Student Advisory Board
As a member of the Student Advisory Board, you have the opportunity to serve your peers, your program and the Scholars community. Representatives act as a liaison between their peers in their programs and the Scholars central staff, offering the student viewpoint on new initiatives and providing suggestions that might improve the student experience in Scholars.
In particular, representatives:
- Share curricular and extracurricular components of your program experiences to the central staff and to other board members.
- Respond to concerns or issues within the Cambridge Community or on campus.
- Share Scholars initiatives, upcoming events or announcements with their programs.
- Assist in the management of Scholars-wide events such as Service Day, Fall Fest, therapy dogs and the charity kickball tournament.
Structure
The Student Advisory Board consists of one freshman and one sophomore representative from each Scholars program. In addition, one freshman and one sophomore serve as commuter representatives.
Expectations
Members of the Student Advisory Board attend hour-long meetings on Friday afternoons. In addition, representatives participate in community events organized by the Student Advisory Board and possibly serve on subcommittees related to academic affairs, activities or advocacy.
How to Get Involved
The Student Advisory Board is open to any freshman Scholars student, with applications to become a freshman representative available at the start of the fall semester. All applicants will be invited to participate in an interview.
This position is a two-year commitment. Students who serve as freshmen representatives are expected to continue in their role and serve as the sophomore representative for their program.
Program Representatives
These are the Student Advisory Board representatives for the 2023–2024 academic year. Students can contact their program representative with any questions or concerns.
Grace Bachmann
First-year representative
gbachman@terpmail.umd.edu
Pearl Uva
Second-year representative
pearluva@terpmail.umd.edu
Madelyn Lee
First-year representative
mlee1230@terpmail.umd.edu
Aasiya Ali
Second-year representative
aasiya1ali@gmail.com
Olivia Calkins
First-year representative
ocalkins@terpmail.umd.edu
Riya Thapar
Second-year representative
rthapar1@terpmail.umd.edu
Davi Jacobs
First-year representative
DaviPJacobs@gmail.com
Changwen Ding
Second-year representative
changwen@terpmail.umd.edu
Amari Mehta
First-year representative
amehta15@terpmail.umd.edu
Athilah Abadir
Second-year representative
aabadir1@terpmail.umd.edu
Ishani Tyagi
First-year representative
ityagi@terpmail.umd.edu
Aamaly Hossain
Second-year representative
aamalyh@terpmail.umd.edu
Isha Rajani
First-year representative
irajani@terpmail.umd.edu
Olivia Lewis
Second-year representative
olewis1@terpmail.umd.edu
Nia Smith
First-year representative
nsmith31@terpmail.umd.edu
Sayee Sanjana Naresh Kumar
Second-year representative
snareshk@terpmail.umd.edu
Anna Wendt
First-year representative
awendt1@terpmail.umd.edu
Eileen Chen
Second-year representative
eileenc@terpmail.umd.edu
Elizabeth Dorokhina
First-year representative
edorokhi@terpmail.umd.edu
Adaugo Umeh
Second-year representative
aumeh@terpmail.umd.edu
Steven Xu
First-year representative
sxu2536@terpmail.umd.edu
Anisha Narasimhan
Second-year representative
anaras@terpmail.umd.edu
Williama Carver
First-year representative
carverw737@gmail.com
Ethan Vinodh
Second-year representative
ethan.vinodh2020@gmail.com
Hniang Par
hpar@umd.edu