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Student Advisory Board pose in two rows on McKeldin Mall

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

For More Information

Portrait of Ben Parks

Ben Parks

Associate Director for Student Affairs, College Park Scholars
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