ABout me

My name is Solomon Ni and I am a junior at Jones College studying Social Policy Analysis. I am originally from the small city of Jonesboro, Arkansas where I live a few miles away from rice and soybean fields.

I currently have the pleasure of serving as the Student Association Treasurer where I manage the Student Association finances as well as oversee the Blanket Tax and its subsidiary organizations including the Thresher, ktru, and University Court, alongside the Blanket Tax Committee. Last year I served as Jones’ New Student Representative where I had the opportunity to author legislation pertaining to Rice’s General Education Requirements, Removal of the EarthCam from the Academic Quad, and making Election Day a non-instructional holiday.

Accomplishments & Projects

• Passed through a resolution through Faculty Senate designating Election Day 2024 a non-instructional civic engagement day.

• Secured shuttles to transport students to the Texas Medical Center Early Voting Location in 2022

• Saw a doubling of Initiative Fund Applications, breaking records twice for both the amount of applications received and total amount requested

• Making Blanket Tax more transparent by making the Student Association Budget, Initiative Fund, and Blanket Tax Organizations’ Budgets public information

• Authored the SA Resolution regarding General Education requirements and the recommendations provided by Faculty Senate

• Holding Blanket Tax Organizations accountable authoring a bylaws amendment to codify Mid-Year Audits and make BTO’s expenses more transparent and accountable.