Ashlyn Roice - ASCIT President

Hello!

My name is Ashlyn Roice, and I am running for ASCIT President. Here is my statement and my picture:

Hey, everyone!

I’m Ashlyn Roice, a current junior and Lloydie studying Computer Science and Information & Data Science. You may know me as the current Social Director of ASCIT. This year, I am honored to be running for the ASCIT presidency.

The role of the ASCIT President is a huge one, and its significance is not lost on me. I see the role of the presidency as one that is for the students, by a student. As the next ASCIT President, I hope to be your advocate and your biggest supporter for anything you might need, from requesting more snacks at Red Door’s C-Store to expanding wellness services on campus.

I have served on ASCIT for the past two years - one year ago as Social Media Manager and this year as Social Director.

• During my sophomore year, I was ASCIT Social Media Manager, where I created a multitude of posts and posters for various ASCIT events, increasing student engagement with ASCIT. I also went above and beyond my position and created the annual ASCIT Valentines event, creating and organizing every station, finalizing the budget, creating promotional material, and setting up and taking down the event. I continued this event this year as well to great success, and will continue to ensure its facilitation in future years.
• This year, I was ASCIT Social Director, and have been dedicated to ideating unique and exciting events to celebrate our students and provide an escape from the intensity of Caltech.
  • I organized this year’s ASCIT Halloween alongside our first-ever Resource Fair, inviting offices such as CCID, Title IX, and SWS to participate in distributing candy and talking about their services. Along with the Halloween event, I completed a small collaboration with the Caltech Hispanic and Latino Association (CHLA) educating people about Día de los Muertos through educational pamphlets and by serving Pan de Muerto.
  • I created a new event this year - the Global Holiday Celebration, where the CHLA; Caltech Chabad Club; Caltech Asian/Asian-American, Pacific Islander, and Desi American Club; and Caltech Christian Fellowship clubs created booths on the Olive Walk to teach others about cultural holiday celebrations such as Three Kings’ Day, Christmas, Lunar New Year, and Hanukkah. This event fostered cross-cultural understanding amongst students as they experienced various holiday traditions through food and activities.
  • Currently, I’m organizing ASCIT Formal at the Madame Tussauds’ Hollywood Rooftop and Bar. I initiated the creation of a collaborative playlist for the event and am working to create a playlist to ensure everyone feels represented in what is played at Formal.
  • My work as ASCIT Social Director and ASCIT Social Media Manager has allowed me to connect with offices including Title IX, CCID, OSE, and CALE.

As your president, I want to prioritize student needs, especially concerning cultural competency and inclusion, in all facets of student life, from Rotation to the variety of classes offered. Here are some of the platforms I wish to pursue.

