Ralph Crivello

Biography
Year: Junior, 6th semester
Major: Chemical Engineering
Minor: Economics
Hometown: Bethel Park, PA

Platform
As the longest servicing elected student representative, Ralph has dedicated three years of service to empowering students, first serving as the USG Internal Affairs Committee Chair, then transitioning to the UPUA chairing the Committee on Constitutional Review, and this year the Academic Affairs Committee (AAC). As the current Engineering Representative and Student Senator, Ralph sits on the UFS Planning Committee and the Administrative Council on Undergraduate Education. In the past year Ralph has enhanced the operational efficiency of AAC, leading the committee to tackle such issues as the final examination policy, add/drop extension, partnering with CCSG for real-time course scheduling, laying the foundation for a student-to-student online used book exchange (débuting fall 2008), and launching educational programs to inform students on how to petition grades etc. Ralph stands opposed to first-year seminars as a requirement for graduation and is committed to preventing ridiculous extra-tuition fees being imposed on students. If re-elected, Ralph’s primary and continuing objective will be to engage the administration to empower the students’ government as necessitated by Standing Order IX of the Board of Trustees. An issue of nonacademic importance would be to grant students greater ability to park at the HUB deck.

Other Involvement

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers – Student Chapter
• American Society of Civil Engineers – Student Chapter
• American Concrete Institute – Student Chapter
• Engineering Undergraduate Council