The GSS is helpful to graduate students because it addresses on-campus and community issues that are specifically relevant to grads
Yunyun Gu, Teacher Education '21
Executive Board:
The GSS Executive Board is the governing body for the Graduate Student Senate (GSS). A group of elected officers serves the committee to ensure the proper functioning of the Graduate Student Senate and to listen to concerns brought forth by unit representative and other graduate students to improve graduate life here at Lehigh.
The GSS executive board is comprised of students from multiple colleges, backgrounds, and disciplines who come together to ensure the smooth functioning and responsive governance for the student body's needs.
Unit Senators:
A Unit Senator (formerly known as a Unit Representative), nominated by a Graduate Unit, represents their department or program at all General Assembly meetings and serves as a liaison between the GSS and their respective units. To volunteer to represent any open unit senator position, please talk to your department secretary or email ingss@lehigh.edu.
For those attending the General Assembly meetings virtually via Zoom, use this link to access the meeting.
Club Representatives:
A Club Representative is a person (1), nominated by a GSS approved club that represents their club at all General Assembly meetings and serves as a liaison between the GSS and their representing clubs.
For those attending the General Assembly meetings virtually via Zoom, use this link to access the meeting.
Arts & Sciences Unit Senators
2026-27' Primary Senator: Jess Gittens, jeg625@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Ty Keilman, tfk225@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Julianna Rotondo, jwr323@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Milan Sengthep, mis423@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Domenica Fertal, drf221@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Cristabella Fortna, crf524@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Grace Aggen, gma226@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Sam Anderson, saa426@lehigh.edu
This unit is inactive due to lack of attendance. Ensure your unit representatives attend all GSS meetings to reactivate your unit's standing.
2026-27' Primary Senator: Lauren Gilmore, ltg221@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Yasmin Dasilva, ytd221@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Jun Li, jul522@lehigh.edu
2026-27 Alternate Senator: Ike Esh, ine222@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Mohammad Moezzi, mom323@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Jasleen Sandhu, jks323@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Haley Bennett, hab524@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Tashiana Walker, taw525@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Nelly Tyncherova, net226@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Batoul Bazine, meb226@lehigh.edu
This unit is inactive due to lack of attendance. Ensure your unit representatives attend all GSS meetings to reactivate your unit's standing.
2026-27' Primary Senator: Beck Knittel, bek425@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Matthew Gano, mag924@lehigh.edu
Business Unit Senators
2026-27' Primary Senator: Gideon Sobek, gds226@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Kabungo Bwalya, kab825@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Bhavya Grover, bhg825@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Ashutosh Talekar, ast325@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Matthew Hannum, maha26@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Janelle Saba, jas322@lehigh.edu
Education Unit Senators
2026-27' Primary Senator: Isabella Acquaah, isa525@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Jacara Terry, jat326@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Nick Bialis, nmb618@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Michaela Ott, mao320@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Kendall Beitler, kmb525@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Alice Sperry, alsd26@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Mustafa Ali, mua222@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Xiaodi Li, xil523@lehigh.edu
Engineering Unit Senators
2026-27' Primary Senator: Sivani Ramachandran, sir323@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Turner Brown, tub223@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Korka Fall, kof223@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Farheen Akhtar, faa224@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Nasala Dongol, nbd224@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Madan Thapa Chhetri, mat724@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Juan Carlos Tique Rangel, jut425@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Kaaren Avery Page, kap325@lehigh.edu
This unit is inactive due to lack of attendance. Ensure your unit representatives attend all GSS meetings to reactivate your unit's standing.
2026-27' Primary Senator: Uzma Khan, uzk222@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Dixit Gurung, dig526@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Henri Claude Nguini Adiassa, hea226@lehigh.edu
The coordinator has not yet found an alternate senator.
2026-27' Primary Senator: Anis Zebiane, anz325@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Saya Egashira, sae325@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Roni Rountree, rjr323@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Wookyung Jin, woj222@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator: Aysenur Gilik, ayg324@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Nafisa Tasnim, nat324@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Primary Senator (Data Science): Hayley Pham, lap227@lehigh.edu
The coordinator has not yet found any alternate senator
College of Health Unit Senators
2026-27' Primary Senator: Kourtney Keim, ksk226@lehigh.edu
2026-27' Alternate Senator: Siena Michaelis, sim427@lehigh.edu
GSS Special Task Force Committee
Fall 2026
Laura Porto
Vasileios Kiritsis
Wenyan Feng
Zoie Dodson
Michael Papadopoulos
Mustafa Ali
Grace Aggen
Saranya Thota
Nelly Tyncherova