• Creating a more inclusive Rotation and developing new protocols to handle Rotation violations. Our current system of Rotation tends to exclude international students and students of color who are more susceptible to judgement and bias. With the IHC, I will work to create a more inclusive system for Rotation. I will also work to create a centralized system to better handle Rotation violations through the CCID, Title IX, and Conduct Affairs offices.
• Ensuring professors follow CASS recommendations and guidelines. Students with disabilities are often not heard by their professors and not given the accommodations they need to succeed at Caltech. With the ARC, I will work to remediate these issues, advocating for these students along with the CASS and Title IX offices to ensure every student receives their necessary accommodations. I will also work to ensure that all lectures for all classes are recorded or posted in some way to ensure every student, no matter what, can attain the education they need to succeed in their classes.
• Diversifying course offerings at Caltech. Our English department is severely lacking in a diverse curriculum, our CS department deprioritizes project-based courses, and our EE department lacks a course on antennas. These are just a few examples of where Caltech is lacking in various educational aspects. I’ll work with next year’s ARC Chair and department heads to ensure that Caltech works to offer a more well-rounded educational experience for all. I will put special focus on the lack of cultural representation in the English classes offered. Caltech is beginning to offer more diverse classes, even offering an African-American literature class, Asian-American literature class, and Native American history class this term. I will work to ensure that this progress is continued into the next year.
• **Enhancing student wellness services at Caltech. **Student wellness is intrinsically tied to academic performance, but Caltech lacks infrastructure to provide academic support for students undergoing mental health struggles. Therefore, I will work with the ARC, SWS, and CASS offices to create a centralized platform for students who might be struggling with mental health, so they might receive Care Team referrals and discuss accommodations for professors. Additionally, I will endeavour to improve current wellness services at Caltech, taking feedback on our virtual healthcare systems and implementing improvements as seen fit. Finally, I will continue our line of work with the SWS to hire more diverse therapists and create new events for midterms and finals distressing.
• **Building up existing programs of support for athletes. **Athletics is an integral component of our school spirit, yet the department is consistently losing funding and student athletes are lacking in support systems. I will work with SWS and Athletics to build up student committees which ensure that student athletes are well supported in terms of respect for accommodations for injuries and treatment on teams.
• **Obtaining company grants to hold larger events (e.g. Techstock). **This year, ASCIT could not hold Techstock due to a lack of funding. However, other schools hold concerts through corporate sponsorships. I will work with next year’s Treasurer and the CALE office to create company sponsorship guides for ASCIT and all clubs on campus. Through these efforts, I will work my hardest to bring Techstock back next year.
• **Creating the most transparent ASCIT BoD possible. **While we have our meeting minutes and town halls, I want to make more efforts to make ASCIT as transparent as possible. I will release monthly reports of progress and more detailed meeting notes, both published in the Tech, during my tenure as president. Additionally, I will host office hours where anyone in the student body is invited to discuss issues they are facing on campus or something they would like to see changed on campus.

As a student leader, I take immense pride in my ability to be able to listen to the student population and try to create what they want to see. Caltech is home to some of the brightest and most interesting people on the planet, and it brings me joy to be able to make your student experience a little more vibrant.

I have been incredibly honored to serve on ASCIT for the last 2 years. Being your Social Director has been one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve ever had. I promise that as your ASCIT President, I will be your fiercest advocate and supporter. I hope that you will put your trust in me for the next year to take on this role.

If you have any questions or even just want to chat, feel free to email me at aroice@caltech.edu, or message me on Instagram (@ash.roice) or on Messenger. I look forward to hopefully serving you all next year.

Love,

Ash”third time’s the charm”lyn Roi”or i guess it’s third year’s the charm?”ce

Ivy Brainard - ASCIT Social Director

My name is Ivy Brainard, and I am running to be your next ASCIT Social Director. A little bit about myself: I’m a full member of Fleming House and a sophomore majoring in Computer Science and Business, Economics, and Management (BEM). I’m also a sprinter on the track team, where my main events are the 100m and 200m dash. Outside of Caltech, I love to travel and hangout with my friends.

I chose to run for this position because I want to help plan events for the student body. Caltech is a challenging school, and I want to give others the opportunity to relax, socialize, and get to know one another. The close-knit community here at Caltech—especially with our current strong ASCIT student body—has helped me balance the demanding environment, and I want to extend that same support to other students.

Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with our current Social Director, Ashlyn Roice. Through this experience, I’ve been involved in planning several key campus events, including ASCIT Valentines, Alternative Interhouse, ASCIT Formal, and more. These experiences have given me firsthand insight into the level of detail, coordination, and effort required to bring these events to life. The skills I’ve gained so far have definitely prepared me to successfully plan future events.

In addition to my involvement with ASCIT, I have experience planning and organizing events through other roles. At Caltech, I’ve been part of the Fleming Ath Team, where I helped coordinate Ath events for Fleming House, organize interhouse sports, and recruit participants for various activities. In high school, I served on student government, where I was responsible for planning all of our major social events.

Outside of school, I also volunteer at Kitten Rescue, a local cat shelter in Los Angeles. There, I not only help care for the cats on a monthly basis, but I also assist with organizing monthly adoption events. These experiences have helped me develop strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills, all of which have prepared me to take on the role of Social Director.

