Although she was the lone contender in the race for speaker of Student Congress, sophomore Deanna Santoro is anything but isolated.
And in her first full meeting as speaker of the 92nd session of Student Congress, Santoro said she will strive to make student government’s legislative branch more inclusive and transparent.
On April 7, the political science and psychology major was elected the third speaker of the 2009-10 academic year. Sophomore Dakota Williams served as speaker for most of the spring semester following Joe Levin-Manning’s resignation from the post in November.
Duties of the speaker of Student Congress, as outlined in the Student Code
-Serve as Student Congress’ chief administrator and spokeswoman on non-legislative matters
-Call to order and preside over meetings of the Congress
-Prepare the Congress’ annual budget request in conjunction with the organizational treasurer and the standing committee chairmen
