GPSA General Election: Spring 2026

Approved Results

Executive Team

Office Candidate College Academic Unit Percentage of Votes
President & Vice Present Bronwyn Valentine & Shae Ortega College of Arts and Sciences 88.60%
Vice President of Legislative Affairs (VPLA) Ali Maleki VCEA 85.4%

College Representatives/Executive Board

Candidate College Percentage of Vote
Zahra Khodaverdi Education 100%
Abrar Ahmad VCEA 80.4%
Srijan Budhathoki CAHNRS 54.7%
Sarah Farahani CAS 84.9%
Nafise Noorozi College of Vet Med 54.9%
Shetu Ranjan Biswas Carson College of Business 92.9%

Senators

Candidate College  Academic Unit Percentage of Vote
Ruiting Wang College of Business 83.3%
Sharmeen Islam CAHNRS Animal Science 100%
Shalini Abeysinghe CAHNRS Biological Systems Engineering 76.9%
Maryam Edris CAHNRS Biological Systems Engineering 61.5%
Ansu Adhikari CAHNRS Crop and Soil Sciences 76.5%
Asmita Bhandari CAHNRS Crop and Soil Sciences 58.8%
Sudeep Poudel CAHNRS Plant Pathology 53.8%
Otun Saha (tied) CAHNRS School of Food Science 50%
Swapnika Medikonda (tied) CAHNRS School of Food Science 50%
Kellen Pautzke CAHNRS Entomology 100%
Sunita Pahari CAHNRS School of Economic Sciences 68.6%
Roshani Acharya CAHNRS School of Economic Sciences

65.7%

Nayoung Ko CAS Criminal Justice and Criminology

100%

Tanvir Ahmed CAS School of the Environment

100%

Prakash Paudel CAS English

100%

Joseph Akowuah Politics, Philosphy and Public Affairs

100%

Sanaz (Sunny) Dorri Sedeh Psychology

100%

Sarah Farahani Chemistry

85.7%

Nathaniel Morgan Chemistry 14.3%
Rajib Kumar Saha Geology

100%

Jasmine Willis Sociology

100%

Sumanta Roy Anthropology

61.5%

Zulekha Khamisi Education Teaching and Learning

100%

Deborah Gbemisola Fabiyi Education Kinesiology & Ed Psych

100%

Sidi Mohammed Khalil Cherif Louazani VCEA Civil and Environmental Engineering

83.3%

Sadra Amirabadi VCEA Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering

N/A

Hossein Valishirin VCEA School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

60%

Olamilekan Yusuf VCEA School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

45%

Hesam Abbasi VCEA School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

40%

Saiman Dahal VCEA School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

30%

Md Shariful Islam VCEA School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

64%

Lochan Upadhayay VCEA School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

40%

Ameneh Tarakemeh Graduate School Molecular Plant Science

83.3%

Nafise Noroozi College of Veterinary Medicine DVM

72.2%

Paula Macias College of Veterinary Medicine DVM

66.7%

Sudiksha Pandit College of Veterinary Medicine DVM

66.7%

Tunde Olowu College of Veterinary Medicine DVM

63.9%

S M Raihan Rahman Veterinary Science

66.7%

Oluwadamiloloa Olanrewaju Molecular Biosciences

55.6%

Zahra Abedzadehzavareh Neuroscience

100%

Summary

  • Total exec team seats: 3 (all seats filled)
  • Total College Representative seats: 8
    • Filled: 6
    • Vacant: 2
  • Total Senator seats: 60
    • Filled: 39
    • Vacant: 21
  • Total number of vacant seats: 23

Vacant Seats

  • College Representative: 2
    • Graduate School: 1
    • College of Communication: 1
  • Senator
    • Human Development: 1
    • Carson College of Business: 1
    • Research and Extension Center: 1
    • Department of Horticulture: 1
    • Mathematics and Statistics: 1
    • History: 1
    • Physics & Astronomy: 1
    • Material Science & Engineering: 1
    • School of the Environment: 1
    • School of Music: 1
    • Biological Sciences: 2
    • Communication: 2
    • Teaching and Learning: 2
    • Biomedical Sciences: 1
    • Education Leader and Sports Management: 1
    • Kinesiology and Ed Psych: 1
    • School of Design and Construction: 1