Meet Simpson’s Student Body President
- Lana Lucin
- Sep 22
- 1 min read
By Lana Lucin
How would Sean Rodriguez’s closest friends describe him?
Zach Pantea: “Thoughtful”
Max Wheeler: “Invested”
Rodriguez is a third-year student at Simpson University. He serves as Simpson’s student body president through the Associated Student Body of Simpson University, ASBSU for short.
“We are the voice, we are the bridge between students and … the staff,” Rodriguez said.
People want to feel heard, people want to feel known, and that is something that Rodriguez does.
In order to make the student body's voice heard, ASBSU hosts meetings biweekly, which students are encouraged to attend “so they can have a voice,” Rodriguez said.
Not only do these meetings offer a space for students to come and listen to the current topics at the school and voice their opinions, but Rodriguez lives life with these students. Going to classes with them, having basketball practice with them, sitting with them in the cafeteria, playing beach volleyball on Friday nights. He talks with students, his peers and friends, and gets the opportunity to hear them out.
This is why Rodriguez wanted to be the student body president.
He was encouraged by those around him that truly “believed in my influence,” Rodriguez said.
According to Rodriguez he wants to “break down every single silo in the student body” so that we may be “one holistic body.”
Whether you see Rodriguez shooting hoops or in his office in the SU, feel free to approach him, he will create a space where your voice matters and is heard.