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Student Advisory Council (SAC)

The NatSci Student Advisory Council (SAC) is an organization whose purpose is to advise the Dean on issues concerning Undergraduate and Graduate students within the College and to promote the interests of these students.

Email the SAC and share your comments with them.

What We Do:

Some of SAC’s past accomplishments include sponsoring, assisting, and organizing major science-related events on MSU’s campus. SAC has sponsored a Biotechnology Forum at the Wharton Center, which featured a panel comprised of well-known scientists, an ethicist, and an economist, and encouraged audience participation. SAC has been involved in career fairs such as Careers in Physical Science, the Natural Science Career Fair, and Careers for Biological Science that included a career panel. SAC also has an ongoing interest and involvement in academic dishonesty problems and teaching assistant (TA) issues.

SAC Constitution

Who We Are:

SAC consists of both voting and non-voting members. The student membership of SAC is restricted to full-time undergraduate students and half-time or full-time graduate students in good academic standing within a degree-granting program in the College of Natural Science. The regular student membership of SAC is not to exceed one graduate and/or one undergraduate student from each degree-granting program.

If you would like to become involved with SAC, contact the Undergraduate or Graduate Director in your department.

CURRENT SAC MEMBERS (2025-2026)

DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM UNDERGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE GRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE

 

 

 

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Alphan Alpaydin

Alphan Alpaydin

Honors College Research Scholar

 

 

 

Laleh Dinpazhouh

Biological/Physical Science-Secondary Education TBD TBD

 

 

 

 

Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics

Sean Tucker

Sean Tucker

Curriculum Committee Member, Awards Committee Member

 

 

 

 

Rachel White

 

 

 

 

 

Cell & Molecular Biology

 

 

 

 

 

TBD

 

 

Lacey Bishop-Schouster

Lacey Bishop-Schouster

Graduate Represenative for Graduate Faculty Directors Committee and Graduate Represenative for Scholarship Committee

 

Chemistry

 

TBD

 

Matthew Ochoa

 

 

 

 

 

Data Science

David Scheel

David Scheel

 

 

 

 

 

TBD

 

 

 

 

DREW Science Scholars

 

Ebise Tarekegn

Ebise Tarekegn

Secretary, DEIAC Committee

Genetics & Genome Sciences TBD TBD
Earth & Environmental Science TBD Julia Egbert

Human Biology

TBD

TBD

 

 

 

Integrative Biology

Angelina Seranian

Angelina Seranian

 

 

 

TBD

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integrated Science Secondary Education

Mackenzie Koehn

Mackenzie Koehn

Executive Board; Undergraduate Co-Chair, Teaching Awards Committee

 

Lyman Briggs College (non-voting Member) TBD TBD

 

Mathematics

 

William Carvalho

 

Dilan Karaguler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microbiology, Genetics & Immunology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maha Singavarapu

 

Kyleen Hall

Kyleen Hall

Awards Committee Member

Sarah VanDiepenbos

Sarah VanDiepenbos

Curriculum Committee

 

 

 

Neuroscience

Abby Brumbaugh

Abby Brumbaugh

Awards Committee Represenative

 

 

 

Keeler Steele

 

 

 

 

Physics & Astronomy

 

 

 

 

Naga Akondi

Pratik Kafle

Pratik Kafle

 

 

 

Physiology

Abby Brumbaugh

Abby Brumbaugh

Awards Committee Represenative

 

 

 

Keeler Steele

 

 

 

 

Plant Biology

Cameron Zinner

Cameron Zimmer

Scholarship Committee

Brooke Brown

 

 

 

 

Ben Feld

PRIME TBD Miguel Rodriquez Mejia

 

 

 

Statistics & Probability

 

 

 

Mingjie (Grace) Wen

Dakshesh Vasan

Dakshesh Vasan

ASMSU Representative TBD TBD
Grad School Leadership Interns TBD TBD

CURRENT SAC MEMBERS (2025-2026)

DEPARTMENT NAME
DEIAC Representative

TBD

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dr. Rosa Leon-Zayas
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Academic & Student Affairs Heidi Purdy
Associate Dean (Undergraduate Studies) Dr. Lynmarie Posey
Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) Dr. Amy Ralston