The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate was able to vote on two new representatives and discuss five new bills during this week’s meeting. Student Organizations Committee Chair Katie Siegle nominated Katherine Blake as the new representative of the College of Nursing. The vote passed unanimously. Adriana Turano was voted in as a new At-Large…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate held a short meeting Wednesday night, in which they swore in newly elected Senators. The senators sworn in yesterday were Chris Hoover, Olivia Johnson, Angelica Tyson, Mary Henry, Emily Gamache, Annabelle Gibson, Julia Pitts, Rebecca Williams, Mike Miscia and Destiny Degnan. The new senators will now join committees…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate held a short meeting this Wednesday with a new moderator presiding over the meeting. Caleb Hilyard was nominated as interim moderator by President Austyn Ramsay this past Monday, and was confirmed by the Senate to become Student Senate’s new moderator. This move comes following the resignation of Annabel…
Provost Donald DeHayes and Vice Provost Anne Veeger visited Student Senate’s meeting last night to discuss plans for next semester, alternative grading options and diversity on campus. DeHayes and Veeger spent much of their time taking questions from Senators about these matters. According to DeHayes, next semester will likely be similar to the current semester’s…
Student Senate held a short meeting this week on the day before their fall elections. During the meeting, one of these senatorial candidates, Annabelle Gibson, came to talk before the Assembly. Gibson, a sophomore, is a political science major who is looking to double major in economics. “The reason I decided to run this year…
Student Senate held a short meeting yesterday evening.The meeting was sparsely attended as no cabinet members attended, barely meeting the attendance threshold for the meeting to be considered valid. Elections for Student Senate will be held online using CampusLabs next week on Oct. 15 and 16. Senator John Bagley said that he would be checking…
Much of yesterday’s Student Senate meeting focused on how to prevent large gatherings of students at the University of Rhode Island, in order to meet social distancing guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Vice President for Student Affairs Kathy Collins visited the meeting to speak about the various students on-campus who have been caught gathering in…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate held a short meeting yesterday and passed one resolution. The resolution, introduced by Instruments Committee Chair Christopher Bove, called for the Senate to express condolences for the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last Friday at the age of 87. The bill expressly mentioned…
The University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate resumed for the first time this semester and got back to work in a virtual meeting. Vice President Kathy Collins and Assistant Vice President for Student Health and Wellness Ellen Reynolds both spoke to Senate about the challenges of getting campus running again. Collins noted, among other things,…
The final Student Senate meeting of the semester consisted primarily of inducting new senators and holding internal elections for special committees. Five new off-campus representatives and one new College of Arts and Sciences representative were sworn in, and positions on the Elections Committee and Summer Senate were decided as well. Caleb Hilyard was elected as…