Lastly, as Social Director, I have many new ideas for future events. These include student de-stressing events such as wellness nights, as well as more interactive social events like additional cultural celebration nights to help build stronger connections across the student body. Additionally, I want to ensure that I represent all of you. To do that, I will regularly share feedback forms for upcoming events and provide many opportunities for students to share their perspectives. I want to hear all ideas and feedback so I can continually improve and help create a more inclusive, enjoyable environment for everyone.

I would be honored to serve as your ASCIT Social Director next year. I am super excited for what is next! If you have any questions, comments or concerns please feel free to reach out to me! My email is ibrainar@caltech.edu. My Insta is @ivy.brainard. Additionally, feel free to reach out to me in Messenger or come up to me in person! Thank you!!

Hannah Rose - ASCIT Director of Operations

Hey Caltech,

I’m Hannah Rose, a current junior in Ricketts / Venerable & Dabney House studying Physics (and any side quests I can fit into my schedule), and I’m running to be your next ASCIT Director of Operations.

During my time at Caltech, I’ve worked in a variety of roles across campus. As a member of the PMA Student Advisory Board and a Ricketts Hovse Social VP, I’ve worked on events planning and reinforcing alumni engagement. Working with the CubeSat Club / CAOS, I’ve helped secure funding and strengthen professor involvement in student-led projects, broadening the range of opportunities available to our creative student body. On the Food Committee, I’ve helped relay student feedback to CDS to ensure students are better supported during their time here (I hope everyone had fun at Hannah’s Diner last Midnight Madness). I’ve also worked to resurrect the Cheese Society to promote the campus’s culture of unique and fun events and traditions. I want to bring this experience to ASCIT to help lower the barriers preventing students from manifesting their ideas in the real world.

As for my priorities as Director of Operations, a few points come to mind:

• Supporting student access to campus maker spaces to bolster student creativity. Many peer institutions have much more extensive resources for prototyping and building small student projects. I would work to expand these resources on our campus, such as continuing efforts to create the screen-printing room and supporting the reopening of the student shop.
• Improving resources for student clubs to connect with sources of funding. I would work to streamline the process for groups to explore on-campus sources of funding as well as support their search for off-campus resources.
• Supporting student publications. Of course, we love our student newspaper, The California Tech, but I would love to also increase the emphasis on the other student publications: helping the yearbook, The Big T, catch up from the post-COVID backlog, refining the little t to help new students adjust and succeed on campus, and revitalizing student creative writing such as the *Totem. *

Caltech students have a wonderful variety of talents, and I believe that providing the space for them to share these with others is what makes this Institute so special. Accordingly, I’d also love to hear from all of you about what you would like to see for Caltech student life—my Messenger and email hrose@caltech.edu are always open for questions or feedback.

Best,

Hannah Rose

Joray Piper - ASCIT Director of Operations

I’m Joray, a current sophomore baseball player and member of Fleming House majoring in Applied & Computational Mathematics. As Director of Operations, I will work on renovating SAC study rooms and allocating funds appropriately to Caltech clubs. With your vote, the gloomy days of the SAC are over.

Justin Lee - BoC Secretary

Hello everyone! My name is Justin Lee, and I am a sophomore in Dabney Hovse studying mathematics. It is my privilege and honor to run for BoC secretary for the upcoming year. As a BoC representative, I have witnessed firsthand how critical of a role the BoC and its leadership play in upholding the honor code. The chair and the secretaries perform an integral part of the process that moves cases forwards, ensures a judicious procedure, and serves to protect the Caltech community. As a BoC secretary, I pledge to do my utmost to preserve the sanctity of the student-run process. During this time where we have witnessed an erosion in trust in the community’s affirmation of the honor code, particularly between faculty and students, and during a time where major changes have been implemented to the BoC at the behest of the faculty, I believe that building trust in the BoC’s operations and upholding its independence ought to be our top priorities.

