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Senate Meeting of October 22nd, 2025

October 22, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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Agenda

  1. Call to Order (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]
  2. Approval of Agenda (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]
  3. Approval of Minutes (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]
  4. Land Acknowledgement (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan, Time: 2 min.) [INFORMATION]
  5. Announcements and Public Comments (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 7 min.) [INFORMATION]
  6. University of Washington Alumni Associations (UWAA) (Sponsor: Noah Hough, Time: 10 min.) [INFORMATION]
  7. Diversity Leadership Conference Updates (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  8. Committee Formation (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund Time: 20 min.) [POSSIBLE ACTION]
  9. Executive Senator Positions (Sponsor: Noah Hough, Time: 3 min.) [INFORMATION]
  10. Executive Senator Election (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 20 min.) [POSSIBLE ACTION]
  11. Washington State Student Association (WSA) (Sponsor: Annika Peterson, Ryan Wicklund, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  12. United States Student Associations (USSA) (Sponsor: Annika Peterson, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION] 
  13. GPSS Budget Report (Sponsor: Riley Talamantes, Time: 8 min.) [INFORMATION]
  14. Legislative Agenda Draft (First/Second Reading) (Sponsor: Annika Peterson, Time: 15 min) [ACTION] 
  15. Resolution on Installation of Bidets and Hand Showers in UW Campus Restrooms to Advance of Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion (First Reading) (Sponsor: M A Tariq, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  16. Senator of the Month (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  17. Senate Giveaway (Sponsor: Juan Mora, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  18. Adjournment (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.)  [ACTION] 

Total expected time: 114 minutes

Recap of the Meeting

  • Ayush Goyal shared an announcement about the Dempsey Startup Competition (deadline: November 18th). Emilio Castanedo shared an announcement about the “Take Up Space: Race & Public Policy Symposium” at the Evans School.
  • Ryan Wicklund introduced the Graduate School Dean Joy Williamson-Lott. She is historian of education by training and has been in the dean position since 2019. She shared about the work of the Graduate School.
    • All degree programs except MD, PharmD, DDS, and JD are under the umbrella of the Graduate School.
    • The Graduate School is responsible for everything from admissions through graduations for graduate students, including tuition waivers and programming events.
    • The Graduate School also reviews all graduate programs every ten years.
    • The Dean has monthly office hours, to which we are all welcome. The next one is November 10th at 1pm.
    • While the programs are best equipped with guiding students about the specific process of earning the degree and the local situation, the Dean is interested in hearing about how the graduate education at UW works as a whole. She cannot problem-solve very local concerns, however, nor undo decisions made by the student’s program.
    • Graduate Student Research Resilience Fund is raising money to help support Ph.D. students whose Principal Investigators (PIs) have lost federal funding. The funding is applied for by the student’s program.
  • Natasha <?>, Jack <?>, and Shannon Bailie gave a presentation about the proposed Student Health Fee (SHF) of $125 per UW-Seattle student per quarter.
    • The fee is spearheaded by ASUW.
    • The fee is not health insurance, but rather a shared investment that would support students having basic services available on campus.
    • Currently students pay $175 Student Activities Fee (SAF) per quarter, but only $69 of that goes to fund Counseling Center, Husky Health, and LiveWell. The other $106 go to fund everything else from the Food Pantry to GPSS.
    • The fee will be voted on by the student body next week.
    • Riley Talamantes further explained the impact that the institution of the SHF would have on GPSS and other SAF-funded units.
    • There is information online about the specific programs that SAF funds.
  • The Senate voted to elect senators to the Elections Committee and the Judicial Committee.
  • Annika Peterson presented the 2025-2026 Legislative Agenda for the second reading, and the agenda was unanimously approved.
  • Pavandeep Josan presented for the second reading the Resolution on Installation of Bidets and Hand Showers in UW Campus Restrooms to Advance of Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion. Following a discussion by the senate body, the resolution was approved.
  • Ryan Wicklund presented for the first reading the Joint Resolution (with ASUW) for a Graduate and Undergraduate Student Regent.

Details

Date:
October 22, 2025
Time:
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://washington.zoom.us/j/93955233603

Venue

Husky Union Building (HUB) 332