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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 2024–2025 academic year. Students can contact their program representative with any questions or concerns. 

Leah Daniels
Second-year representative
leahlove@terpmail.umd.edu

Laura Neer
First-year representative
lneer@terpmail.umd.edu 

Madelyn Lee
Second-year representative
mlee1230@terpmail.umd.edu

Farhaan Sultan
First-year representative
fsultan@terpmail.umd.edu                                                   

Latrell Cook
Second-year representative
lcook127@terpmail.umd.edu

Jaina Simon
First-year representative
jsim4444@terpmail.umd.edu 

Harry Neill
First-year representative
hwneill@terpmail.umd.edu 

Jake Kauderer
Second-year representative
jkauder1@terpmail.umd.edu

Wyatt Bland
First-year representative
wmbland@terpmail.umd.edu 

Davi Jacobs
Second-year representative
DaviPJacobs@gmail.com

Michael Olson
First-year representative
molson05@terpmail.umd.edu  

Amari Mehta
Second-year representative
amehta15@terpmail.umd.edu

Daren Pefok
First-year representative
dpefok@terpmail.umd.edu 

Ishani Tyagi
Second-year representative
ityagi@terpmail.umd.edu

Aine Heron
First-year representative
aheron1@terpmail.umd.edu 

Isha Rajani
Second-year representative
irajani@terpmail.umd.edu

Rajiv Damera
First-year representative
rajivdam@terpmail.umd.edu 

Nia Smith
Second-year representative
nsmith31@terpmail.umd.edu

Emmanuel Dean
First-year representative
edean826@terpmail.umd.edu 

Anna Wendt
Second-year representative
awendt1@terpmail.umd.edu

Ritvik Sawhney
First-year representative
rsawhney@terpmail.umd.edu  

Elizabeth Dorokhina
Second-year representative
edorokhi@terpmail.umd.edu

Taylor Phillips
First-year representative
tphilli8@terpmail.umd.edu 

Frank Rhodes
Second-year representative
frhodes@terpmail.umd.edu

Vaishnavi Banda
First-year representative
vaishnavibanda2@gmail.com  

Williama Carver
Second-year representative
carverw737@gmail.com

Maria Meza
First-year representative
mmeza@terpmail.umd.edu 

For More Information

Portrait of Ben Parks

Ben Parks

Associate Director for Student Affairs, College Park Scholars
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