The Student Senate meets every Monday night in Bauer Forum at 9:30pm. Meetings are open to the public. You can become a voting Senator after attending three consecutive meetings or attending the first meeting of the semester. Please submit all inquiries and requests to the Senate President (apai13@cmc.edu).
To make a request to the Senate General Fund or Senate Student Trips Fund, please submit this form to Aditya Pai And for guidelines on trip requests typically approved, see here.
Leadership 2011-12
President: Aditya Pai ’13
President Pro-Tempore: Miles Lifson ’13
Clerk: Caroline Nyce ’13
Minutes
The public minutes of the proceedings of Senate can be found here.
Operating Procedures
The procedures governing Senate can be found here.
Senate Committees
Senate maintains standing committees which aim to address the various issues which pertain to the operation of the Corporation. Below is a list, followed by its chair and a brief description. These chairs serve a term concurrently with the Senate President.
Campus Life | Chair: Carly Lenderts, ’14 | Works with the Dean of Students Office and relevant Faculty and Trustee Committees to make physical improvements to campus life — i.e. dining, residential, recreational, social, and facilities/campus services.
Student Trips | Chair: Tyler McBrien, ’14| Works with the Dean of Students Office and relevant Faculty and Trustee Committees to improve the quality and quantity of off-campus trips.
Academic Affairs | Chair: Libby Friede ’13 | Acts as the liaison between ASCMC and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, and as such, handles issues pertaining to the college curriculum and teaching review. The Chair is a standing a member of the Curriculum Committee
Administrative Affairs | Chair: Adam Griffith, ’14 | Performs constitutional reviews and administrative tasks assigned to it by the ASCMC Vice President, such as the management of the Student Directory
Computing & Technology | Chair: Rachit Khaitan, ’13 | Acts as a liaison between ASCMC and all academic computing matters of the College. The chair is the ASCMC Chief Technology Officer and is a standing member of the Academic Computing Committee and the Web Committee
Faculty and Trustee Appointments
The Student Senate is responsible for filling seats on College faculty committees as well as College Board of Trustees committees. The Senate President is responsible for soliciting applications and making appointments, subject to the approval of the Senate. Confirmed appointments for the 2010-2011 academic year are TBA.
Each spring semester, the College Judiciary Board Selection Commitee selects three Regular Members for appointment to the Claremont McKenna College Judiciary Board and. Justices serve for a two year term their Junior and Senior year, and serve on the ASCMC Judiciary Board as well. The Selection Committee consists of the ASCMC Vice President, the senior Justices of the current College Judiciary Board, and two Senators selected by the Senate. The current justices are TBA.