{"id":855,"date":"2018-05-23T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T18:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/aswou\/?page_id=855"},"modified":"2025-10-24T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:54:11","slug":"legislative-senate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/aswou\/legislative-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative (Senate)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/wou.edu\/aswou\/files\/2024\/11\/Maggie-Senete-Pres-image-scaled.jpeg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Maggie Senete Pres image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>Senate President:<\/div>\n<div>Maggie Bartosovsky\u00a0<br \/>She\/They<br \/>Maggie is a junior transfer student from Grapeview, Washington. They are majoring in Biology with a minor in Exercise Science with the hope of becoming an oncologist. Maggie enjoys reading, yapping about biology (and just yapping in general), and hiking with her dog (his name is Oakley and he is sooo cute). Maggie wants to speak up for those who don&#8217;t feel comfortable or aren&#8217;t able to do the same.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I would like students to know that their voices matter. 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The Senate President facilitates the ASWOU Senate. The Senate President represents Senate at Executive Cabinet and Judicial Board meetings, as well as recruits members of the student body to the ASWOU Senate. The Senate President is in charge of planning meeting places\/times and working with Senate leadership. The Senate President is a resource to Senators, as well as any and all students. The Senate President also attends the Incidental Fee Committee to represent student opinion but does not have a vote.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Senate President Pro Tempore \u00a0| TBD |\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">The Senate Pro Tempore is part of the Senate body and is considered to be part of Senate leadership. The Pro Tempore is elected by the 3rd meeting of fall term and is responsible for taking over the Senate President\u2019s position if they are unable to lead a meeting for any reason. They can also step in part way through meetings if the Senate President would like to participate in the conversation. They are required to sit on the Rules committee and have a meeting with the Senate President and Parliamentarian once a month. 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