I believe that I have the experience and the temperament to serve in the leadership of the BoC. During my time on the BoC, I have been one of the most active representatives and have sat on many cases. I feel that I am motivated to step up and shoulder the responsibilities of the secretary. I am also mindful of the obligations towards confidentiality and professionalism that members of the BoC are expected to respect. Finally, I believe that I would work well with administrators to help advance the goals of the BoC and educate the student body about the honor code while ensuring that honor code violation cases are managed adequately. It is my honor to ask you to entrust me with your vote.

Aurelia Kuester - BoC Secretary

Hello everyone! My name is Aurelia Kuester, and I’m a sophomore running to be your next BoC Secretary. Over the past year, I’ve served as an At-Large BoC rep, during which I’ve sat on a number of cases, gaining valuable insight into the BoC process and demonstrating my fairness, impartiality, and integrity.

I believe the Honor Code is a critical cornerstone of the Caltech identity as it fosters a collaborative environment and allows for many important privileges, such as take-home exams, collaboration on sets, and after-hours building access. However, in recent years, we’ve seen a decline in faculty trust in the Honor Code, leading to more in-person exams and stricter collaboration policies. As BoC Secretary, I will work to rebuild faculty confidence in the Honor Code while continuing to ensure that students have a strong voice in the BoC process.

Through my involvement with the BoC, ARC, SAAC, and several other campus committees, I’ve gained extensive experience working with both faculty and campus administration. I believe this experience, combined with my dedication, fairness, and integrity, uniquely qualifies me to serve as secretary. As BoC Secretary, I will be committed to protecting and upholding the Honor Code and the integrity of the BoC process. I would be grateful for the opportunity to serve as BoC Secretary and would truly appreciate your support.

Camilla Fezzi - BoC Unaffiliated Rep

I am honored to be nominated for the position of BoC Unaffiliated Representative. The BoC plays a crucial role in upholding the Honor Code and fostering a fair academic environment. If elected, I will work to represent the student body with integrity and impartiality, ensuring transparency and trust in all proceedings. Thank you for this opportunity to serve the community.

Bisrat Kassahun - Treasurer

Hi! I’m Bisrat Kassahun, a sophomore studying Physics, and I’m running to be your ASCIT Treasurer next year.

Previously, I’ve served on Page’s excomm, where I interacted with administrators and worked jointly to organize events. As a SFP ambassador for the past summer, our team worked to put on a campus wide summer bash for all students, where we stretched our finances and put on the event while staying within budget.

As the school year goes on, houses host an array of events and their pool of money grows smaller and smaller. I want to extend the Treasurer’s charge and work with houses as needed to source funding for events and ensure they find the money to host what students desire. Additionally, I want to solicit donations from alumni using ASCIT’s nonprofit status and cordon this money for funding more events and clubs. Alumni would love to donate, but want to know that their money would specifically go to improving student life, so I want to grow the ASCIT Fund started by the previous Treasurer Jonathan and organize events where alumni can engage with students and support us.

After the changes made to Orange Watch this year, I’d love to spearhead an initiative to fund the program and get members paid for their work. OW is a crucial program on campus for keeping students safe, and

I’d hate to see it decline due to a lack of administrative support. Additionally, I’d like to work closer with the houses and be more open about ASCIT finances, so that more members are aware its current state. I believe full transparency is important, so I’d be continuing on Jonathan’s legacy and keeping finances transparent.

If you have any concerns or would like to chat, please feel free to reach out to me at bkassahu@caltech.edu. Thanks for your time!

Best,

Bisrat

Lauren Pryor - Treasurer

Hi! I’m Lauren Pryor, a junior studying Computer Science and Economics and a member of Ricketts Hovse and the Caltech Track and Field team, and a Peer Advocate, running for election as ASCIT Treasurer.

