Student Trustee-Elects: Two Students Elected to
Serve UNE and Their Peers
Two students who have
recently been selected as Student Trustee-Elects will serve as Student Trustees
for the 2011-2012 academic year. The Representative Council (a committee comprised
of the two current Student Trustees along with selected leaders of the three UNE
student government organizations) recommended Brandon Hotham to be the Student
Trustee-Elect for the Biddeford Campus and Alexandra Malinowski to be the
Student Trustee-Elect for the Portland Campus. Following a process of peer
evaluation, professional references, and a formal interview with the
Representatives Council, the two candidates were recommended to the Board of
Trustees and approved as Student Trustees-Elect at the meeting on March 12, 2011.
Beginning after the May meeting of the Board of Trustees, these two students
will have full voting privileges on the University of New England Board of
Trustees.
The role of the Student
Trustee provides an enhanced student perspective to the Board and facilitates interactions between and within
each campus. In order to accomplish this goal, Brandon and Alex will receive
training from the two current Student Trustees, John Johnson, Jr., second year
College of Osteopathic Medicine student representing the Biddeford Campus, and
Emily Bourret, second-year College of Pharmacy student representing the
Portland Campus, for the remainder of the year to assist in their transition.
Brandon Hotham is a well-known leader on the Biddeford Campus. A member of the undergraduate Class of 2012, Brandon
is double majoring in Psychology and English and Language Studies. He was selected and has served as a Resident
Advisor (RA) for two years, and as a film maker/web designer for the Department
of English and Language Studies. He has
been an actor and production worker for the UNE Players, an Undergraduate
Student Government representative, an Orientation Leader and Editor-In-Chief of
the Nor’easter News, UNE’S student newspaper. He is a Dean’s List student who has received
numerous awards. His stated goals as a
Student Trustee include strengthening connections between College student
populations and increasing student awareness of the important role of the Board
of Trustees.
Alexandra Malinowski, member of the Class of 2014
in the College of Pharmacy, graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University
with a degree in Biology and Chemistry. She has worked at Childrens Hospital
Boston as a Sterile Products and Investigational Drug Specialty Technician and
is a nationally certified Pharmacy Technician. During her undergraduate years
she served as a Training Coordinator for Walgreens Corporation. Alex wasted no time in assuming leadership
roles at UNE including that of Class Treasurer on the Executive Board of the
College of Pharmacy Class of 2014 and co-chairing the “Generation Rx” program
of the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists. As a student trustee, Alex hopes to improve
collaborative education and experience in the classroom and in the community
between interdisciplinary health professions.
Both Alex and Brandon are
looking forward to their roles in representing students, strengthening
connections across UNE’s colleges, and
participating in the planning and decision-making processes for the University
Please join us in
congratulating these two exceptional students as they assume the
responsibilities of Student Trustee-Elect.
