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University of Arizona Graduate Student Council elects first African woman as president
The UA’s Graduate and Professional Student Council announced its president for the next school year on April 20.
Vanessa Macamo is a PhD candidate who arrived at the University of Arizona on a Fulbright Scholarship. She knew about the GPSC as a student and decided to apply for the presidency in 2026.
“The role and the goal is really to work, to promote academic, economic, and social aims to graduate professional students,” Macamo said. “The goal is to see a graduate student flourishing in this environment that is the University of Arizona.”
The Graduate and Professional Student Council helps connect, finance and support PhD and master’s students and professionals at the University of Arizona. The student body started in 1991, when graduate students were looking for better rights for jobs and health insurance.
Vanessa Macamo Becomes First African Woman Elected UA Student President
Vanessa Macamo, a PhD candidate and Fulbright scholar from Mozambique, was elected president of the University of Arizona Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) on April 20, 2026. Macamo defeated opponent Aamir Quraishy with a 361 to 60 vote margin following a week-long student campaign.
The election marks a historic milestone for the organization, which was established in 1991 to advocate for the rights and resources of graduate and professional students. Macamo, who will be sworn in on May 18, is the first African woman to lead the student body for the upcoming 2026-2027 academic year.
"The role and the goal is really to work, to promote academic, economic, and social aims to graduate professional students," said Macamo, regarding her vision for the council's future. "The goal is to see a graduate student flourishing in this environment that is the University of Arizona."
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Three University of Arizona fraternities facing serious hazing allegations
TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) – Six University of Arizona fraternities are under investigation.
Three of them, Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma Chi, and Phi Delta Theta, face the most serious allegations. The fraternities received a letter from the Dean of Students citing hazing allegations.
The allegations against Sigma Alpha Mu include burns from hot liquids, forced alcohol consumption, alcohol poisoning, blackouts, and hospitalizations. Sigma Chi allegedly hosted a party that was alcohol-free, but alcohol was consumed, drugs were knowingly and unknowingly given to members, and multiple members had to go to the hospital.
Phi Delta Theta was placed on activities suspension for hazing, where members were allegedly subjected to forced alcohol consumption, degradation, humiliation, and other threatening and endangering behaviors.
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