I am running for ASCIT Treasurer to further the initiatives that I currently work on and have made progress towards. I am also running to continue the work that has made a significant impact on our community, some of which was started by the current treasurer, Jonathan Booker. These are further outlined below:

1. Improve monetary transparency for clubs and organizations. This past year, I served as the president of the ColorStack at Caltech club, where I raised $24,000 to send 18 students to the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) conference in Chicago, IL. This included booking hotels and flights, coordinating transportation, and buying tickets. Throughout this process, it was difficult to know exactly how much was in the club’s bursar account, when money from different sponsors had arrived and when I could access it, and I never had direct access to my club’s own account. I would have loved to have a dashboard that could show me transactions, balances, incoming money, and user permissions on my bursar account. As ASCIT treasurer, I would work with both SFE (formerly OSE), Student Financial Hub, and Club Steering Committee to begin development of an online platform so that students could have centralized and easy access to this information.
2. Increase pathways for direct funding from alumni to students. While Jonathan oversaw the start of the ASCIT Fund, I would use my time as treasurer to bring this project to life, with a strategic kick-off of the ASCIT Fund and more direct places for alumni to specify their donations during the 2026 Alumni weekend. To support this, I also plan to implement a matching platform for students to request funding and for alumni to have access to and donate to, so that they can make a direct and immediate impact on campus. Students would be able to describe their funding needs, and alumni would have access to these requests and specify what they are donating towards. Towards this goal, I have already started working with Caltech Board of Trustees members and Caltech professors, as well as the Caltech alumni office.
3. Obtain company grants to hold larger events and support bigger campus projects (like TechStock, new / renovated study spaces, better environmental practices, and monetary support for conferences and academic travel). This year, ASCIT could not hold TechStock (deciding between artists like Zedd, Waka Flocka Flame, Between Friends, Del Water Gap) due to a lack of funding. This event would have been similar to the Sun God Festival at UCSD or Dillo Day at Northwestern. Similar to these schools, I would work with the ASCIT President and OSE to create and send corporate sponsorship packets, as well as lead initiatives for clubs to obtain these sponsorships.

To give a little bit more context about me, I have served as a student leader in multiple spaces on campus. I’m a peer advocate, I am the current president of ColorStack at Caltech, as well as the marketing director / social chair for the Black Student Union.

As President for ColorStack at Caltech, in addition to fully sponsoring 18 students to go to the NSBE Convention through applying to external grants, Caltech funding, and working with several Caltech departments and offices, I have also hosted successful events centered around career development. This included a conference prep workshop with a professional clothing drive with the help of CALE, a New Year’s vision board making event, and a resume/cover letter/LinkedIn workshop.

As the Marketing Director for the BSU, I helped plan and advertise the most attended events in BSU history, including an off-campus pool party, a beach trip, a Valentines party, a graduation formal, a winter holiday party, and several decompression events including an ice cream bar and game nights.

As a Peer Advocate for Ricketts, I’ve had the privilege of supporting students during some of their most vulnerable moments of academic stress, social challenges, or mental health struggles. This role taught me how to listen deeply, communicate with compassion, and build genuine trust within our community. I’ve learned how to advocate for others, not just through words, but through action, specifically by connecting people to the right resources and making sure they felt heard and cared for. These interpersonal skills are essential for a Treasurer too. Managing student funds isn’t just about numbers—it’s about understanding the real needs behind budget requests, collaborating with different groups, and making sure every student feels that their voice matters.

What I have learned from these positions is this: good experiences on campus rely on institutional memory. This means that transparency and access to data (especially financial) is paramount, having records of what has happened matters so that we can either replicate or know how to do better. Connections with alumni and the ability for alumni to interact with the campus are also extremely important; it keeps our traditions alive and turns the Caltech experience into a community with a sense of pride and belonging. Finally, through the work of the ASCIT Fund and a student-led system for funding, we get to command how money is spent on campus. By strengthening these things, we give ourselves more agency to shape our experience during our time here. All of the initiatives I outline align with this insight. Towards this point, my bottom line is that the respect and dignified treatment of students by faculty and administration is fundamental, and I commit to take on the position of Treasurer as one of advocacy for all student voices.

