Grad Gold

As the hours tick down to the opening of polls, here is another of our GSA Member at Large candidates, Reuben Addison:

"Hello, I am originally from Ghana, a West African country located along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. I am a fourth-year Kinesiology graduate student at LSU. I received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Ghana. I then moved to Canada for my master’s degree and later came down to LSU in 2017 for my Ph.D. My current research focuses on understanding mobility issues in people with neuropathological diseases.

I am currently a member at large for the Graduate Student Association (GSA), acting as a liaison between the university and graduate students. I got the mandate to serve as a member-at-large for the GSA in 2020-21, one of the most challenging moments and unprecedented turn of events bestowed by the pandemic. With my team members' support, we were still able to drive our "student-based" agenda successfully, such as renegotiating extraneous students' fees and currently pushing for affordable healthcare (health insurance) for all graduate students. I also double as a graduate student representative on the LSU Libraries Students Advisory Council, where I contribute to library policies toward graduate students' needs.

I am seeking another term to continue pushing for policies that solely represent the interest of a successful graduate experience."

On this last day before polls open, here's a word from the other half of our Law lineup:

"Hey peers, my name is Brett Leal and I am thrilled to run for a Law Center Senate seat. I have been at LSU for 6 years now, including undergrad, and I have seen consecutive clichés campaign after campaign with no change. This ticket, under Mia and Angelina, feels much different. I want to help translate the positive changes under this new leadership to the law center. It’s Time!"