SIPASA Election Season is Upon Us!
Friends, comrades, SEEPLEs near and far, it is that time of year again: election season! As student officers prepare to bestow their organizations to the next generation, we want to invite you to join SIPA's student governance board, the SIPA Student Association, which oversees all student organizations at SIPA and represents SIPA students to the school and Columbia University. SIPASA creates and presents strategic policy recommendations to improve SIPA and Columbia, and is a great opportunity for students in policy and governance to make a difference at the university. We comprise 28 members; 5 executive board members, 14 functional chairs ('officers'), and 9 representatives that serve our various programs and special interest groups. Please find the SIPASA Constitution here for your reference to specific descriptions.
If you are interested in learning more about SIPASA, attend a meeting! We meet every week on Monday between 1-2pm in room 324 (Zoom livestream link here). If you are considering running for officer, please read the election guidelines and application requirements at this link. You can also talk to any of our SIPASA members by signing up for their office hours here.
You must attend any TWO Monday 1-2pm SIPASA meetings AND attend ONE of the SIPASA election informational sessions to be qualified to serve in the 2024 SIPASA board. If you are ready to submit your application, APPLY HERE by Sunday, October 29th by 11:59PM.
Fall 2023 SIPASA Election Timeline
Friday, October 20 at 1pm – Election Info session- REGISTER
Thursday, October 26 at 1pm – Election Info session II- REGISTER
Sunday, October 29 at 11:59pm – Candidacy Applications Close
Tuesday, October 31 – Candidacy statements released to the student body
Wednesday, November 1 through Wednesday, November 15 – Campaign Weeks
Thursday, November 16 – DEBATE NIGHT
Friday, November 17 – Election Day! Voting is open on CampusGroups for 24 hours
Tuesday, November 21 – Election results announced!
We look forward to meeting all of you and putting our governance skills to the test as we conduct a peaceful democratic transition of power for the 66th year! Please email sipasa@columbia.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards,
Your SIPASA 2023 Board
Your SIPASA 2023 Board
- Deris Nagara (mn3081) – President
- Yijie (Frank) Huang (yh3559) – Vice President
- Pin-Chuan (Alex) Shao (ps3303) – General Secretary
- Saeed Bazroon (sb4640) – Treasurer
- Madiyar Nurakhmetov (mn3093) – University Senator
- Kismat Dhaliwal (hkd2118) and Christoph Lhotka (cl4313) – Academic Chairs
- Airin Wu (ahw2146), Tiantian Zhou (tz2554), Benedicte Yenyi Mulumba (by2333), Shawn Gibson (sag2265), and Aditya Shukla (aps2230)– Student and Social Life Chairs
- Hongjie Chen (Phoenix) (hc2952), Franco Cristiani (fhc2111), and Chengyi Yu (cy2677) – Career & Alumni Affairs Chairs
- Chengru (Catherine) Ju (cj2752), Andrea Calderon (ac4949), and Jiyuan Sheng (Louise) (js6178) – Communications and External Relation Chairs
- Yi-Han (Helen) Lien (yl5190) – MPA-DP Representative
- Sara Rashidi (sr3862) and Jihane Najim (jn2759) – Dual Degree Representatives
- Vaishakh Nair (vn2336) – EPM Representative
- Shristi Negi (sn2988) – J-Term Representative
- Jonathan David Gomez Noriega (jdg2228) – E-MPA Representative
- Clarisa Marambio (cm4382) – MPA-ESP Representative
- Andy Gouanvic (amg2447) – MPA-GL Representative
- Pavan Talakala (pt2609) – DEI Representatives
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