Love, Laur"promise not to embezzle"en Pry"not even a little :)“or

Sam Matthews - Treasurer

Hello! My name is Sam Mathews, and I am very excited to run to be your next ASCIT Treasurer. Just so you know a little about me, I am a current sophomore, and I am studying Applied and Computational Math with a concentration in Business & Finance. I am also a full member in Fleming and a goalie for the Caltech men’s soccer team.

I firmly believe that Caltech has an amazing undergraduate culture, and I want to do everything in my power to support student life. The best way that I think that I can contribute to the undergraduate culture is by supporting students through the position of ASCIT Treasurer. Jonathan has done an immensely great job as ASCIT Treasurer these past two years. He has actively campaigned, and successfully so, to provide more direct funding to the houses and student organizations.

If elected as ASCIT Treasurer I hope to follow a similar path as Jonathan to use my position to aid student life. I plan to do so by focusing on three key things: continued financial transparency and communication, funding student desired social events and activities, and acquiring more funding. First, since ASCIT’s purpose is to benefit student life at Caltech I want to make sure that there is continued financial transparency and communications, so students understand where ASCIT is spending money and how it is actively aiding their student life.

Additionally, I want to continue to advocate for student desired social events such as the ASCIT formal and destressing events like midnight donuts. I want to make sure that all social events get adequate funding. Furthermore, I want to emphasize funding to houses, so they can continue to provide support and a social life to students. I am also open to listening to any students and their ideas for activities to work with the rest of ASCIT.

Lastly, I want to find ways to increase and aid ASCIT’s funding, so more student activities can be funded in the future. Jonathan oversaw the start of the ASCIT Fund that allows alumni to donate directly to ASCIT and therefore the students. I plan to grow this fund and create more initiatives to increase ASCIT funding from both alumni and other Caltech sources.

I believe that I am fit for the role of ASCIT Treasurer because of my background in business. In high school I started my own company where I helped students get easy access to textbooks and school supplies. Through this company I learned valuable lessons about how to manage finances and work with different administrations (my school administration). I believe that these skills will help me keep track of ASCITs finances as well as work with the ASCIT Board of Directors, and Caltech administration to implement the best policies possible to aid student life.

Additionally, my focus and interest in business at Caltech via taking different BEM and EC courses, conducting economic research as a SURF, and actively pursuing a career in business, will aid my enthusiasm for the ASCIT Treasury role. I want to learn more and if elected ASCIT Treasurer, I would use the skills and enthusiasm I have learned here at Caltech to support all students. Additionally, I am a part of several clubs, and I volunteer and tutored veterans at PCC, which have helped me develop the personal skills to work with others, which will benefit me with working with the ASCIT board and Caltech administration. I hope that all of my experience will help me be an ASCIT Treasurer that supports you, the student body.

Overall, I am very excited to run for ASCIT Treasurer and am happy to answer any questions via email at smathews@caltech.edu. Thank you!

Angelica Moussambote - ARC Chair

Hi, my name is Angelica Moussambote, and I am running for the upcoming year Academics & Research Committee (ARC) Chair position. I am a Mechanical Engineer undergrad that resides in Venerable House. Prior to running for this position, I was Venerable’s ARC Rep for a year. During that year, I learned how important the ARC truly is, and that with clear communication between students, professors, the Center for Teaching, Learning, & Outreach (CTLO), and other ARC Reps, how student life can be changed for the better. When I was running for Venerable’s ARC Rep my freshman year, I believed that this committee didn’t make a big difference to student life as much as the upperclassmen kept saying it did (big rookie mistake). I thought it was just a closer liaison for course concerns and schedule concerns, which was false. ARC truly is what betters the academic life on Caltech campus. We have multiple conversations with various parties to fix concerns, and in addition to that, we host a variety of student and faculty events. These range from student-faculty lunches, games, option advising, how to survive on grade for third term freshmen, and more. After seeing these events’ impact on students and faculty, it made me realize that this committee does make a big difference on campus.

