Yesterday’s Student Senate meeting lasted two and a half hours, as senators debated issues such as bylaws, the recognition of new clubs and possible new majors. The meeting kicked off with URI’s Provost Donald DeHayes, and the Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Issues Anne Veeger, giving the senate a presentation and encouraging discussion on…
Two new resolutions passed at Student Senate’s weekly meeting yesterday evening. The first of these bills was a resolution calling to take $675 from the Multicultural Unity and Student Involvement Council budget. The number was decided in order to make up for t-shirts the program had bought against the laws of Student Senate, who decided…
Yesterday’s University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting was marked mostly by elections, as six new members of Student Senate were sworn in. Breanni Torres was elected as an at-large representative and Bella Cadavid was elected as a representative for the College of Business. Michael Rios, Tim Berard, Lance Mitchell and Kevin Bugbee were elected…
This week’s Student Senate meeting was dominated by elections, as a relatively short meeting in a full Senate room included the induction of new senators. The newly elected senators include: at-large representatives Grace Kiernan, Michael Bentley and Christopher Bove; on-campus constituency Taylor Webster and Cierra Wornum; off-campus constituency AJ Lowther, Luke Scatenato, Billy Ferrara, Jared…
During the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night, the Director of Housing and Residential Life Frankie Minor and Assignments and Occupancy Assistant Director Dan Taylor gave a presentation about Brookside Hall, which is expected to be ready for students by spring of 2020. According to Minor and Taylor, there are three possible options for prioritizing…
The vast majority of the University of Rhode Island Student Senate meeting this Wednesday was spent debating tiebreaker elections for three positions: the College of Business Representative, College of Environmental and Life Sciences (CELS) Representative and Off-Campus Representatives. External Chair Allison Lantagne stated that she reached out to people who won their seat and they…
Two bills were passed during the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. RhodyTHON, an organization whose mission statement is “[to] raise money through peer to peer fundraising to donate to Hasbro Children’s Hospital,” was officially recognized as an organization by Student Senate. Men’s Club Soccer was recognized by the Senate as well….
Safie Sagna, Food and Housing Security Coordinator from the Dean of Students Office, spoke during public forum about the “Share a Swipe for Hope” campaign during this week’s meeting of the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate. The campaign is a meal swipe sharing program where students can donate their guest swipes to students with…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed a bill to implement the Student Senate bylaws during this week’s meeting. Student Senate has been working for months to pass these bylaws. John Bagley, chair of Instruments Committee, which is in charge of modifying the bylaws, thanked the members of Student Senate for their assistance. Work…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate passed bills to recognize nine clubs and elected seven senators to the Summer Student Senate. Bills calling for the recognition of URI Amnesty International, Landscape Architecture and Design Studio, Japanese Club, Society of Latinx in Computing, Active Minds, HER Campus URI, Exercise is Medicine, American Nuclear Society and…