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Thanks for visiting the RUSA website. On behalf of the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA), I hope you find our website both informative and interactive. Over the past two years at Rutgers, we have completely restructured undergraduate education and the landscape of our university. In this process, we have re-designed student government as well. RUSA is now the official voice of students at RU, and is comprised of the student assembly, as well as campus councils (one for each campus), and professional school councils. Now more than ever, there are opportunities for every student in the Rutgers Community to get involved in university governance. Read More

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As of May 1, the following individuals were elected to serve as the 2008-2009 RUSA Executive Board and Committee Chairs.

Executive Board:
Christopher Keating- Chair
Yonaton Yares- RUSA Vice-Chair
Werner Born- Treasurer
Christine Esposito- Corresponding Secretary
Eleanor Okubor- Recording Secretary
Patrick Stanger- Parliamentarian

Committee Chairs:
Shaival Shah- University Affairs
Al-Zamar McKinney- Legislative Affairs
Payal Patal- Academic Affairs
Landon Woodson- Public Relations
Kevin Nedza- Internal Affairs

Please stay tuned for more updates and organizational information. The results are in, and are as follows:
Any positions with a (*) next to them had a tie. Any candidates who tied will be contacted by their representative council for tie breakers.

Busch
President
Michael Convente

Vice President
Adrian Zareba

University Senator *
Sumit Agarwal
Ravi Gill
Hetal Mistry

2009 Representative
Taras Dats
Samantha Farris
David Lam
Lisa Thakkar

2010 Representative
Mena Farag
Dipa Patel
Swati Patel
Patrick Stranger

2011 Representative
Yuliya Afinogenova
Alex Cohen
Prerana Katti
Ahmed Sadek

Off Campus Representative
Viren Bhagat
Jay Sen
Shaival Shah
Swati Shah

College Ave
President
Yelena Shvarts

Vice President
Tali Rasis

University Senator
Eric Kaplan
Anthony Picarelli
Chrissy Schramke
Ben West

2009 Representative
Chris Keating
Jessica Smith
Erik Straub
Sercan Zoklu

2010 Representative
Victoria Gilbert
Christopher Salloum
Jen Sheng
Alex Shin

2011 Representative
Josh Goldberg
Keith Inacio
Javier Jaramillo
Jason Kornmehl

Cook/SEBS
President
Dale Cruzan

Vice President of Cook
David Sorkin

Vice President of Cook
Lauren Snedeker

University Senator
John Stein
Yonaton Yares

SEBS University Senator
Mike Diorio
C.J. Urso

2009 Representative
Candice Kowalewski

2010 Representative
Daniel N. Fiumecaldo
Jennifer Moore

2011 Representative
Mark Drude

Douglass
President
Mangelin Rivera

External Vice President
Megan O'Rourke

Internal Vice President
Jennifer Kanyamibwa

Recording Secretary
Mary Oyekoya

Treasurer
Fabiola Tony

University Senator
Tara Rudrapatrua
Ashley Sawyer
Hannah Weinstock-Gallagher

2009 Representative
Faiza Asifuddin
Margaret Coppolo

2010 Representative
Alyssa Ross

2011 Representative
Justine Emili
Marissa Rodriguez

Unclassified Representative
Crystal Coache
Elyla Huertas

Livingston
President
Josh Slavin

Vice President
Kyle Bomeisl

University Senator
Ryan Cooke
Bok Sung Lee
Mang Yip

University
President
Rick Thompson

Vice President
Sacha Dholandas

Treasurer
Joey Flannery

Recording Secretary
Jose Ramirez

University Senator
Amml Hussein
Hector Muriscal
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