Like a seasoned politician, Liz Ehrhardt goes door to door as often as she can, so students connect a face with her name. Some aren't even familiar with the Undergraduate Student Government, the organization she represents. She wants to change that. Ehrhardt was elected president of USG, the organization that represents student interests and concerns to University faculty, administrators and state legislators, last April. Ehrhardt is one of five senators representing the University at large.
Senators are direct advocates for students.
For instance, they're working on securing a seat on the Mansfield Town Council, ex-officio, and have organized an online textbook swap to help students save money. Ehrhardt, from Hamden, has been a senator since her sophomore year. She put her flair for public relations to work last year by restarting a USG newsletter, creating flyers and running newspaper ads to promote the organization. Students need to know who we are. We are all-encompassing, in that we deal with issues touching every aspect of student life.