The Graduate and Professional Student Association (GPSA), the student government for graduate and professional students at Penn State University Park, conducted elections last Wednesday through Thursday (March 30th-31st). Positions contested included those for President of the Graduate Student Body, Vice President, Graduate School Student Faculty Senator, Graduate Council Student Caucus members, academic college delegates for the GPSA Assembly, and graduate and professional student UPAC representatives. GPSA elections are conducted by single-transferable vote under the Wright system, with a minimum of either 3 votes or the quota under the Wright system to be elected, whichever is greater.

Jada Quinland, a master’s student in the School of International Affairs, was elected the graduate and professional student body president. Kailey Elrod, a first year Penn State Law student, was elected vice president. Full results can be found below:

Executive Branch

President – Jada Quinland
Vice President – Kailey Elrod
Graduate School Faculty Senator – Savanah Jackson

Graduate Council

Andrew Miles (Intercollege Graduate Degree Programs)
Emanuel Chirayath (College of Engineering)
Tara L. Pickens (College of Agricultural Sciences)

Academic College Assembly Delegates

Agricultural Sciences
Sailesh Sigdel

Arts and Architecture
Nusrat Tabassum

Education
Minyoung Gil
Rola Tarek
Sean Hembrick

Engineering
Arnab Chatterjee
Tanveer Ahmed

Liberal Arts
Kenneth Gatten III

School of International Affairs
Justin Baker

Penn State Law
Alejandra Amendola
Avery McLean
Dale Roeck

UPAC Representatives
Tasneem Tariq
Hamidul Haque

Congratulations to all those elected

With the close of the intent to run deadline, the GPSA would like to announce the following candidates whose names will be included on the ballot for the 2022 elections to be held from 12:00AM March 30 to 11:59PM on March 31. Those still interested in running that did not submit an intent to run form can still run as a write-in candidate. All write-in candidates need a minimum of 3 votes to qualify.

More information including candidate statements and websites can be found at https://gpsa.psu.edu/candidates

Voting can be done at this link https://orgcentral.psu.edu/submitter/election/start/534691 or tinyurl.com/GPSAElections22

President

Lawrence Miller (Law)
Jada Quinland (International Affairs)
Patrick Berton (Law)

Vice President

Kailey Elrod (Law)

Executive Secretary

Frankie Urrutia-Smith (Liberal Arts)

Treasurer

Leah Fogelsanger (Health and Human Development)

Graduate School Faculty Senator

Annie Everett (Education)
Savanah Jackson (International Affairs)

Graduate Council Student Caucus (5 seats)

Andrew Miles (IGDP)
Emanuel Chirayath (Engineering)
Tara L. Pickens (Agricultural Sciences)
Ram Neupane (Agricultural Sciences)

Assembly Delegates by College

Agricultural Sciences (2 seats)

Sailesh Sigdel

Arts and Architecture

Tabassum Nusrat

Business

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

Communications

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

Earth and Mineral Sciences (2 seats)

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

Education (3 seats)

Minyoung Gil
Sean Hembrick
Rola Tarek

Engineering (5 seats)

Arnab Chatterjee
Tanveer Ahmed

Health and Human Development (2 seats)

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

Information Sciences and Technology

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

Intercollege Degree Program (2 seats)

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

International Affairs

Justin Baker
Ian Tennison

Law (3 seats)

Avery McLean
Breanna McCann
Zachary Shepherd
Shakhzoda Tuychieva
Dale Roeck
Rachel Jenkin
Ryan Corbin
Alejandra Amendola

Liberal Arts (3 seats)

Kenneth Gatten III

Nursing

Olayemi Adekeye

Science (3 seats)

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only

University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) Member (2 seats)

No declared candidates, write-in candidates only