Legislative Branch

The Speaker of the Senate is the residing officer of the Student Body Senate. The Speaker is responsible for the affairs of the Legislative branch and also acts as a liason between the Senate and the Executive and Judicial Branches. The Speaker provides an unbiased opinion.

The Senate President Pro Tempore acts as the Senate Vice President and is responsible for delegating Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) to the Student Senate.  The Senate President Pro Tempore leads the charge in the RSO funding process and oversees the Bill process.

Monday: 9:00AM-2:00PM
Tuesday: By Appointment
Wednesday: 9:00AM-5:00PM
Thursday: 4:30PM-6PM
Friday: 10:00AM-4:00PM

The Deputy Pro Tempore of Senate Operations assists the Pro Tempore in daily operations. They also build relations between SGA and UCF departments and agencies. 

Monday 4:00pm-5:00pm

Tuesday 11:00am- 4:00pm

Wednesday 4:00pm-5:00pm

Thursday 1:30pm-5:30 pm

Friday 11:00am-3:00pm 

The Deputy Pro Tempore of Legislative Affiars assists the Pro Tempore in daily operations.  They also provide insight on fiscal legislation and updates to statutes and internal rules.

Monday 9AMto 1PM & 3PM-6PM

Tuesday By Appointment

Wednesday 9AMto 1PM & 3PM-6PM

Thursday 9AMto 1PM & 3PM-6PM

Friday By Appointment

The Internal Legislative Assistant assists the Speaker in daily operations.  They also oversee the Senate Leadership Council and involvement with incoming students.

The External Legislative Assistant assists the Speaker in daily operations.  They also serve as a liaison between the Colleges of the University and the Student Body Senate.

 • Printing in Nicholson School of Communication
• Dedicated classrooms for history
• Better marketing of film showcase, musical productions, & plays
• Better promotion of research opportunities and projects

• Work with the director of the Student Union to open new restaurants on campus that offer a variety of healthy options for students with dietary restrictions.
• Work on getting more gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, vegan, kosher, and halal options in our dining halls, and ensure that they are clearly labeled.
• Work with the health center to fund a vaginal ultrasound machine.
• Ensure that students who live on campus have a safe place to stay between semesters.
• Help establish a branch of Fleet Farming at UCF for students to grow their own food on campus.

• Revise lecture capture
• Better speakers in The Exchange
• Lack of professors for Sports Business
• Make GEB more reasonable
• LinkedIn Premium discount for students

 

• Revising lecture capture
• Making GEB more reasonable
• Providing better speakers in The Exchange for those majors that are huge in population.
• Find a resolve to the lack of professors for Sports Business
• Provide LinkedIn Premium discount for students.
• Improve the funding structure of student government so that more RSO’s will be able to receive funding.
• Promoting all activities going on around campus to get students aware and involved.
• Send a strong message to the business students that SGA Senators are here to be transparent and open to conversation for ideas.

I am passionate about Entrepreneurship and Innovation as well as the people who bring it to campus. As a senator, I would like to challenge the status quo and bring sustainable endeavors to the COBA. Working on the FAO committee showed me the possibilities of funding I could get for my college as well as others by implementing a cross-curricular strategy to bring the most to campus in the most effective manner.

 

• Phase out Lecture Capture courses in favor of Active Learning/Reduced Seat Time (RA) courses
• Coordinate with students and RSOs to improve understanding of the process to receive funding from CRT and FAO
• Rework the COBA prerequisites for restricted-access programs and allow students additional repeat attempts of primary core courses
• Improve communication between COBA students and their student representatives
• Streamline the GEB program and reduce the requirements for earning GEB points
• Expand connections with alumni to share their experience and provide students with professional mentors

• Inform students/ organizations about what Senate has to offer like funding and creating new initiatives to better the UCF experience
• Promote further a “No Smoking” Campus
• Make college of business students aware of studying/ extra help opportunities on campus
• Find or better a centralized app that will promote all activities going on around campus to get students aware and involved
• LinkedIn Premium discounts for students

As a senator for the College of Education and Human Performance I plan to be a true representative for the interests of the students, not only in my college, but also throughout the campus. I hope to be a factor that provides students with the best experience possible while they attend UCF. This includes meeting face to face with organizations and students that I represent, and supporting as many of their events and academic endeavors as possible. I hope to make it so that every student can feel comfortable coming to a senator here at UCF with any question they may have about SGA or the funding process.

