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GUSA Voices Solidarity With Black Lives Matter Protests

GUSA Voices Solidarity With Black Lives Matter Protests

By Liana Hardy June 4, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed a resolution voicing solidarity with Black Lives Matter protests during an emergency meeting Monday evening.  The resolution...

GUSA Approves Final Club Budget, Delays Empowerment Fund Allocation

GUSA Approves Final Club Budget, Delays Empowerment Fund Allocation

By Liana Hardy April 3, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed the final club budget for the 2021 fiscal year at its online meeting, approving funding cuts to the Student Activities Commission,...

GUSA Rallies Behind Student Advocates During COVID-19 Crisis

GUSA Rallies Behind Student Advocates During COVID-19 Crisis

By Harrison Lee March 29, 2020

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously passed resolutions voicing support for student advocates around the COVID-19 pandemic and Residential Hall Office workers at its first...

GUSA Senator Resigns, Cites Toxic Work Environment

GUSA Senator Resigns, Cites Toxic Work Environment

By Ashley Zhao February 21, 2020

Former Georgetown University Student Association Senator Alexandra Mucher (COL ’22) resigned during a GUSA Senate meeting, reading a resignation letter that cited a toxic and unsupportive environment. Before...

Students To Vote in Referendum Urging University Fossil Fuel Divestment

Students To Vote in Referendum Urging University Fossil Fuel Divestment

By Grace Buono January 24, 2020

Students will vote on whether or not to support Georgetown University’s divestment from fossil fuel companies by 2024 in a Feb. 6 referendum after the Georgetown University Student Association Senate...

GUSA Senators Petition For Campus Projects Fund

GUSA Senators Petition For Campus Projects Fund

By Liana Hardy January 24, 2020

Members of the Georgetown University Student Association Finance and Appropriations Committee have circulated a petition through social media this week seeking to establish a Student Empowerment Fund.  The...

Demographic Survey Shows Diversity in GUSA Senate

Demographic Survey Shows Diversity in GUSA Senate

By Liana Hardy January 17, 2020

Over two-thirds of respondents in a Georgetown University Student Association senate survey identify as ethnically nonwhite, according to an internal demographic survey presented at a Jan. 12 weekly senate...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT COUNCIL / FACEBOOK | The GUSA Senate passed a resolution urging Georgetown's administration to rename the mid-semester holiday to Indigenous People's Day, a move that drew support from student groups like the Native American Student Council and the Georgetown Native American Law Students Association.

GUSA Senate Urges University to Recognize Indigenous People’s Day

By Harrison McBride October 18, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed a resolution calling for the university to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of the current mid-semester holiday at their...

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GUSA Senate Creates New Policy and Advocacy Committee

By Kelly Anderson October 2, 2019

New Georgetown University Student Association committee chairs, chosen at a GUSA senate meeting Sept. 29, plan to start their terms this week with a renewed emphasis on transparency in the organization...

JULIA ALVEY / THE HOYA | Twelve students were elected to the Georgetown University Student Associate senate Wednesday evening.

GUSA Senate Election Fills Freshman, At-Large and Senior Seats

By Harrison McBride September 26, 2019

Students voted to elect 12 senators to the Georgetown University Student Association senate Sept. 26 with platforms centered on improving facilities and providing more resources for survivors of sexual...

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GUSA Senate Candidates Voice Campaign Platforms at Town Hall

By Grace Buono September 26, 2019

Twenty-six candidates who ran for the Georgetown University Student Association senate delivered their proposals concerning improved minority representation and mental health resource accessibility at...

Impeached GUSA Senator Peter Hamilton (COL '20) will remain in the Senate after an expulsion vote failed to reach a two-thirds majority. Days later, former Senator Matthew Buckwald (COL '20) resigned.

Impeached Sen. Hamilton To Remain in GUSA Senate

By Ashley Zhao September 6, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association voted to impeach but did not remove Senator Peter Hamilton (COL ’20) in a series of August senate meetings after he accrued a series of unexcused absences...

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