In the first Student Senate meeting following Student Government elections, the election results were validated and a new Senate president, Senate president pro tempore and members at large were elected and sworn into office.
The Elections Commission voted unanimously to validate the SG elections, said Elections Commission Chairwoman Celeste Thacker, and Senate unanimously validated the results as well.
Tuesday night’s Senate session was divided into two. The first meeting provided a forum for old senators to say goodbye and wish the newly elected senators good luck.
In his last Senate President’s Report, Student Body President Cory Yeffet advised senators to take full advantage of what Senate has to offer.
“Understand the climate that you’ve been lucky enough to get elected into,” he said. “Take hold and make the most out of it.”
The second meeting was to swear in the senators for the new term and elect a new Senate president, Senate president pro tempore and members at large.
Sen. Dylan Fisher and Sen. Joseph Michaels were unanimously elected as the new Senate president and the new Senate president pro tempore, respectively.
Sen. Bronco Vuskovich and Sen. Spencer Correnti were unanimously elected as the two members at large.
Chief Justice of the Student Body Marcus Powers swore in the new senators, president, president pro-tempore and members at large.
The Senate unanimously passed two resolutions in its first meeting: the Resolution Supporting the University of Florida’s Academic Ties with the State of Israel, which states that UF does not support a boycott of Israel’s academic institutions, and the Resolution Proposing Revisions to the Rules and Procedures.
[A version of this story ran on page 8 on 2/26/2014 under the headline “New senators sworn in at first SG meeting following elections"]
Sen. Dylan Fisher is sworn in as the new Student Senate president on Tuesday at the first Student Government meeting since elections. Read the story on page 8.
