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The Senate is one of two houses in ASUU’s legislative branch. The Senate is responsible for representing students by allocating funds to College Student Councils (CSCs), reviewing proposed legislation, overseeing ASUU Executive Branch activities, serving on the University Academic Senate and various University committees, and working on University policy issues that impact students. Senators are elected each spring by the students of the colleges they represent and serve for a term of one year. There are 17 seats in the Senate, each of which represents the University’s different colleges.

Senators additionally chair their colleges’ CSCs, and they serve as the primary student representatives to their colleges’ administrations. Each college has a CSC, and it is responsible for advocating for the students of its college, providing college-wide programming, and recruiting students to the college, among other things.

College Student Councils can receive funding by submitting Budget Requests on Campus Connect and sending the request through the ASUU Senate, with the help of a Senator. Please contact the senator for your college if you need help submitting a Budget Request or understanding the legislative process.

The ASUU Senate has one funding cycle every three weeks.

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Mercedes Johnson

Senate Chair; College of Humanities
 mjohnson@asuu.utah.edu

Mercedes Johnson

Senate Chair; College of Humanities
 mjohnson@asuu.utah.edu

Jack VanDerHeyden

Senate Treasurer; David Eccles School of Business
 jvanderheyden@asuu.utah.edu

Jack VanDerHeyden

Senate Treasurer; David Eccles School of Business
 jvanderheyden@asuu.utah.edu

Elvis Valenzuela

Senator, College of Architecture + Planning
 evalenzuela@asuu.utah.edu

Elvis Valenzuela

Senator, College of Architecture + Planning
 evalenzuela@asuu.utah.edu

Anna Roelofs

Senator, College of Fine Arts
 aroelofs@asuu.utah.edu

Anna Roelofs

Senator, College of Fine Arts
 aroelofs@asuu.utah.edu

Scott King

Senator, School of Medicine
 sking@asuu.utah.edu

Scott King

Senator, School of Medicine
 sking@asuu.utah.edu

Emma Parkin

Senator, College of Social Work
 eparkin@asuu.utah.edu

Emma Parkin

Senator, College of Social Work
 eparkin@asuu.utah.edu

Talea Steele

Senate Vice Chair; College of Cultural and Social Transformation
 tsteele@asuu.utah.edu

Talea Steele

Senate Vice Chair; College of Cultural and Social Transformation
 tsteele@asuu.utah.edu

Matthew Nielsen

Senate Secretary; School of Dentistry
 mnielsen@asuu.utah.edu

Matthew Nielsen

Senate Secretary; School of Dentistry
 mnielsen@asuu.utah.edu

Melanie Biviano

Senator, College of Education
 mbiviano@asuu.utah.edu

Melanie Biviano

Senator, College of Education
 mbiviano@asuu.utah.edu

Chris Pykins

Senator, College of Health
 cpykins@asuu.utah.edu

Chris Pykins

Senator, College of Health
 cpykins@asuu.utah.edu

Kathy Doom

Senator, College of Nursing
 kdoom@asuu.utah.edu

Kathy Doom

Senator, College of Nursing
 kdoom@asuu.utah.edu

Alex Rose

Senator, Undergraduate Students
 arose@asuu.utah.edu

Alex Rose

Senator, Undergraduate Students
 arose@asuu.utah.edu

Myrna Kearse

Senate Parliamentarian; College of Pharmacy
 mkearse@asuu.utah.edu

Myrna Kearse

Senate Parliamentarian; College of Pharmacy
 mkearse@asuu.utah.edu

Sofia Perez

Senate Registrar; College of Science
 sperez@asuu.utah.edu

Sofia Perez

Senate Registrar; College of Science
 sperez@asuu.utah.edu

Jack Doughty

Senator, College of Engineering
 jdoughty@asuu.utah.edu

Jack Doughty

Senator, College of Engineering
 jdoughty@asuu.utah.edu

Kate Menlove

Senator, College of S.J. Quinney College of Law
 kmenlove@asuu.utah.edu

Kate Menlove

Senator, College of S.J. Quinney College of Law
 kmenlove@asuu.utah.edu

Olive Nyiramwiza

Senator, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
 oniramwiza@asuu.utah.edu

Olive Nyiramwiza

Senator, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
 oniramwiza@asuu.utah.edu