The Associated Student Government Senate distributed $5,000 from its New Student Organization Support Fund during its Wednesday night meeting. The fund, which ASG pioneered this year, is specifically dedicated to student groups that have existed for two years or less. The fund allocates a total of $15,000 annually, split between Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters. .
In its second meeting of Fall Quarter, Northwestern’s Associated Student Government Senate elected and appointed 20 students to several of its internal boards and discussed upcoming financial and inclusion initiatives. “There were a lot of elections, and I’m really excited about the new committee members,” School of Education and Social Policy senior and Speaker of.
Applications for students interested in filling vacant seats in the Associated Student Government Senate are now available on the Office of Student Activities HogSync portal. Log in with a valid uark.edu address.
The Associated Student Government Senate distributed the remaining money in its $30,000 budget for additional funding to student organizations on Tuesday. ASG allocated $28,906 in the first funding senate meeting May 24, but the rest of the funding process was postponed to allow for continued deliberation among senators. Tuesday’s meeting began with a cutting period,.
The Associated Student Government Senate allocated $28,906 of its $30,000 budget for additional funding to student organizations Wednesday. This number is significantly reduced from the more than $66,000 the body distributed in the Fall 2022 funding cycle. Twenty student groups received funding during the meeting, which lasted five hours. Senators voted to postpone the rest.