Tagged - SA Senate
election
Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro ’95 first jumped into politics at UR
Before Josh Shapiro ‘95 became Pennsylvania’s governor-elect, he boasted two humbler titles — UR Students’ Association senator and president.
Caribbean
Latin American Studies department resolution passes SA
SA passed a resolution supporting the creation of a Latin American Studies department after hearing speeches from seven student advocates.
bias incident report
SA solicits input on race-related trainings for faculty
SA released a survey seeking student input on potentially-mandatory race-related training curricula for faculty.
SA Senate
IT speaks on Wi-Fi remedies, gives updates
University IT gave a presentation on Wi-Fi remedies and general updates during the SA Senate’s Oct. 17 meeting.
complaint
University frustrating you? A new SA survey may help
SA announced a “Campus Life Pain Points Survey” for students to send on-campus frustrations — and positives — to the Campus Life Committee.
american politics
SA passes statement pushing federal student debt cancellation, contains inaccuracies
With Biden's debt cancellations drawing nearer, the SA has made it clear that they do not think the administration is going far enough by unanimously passing a statement containing multiple factual errors.
Class Council
Freshman SA members elected, confirmed
Eight newly-elected first-years were confirmed to the Students' Association Senate and Class Council on Monday.
flags
Student submissions for flag lounge display replacement opening soon
The Hirst Lounge flags are gone for good. What will take their place is up for students to design — with administrative approval, of course.
accessibility
SA website receives makeover, new functionality
The redesign was centered on making the site more accessible, bug-fixing, increasing SA’s outreach capabilities, and cleaning up the back-end to make future updates easier.
advising
SA Summary: Flag display alternatives meetings start, cultural holiday legislation
During their Feb. 7 meeting, SA Senate discussed committee updates, scheduling their town hall, the new SA website, and a procedural change that would put students before senators in their speaker’s list order, among other topics.