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ASWU proposes clearer student‑nomination process for trustees, club rules; passes resolution urging student inclusion
Summary
ASWU leaders reported Bill 1.25 to revise the Board of Trustees student‑nomination process and a proposed clubs bill adding advisor and officer requirements; ASWU passed Resolution 1.25 urging WOU to seek and include student voices in decision making.
Student government leaders told the Board of Trustees on Feb. 25 that they are pursuing changes to how student trustees are selected and how student clubs are chartered, and they announced a recently passed resolution urging greater student inclusion in campus decision making.
Brenda, the student body president, and Maggie Berdoshowski, ASWU senate president, summarized two bills and one passed resolution. "Bill 1.25 ... adds more detail to the Board of Trustees' student nomination process," Maggie said, describing a proposed Senate subcommittee that would vet nominations and forward recommendations to the full Senate. The bill also clarifies procedures for vacancies and resignations among student trustees.
A second bill — not yet introduced and expected next quarter — would require chartered student organizations to have one adviser and three student officers (recommended president, vice president and treasurer). The proposal would give clubs a defined process to replace an adviser temporarily for up to two months or two quarters while a search is conducted, the presenters said.
ASWU also reported that Resolution 1.25 "urges Western Oregon University to actively seek and include student voices in decision making processes that directly affect their academic and campus experiences," and that the resolution had been passed on Friday. The presenters said the resolution draws on more than 20 student feedback forms collected over the past year that raised concerns about transparency and student access to decision‑making information.
Recommendations presented to the board included placing "at least one IFC fee paying student on each decision making board and committee" and notifying students of decisions before they are finalized through email, social media or other channels. The ASWU leaders said these changes are intended to increase transparency and provide students opportunities to give input before decisions are approved.
Trustees asked no formal questions from the transcript record; ASWU sought to inform the board rather than request board action at this meeting.
