UCOD Meeting Notes (March 10, 2026)
UCOD Meeting
March 10, 2026 / 2PM / Zoom
Attendees
Voting Members:
Fang-I Chu, Christine Craib, Cate Gvon, Travis Lee, Carolanne Link (Proxy for Caitlin Solone), Sanaz Nabati, Grace Overman, Sylvia Page, Aryan Pandey, Harold Pimentel, Emilia Podesta, Sal Santa Ana, Nicholas Shinghal
Absent:
Yasamin Bolourian, Michael Garafola, Quinn O’Connor, Alexa Vaughn
Guests:
Asta Li, K. Supriya
Agenda
1. Intros and announcements (TL, 10 mins)
a. Update about Lily Shaw Disability Cultural Center: temporary space secured in Strathmore Building.
2. Candidate speeches and Q&A (50 mins)
a. Emilia Podesta running for undergraduate student representative (one year).
b. Alexa Vaughn running for graduate student representative or general representative position.
c. Aryan Pandey running for alumni or general representative position.
d. Sylvia Page running for staff or general representative position.
e. Quinn O’Connor running for alumni or general representative position.
f. Fang-I Chu running for staff or general representative position.
g. Travis Lee running for staff or general representative position.
h. Harold Pimentel running for faculty or general representative position.
i. Next steps: voting will happen asynchronously via Qualtrics.
3. All Brains presentation on new support program (10 mins)
a. New Neurodivergent Peer Mentorship Program.
b. Mentors and mentees paired together based on similar neurodivergent identities and interests.
c. Applications are due Friday, March 13th.
4. Voting members discuss outreach to Dr. Ralina Joseph (5 mins)
a. Decision to invite Dr. Joseph to the May meeting.
b. May need to do candidate speeches for leadership asynchronously. Will decide once the candidate slate is established.
Action Items
- Travis will send the All Brains materials to the listserv for distribution.
- Travis will reach out to the leadership for further drafting of letter to Dr. Joseph.
