ROBERT RAMOS, B.A. was elected the 22 nd Chairperson of the University Student Senate in November of 2006. Since 1999, Mr. Ramos has held a myriad of positions in student leadership including floor leader of the CLAS Political Party, Graduate Council Vice-President (both at Brooklyn College) and member of several Board of Trustee Committees. During his formative years with USS, Mr. Ramos chaired the scholarship committee which hands out approximately $50,000 annually to achieving student leaders, and students with disabilities.

Completing his bachelors degree in Elementary Education with a bi-lingual concentration, he is currently pursuing a masters degree in Childhood Mathematics, also at Brooklyn College. Throughout his tenure with USS, Mr. Ramos has been a strong advocate for student rights, working tirelessly to ensure that the students of CUNY receive the best services and education possible. At Brooklyn College he managed the “Rushianda Cooper Student Government Loan” which provides students with money to pay for tuition and books. He also organized a program which allowed students to buy used textbooks at discounted prices.

Some of his University-wide efforts include helping students on welfare to have their workfare job relocated from city parks to on-campus locations in an effort to ease their difficulties with long commute times that would have jeopardized their studies.

Recently married in December of 2005, Mr. Ramos and his wife live in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn with their son. His passion for improved higher education and an enriched CUNY stems from a dedication to ensuring access to an excellent education for all New Yorkers and their children.