Wajdi Kanj (BME 08) has been elected as the Student Representative to the Board of Trustees for 2007-08. This position, one of the most powerful in student and university governance gives Mr. Kanj direct access to the highest levels of the administration and the ability to sit on a great number of decision-making bodies. In addition, Christine Lomiguen (BME 09) has been selected as the Student Charter member of the Board of Trustees. This position, which has a term of six years, comes with full voting rights and privileges. This position is filled once every two years, and is available to only one student out of the tens of thousands at Rutgers.