PRESIDENT
Nicholas Donn
Year: Senior
Major: Management information systems
Current Position: None
Platform: “Fight for your interests every single day. Implement plans to improve parking on upper campus. Revamp our campus life with entertainment events/concerts. Inform the student body weekly of our goals, accomplishments and failures through social and printed media.”
Elizabeth Gamboa
Year: Junior
Major: History
Current Position: None
Platform: “Changing the university name to Long Beach State University. Changing the mascot from Prospector Pete to the Tongvah Rebels. Adding a Greek Row by commissioning a feasibility study to organize students who wish to see that mater through. Reinstating CSULB’s football program.”
John Haberstroh
Year: Senior
Major: History
Current Position: None
Platform: “Continue the fight against tuition and fee increases in Sacramento. Make ASI more visible on campus by promoting events and programs. Parking ticket and meter reforms. Improve crosswalk safety on Campus Drive West. Continue the values and ideas that make CSULB stand out among the best universities in the west.”
James Suazo
Year: Senior
Major: English education
Current Position: None
Platform: “Maximize outreach efforts by collaborating with all divisions of ASI to reach all of our diverse student populations. Promoting shared governance in all facets of the university’s decision-making processes to advance transparency and academic success. Optimizing efficiency and utilizing effective business practices to ensure that the full range of ASI services are accessible to all students.”
Stephen Thomas
Year: Senior
Major: Business management
Current Position: Vice President
Platform: “Unwavering representation and student advocacy. Inclusive and diverse student government. Green campus initiatives. Accountability through accessible student government.”
VICE PRESIDENTS
Jonathon Bolin
Year: Senior
Major: History/Religious studies
Current Position: None
Platform: “Develop a new student scholarship that will be funded by a portion of my salary. Reform parking citation policy. Promote student involvement and extra-curricular activities throughout campus to reduce the stereotype of CSULB simply a ‘commuter campus.’ Make ASI more visible on campus and more accessible to students.”
Priscilla Covarrubias
Year: Sophomore
Major: Business
Current Position: None
Platform: “Reinstating a Division I football program. Commissioning a study on a Greek Row. Redirecting funds of unnecessary programs.”
Diana Phan
Year: Sophomore
Major: Political science
Current Position: Senator-at-Large
Platform: “Taking a strong stance against further budget cuts by advocating on behalf of the students through lobbying. Writing resolutions on issues, which represent the best interest of all students. Advancing toward a greener campus, for example, implementing water rehydration systems. Empowering students and being a voice for them.”
Jorge Soriano
Year: Junior
Major: Drama/Chinese
Current Position: Senator, College of the Arts
Platform: “Maximizing outreach efforts by collaborating with all divisions of ASI to reach all of our diverse student populations. Promoting shared governance in all facets of the university’s decision-making processes to advance transparency and academic issues. Optimizing efficiency and utilizing effective business practices to ensure that the full range of ASI services are accessible to all students.”
TREASURER
Jose Espeleta
Year: Senior
Major: International business/Finance
Current Position: Senator, College of Business
Platform: “I will further seek to improve the communication between ASI, student organizations and the student body so they may be able to take advantage of ASI resources.”
Jordan Cattuzzo
Year: Junior
Major: Nutrition and dietetics
Current Position: None
Platform: “To take a stance against budget cuts. Support organizations and help them to attain the funds they need to further their own growth. To obtain and use as much funding as possible to help support students. Represent the students of California State University Long Beach and help them to continue to have a voice in their finances dedicated toward their education. Create awareness to the students of pressing financial issues that are affecting them.”
USU BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Jessica Corral
Year: Sophomore
Major: Pre-Nursing
Current Position: Senator, College of Health and Human Services
Platform: “The responsibility to oversee the University Student Union and Student Recreation & Wellness Center, as well as programs designed to benefit us, CSULB students.”
Karen Diaz
Year: Sophomore
Major: Design
Current Position: None
Platform: “Lobby against budget cuts. Support and implement more student activities and student involvement. Have open communication with the Board, ASI, and the student body.”
Megann Jenkins
Year: Freshman
Major: Communications
Current Position: USU, Board of Trustee Student-at-Large
Platform: “I would continue to address concerns regarding the USU and the SRWC. I would make sure the board has the student’s best interest when considering fees and the overall budget.”
Roseann Knight
Year: Junior
Major: Psychology
Current Position: Vice Chair, USU Board of Trustees
Platform: “I would continue to address issues that arise when dealing with USU and SRWC. I would make sure student fees are being spent properly, while still providing quality services, when reviewing budgets.”