• Increase accessibility to college-specific advisors for FTIC and transfer students
• Work to increase participation in SGA events through outreach initiatives
• Improve ticket distribution methods for students on remote campuses and students that have busy work schedules
• Require Parking and Transportation Services to provide better updates as to when certain garages will be used primarily for events/anticipated traffic delays
• Stop reckless spending of CRT and FAO funds

• Increase communication between RSOs and SGA.
• Speed up the process organizations go through for funding.
• Promote SGA’s services to RSOs and students.
• Improve communications and promotional methods for SGA events.
• Increase retention within the College of Education through the addition of resources to assist in passing the GKT.

• Outlets in Engineering Atrium
• RSO Build Space—Bring up quality of Proff. Issue & options
• CECS student Facebook Page
• Intro email to RSOs in College
• Increase in TA’s
• EPC discussion and input with students
• Biweekly internal meetings
• 2 Dean Meetings in Fall
• Senator attendance at SPECS Meetings

• Build Space for RSOs.
• Identify places on campus to construct a central storage and build space for Engineering RSOs (long term).
• Arrange shuttle system for off campus locations discovered and decided to be fitting for the RSOs by leadership (short term).
• Improved connections with companies involved in Senior Design
• Programs that allow students to talk to project leaders and managers outside of email but on an official platform.
• Get students connected with other students through social media and events.
• Analyze and plan the physical layout of Engineering Buildings to see where resources can be prioritized.
• Finding places where more power outlets can be fed into the atrium.

 

I aim to support and propose the creation of pertinent legislation that will embody the opinions of the students by efficiently utilizing in person and online senate forums. Develop means of integrating students to further participate on campus and maximize student participation and representation in the senate. This is a campus wide initiative, focused on development of the university through the students by creating an individual platform for UCF knights to develop the university Educational Reform My educational plan for UCF Knights is to ensure you receive a quality education and graduate in time with accumulating excess fees. Creating and enhancing the current structure of education will improve grades of students through the multiplicity of attempts, therefore allowing several attempts over a period of time for course work Student Accessibility Services Making UCF a more accessible campus to remove the barrier and further incorporate and encourage the participation of persons with disabilities in the UCF community RSO Collaboration and Funding I would propose that a substantial amount of the Senate Working Fund be allocated to student and RSO endeavors such as research, projects and events that will put the University of the map of educational innovation and excellence and encourage the collaboration of Organizations. Creating Professional Opportunity through Career Services

• Increase awareness around campus about SGA.
• Create bills that will enhance student life.
• Research student concerns and reaching a plausible resolution.
• Cracking down on policies that hinder students improvement and development.
• Finding problems within UCF and fixing them accordingly.
• Make UCF a greener campus.
• Actively listen to student organization concerns.
• Create an even more inclusive and diversified campus.

As senator I would help verify that student funds are being used properly as well as representing the students as best I can. Including this representation is lobbying for offices for students to use in the engineering building to be returned to their previous use.

As a former SGA Liaison and a current Engineering student, I have noticed that there is a need for change. When I am elected as the College of Engineering and Computer Science Senator, I will ensure that our clubs/organizations receive the necessary funding for projects, decrease the lack of tutoring, work with faculty advisors to facilitate more internship/co-op fairs, and increase the communication relationship between academic advisors and students. Overall, my goal is to work with the other Senators in Senate to increase the relationship between Senator and the College of Engineering and Computer Science students.

Improve the student experience and participation of the students within the College of Engineering and Computer Science by focusing on issues that prevent the flourishing of the students within the college, and inherently the college itself.

• Access to more outlets (logistically difficult to implement, but we’ll figure it out, that’s what engineers do)
• Improve parking conditions (popular and ubiquitous item, but for a good reason)
• Increase access to various software such as MatLab, SolidWorks, AutoCad, etc., as well as LinkedIn Plus
• Provide more tables/whiteboards in engineering atrium; provide more group study space
• Enhance maintenance of lab equipment as well as provide equipment to students when required, such as microcontrollers/breadboards
• Develop a Sales Engineering Major/Minor

Ensure that direct connect schools to UCF adequately cover the material necessary to allow students to smoothly transition to continuing their education at UCF.

-Strengthen graduate students awareness of SGA resources including conference training and advocacy opportunities

-Bring awareness to graduate students through the use of the Graduate Student Center

-Be the voice of the online population of graduate students to help meet their specific needs that differ from graduate students here on campus 

-Inform graduate students of SGA conference funding increase 

 See to completion initiative to make Student Perception of Instruction Surveys (SPoIs) available in a more conducive fashion online for students to view
o Working with faculty senate and/or IT department at UCF on this
o Explore option of keeping these surveys open during finals week
 Explore options to standardize stipends for graduate teaching assistant/graduate research associate positions across colleges/departments
o Work with administrators to explore feasibility of including fees (A&SF in tuition remission (part of the GTA/GRA package)

