This week from the senate chambers: a discussion with chief of police and director of public safety officer Michael Jagoda and director of transportation and parking services Joe Paradise. Jagoda began by addressing safety concerns at the Memorial Union in relation to public transportation. Recently, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) modified the number…
This week in the Student Senate: President Marc Parlange spoke about new plans for the University of Rhode Island, Faculty Senate President Audrey Cardany and Interim Provost Laura Beauvais’ speech about cornerstone values and five bills were passed. Parlange started off the meeting by wishing all of the senators good luck on their last week…
This week in the Student Senate: new and former committee chairs and senators were sworn into Senate, WRIU Radio Station requested a $500,000 grant and a $300,000 loan to fix their radio tower and two bills were passed. The meeting began with President Grace Kiernan swearing in newly elected and re-elected Senators onto the Senate….
This week in the Student Senate: The clubs Uhuru SaSa and the Student Entertainment Committee aired their grievances about the budget and Director of Dining Services Pierre St-Germain spoke about the new dining plan. The senators heard from two representatives from Uhuru SaSa about the $12,000 reduction in their proposed budget. The organization said that…
This week in the Student Senate: seniors in the Senate bid farewell to other senators during their last meeting, as well as the swearing-in of the new president and vice president of the Student Senate. The meeting was split into two separate sections, which happened consecutively. The first meeting involved the reports of the standing…
This week in the Student Senate: the selection and decision for the 2022 commencement speaker and a bill calling for approval of the budget for student recognized organizations. Speaker Christopher Bove began the meeting by announcing that the Senate earned enough money to pay for their formal, after receiving $1,000 from the Student Entertainment Committee….
This week in the Student Senate: the announcement of President-Elect Grace Kiernan’s upcoming cabinet, the decision to recognize four clubs and the bill calling for the annual re-recognition of student organizations. After his single announcement about the upcoming Senate Formal, Speaker Christopher Bove then moved to the public forum and allowed any of the senators…
This week in Student Senate: Ellen Reynolds, the interim vice president of the Division of Student Affairs, assistant vice president for Student Health and Wellness and director of Health Services, talked about the mask mandate, housing services and dining service for the upcoming fall 2022 semester and the Senate recognized the Korean Student Association. After…
This week from the Senate chamber: Swearing in new Director of Operations and Vice Presidents, Passing of Bills. In the final Student Senate meeting before the certification of their current elections, the Senate planned on continuing the discussions regarding new mask guidelines. However, things changed as the University announced Wednesday morning that masks will now…
This week from the senate chambers: talks over the continuation of mask mandates. The meeting began with an appearance from Faculty Senate President Audrey Cardany and University of Rhode Island Health Services and Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Ellen Reynolds. Cardany and Reynolds, who are both part of the COVID-19 pandemic leadership group, came…