Anh Le
Year: Junior
Major: Economics
Current Position: None
Platform: “Listen and understand what students needs to create a better campus as well as academic life. Bring the students’ voice together and further because we are the ones who are training ourselves to build the future of the country. Use the best of my knowledge as an Economics major to build a strong side against university budget cuts. Create and assist plans to make sure that the university is operating in our best interests.”
Jenny Situ
Year: Freshman
Major: Pre-Psychology
Current Position: None
Platform: “To be committed to my job. Be involved to create plans and new services to benefit USU. Keep the online pols about the USU active. Improving USU on certain stances. Open to communicate with students for opinions. Help to manage the budget. Sacrificing my time to finish my tasks. Attend all the meetings and necessary meetings. Be the voice of the student.”
Nicholas Smith
Year: Sophomore
Major: Geology
Current Position: None
Platform: “To take a deep look into what the budget is being spent on, and review it to cut out needless spending. Ask students directly about their concerns or the USU, and address these concerns. Formulate resolutions in the best interest of all students. Help to make the USU more inviting and better for students. Speak with students, staff, faculty, and administrators on compromises that benefit the students and the school.”
Adam Vanderlaan-Brown
Year: Junior
Major: Psychology
Current Position: None
Platform: “To push to create a wider variety of dining choices such as In-N-Out burger on campus. Increase the ‘greenness’ of CSULB by adding solar panels to generate a self-sufficient/cleaner energy for the USU and other buildings. Increase student socialization opportunities through fun school activities such as: Free Thursday night bowling and a “Slip and Slide Day,” twice a year.”
ACADEMIC SENATE REPRESENTATIVE
Melanie Hawe
Year: Sophomore
Major: Political science
Platform: “I will meticulously review all proposed policy changes, to ensure that any amendments are beneficial to students.”
Pauline Nazareno
Year: Sophomore
Major: English education
Platform: “I get to address the gap between students on a broad level and those involved with student leadership. Accurate representation and bringing awareness to changes are my priorities in this position.”
*Andrew Ramirez
Year: Sophomore
Major: History
Platform: “I plan on applying these skills, along with my enthusiasm for academic affairs, to make the presence of students known. Ultimately, I would continue to ensure that students graduate from CSULB with a quality degree and a quality experience above all else.”
SENATORS
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
*Agatha Gucyski
Year: Junior
Major: Human resources/Accounting
Platform: “First and foremost, fight against budget cuts. Create a better tutoring system. Form a collaboration system for the College of Business Administration with other colleges to strengthen students’ skills. Continue reaching out to the students who can inform me on important issues.”
Jennifer Phan
Year: Senior
Major: Business management
Platform: “To professionally represent the College of Business Administration. To adhere to the needs of my peers through open communication. To take strategic action by creating resolutions in the best interest of the students. To be the powerful voice for the College of Business Administration.”
Elaine Wey
Year: Junior
Major: Business management
Platform: “To make sure that our students have the best quality classes and course selection possible. Advocate for more technological equipment, study areas an
d available seating around CBA. Create a stronger community between CBA students and students campus-wide, as well as CBA faculty, through department or major mixers.”
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
*Rosa Valle
Year: Senior
Major: Liberal studies
Platform: “To take the steps necessary to acquire a study lab room in the CED, and to commence a peer advising group to close the existing achievement gap.”
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Zachary Bales
Year: Senior
Major: Engineering
Platform: “I am running for COE Senator because I have been a student in engineering for four years, and I know what the needs of the students are.”
Laura King
Year: Junior
Major: Computer engineering
Platform: “To gain funding for student projects and events. To keep students informed of ASI actions. To support student rights.”
Ons Mami
Year: Junior
Major: Mechanical and industrial engineering
Platform: “Act for the students in the College of Engineering. Make the engineering student voice heard, and lobbying for issues that my college is facing, among them the small amount of classes available. Take initiative for changes as well as work on how to solve the raise of the tuition. Represent the College of Engineering with power and initiative.”
Linh Nguyen
Year: Junior
Major: Not provided
Platform: “To take a strong stance against further budget cuts. Take action by writing resolutions in the best interest of all students. Seek out the needs of the student through open communication. Lobby and Create awareness within my college on pressing issues AESB and other orgs. Be the voice for the College of Engineering. “
Alex Anguiano Sanchez
Year: Junior
Major: Construction engineering management
Platform: “To voice the student’s objections to further tuition hikes and budget cuts. Represent the best interest of all CSULB students. Unite and create awareness in the College of Engineering. Voice the student body’s opinion at the local and state levels.”
