ASUAF October 29 Recap
By Aaron Thomas
For ASUAF’s meeting on October 29, they discussed a variety of campus issues, swore in Jacob Fithen as a senator, read legislation concerning ASUAF’s involvement in campus events such as the United Ways Chili Cook Off, and discussed travel funding for Teegan Silva.
ASUAF passed a resolution to participate in the United Ways Chili Cook Off that will take place in the Wood center on November 5 from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. They additionally passed a resolution to give travel funding to Teegan Silva to attend an academic conference in New Orleans.
The senate confirmed the presidential appointment of Jacob Fithen and he took the confirmation oath to become an ASUAF senator.
In preparation for the Board of Regents discussion of the UAF budget next week, the senators discussed the university's operating budget, funding for campus housing, funding for mental health resources, the need for more campus police dispatchers, funding to better position the university for R1 status, and the UAF’s proposed 3% tuition increase.
The senate continued their discussion of club funding from the previous week and read legislation to fund various campus clubs such as the Cadet Club, The Geoscience Club, The Honors Student Advisory Council, The Natural Resources and Environment Graduate Student Association, and Phi Alpha Theta.
Another topic of discussion was online and asynchronous classes and how they affect the educational experience. Senators expressed concern about insufficient course work in online courses and how certain majors need to take a disproportionate amount of online classes due to required courses only being offered online.
The senate meeting concluded with a final discussion on the ASUAF chili cook-off table.
ASUAF meets every Wednesday and students are welcome to join and voice concerns to the members of the senate. For students not attending in-person, zoom links are available at www.uaf.edu/asuaf/meetings.
ASUAF Meetings
Open to all UAF students
Wednesdays @ 5:15 p.m.
Senate Chambers, Wood Center