Student Government Association - Willamette University

ASWU Senate Membership

Senate President: Tejeswara Reddy

Senate President Pro Tempore: Alex Maresh

Senate Leadership Commitee: Michael Diamond, Ben Kittelson, Alexis Gilbert, Matthew Bateman

Class of 2011 Senators: Michael Diamond (WHIP), Kendall Callahan, Mike Moore, John Schmidtbauer, and Janice Rasmussen.

Class of 2012 Senators: Ben Kittelson (WHIP), Rafael Baptista, Radu Bobirnac, Matthew Satterthwaite, Alicia Updegraff, and Yasuko Uehara.

Class of 2013 Senators: Alexis Gilbert (WHIP), Liwu Gan, Alex Maresh, Chris Santana, and Nick Taylor.

Class of 2014 Senators: Matthew Bateman (WHIP), Lisa Broadstone, Lindsey Erickson, Derek Hanson and Megan Newcomb.

Powers and Responsiblities of the ASWU Senate:

The Senate shall enforce the Constitution and Bylaws.

The Senate shall be the ultimate authority over all ASWU affairs.  This power may not be delegated to any other committee or board.  All ASWU Committees, Boards, and Officers shall be accountable to Senate.

Senate shall approve appointments for all ASWU Managerships, Committees, and Boards by a majority vote in September. 

The Senate shall have the power to investigate and report on any area of student life and shall make any necessary recommendations to the proper person(s) or committee(s).

The Senate is also the final authority on all budgets recommended by the Vice President of Finance and Finance Board.