STATESMAN FILE
Manjot Singh has been elected as the next Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president.
The results of the election were announced on USG’s Instagram a few hours after polls closed on SBEngaged on April 4. Singh, a junior civil engineering major and political science minor, is currently a USG senator representing the Residence Hall Association. He was elected with 86.86% of the vote and ran unopposed.
“I am honored to be elected as the President of the Undergraduate Government,” Singh wrote in an email to
The Statesman. “Not only will I have the opportunity to represent over 17,000 well-achieving undergraduate students, but I have the opportunity to work with an excellent executive board to accomplish some great initiatives.”
STATESMAN FILE
By Alek Lewis and Maya Brown
The candidates for the Executive Council of Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) debated their platforms on March 26.
USG elections started on SBEngaged on March 29 and will be held until April 2 at noon. Candidates are elected by a simple majority.
USG controls the funds of sponsored student clubs and organizations on campus, which are mostly funded by the student activity fee. It also represents the undergraduate population at the university and hosts its own events as a part of student life. USG is composed of two branches of student-elected representatives, elected to either the Senate or the Executive Council.