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Senate Meeting of December 3rd, 2025

December 3, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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The third senate meeting for the Autumn 2025 quarter will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd from 5:30pm to 8:30pm in Husky Union Building room 332 and online on Zoom. Pizza and a selection of soft drinks will be provided.

Zoom: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93955233603

CART: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=UWGPSS.Senate

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. Elections Committee Appointment (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan. Time: 10 min.)
  7. Legislative Agenda Amendment (Sponsor: Annika Peterson. Time: 10 min.)
  8. Suspending the Bylaws for Budget Timeline (Sponsor: Riley Talamantes, Time: 5 min.) [ACTION]
  9. Icebreaker (Sponsor: Tricia Jenkins, Time: 7 min.) [INFORMATION]
  10. A Joint Resolution for a Graduate and Undergraduate Student Regent (Second/ Third Reading) (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Erick Jacobsen, Time: 5 min.) [ACTION]
  11. A Resolution Against the Dissolution of the Executive Master’s in Healthcare Administration Program (First/Second/Third Reading) (Sponsor: Laura Alford, Time: 10 min.) [INFROMATION]
  12. Senator of the Month (Sponsor: Pavandeep Josan, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  13. Liaison of the Month (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 5 min.) [INFORMATION]
  14. Adjournment (Sponsor: Ryan Wicklund, Time: 1 min.) [ACTION]

Meeting Recap

  • Ayush Goyal shared an announcement about Green Lake Elementary School’s Holiday Tree Sale fundraiser (November 28th to December 20th). See the flier in meeting slides.
  • Riley Talamantes shared an announcement about the GPSS Masquerade Ball happening on December 5th.
  • Annika Peterson shared about Huskies on the Hill event happening on February 10th, 2026. Lunch and transportation to Olympia will be provided.
  • Riley Talamantes shared about the department allocations opening on Friday, December 5th, 2025. The application is available on the GPSS website.
  • Ryan Wicklund shared a special elections announcement: Noah Hough, the VP of Administration, is resigning. Any graduate student at UW can run for the vacancy, but the selection will be done by a vote of the senate. Special elections will be held on January 14th, 2026 at 5:30pm. 
  • Kylie Jones was unanimously approved as the final at-large senator for the Elections Committee.
  • A Joint Resolution for a Graduate and Undergraduate Student Regent was approved.
  • A Resolution Against the Dissolution of the Executive Master’s in Healthcare Administration Program was approved.
  • Sophia Chima was recognized as the GPSS Senator of the Month for October 2025.
  • Bintang Wicaksana and Sheila Gray were recognized as the GPSS Liaison of the Month for the months of October 2025 and November 2025, respectively.

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