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Executive Committee
President - Monica Storozyszyn
Major: Political Science
Senate Seat: Executive Committee, President
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: Reform, to make the body more productive and conducive to student needs. Focus on long term projects, not immediate, short term results.
Background at OCU: Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, Alpha Phi Sorority – Vice President of Chapter Operations, Freshman at Large Senator 2004-05, Social Sciences Senator 2005-06, Secretary 2006-07, Political Science Honor Society, and Young Democrats.
External Vice President - Ideen Tabatabai
Major: Biology
Senate Seat: Executive Committee, External Vice President
Committee: SAC, Chairman
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: To help the senator become more receptive to student desires and become more students focused.
Background at OCU: Communication Director 2006-07 and Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.
Internal Vice President - Jeff Riles
Major: Political Science, Pre-Law
Senate Seat: Executive Committee, Internal Vice President
Committee: Space Allocation Committee, Student Service Fee Committee
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: Reform.
Background at OCU: Kappa Sigma Vice President of Public Affairs and President, Relay for Life Co-Chairman, Interfraternal Council Secretary, Blue Tie Ambassador, Orientation Team Leader, Retention Task Force, Recreation Task Force, Greek Senator, and Vice Chair of Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature.
Director of Finance - Brandon Blacksten
Major: Religion
Senate Seat: Executive Committee, Finance Director
Committee: Finance, Chairman
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: More responsible spending of funds and clearly defined financial governing documents.
Background at OCU: OCU Leads, Lambda Chi Alpha, Interfraternity Council, Theta Alpha Kappa, Relay for Life.
Director of Communications - Mike Jones
Major: Mass Communications and Marketing
Senate Seat: Executive Committee, Communications Director
Committee: Communications, Chairman
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate: To expand and define the office of the Director of Communications.
Background at OCU: Eagle Scout, Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Blue Tie Ambassador, Greek Senator 2006-07, Relay for Life, and Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature.
Secretary - Kortney Konrath
Major: Theater Design and Production
Senate Seat: Executive Committee, Secretary
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To become more involved in Senate by working behind the scenes. Helping Senate to focus more on the good of the student body as a whole.
Background at OCU: Former humanities senator, USITT President, and Clara Luper Scholar.
Committee Chairs
Campus and Community - Austin Kirk
Major: Religion and Philosophy
Senate Seat: Religion
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To make OCU a better campus, meet the students needs, and to improve the campus community through recycling services and improvement of the neighborhood surrounding OCU.
Background at OCU: Two years on Senate and excited about continuing.
Ethics and Elections - Shouro Dasgupta
Major: Economics
Senate Seat: International
Class:
Goals for Senate:
Background at OCU:
Organizations Co-Chairman - Camal Pennington
Major: Political Science
Senate Seat: Social Sciences
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate: To create an open allotment process that allows student organizations to get their desired amount of money from senate, creating a campus wide recycling program, and encouraging student senators to be more actively engaged in decision making on campus.
Background at OCU: Freshman at Large 2006-07, Young Democrats, Residence Hall Association, Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature, and Black Student Association.
Organizations Co-Chair - Liz Ragland
Major: Mass Communications
Senate Seat: Humanities
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: To communicate well with organizations and help them with any problems they might have.
Background at OCU: Undergraduate at Large 2005-06, External Vice President 2006-07, Alpha Chi Omega Sorority, Order of Omega, Blue Key National Honor Society, Young Democrats, Student Publications Staff.
Student Issues - Pedro Martinez-Velasco
Major: Economics and Finance
Senate Seat: Business
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To have a successful OCU Speaks with enough food for everyone attending, implement new ideas that the administration wants to see that will benefit the students, and to work to solve issues that students bring up.
Background at OCU: Clara Luper Scholar and Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Senators
Athletic District - Whitney Kress
Major: Biomedical Science
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To represent the athletes and to build a relationship between the student body and the student-athletes.
Background at OCU: Varsity volleyball team, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President, and member of Tri-Beta.
Athletic District - Christine Cung
Major: Biomedical Science
Committee:
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: To get athletes more involved with the student body.
Background at OCU: OCU Women's Gold Team, member of Tri-Beta, and SAAC.
Business District - Pedro Martinez Velasco
Biography above in the Committee Chairman section.
Business District - Timothy Harlin
Major:
Committee:
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate: To handle the Senate’s funds responsibly, learn valuable life skills, make meaningful and lasting friendships, and have lots of fun while doing it.
Background at OCU: OCU Symphony Orchestra, Blue Tie Ambassador, and University Assessment Council.
Dance and Arts Management District - Chris Large
Major: Dance Performance
Committee: Communications
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To communicate all OCU events in a cost-effective manner, starting with Senate’s events.
Background at OCU: OCU Rhythms – Internal Secretary, Students of Arts Management, and American Spirit Dance Company.
Dance and Arts Management District - Stacey Lloyd
Major: Dance Management
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To serve her constituency and their best interests while establishing a sense of integrity within the body and attempting to prevent defraud.
Freshman at Large - Rose Lane
Major: Religion and Biology
Committee:
Class: Freshman
Goals for Senate: To bring about a campus wide awareness of energy saving ways on campus that we can use that will help our environment. Also, to bring the needs of the Class of 2011 into light and make our class a part of the campus and the most involved class yet.
Background at OCU: OCU Leads, OCU Honor Society, and OIKOS Scholar.
