The Associated Students election results were announced today after 4,625 students cast their votes online during a 24-hour period.
The new officers are as follows:
PRESIDENT – Deanna Jarquin
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT – Vu Nguyen
VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS AND FINANCE – Matthew Zaleski
VICE PRESIDENT OF FACILITIES AND SERVICSES – Charlie Curtis
DIRECTOR OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS – Nick Howell
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS – Michael Pratt
COMMISSIONER OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS – Oliver Montalbano
COMMISSIONER OF DIVERSITY AFFAIRS – Aaron Thao
COMMISSIONER OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS – Jerad Prevost (write-in)
COMMISSIONER OF SUSTAINABILITY AFFAIRS – Jake Jacobs
The new senators were voted in as follows:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE – Lia Van Egmond
COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES – Justin Peterson
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS – Erica Moran
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION – Mathew Ceniceros-Rodriguez
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT –Tamara Fleet (pending final verification)
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS – Diego Yépez (write-in)
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES – Victoria Matthews
The Real Food Advisory Measure passed easily with 86 percent of students voting yes, which means that the A.S. will partner with the university to increase the purchase of “real food” by 20 percent by 2020.
Almost every organization on campus received a portion of revenue sharing, totaling up to $63,707. The top three most-funded organizations were the Gender & Sexuality Equality Center, Alpha Phi Sorority and the Computer Graphics Club.
“This year 4,625 students, or 28 percent, voted compared to last year’s voter turnout of 3,910 or 24.6 precent ,” said David Buckley, executive director of Associated Students. “It is one of the highest in the CSUs. We’re all very proud of this achievement.”
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