Undergraduate Student Government Senate Archives

House of SHADE constitution sees approval

Bernard SanchezNewsSeptember 8, 2019September 11, 2019

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate unanimously approved the constitution of the House of SHADE, an informational and education outreach organization for black and queer students at the university, at a senate meeting on Thursday night.

USG Senate fills final appointments for the term

Mike AdamsNewsSeptember 11, 2018March 19, 2020

Stony Brook University’s Undergraduate Student Government Senate voted unanimously to appoint sophomore social work major Victoria Correa as the commuter student representative for the Faculty Student Association’s Board of Directors in the Senate’s second meeting of the semester on Thursday, Sept. 6.

Campus Briefing: Senate confirms Elections Board members

Arielle MartinezNewsApril 3, 2016April 7, 2016

The USG Senate confirmed members of the Elections Board on Thursday after the discovery that board members had not been vetted or confirmed for the past three years.

Campus briefing: senate passes resolution to support renewal of SUNY 2020 legislation

Arielle MartinezFeatured News Top StoryFebruary 23, 2015

The USG Senate approved a resolution to support a renewed plan for predictable tuition costs for State University of New York schools at its meeting on Thursday, Feb. 19.

Campus briefing: Senate approves Financial Bylaw clarifications and amendments

Arielle MartinezNews Top StoryFebruary 9, 2015

The Undergraduate Student Government senate unanimously passed a new set of financial bylaws at its Thursday meeting by a vote of 18-0-2.

Campus briefing: justice confirmed, film club acknowledged

Arielle MartinezNews Top StoryNovember 24, 2014

The Undergraduate Student Government senate unanimously confirmed freshman political science major Andrei Moraru as an associate justice of the USG judiciary in its half-hour meeting on Thursday.

USG senate disbands ASAB, officially recognizes new clubs

Arielle MartinezNewsOctober 20, 2014

The USG senate passed new bylaws for the senate and the Student Activities Board, effectively dissolving the Agency of the Student Activities Board and the Office of Law Revision, on Thursday evening.

Campus Briefing: USG passes eight club budgets and two revisions before deadline

Arielle MartinezNewsOctober 7, 2014

Undergraduate Student Government senate approved Special Services Council budgets for eight on-campus organizations and budget revisions for two other organizations at its meeting Thursday evening.

Campus Briefing: USG cracks down on professors and course syllabi

Arielle MartinezNewsMay 15, 2014

The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) senate unanimously voted to pass a resolution stating that the senate will pressure Stony Brook University faculty and staff to conform to university policies regarding course syllabi and textbook requisitions at its final meeting of the semester Thursday evening.

Campus briefing: USG judiciary rules on lawsuit

Arielle MartinezNewsMay 6, 2014May 7, 2014

The Undergraduate Student Government senate was briefed in its meeting Thursday evening on a judiciary case in which two executive council members sued USG.