SENATE

Office Mission

The Senate is the Legislative Branch of ASUCI, a representative body composed of elected and appointed students from each academic school. These students are elected from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, the Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, the Paul Merage School of Business, the School of Education, the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, the School of Humanities, the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences, the Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, the School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Physical Sciences, the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health, the School of Social Ecology, the School of Social Sciences, and the student body at-large.

Starting in Fall 2016, there are now Special Interest Senators whose primary mission is the representation of and advocacy for specific groups on campus. Special Interest International and Transfer Senators shall be drawn from the international student body and the transfer student body and elected by the student body at-large. The Special Interest First Year Senator shall be drawn from the first year student body and interviewed and appointed in the Fall, with their term beginning in the Winter.

The Senate is responsible for approving the ASUCI budget for the fiscal year, approving or rejecting any legislation that is brought to them, approving or rejecting recommendations for amending the governing documents of ASUCI (such as the ASUCI Constitution), and more. The members are also responsible for meeting with the Dean of their respective schools at least once per quarter and hosting weekly office hours to address any concerns their constituents may have.

The Senate meets regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 pm. All meetings are open and students are strongly encouraged to attend. Meetings are in Balboa Island B, on the fourth floor of the Student Center, or over Zoom.

Harshvardhan Rathore (he/him)
2024-2025 Senate President
senate.president@asuci.uci.edu

With the passage of R59-64: Community Impact Vision for an Involved Campus (CIVIC) Act during the 2023-2024 academic year, all undergraduate students and registered campus organizations that primarily serve undergraduate students are now able to submit legislation to the Senate floor alongside a sponsor from the Senate! If you’re interested in how the Senate works and submitting legislation, check out our legislation templates for some of our routine procedural authorities!

General Appointments

Governing Document Amendments

Reallocations

Special Committee Creation

MEET THE SENATE

We, the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Irvine, as advocates for the undergraduate student body, pledge to facilitate interactions among students, faculty, and administrators, educate and inform the Anteater community on issues that affect them, and be accountable to our constituency in an effort to enhance the quality of student life at UCI.

Harshvardhan Rathore
Senate President | At-Large Senator
senate.president@asuci.uci.edu

Alondra Arevalo
Senate President Pro Tempore | At-Large Senator
atlarge.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Temitayo Akande
Finance Chair | At-Large Senator
atlarge.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Priya Khetarpal
At-Large Senator
atlarge.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Joshua Schuld
At-Large Senator
atlarge.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Nasser Ssenyange
Finance Vice Chair | At-Large Senator
atlarge.senator@asuci.uci.edu

[Vacant]
At-Large Senator
atlarge.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Elijah Waller
Public Information Vice Chair | Arts Senator
arts.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Sudaay Chaloo
Business Senator
business.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Yasmeen El Jack
Public Information Chair | Biological Sciences Senator
biologicalsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Siddharth Karthikeya
Biological Sciences Senator
biologicalsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Minh Anh Pham
Education Senator
education.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Ethan Reynaga
Engineering Senator
engineering.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Dylan Richcreek
Engineering Senator
engineering.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Amelia Nguyen
Rules & Oversight Vice Chair | Humanities Senator
humanities.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Arnav Nigam
ICS Senator
ics.senator@asuci.uci.edu

[VACANT]
ICS Senator
ics.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Olivia Liuson
Nursing Senator
nursing.senator@asuci.uci.edu

James Fields
Pharmaceutical Sciences Senator
pharmsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Jacob Bustamante
Physical Sciences Senator
physicalsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Nicole Lang
Public Health Senator
publichealth.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Sophia Hobby
Rules & Oversight Chair | Social Ecology Senator
socialecology.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Kalilla Soeweno
Social Ecology Senator
socialecology.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Jared Castaneda
Advocacy Vice Chair | Social Sciences Senator
socialsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Emily Sosa-Hernández
Social Sciences Senator
socialsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Athena Stepanian
Advocacy Chair | Social Sciences Senator
socialsci.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Lauren Jernigan
First Year Senator
freshman.senator@asuci.uci.edu

[Vacant]
International Senator
international.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Rochelle Duran
Transfer Senator
transfer.senator@asuci.uci.edu

Natalie Sargisyan
Senate Secretary
senate.secretary@asuci.uci.edu