Throughout this year of being Venerable’s ARC Rep, the position has pushed me to become more comfortable to have hard conversations that before this role, I would avoid. A perfect example of hard conversations that I used to avoid were conversations that required me to be face to face with professors. Last term, I had to have a hard conversation with a professor about concerns that were being addressed to me from peers. Greatly, the conversation didn’t end as bad as I thought it would have, but it wasn’t perfect either. After this, I thought “ this was so uncomfortable.” In the end, some concerns were fixed, and to see and hear how the class changed drastically for my peers by just one conversation gave me an “ahh” moment, and I told myself, “this is what those upperclassmen meant.” When I had that “ahh” moment, I then decided that ARC Chair is the position that I want to hold.

If I am appointed ARC Chair, I will initiate a discussion of trying to diversify the selection in the humanities courses, so there is a more variety of topics to select from. Thus, undergrads do not have to fight for a spot in a humanities course. I want to become ARC Chair because I have been Venerable’s ARC Rep for a year, so I wouldn’t be going into the position clueless of what entails. I believe that the ARC and all the other ARC Reps care about the ARC’s goal to improve Caltech undergraduate academic experiences, and lastly, being a chair of anything requires a tremendous amount of communication. I believe now that I can have hard conversations and work through the uncomfortability of having them so that I can use the same approach for future professors and meetings to come.

Belle Chen - BoC Chair

Hi, I’m Belle and I’ll be running to be your next Board of Control Chair. I’ve spent the previous year serving as a BoC secretary and co-chair of the Honor Code SFC committee. As such, I have been uniquely positioned to understand the motivations and methodology behind honor code violations as well as both the real and perceived strengths and shortcomings of the BoC itself. Over the next year, I hope to not only to streamline and improve the BoC and its processes, but also to greatly increase communication between the BoC, students, and faculty to rebuild the currently eroding trust. This will involve transparent statistics and policies, outreach to frosh, and open lines of communication with faculty. Ultimately, just as my predecessors, I will work to reverse the culture of cheating that has been spreading across campus. It is a difficult task, but I am sure there is no one better to undertake it. Thank you for your time, consideration, and vote.

Camilla Fezzi - BoC Chair

I am grateful for the nomination to serve as Chair of the Board of Control (BoC). The BoC’s mission to uphold the Honor Code is vital to our community’s integrity, and I am committed to ensuring fair and transparent processes while fostering trust and accountability. Thank you for this opportunity to contribute and I will do my best.

Elisa Grillo - IHC Chair

Hi everyone!

Instead of spamming your emails about public meetings, I have decided to spam your feeds about my candidacy. For those of you that don’t know, my name’s Elisa Grillo. I’m currently a junior BioE major, and I’m running for IHC chair. Any time I talk to prospective students, I say that the Housing system is one of the best things that Caltech has to offer. Rotation, Discotech, and House events are some of the highlights of my years, and as IHC Chair, I hope to uphold what makes the Houses so great while also helping advocate for them whenever needed.

During my time here, I’ve taken on a variety of roles that have helped me build the skills and experience to feel confident in my ability to serve as IHC Chair. Most notably, I am the current IHC secretary, which has given direct experience in planning Rotation, interfacing with administration, and communicating with the new and old presidents. This would help me carry on all prior projects without interruption and serve as a better resource for current presidents. I’m also working on SLEC as one of the First-Year Residential Experience Committee Co-Chairs (shout out to my co-chair Arjun!) where I’ve led meetings with admin and students and discussed how best to support and shape everyone’s first year at Caltech. Also, as a Venerable Griffin, I’ve had hands-on involvement in planning interhouses and similar events. Through these roles, I’ve built strong relationships with administrators across different settings, collaborated with house leadership, and strengthened my leadership and organizational skills. These experiences have given me a solid foundation to take on the role of IHC Chair.

