The University Board of Elections announced the results of last week's elections to fill the representative body of the Honor Committee last night.
Third-years McKenzie Furber, Sarah Munford, Greg Siegel, Alex Solomon and second-year Rubana Masood were elected as College representatives for the Committee.
Masood has been a part of the Committee since her first year as an adviser.
"I would really love to see Honor ... become a bigger part of the U.Va. community," she said.
Masood believes communication between the rest of the University community and the Committee will help address issues before they occur, referencing last year's failed single sanction reform referendum.
Moreover, she noted that Committee meetings are open to the public, during which time is allotted for community concerns so that any individual can bring issues to the Committee's attention.\nSecond-year Kelly O'Connell and Page Dunbar were elected Nursing School representatives.
"The Honor Committee can seem kind of intimidating to the student body, but I think I'm a student first, Honor Committee member second. Being a representative of the Nursing School, a very small school, gives me the ability to reach out to my peers," Dunbar said.
Third-year Gordon Crenshaw and second-year Whitney Johnson were elected as Commerce School representatives. Both Crenshaw and Johnson have been involved with the Committee since their first years and have worked on a number of investigations and trials.
Second-year Jack Valentine and third-year Christopher Marsh were elected as Engineering School representatives. Third-year Danielle MacGregor was reelected Architecture School representative in an uncontested race.
Graduate students Jeff Rudnicki and Renee Howell were elected as Darden representatives. Charles Harris was reelected as Law School representative, and Barlow Mann also was named.Representatives for the Education and Batten Schools will be finalized Friday, when elections close for those schools.
A majority of the newly elected members have been involved with the Honor Committee since their first years. Most candidates expressed concerns about student involvement and awareness of honor, noting goals of open communication between the community and its honor representatives.
Alexander Cohen was reelected as Graduate Arts & Sciences representative. Cohen expressed satisfaction that his proposed referendum of public summaries, Article II, was passed. For his next step, Cohen plans to focus on improving the process of reporting honor offenses.
Current Committee Chair David Trutzel is confident about this group of students taking the reins of the organization.
"I have good feelings for where the Committee has been and where it wants to go," he said.
The newly elected representatives will attend a retreat March 26-28 to vote on its new executive board.
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