Freshman at Large - Christian Balden
Major: Religion and Philosophy
Committee:
Class: Freshman
Goals for Senate: To represent the freshman class to the best of his ability, obtain full equality of voice on campus, and to connect the OCUSS to the campus master plan and the future of the university.
Background at OCU: Young Democrats, OCU Forensics Team – Extemporaneous Speaking Captain, Wesley Foundation, and S.T.A.R.
Graduate District - Daniel Aizenman
Major: Graduate School, Business Administration and Law
Committee:
Class: Graduate School, Law
Goals for Senate: To integrate the student body and ensure effective communication of student senate issues.
Background at OCU: MBA Student Investment Club.
Graduate/Law District - Gus Buthman
Major: Graduate School, Law
Senate Seat: Graduate / Law
Committee:
Class: Graduate School, Law 3rd Year
Goals for Senate: Increase communications between law students and the rest of the campus community.
Background at OCU: Oklahoma City University Law Review – Articles Editor, Phi Delta Phi, and Merit Scholar.
Graduate/Law District - Will Darrough
Major:
Committee:
Class:
Goals for Senate:
Background at OCU:
Greek District - Christine Soileau
Major: Entertainment Business
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To bring the school together in more ways than just socially.
Background at OCU: Alpha Phi Fraternity – Director of Finance and Relay for Life – Ceremonies Committee Chairman.
Greek District - Kelton Hogan
Major: Mass Communications
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To bridge the gap between the Greek houses by doing things for the Greek system besides writing legislation.
Background at OCU:
Humanities District - Liz Ragland
Biography above in the Committee Chairman section.
Humanities District - Vince St. John
Major: Mass Communications
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: The best possible representation and allocation of resources with respect to all voices and interests across the OCU campus.
International District - Jose Saénz
Major: Political Science and History
Committee:
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: To learn about and help the international student body.
Background at OCU: Political science major and athlete who is on the rowing and JV soccer team.
International District - Shouro Dasgupta
Biography above in the Committee Chairman section.
Law District - Kurtis Eaton
Major: Graduate School, Law
Committee:
Class:
Goals for Senate: To keep the law students informed of campus events.
Background at OCU: Criminal Law Association, Sports and Entertainment Society, American Bar Association, and Oklahoma Bar Association.
Math and Science District - Edgar De Leon
Major: Business Administration
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To promote proper representation for the math and science district. Working to make the student senate more effective and to improve student involvement with campus activities.
Background at OCU: Former senator and Finance Director. Former Hispanic Student Association Vice President. Member Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Majoring in Business Administration and Physics.
Math and Science District - Jon Barnes
Major: Biochemistry
Committee:
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: To provide better representation for the math and science departments, increase student participation in campus activities, and to eliminate the waste of student funds.
Background at OCU: Eagle Scout, Rowing Team, Tri Beta, and Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Music District - Kyle Torbert
Major: Vocal Performance
Committee:
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate:
Background at OCU:
Music District - Sarita Scherpereel
Major: Vocal Performance
Committee:
Class: Senior
Goals for Senate: To serve the music students wants and needs to the best of her ability.
Background at OCU: Received a degree in Music from OCU in May, now working on second degree in Vocal Performance. StuPro for the Human Resources Department at OCU.
Nursing District - Antonio Hernandez
Major: Nursing
Committee: Campus and Community
Class: Freshman
Goals for Senate: To address the issues which are brought before the senate, especially those concerning the nursing school.
Background at OCU: Clara Luper Scholar.
Nursing District - Brent Jackson
Major:
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To get the nursing students more involved in campus activities, keep them connected and properly informed, and to have nursing school events more known by the general campus community.
Background at OCU: Leads Class V
Religion District - Austin Kirk
Biography above in the Committee Chairman section.
Religion Distrct - Tyler Kirk
Major: Religion and Philosophy
Committee:
Class: Junior
Goals for Senate: To change the nature of senate away from a bank to serving campus organizations.
Background at OCU: Involved with Wednesday at the Wesley, EvenSong, Psi Chi, Philosophy Club, and Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Social Sciences District - Camal Pennington
Biography above in the Committee Chairman section.
Social Sciences District - Maurice Clark
Major: Political Science
Committee:
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate: To see senate engage the people, both individually and through organizations, in a variety or what that it hasn’t before.
Background at OCU: Delta Alpha Chi – External Social Chair, SAAB / Black Student Association – Secretary, OCU Leads, Clara Luper Scholar, and member of honors program.
Theatre District - Leslie Pyron
Major: Acting
Committee: Communications
Class: Freshman
Goals for Senate:
Background at OCU:
Theatre District - Emily Lloyd
Major: Theater Performance
Committee:
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate:
Background at OCU:
Undergraduate at Large - DeEtta Cravens
Major: Political Science
Committee:
Class: Freshman
Goals for Senate: To learn as much as possible about the legislative process while getting more involved on campus.
Background at OCU: Clara Luper Scholar, OCU Leads, Alpha Chi Omega, Young Democrats, OCU Rhythms, and Relay for Life.
Undergraduate at Large - Danny Akin
Major: Entertainment Business
Committee: Communications
Class: Sophomore
Goals for Senate: To increase the classiness of Student Senate.
Background at OCU: Student of Arts Management and Kappa Sigma Fraternity. |