Because of this, I am excited about the possibility of serving in this position. The Housing system gave me such a vital support network and great memories, and even though I’m currently unaffiliated, I still maintain close connections with the houses. Now, I want to use this chance to give back to my peers and help the House presidents/chancellor continue to make the Houses the unique spaces that they are. Please reach out to me if you have any questions or want to talk! I’m easily accessible through email (egrillo@caltech.edu) or Messenger!

TLDR: Current IHC Secretary has Stockholm syndrome and thinks being chair would be fun

All the best,

Eli”why is the last comma hyperlinked”sa Gri”in all of my messages?”

Thanhthanh Nguyen - IHC Chair

Hello everyone! My name is Thanhthanh (Noel) Nguyen, and I am running for IHC Chair. You may know me as “the one from Discord” as a prefrosh, an advocate for mental health resources, a TA, and mostly likely, a fellow peer in your classes. As a current junior who is a part of the first class to witness a non-virtual DiscoTech, Rotation, and various other student culture events, I saw firsthand the importance of the House system and the impact and community it provides to the Caltech undergraduate population. I also saw the end of many student traditions and attempts to revive older traditions that have been lost during COVID-19 or even earlier. I am invested in preserving and honoring these old traditions while also creating new ones. As IHC Chair, I will commit my 100% towards these goals, amplify student voices, and ensure harmony between the student population and Caltech administration by leveraging my already-present positive relations with various student leaders and administrators across campus.

As a Lead Admissions Ambassador for the Caltech Undergraduate, I bridge the gap between the undergraduate student experience and the admissions office, answering questions from both incoming students and admissions officers. As a Dabney House Peer Advocate (Head PA for one term), I constantly interface with Lee Coleman and Mahlet Tesfaye in the SFE to provide the best possible support for members of not only Dabney, but students across campus from various Houses who rely on me as a trustworthy resource and advocate. As a former BoC Rep, I upheld the Honor Code and protected the community from academic honor code violations under the direction of Maura McDinger, and I actively participated in the recruitment of new BoC Reps in the 2023-24 school year during the rapid changes to the Board of Control structure. As the former Dabney Steward, I advocated to Joe Bennethum and the Housing Office for the maintenance of student resources both in Dabney and the South Houses. I have so many more roles both in the past and present: Health Advocate in training, undergraduate CS TA—and all of them are dedicated towards providing support, advocacy, and understanding for students, professors, administrators, and more.

I have and will continue to be a voice for the unheard and a preserver of the rich legacy of Caltech undergraduates. This is why I am running for the position of IHC Chair, and I humbly request your support and belief in me as I pursue these goals by Voting Thanhthanh Nguyen for IHC Chair!

Damian Wilson - Tech Editor

I’m honored to be considered for Tech Editor! Community journalism is vital to the Caltech culture, and I shall to the best of my ability uphold its signature publication with honesty and humility. In particular, I aim to strengthen ties with the Hixon Writing Center to better promote both student engagement with the* Tech* and journalism as a literary craft.

(Not to mention that I effectively possess this position at present: I’ve already been doing much of the work associated with it, and just so happen to be responsible for these words existing on these pages to be so beheld by your glorious eyeballs.)

Thank you all for the opportunity to run (nominally) unopposed. Still, democracy prevails—at this journalistic institution, anyway. If the people shall nonetheless go the extra mile to somehow and for some reason obviate me from the running, so be it. But keep in mind that physics/English double majors with a penchant for time traveler chic, according to my single data point, do have a special facility for technical institute editor-in-chief-hood.

Thanks once again!

Pearl Oyewole - CRC Co-Chair

Hi! I’m Pearl and I am a member of Page House. I care a lot about Caltech’s Honor Code and want to help make it something we all feel connected to. I’m a good listener and want to make the CRC open and approachable. As Co-Chair, I’d work to support students while keeping our community values strong.