Legislation and Student First Funding Requests

2023-2024 academic year

Legislation:

•  USG Election Rules

• A Resolution to Formally Condemn the Veto Override of House Bill 68

• A Resolution to Formally Support House Bill 27

• DEI Strategic Plan

• A Resolution to support a Student Worker Wage Increase

• Bylaw Revisions

• A Resolution to Make the Governance Chambers More Accessible

• A Bill to Establish the a Special Election of the Senator for the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, College of Education, Health, & Human Services, and College of Public Health

Student First Funding:

• Bring Alex Locust to Kent State 

• Meet the Senator SFFR

• SFFR Fresh Check Day

• SFFR Mental Health Kickoff

• Trick or Treat, Meet and Greet

• Warm Up to Your Senator

• Career Closet Pop-Up Shop

• Heather Bruegl: She's Gone Missing: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

• Cocoa and Conversations SFFR

• Honors Roundtable

• Honors Blizzard Bingo

• Study with USG

• Fuzzy Football Tournament

• More than a Month

• DEI Roundtable

• Tabling at the Housing Fair

• Commuter Meet and Eat

• Zen Station

• Education Across Borders

• Donut Forget to Meet Your Senator

•  Safe Drinking Tabling

•  Billy the Boa Constrictor

• Honors Bidding Formal

• Don’t Fret – Fidget!

• Spring Sips and Study Bites

• Nurturing Nests: Bridging Gaps in Black Maternal and Infant Health

• Midterm Mingle

• Jungle Terry Comes to Kent State

• Week of Kindness Merchandise

• Election Food

• Honors Research Symposium

• Fake Patty's Day Community Service Cleanup

• Spikeball SHOEdown

• Commuter Car Checkup

• Flashlocks

• Honors Library Updates

• Earth Week Events

• Centennial Gala Decorations

• Little Free Library

 2021-2022 Academic Year

Legislation

• Allocations Bill

• Business and Finance Declaration of Vacancy -- Resolution Legislation

• SBP Student Loan Debt Letter

• Resolution Condemning HB 322 and HB 327

• USG Bylaw Revisions Round 1

• USG Bylaw Revisions Round 2

• A Resolution to Recognize Indigenous Peoples Day

• A Bill to Establish Care About Kent as a Standing USG Operation

• 2022 Election Rules

• 2022 Election Commission Bill

• A Resolution to Recognize and Honor Advisor Factor-Page

• Resolution to Condemn Acts of Unwanted International Violence

• Senator at Large for Athletics Bill

Student First Funding:

• UC and Excel Stress Ball Event

• The Period Project

• Small Electronics Recycling Containers

• Parenting and Pregnant Student Initiative

• Kent State Votes

• Hispanic Heritage Month

• Flashes Feud

• Flash Your Arm: What’s Your Why?

• Essential Partners Facilitated Training

• Culinary Services Committee

• Care About Kent

• Health Week 2022

2019-2020 Academic Year:

• Implement Suggestion Box

• Funding for 2019 Advocacy Days at the Ohio Statehouse

• Senator of Diversity Interview Invitation Bill

• Care About Kent - Students First Request #1

• Spring 2020 USG Mental Health Week

• Care About Kent - Students First Request #2

• Students First Request - Student Leader T-shirts

• Recycling Training for Resident Assistants

• 2020 USG Election

• Students First Request - Webcam Funding for Writing Commons

• Students First Request - Club Sports Funding

• Create a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

• Students First Request - TurboVotes

• Students First Request - Snacks for Student Leadership Institute

• Students First Request - Care About Kent Expansion

• Initiate Mental Health Initiatives

• Students First Request - Cords and Pins for Nursing Orgs

• Students First Request - Mental Health Days

• Students First Request - Blood Drive

• Students First Request - Alcohol Screening Day

• Student Concerns Regarding the Transition to Online Learning

2018-2019 Academic Year:

• Condemning Anti-Semitic Hate Speech and Violence

  • Condemns anti-semitic hate speech or violence in the nation but more specifically at Kent State University main campus and within the city of Kent

• USG Composting Resolution

  • Better way for main campus to manage our food waste

• Resolution to Mandate Service Hours for USG Representatives

  • Requires USG Representatives to do 10 hours of community service per semester

• USG Commitment to a Civil Campus Climate

  • Promotes a politically involved campus but providing a safe campus climate to do so

• Senator Task Submissions to the Director of Academic Affairs

  • Undergraduate Student Government Senators are to send a monthly report to the Director of Academic Affairs

• Resolution to Help Reduce Canine Waste on Kent Campus

  • Encourages the members of the Kent community to clean up after their dogs on campus by using canine waste bag stations

• Require Cultural Competence

  • USG Representatives should be culturally competent