
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Benjamin Anderson
Committees: Finance Committee, Safety and Security Committee, Senate Communications Committee, Strategic Internal Communications
Year: Senior | Major(s): Public relations
Campus Involvement: The Collegian and KSDJ 90.7 student radio
McKenzie Duncan
Committees: Government Affairs Committee, Senate Communications Committee, Strategic Internal Communications Committee, Student Promotion Committee
Year: Senior | Major(s): History and communication studies; pre-law
Campus Involvement: The Pride of the Dakotas Marching Band drum major, Pre-Law Society, Jacks for Life, Swing Dance Club
Lydia Stein
Committees: Finance Committee, Government Affairs Committee, Internal Affairs Committee, Senate Communications Committee
Year: Junior | Major(s): Political science
Campus Involvement: State-A-Thon, Student Ambassador for the School of American and Global Studies
College of Education and Human Services
No current senators
Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering
Luke Smith
Committees: Finance Committee, Library Committee, Student Union Advisory Committee and Wellness Center Advisory Committee
Year: Senior | Major(s): Mechanical engineering
Campus Involvement: Hobo Day Committee and Jacks Cupboard
Mason Pulse
Committees: University Activity Fee and Budgeting Committee, University Food Service Advisory Committee and Finance Committee.
Year: Sophomore | Major(s): Physics and mathematics
Campus Involvement: Hobo Day Committee, Society of Physics Students and Honors Hall Government
College of Natural Sciences
Alex Schemek
Committees: Campus Planning and Sustainability Committee, Finance
Committee, Government Affairs Committee and Library Committee
Year: Senior | Major(s): Biochemistry
Campus Involvement: AMSA, Pre-Pro, Community Assistant, HCSO
College of Nursing
Grace Barnett
Committees: Academic Appeals Committee, SDState Health Committee, Wellness Center Advisory Committee, Government Affairs Committee, Wintrode Student Success and Opportunity Center Advisory Board
Year: Junior | Major(s): Nursing
Campus Involvement: LeadState, Hobo Day Committee, Pope Pius XII Newman Center, Fishback Honors College, Student Nurses' Association
College of Pharmacy and Allied Health
No current senators
Senators for the Graduate School
Michael Worfa
Committees: Academic Affairs Committee, International Affairs Committee, Library Committee, Student Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Student Success Committee
Year: Graduate | Major(s): Ph.D. biochemistry
Campus Involvement: Students' Association
Senator Megan Christoffels
Megan Christoffels
Committees: Academic Affairs Committee, Finance Committee, Intercollegiate Athletic Board, Organizational Subcommittee and Parking and Traffic Committee
Year: Sophomore | Major(s): Animal Science
Campus Involvement: Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, Little International and Pre-Vet Club
Senator Brandon Kampsen
Brandon Kampsen
Committees:
Year: Junior | Major(s): Computer Science and Business Economics
Campus Involvement: SDSU Cross Country and Track and Field Athlete, Fishback Honors College, Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
Senator Supriya Paudel
Supriya Paudel
Committees: Information Technology Committee, International Affairs Committee, Library Committee and Student Success Committee
Year: Senior | Major(s): Computer Science
Campus Involvement: Vice President of NeSA, Student Supervisor at Chick-fil-A, ACM and Lab Assistant in the Plant Science Department at SDSU
Senator Shishir Roka
Shishir Roka
Committees: Academic Appeals Committee, Finance Committee, Safety and Security Committee and University Food Service Advisory Committee (UFSAC)
Year: Junior | Major(s): Biotechnology
Campus Involvement: Nepalese Student Association, helps incoming students settle in to help overcome cultural and educational differences
Elections for Students' Association senators and the student body president and vice president are held in March. Petitions for the election generally become available in February. In order to run in the senatorial election, a student must file an application and petition including signatures from at least 50 students in their academic college (25 signatures for senatorial candidates from the Graduate School). Information about Students' Association elections will be available in the Rabbit Report leading up to the election and on the Students' Association website.
Occasionally, Senate seats will become vacant during the academic year. In these cases, seats will be filled by senators at-large appointed by the Students' Association board of directors. Senator at-large candidates must file an application and petition including signatures from at least 50 SDSU students regardless of their academic college. When senator at-large positions are open, information will be included in the Rabbit Report and the Students' Association website.
