Student Union Vice President Ria Escamilla-Gil ’27 called the March 30 Senate meeting to order. The Senate heard from various committees and updated information about the bylaws.

Student Union President Rani Balakrishna ’25 began the meeting by asking the Senate to vote on moving some funds from the Senate to the executive board due to the executive board needing to support multiple events in the fall, causing them to spend more than they originally planned. The Senate passed the budget increase by a vote of acclamation. Next, the Senators reviewed the executive and financial reports.

The Student Union heard from Lukas Gordon ’26, the head of the Internal Operations committee. He discussed the upcoming State of the Union. Luke Farberman ’27, a member of the Internal Operations committee, presented an Small Room Meeting  of the catering for the State of the Union which is set to occur on April 24. The proposal was expedited and passed by a vote of acclamation.

Himanshu Sahore ’28 presented for the Student Advocacy Committee. The committee is coordinating with the Disabled Students Network to bring back the Sunflower Disability Awareness event they hosted last year. They also are trying to coordinate with Health and Wellness to bring scream rooms to the University in hopes that it will be a good stress reliever for students. The Health and Wellness committee expressed desires to host a mental health awareness tabling event. They presented a proposal for fidget toys, stickers and face masks to use for the event. The Senate will vote on the proposal during the next senate meeting.

Executive Senator Daniel Shin ’27 and the head of the Club Support committee presented next. Shin discussed the process of updating the bylaws for the club sections and mentioned that the Senate is going to hear from a lot of club presentations coming up.

The Student Union heard from Jake Rosen ’27, the head of the Campus Life committee. They met with Harvest Table to discuss adding more types of protein to the dining hall. They also want to fix the tables in the Stein as they tend to wobble. Rosen outlined the need to fix the monitors in the dining hall as sometimes they glitch and show the wrong menu.

Gordon brought up the bylaws and the progress they have made since the beginning of the year with fixing them. They are almost done with this process and plan on voting on the bylaws next week. Gordon asked the Senate to look over the bylaws within the coming week and bring any questions or concerns to the next meeting. They plan on finding the bylaws by the fall semester but want to implement their current changes this semester.

The meeting finished with Shin reminding senators that elections are coming up.