Welcome to the
ASG Senate
The Senate is ASG’s forum for students to make change on campus.
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Learn about the legislation discussed in each Senate.
Read notes on what occurred in each Senate, such as records on vote counts and election results.
The Senate is proud to offer the quarterly $5,000 New Student Organization Support Fund to student organizations that have existed for two years or less.
Meet the Senate
Senate Leadership
Leah Ryzenman
Speaker of the Senate
Lily Ogburn
Deputy Speaker of the Senate
Grace Houren
Parliamentarian
Did you know?
Any student can write legislation as long as a senator co-sponsors it.
Contact Leah and Lily if you’re interested in writing legislation!
School Senators
School senators are elected by the students in the school for which they are running to represent. The School Senator Election is held within the first few weeks of Fall quarter. The school senator term lasts between Fall-Spring quarter, after which school senators must run again to maintain their seat.
Weinberg
Jamal Omoniyi
Vernon Otieno
Melissa Kusi-Amponsah
Phoebe Cahill
Eliza Marcus
Alvaro Junco
Natasha Gonzalez
Kaitlyn Salgado-Alvarez
Knox West
Hamza Haq
Communications
Aidan Klinges
McCormick
James La Fayette Jr
Layah Nasr
Diego Oliva
Edwin Mizen
SESP
Addy Feldman
Medill
Taylor Hancock
Norah D'Cruze
Bienen
Angela Choi
Student Group Senators
Student groups apply to hold a senate seat and are chosen through a selection committee consisting of the Chair of SAF, the Chair of SAFC, the Speaker of the Senate, and the Parliamentarian. The application for student group senate seats is typically opened towards the end of Winter quarter. A student group senator’s term lasts from Spring-Winter quarter.
Current Student Group Senators:
Alianza - Nicole Aguilar-Medina/Jairo
APAC - Hamin You, Anna Alva
Athletics - Joe Arena, Owen Bergin
Campus Kitchens at NU - Emily Lester
Cats Who Compost - Lindsey Byman
College Democrats - Aimee Resnick
FMO - Riley Morris
GREEN House - Bennet Phillips-Sorich
Hillel - Talia Winiarsky
McSA - Umar Kamara
MGC - Ximena Munoz
Northwestern Native and Indigenous Student Alliance - Noah Blaisdell
NPHC - Imani Billups
NU Active Minds - Ben Katz
Political Union - Edward Dowd
QUEST+ - Mia Jeremiah
Rainbow Alliance - Zenobia Jordan
Residential College Board - Nicole Herbert/Tianna
SASA - Meena Sharma
SHAPE - Sahil Desai
Recently Represented Student Groups:
African Students Association
Chinese Students Association
College Republicans
Transfer Students Organization
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