The State University of New York Student Assembly

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The State University of New York Student Assembly
PredecessorStudent Association of the State University
Founded1973
Headquarters SUNY Plaza
Location
Owner State University of New York
President
Giovanni Harvey, (Albany)
Vice President
Jae Fish, (Albany)
Secretary
Lotus Taylor, (Binghamton)
Treasurer
Oghentega Adjoh, (Oswego)
Website SUNY SA Website

The State University of New York Student Assembly (SUNYSA) is the university-wide student government for the 64 institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY). [1] It is empowered by Article XVII of the policies of the SUNY Board of Trustees to represent student concerns, elect the student member of the Board, and to act as a communications network between campus student leaders. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Organization

SUNY Student Assembly consists of the assembly, the Executive Board, the President's Cabinet, Executive Committee and the General Assembly. The assembly consists of representatives from each campus, the President as Chair and standing committee delegates. The Executive Board consists of the elected officers. The President's Cabinet consists of a Chief of Staff, Parliamentarian, Executive Director's that oversee a "student voices team", "public relations team", and a "policy team." Each of these Executive Directors have a staff of deputy directors that carry out various tasks that correspond with their respective roles. The Executive Committee consists of the officers, elected representatives, and standing committee delegates. Lastly, the General Assembly consists of about 112 voting delegates that represent the 1.3 million students of the State University of New York vis a vis their respect campus student government organization across the 64 campuses. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Executive Board

The Executive Board consists of the President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. The duties of each are prescribed by Article XVII and the organization's bylaws [7] [10]

The executive board for the 2023 - 2024 academic year consists of Alexander Ruiz as President, Jae Fish as Vice President, Enid Walker as Treasurer and Jalen Miller as Secretary.

Executive committee

The Executive Committee is made up of three divisions, that come together to act on behalf of the assembly. These divisions consist of the Executive Board, the elected representatives from the student body at large and nonvoting representatives from standing committees. [7] [11]

Elected Representatives

The Student Assembly is composed of student Representatives from across the University who are elected by their peers from the 64 campuses of SUNY. They divided into sectors, based on the type of institution with in the SUNY system. The Representatives for the 2023-2024 academic year are as follows: [12]

Community CollegesUniversity CollegesDoctoral Granting Institutions - UndergraduateDoctoral Granting Institutions - GraduateUniversity Colleges

Agriculture/Technology and Statutory Colleges

Joseph LeichtnerLily WegerskiLuca CassidyNicholas BrennanLily Holmes
Shalom Bloodman (Genesee)Joseph Byrne (Hudson Valley)Ayaka Hibino (Genesee)Crystal Robertson-Hicks (Erie)Angelo Romero (Monroe)
Lotus TaylorOghenetega AdjohSujith Yella
Crystal Robinson-Hicks
Isaiah Jones
Lisbeth Castellanos

Voting rights on the Board of Trustees

In the 1970s, students pressed for voting representation on the governing board of SUNY colleges. In 1971, the State Legislature added five student voting members to Cornell's Board of Trustees. However, at that time, all members of a board must be over the age of 21 for a corporation to hold a liquor license, so to allow Cornell to retain its license, the legislature had to go back to amend NYS Alcoholic Beverage Control Law § 126(4) to require that half the board must be 21. In 1975, the legislature added a non-voting student seat to the boards of all SUNY units. Two Attorney General of the State of New York opinion letters [42] reduced the parliamentary rights of the student members to participate at meetings and indicated that they were not in fact Public Officers, and arguably subject to personal liability from lawsuits. In 1977, another statutory amendment made student members of SUNY councils and boards subject to the NYS Public Officers Law or NYS General Municipal Law and granted student representatives parliamentary powers of moving or seconding motions and of placing items on the agendas of the bodies. Finally, the legislature gave full voting rights to the student members in 1979, resulting in the students of all SUNY units having voting representatives, except for the NYS College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Finally, in 1986, the legislature gave the student representative of that college voting rights as well.

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