Student Activities: ASUP Senate

Students representing various student constituencies comprise the Student Senate, which is a legislative body of ASUP. Senators representing the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes, the schools/CAS, international students, off-campus students, residence halls and adult students are elected in the early fall. When openings occur due to resignations or for other reasons between elections, students representative of the open seat may petition to fill it until the next election for that seat. The Senate votes on the allocation of the student government fee to fund recognized clubs, student government projects and other UP activities that benefit students as well as discusses and works on issues of importance to students.  Senators participate in a retreat during Fall semester to prepare for the academic year ahead.
To download copies of the ASUP Constitution and Senate By-Laws, please visit the ASUP Senate community website.

Meetings:
The ASUP Senate meets weekly in public forum, open to the University community, every Monday of the academic year, with the exception of University holidays.  Meetings are conducted using Robert's Rules of Order.

Fall 2012	Time	Location
TBA	TBA	TBA

Structure:
With a total of 35 senators, senate seats are based on 3 caucuses, with the number of seats dependent on the number of constituents within each caucus and category.  Elections are held during Fall Semester of each year.  Any vacant seats may be filled by petitioning in once elections are finalized.  Please see the ASUP Senate community website for more information about becoming an ASUP Senator.

Residence Hall Caucus	Class Year Caucus	Academic School Caucus
Mehling Hall, 2 Senators	Freshmen, 3 Senators	College of Arts and Sciences, 3 Senators
Corrado Hall, 1 Senator	Sophomores, 2 Senators	School of Business, 2 Senators
Villa Maria Hall, 1 Senator	Juniors, 2 Senators	School of Education, 2 Senators
Fields Hall, 1 Senator	Seniors, 2 Senators	School of Nursing, 2 Senators
Schoenfeldt Hall, 1 Senator	Non-Traditional Students, 1 Senator	School of Engineering, 2 Senators
Tyson/Haggerty Halls, 1 Senator		International Students, 1 Senator
Shipstad Hall, 1 Senator
Christie Hall, 1 Senator
Kenna Hall, 1 Senator
Off-Campus, 1 Senator

*One senate seat is awarded for each constituency group.  Additional senate seats are awarded for constituents numbering over 300 members.


Advocacy:
The ASUP Senate functions as a student advocacy group, with a committee structure that researches campus issues relevant to students.  The senate can draft and approve resolutions asking for improvement in any of these areas.  An approved resolution is brought before the University administration for action.
Download and view a table of the Senate Committee Structure.

Senate Standing Committees and Subcommittees:

Infrastructure: includes Academic Concerns, Athletic Affairs, and Technological Affairs.

Campus Affairs: includes Residence Life and Food.

Community Relations

Oversight

ASUP Awareness: includes Diversity, Sustainability, and Service and Leadership

Security and Maintenance

Senate Special Committees:

Finance

Inventory

Senior Gift

Elections

Club Recognition Advisory

Finance:
The ASUP Senate oversees the allocation of the student government fee paid by all full-time undergraduate students.  The budget cycle runs for each academic semester.  The student government fee may go toward the following areas:

Funding Area	Examples
CPB Funding	CPB movies, dances, coffeehouses
Student Activities	Recreation Services, Moreau Center, Campus Ministry, Student Activities Office
Club Funding	Student Clubs and Organizations
Capital Improvements	Physical improvements to the University campus
General ASUP Expenses	Senate retreat, Executive board stipends, office supplies