By: Alexis Wasserman, Senator
The FY19 Senate is proud to announce that Dhanu Thiyagarajan has been elected as a Special Senator for this fiscal year. I have had the privilege of working with Dhanu for the last few years though our various roles within the SWE Senate and the WE16 Local Host Committee. I along with the rest of the Senate look forward to working with her this year on the Senate.
Each year the Senate has the option to elect up to three Special Senators to bring in people with specific experiences and knowledge to fill any gaps that may be identified based on the current year’s goals. The Senate leadership recognized that a collegiate voice was missing from this year’s Senate. Dhanu was an ideal choice to fill in this gap due to her previous experience within the society and leadership to make positive change for collegiate members within the society.
Specifically, Dhanu represented SWE Region E as a collegiate senator in FY18, where she was instrumental in making and gaining support for senate motion S-1809: Collegiate Section Counselors. Dhanu not only recognized an existing problem and potential solution; she also helped the SWE leadership understand the diversity of SWE collegiate sections and their needs as she gathered support for the motion.
In FY18 Dhanu additionally supported the senate’s efforts to ensure a strong communications flow under the new SWE governance structure, in which a transition away from regions has removed a previous communication mechanism. She ensured that communications preferences of collegiate members were understood and considered in developing the plan for Senate communications.
For FY19, Dhanu will join the Senate Strategic Initiatives Sub-Team and will lead a new strategic initiative focused on collegiate member engagement. Her past leadership and experiences described above have made her well-suited to champion this initiative.
Dhanu joined SWE in 2011. She served as section president of University of Pittsburgh SWE and was named an Outstanding Collegiate Member at WE15. Dhanu is currently a graduate student member of SWE.
Dhanu’s election was one of the first two motions in front of the FY19 Senate as S-1902.
The FY19 Senate is proud to announce that Dhanu Thiyagarajan has been elected as a Special Senator for this fiscal year. I have had the privilege of working with Dhanu for the last few years though our various roles within the SWE Senate and the WE16 Local Host Committee. I along with the rest of the Senate look forward to working with her this year on the Senate.
Each year the Senate has the option to elect up to three Special Senators to bring in people with specific experiences and knowledge to fill any gaps that may be identified based on the current year’s goals. The Senate leadership recognized that a collegiate voice was missing from this year’s Senate. Dhanu was an ideal choice to fill in this gap due to her previous experience within the society and leadership to make positive change for collegiate members within the society.
Specifically, Dhanu represented SWE Region E as a collegiate senator in FY18, where she was instrumental in making and gaining support for senate motion S-1809: Collegiate Section Counselors. Dhanu not only recognized an existing problem and potential solution; she also helped the SWE leadership understand the diversity of SWE collegiate sections and their needs as she gathered support for the motion.
In FY18 Dhanu additionally supported the senate’s efforts to ensure a strong communications flow under the new SWE governance structure, in which a transition away from regions has removed a previous communication mechanism. She ensured that communications preferences of collegiate members were understood and considered in developing the plan for Senate communications.
For FY19, Dhanu will join the Senate Strategic Initiatives Sub-Team and will lead a new strategic initiative focused on collegiate member engagement. Her past leadership and experiences described above have made her well-suited to champion this initiative.
Dhanu joined SWE in 2011. She served as section president of University of Pittsburgh SWE and was named an Outstanding Collegiate Member at WE15. Dhanu is currently a graduate student member of SWE.
Dhanu’s election was one of the first two motions in front of the FY19 Senate as S-1902.
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