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Soteria Reid. Reid is the acting VP for Accessibility and Inclusion.

ASG introduces legislation to establish Executive Officer for Justice and Inclusion

April 4, 2019

Associated Student Government introduced legislation to establish an executive officer for justice and inclusion position during its Wednesday Senate meeting. The legislation, which has 23 co-sponsors,...

Julie Payne-Kirchmeier and Carlos Gonzalez. After speaking to ASG Senate about gender-open housing in February, the two were able to come back with news of the expansion on Wednesday.

Less than two months after ASG resolution, Residential Services rolls out gender-open housing expansion

April 4, 2019

When Residential Services and the Office of Student Affairs began brainstorming a potential update to the University’s gender-open housing options and policy, they quickly realized they were not the...

Students protest Northwestern’s investments in the coal industry in 2014. Members of Fossil Free Northwestern, the group pushing for divestment from coal, oil and gas companies, have been fighting against the University’s investment in the fossil fuel industry for years.

ASG passes resolution calling on University to divest from the fossil fuel industry

March 15, 2019
The resolution will now be reviewed by Northwestern’s Advisory Committee on Investment Responsibility, a coalition of students, alumni, faculty and administrators. The committee will decide whether to recommend the proposal to the Investment Committee of the University’s Board of Trustees, who will then vote on the resolution.
Maanas Bhatt, incoming vice president for student activities finances, speaks about the funding legislation at Wednesday’s ASG senate meeting. The legislation will make the process easier for smaller groups to obtain funding, Bhatt said.

ASG passes legislation to revamp student group funding process, restructures leadership positions

March 7, 2019

Associated Student Government passed legislation to restructure the leadership of its student group funding process during a Wednesday Senate meeting. Student groups that receive ASG funding are currently...

CTECs resolution co-authors Elizabeth Sperti and Campbell Schafer speak at Wednesday’s ASG Senate meeting. The resolution calls for changes to the CTECs system including questions about classroom environment and inclusivity

ASG passes course evaluation reform resolution to include additional questions, grade distributions

March 4, 2019

Associated Student Government passed a resolution Wednesday outlining new procedures for course evaluations that would increase the course information available to students and add additional questions...

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