Once again, folks, we’re just days away from the moment you’ve all been waiting for: UPUA Election Day.

Voting for this year’s student government election will begin at midnight on Wednesday, March 31, and run until 9 p.m. that night. All voting will take place virtually, just like last year.

Students can vote online through vote.psu.edu, which is also where you can find more information about this year’s candidates.

In this election, only one executive ticket is running for the role of student body president and vice president. Twenty-one candidates are running for 20 spots as at-large representatives, while a handful of delegates are running to represent academic colleges.

Without further ado, let’s break down the ballot:

Executive Ticket

Erin Boas and Najee Rodriguez

Boas and Rodriguez also hosted a Q&A last week to outline some of their goals and elaborate on ideas about Penn State’s plans to return to full in-person learning next fall.

At-Large Candidates

To read about any of at-large representative candidate’s platforms, click on their names below.

Sam Ajah

Rayna Alexander

Emmanuel Almonte

Samantha Browne

Seth Constein

Matthew DeAngelis

Jordan Deibler

George Durango Espin

Cara Fliegel

Carter Gangl

Lakyn Meeder

Marie Misener

David Morgan

Kyle Quinn

Joshua Reynolds

Annmarie Rounds-Sorensen

Matthew Soska

Hope Steger

Sean Terrey

Brandon Walker

Steven Zhang

Write-in: Sydney Robinson

Write-in: Yidi Wang

Write-in: Caroline Sparrow

Write-in: Declan Hanlon

Write-in: Hadrick Conteh

Academic College Representatives

Academic college representative candidates also provided information about themselves, which can be accessed by clicking their respective names.

College of Education
Marissa Gillespie

College of Engineering
Sydney Gibbard
Write-in: Omar Ali

College of Health and Human Development
Patricia Birungi

College of the Liberal Arts
Noah Robertson
Write-in: Abigail Plocki

Schreyer Honors College
Lewis Richardson
Write-in: Ayush Sharma

Smeal College of Business
Cathy Zhou
Write-in: Natalia Krawczak

College of Agricultural Sciences
Write-in: Meg Cross
Write-in: Jason Nelson
Write-in: Katelyn Farrar
Write-in: Sarah Wolf

College of Arts and Architecture
Write-in: Kiarat Vidal

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
Write-in: Michael de Botton
Write-in: Patrick McGlynn
Write-in: Andrew Malinowski

College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Write-in: Ty Vaughn
Write-in: Michael Jablonski

College of Informational Sciences and Technology
Write-in: Wyatt Gould
Write-in: Nora O’Toole
Write-in: Nolan Scholze
Write-in: Kevin Fraccalvieri
Write-in: Donald Impavido

Eberly College of Science
Write-in: Jessica Eshenbaugh
Write-in: Olivia Lindberg
Write-in: Cindy Mitrollari
Write-in: Jasmine Bolduc
Write-in: Jessica Payne
Write-in: Nina Sampogne
Write-in: Suzanne Kozloski

Division of Undergraduate Studies
Write-in: Holden Ingalls
Write-in: Dennis Yazmir
Write-in: Michael DiFurio
Write-in: Hailey Johnson
Write-in: Matthew Dougherty

Referendum Question

It’s been a long time since a referendum question appeared on a UPUA ballot.

In UPUA’s case, a referendum question asking students about their stance on whether Penn State should divest from fossil fuels will gather more data for advocacy efforts. Currently, Penn State invests in and utilizes an undisclosed amount of fossil fuel resources which can have devastating and irreversible effects on the environment and climate in general.

The question appearing on the ballot will read, “Penn State should (1) commit to divestment from its long-term holdings in fossil fuel asset classes as quickly as possible; (2) release information about its current holdings in fossil fuels; and (3) publicly comment on the proposed divestiture.”

Students will have the option to skip, agree, or disagree with the statement.