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Mirian Chavez
Year: Sophomore
Major: Political science
Platform: “Work to make every opportunity out there more accessible to you such as: tutoring opportunities, job openings on campus, etc. Help create a better environment on campus to make your college experience more memorable. Hear and take action on any other concern you may have. Most importantly, advocate against budget cuts.”
Joseph Phillips
Year: Junior
Major: Spanish/International studies
Platform: “To support equal education for all. To fight tuition increase tooth-and-nail. To put student need over bureaucracy need. To form resolutions that will benefit the college as a whole. To promote cross-department interdisciplinary collaboration.”
Julianna Velarde
Year: Not provided
Major: Political science/Communications
Platform: “To bring the university together, as a united unit with everyone working together to fight the budget cuts and tuition rises.”
Deshé Gully
Year: Freshman
Major: Not provided
Platform: “Work towards keeping the classes that students need. Keep students informed and aware as to what is going on with campus affairs and how it affects them. Listen to what you as the student wants and work towards satisfying those needs.”
Asmita Deswal
Year: Sophomore
Major: Philosophy
Platform: “Stand against further budget cuts and tuition increases. Represent the needs of the students in my college.”
Amparo Castillo
Year: Junior
Major: Not provided
Platform: “I can definitely be one who stresses our right as students and the unreasonableness that occurs when our tuition is getting raised more and more. In addition to this, our college should hold up our great students and their many accomplishments.”
COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Ashley Dodge
Year: Freshman
Major: Marine biology
Platform: “I would assure that all the students are heard by improving the communication between the student body and the members of student government. I will make well-informed decisions that best serve the student body as a whole. I would also help in advocating for a greener campus, along with the other members of Senate.”
Soriya Neung
Year: Junior
Major: Biochemistry
Platform: “To arrange for more available outlets during finals week in the library. To find more comfortable and quiet study areas other than the library or the Horn Center which can be noisy. Finding ways to have all the science classes in the same area like the Hall of Science building.”
Jonathan Onglatco
Year: Freshman
Major: Microbiology
Platform: “To prevent any further budget cuts. Keeping students in my col
lege aware of any issues that will affect them. To make sure the Pell Grants are always available to students for their college career. Keep an open connection between my college and the Senate. To voice the opinions of my college.”
SENATOR-AT-LARGE
*Lucy Craig
Year: Graduate student
Major: Business/Theatre Management
Platform: “To continue building awareness about CSULB athletes and their meets/conference participation. To increase match attendance. To build stronger interdepartmental relations and increase school spirit.”
Derrick Harding
Year: Junior
Major: Healthcare administration
Platform: “I will seek out your opinions as to what services and problems you are faced with on campus. I will figure out new ways of sustainability and affordability. Lastly, I will help in evaluating the usefulness of current AS and campus programs to figure out which ones work, which ones don’t, and new ways of implementing them.”
Manuel Nieto
Year: Sophomore
Major: Biology
Platform: “Being a voice for the students is a very important task that I will continue to fulfill by voicing students concerns in the Senate and campus-wide. I will speak against any and all budget cuts to the CSU system and cuts for the eligibility requirements for Pell Grants.”
Terrence Sanvictores
Year: Freshman
Major: Undecided
Platform: “Prevent more budget cuts from happening. Make sure the concerns of the general student population are heard.”
Jaime Varela
Year: Senior
Major: Journalism/Communications studies
Platform: “I will strive to create an environment where open communication and transparency are highly valued. By fostering an environment of easy accessibility, I will be able to further educate students on pressing issues and find easier ways to address students’ needs.”
Brandon White
Year: Sophomore
Major: Not provided
Platform: “To extend hours of the SRWC. Better promote student aid programs like tutoring and workshops. Raise campus spirit and attendance to more sporting events. Take immediate action by forming resolutions that benefit all students.”
Abigail Mejia
Year: Junior
Major: Political Science
Platform: “To improve bicycle and skateboarding legislation. Improve student services such as academic advising and tutoring. Raise student participation on campus by promoting and creating more campus events. Make sure that students are aware of the new policies implemented by Senate.”
Ashley Muggins
Year: Sophomore
Major: Not provided
Platform: “I would like to increase transparency through visibility so that the reputation of CSULB being a commuter campus transitions into a community campus. Pertinent issues in tuition and fee increases, underrepresented students and broken communication on campus will be my fight.”
STUDENT MEDIA BOARD
Brooke James
Year: Sophomore
Major: Communication studies
Platform: “Pitch ideas/suggestions to all aspects of AS media. Seek out the needs and wants of students and present it to the board. Ensure that all media related events on campus reaches the wants of every student since CSULB has such a diverse student population.”
* Note incumbents