University Judiciary Committee members elected their Executive Committee for the upcoming year last night.
Third-year College student Merriam Mikhail was elected UJC chair, replacing fourth-year College student Connor Sullivan.
Mikhail, who previously served as a UJC counselor, vice chair of the First Year Judiciary Committee and vice chair for first years said she is looking forward to fulfilling her duties in the upcoming term.
"I'm very thrilled," Mikhail said. "I'm very excited to continue serving the University in this capacity."
Sullivan stressed Mikhail's qualifications for the position.
"I think that Merriam is the most competent person I've ever worked with," Sullivan said. "I'm extremely, extremely excited to give the gavel to her."
Third-year Education student Michael Chapman, who previously served as an educator, first-year judge and Education representative, replaced Mikhail as vice chair for first years.
Third-year College student Grayson Lambert, meanwhile, was elected vice chair for trials, replacing Law student Seth Ragosta. Lambert previously served as a counselor, first-year judge and chair of the issues subcommittee.
Lambert said he is also excited to be working with next year's Executive Committee.
"I'm humbled and honored to have this opportunity," Lambert said. "The future looks very bright for us."
Second-year Engineering student Eric Schneiter, a former educator and first-year judge, replaced fourth-year College student Dean de la Pena as vice chair for sanctions.
According to members of the new Executive Committee, UJC has several goals it wishes to achieve in the coming months.
Mikhail said she is especially enthusiastic about instructing the University community about the new online system that allows students to file UJC complaints in a more streamlined fashion.
According to Mikhail, Graduate College student Gavin Reddick began creating the online system in 2005. She said a fully functional version went online this past January, adding that students and faculty have the ability to access the system through the UJC Web site by logging in using their University NetBadge identification name and password. Users can then enter the name of the student who violated the standards of conduct, the date of the offense and also select the standards of conduct that were violated.
Not only does the new system allow students to file complaints more easily, but it is also a service the Honor Committee has yet to offer, Sullivan noted.
"It'll probably take [the Honor Committee] two and a half years to catch up to where we are," Sullivan said.
Mikhail said in addition to continuing to educate students about the new online system, she hopes to improve diversity within UJC itself, noting she would like UJC to be as "representative as possible of the student body so students feel comfortable trusting it"
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