• Promote SGA funding and resources available to graduate students
• Increase inter-college initiatives within the College of Graduate Students
• Expand university communications and programming to be inclusive of graduate students, despite general undergraduate foci
• Unify ‘Senior Scholar’ opportunities to assist students in the transition from undergraduate and graduate courses in all applicable disciplines
• Assist with academic advising initiatives and outreach efforts that encourage efficiency and protect student interests
• Foster an atmosphere for positive change and student success

• Inform students about downtown campus
  • infographic to update students of campus progress
• Lecture capture for HPA students
• Trash can for front of HPA
• More outlets in building
• More models for anatomy
• Internship fairs for HPA students
• Networking opportunities
• Shadowing opportunities

• Free hammock rental for UCF students.
• Greater communication between RSOs and SGA.
• Info sessions to show students what SGA can do for them and gain feedback from students to improve student life on campus.
• Updates and information about Downtown campus and how it will affect CoHPA.

• To improve communication between Senators and SRO’s not just through the bill writing process but throughout the year
• To create more ways that students can interact with the senators from their college and to get them information throughout the year about resources available to them
• Promoting SGA and its services to the larger student body
• Making sure that the funds being given out are given for good purposes and are allocated responsibly

• Advocate for establishing shadowing partnership with Florida Hospital as well as expanding already existing opportunities for shadowing and internships
• Push for increasing of number of TAs for Chem 2 lab and other courses to open more class sections
• Work towards get pre-med and college of medicine students more involved in the student body through RSOs

If I was elected Senator for the College of Medicine, I would push for initiatives that benefit students, such as: a doctor shadowing system through UCF, more internship opportunities, and more pre-health events. Within the College of Medicine, I intend on working with our Dean to provide students with shadowing opportunities with local doctors through a UCF affiliated shadowing system. Second, I am determined to work with our Dean to create more internships with UCF associated doctors, providing students with fundamental experiences for medical and graduate school. Third, I would ensure more events with the Office of Pre-Health and Pre-Law Advising for students to be better informed regarding medical school applications and building resumes. As a Senator in the College of Medicine, I would fight for our voices to be heard, and for us to gain as much experience within the medical field as possible while here at UCF.

My two main goals for my time during Senate this year are to bring some of the great benefits of the UCF main campus to the College of Nursing and to have the College of Nursing partner with UCF to undertake certain health initiatives that are needed in our community.

• Parking – Alleviate the lack of parking by: redefine parking decals, limit the number of decals sold, explore ways to build more parking garages.
• Accountability – Require Activity and Service Fee funded groups to release a detailed report of their spending. Hold town halls.
• Safety – Place security cameras around parking garages and campus. Finalize lighting in off campus Greek communities.

Hi, my name is Ari Bell and I am running for a position in Senate, because I see the importance in representing the needs and wants displayed by my fellow students in the College of Sciences. If elected by the student body I would push for new initiatives that would aid in adjusting freshman in the College of Sciences to the campus, their rigorous class loads, and any other needs that may arise. In addition, I pledge that I will devote all the necessary time and effort that is needed to fully carry out my potential duties as a senator. I find that it is of the utmost importance that every student in the College of Sciences knows who their representatives in Senate are. In order that they can voice their opinions to the those who can make a change. However, to accomplish this goal I am to create a system for those students to easily contact potentially me or any other senators.

• Transparency – Advocate for more hands on deck initiatives for students. Let students know when they are to be seen for funding and make sure funds are properly distributed. Hold more events to showcase different majors within the college of sciences. Concern box to be placed outside college of sciences dean office.
• Connection – Newsletter be sent out to all members of college of sciences informing them of different RSO’s and their meeting time. Establish a council to meet with all RSO’s and hear concerns of students. Meet and greet social with RSO’s that include all majors within the college of sciences.

If elected to the senate I will make sure to represent every single student on campus regardless of race, gender, status or sexual orientation. Transparency, ethics and communication are personal values I plan to bring to our SGA Senate. Making sure that ROS and students have adequate funding for activities and trips will be my priority. Being a sustainable small business owner will help me bring a new point of view to our senate. Naples in SW Florida is my hometown where I grew up. The Everglades is about 40 minutes from my home town and that’s why I’m a strong proponent of sustainably. An important goal of mine would be to make sure that restaurants on campus move toward compostable silverware, plates and cups. Along with making sure that all recyclables are adequately recycled. I’m thankful to be a part of UCF and Go Knights!

• Advisor Reform: Look into 1st year to 2nd year Advisor transition.
• Sciences RSO: Create an organization to help promote college of sciences organization and event.
• Mental Health: Find a way to start an advocacy committee for the mental health community here on campus.

International Students – Being an international student myself, my goal as the senator is to represent the diverse community of the UCF International Students. Not only by formal words but also with impactful actions and initiatives. First and foremost, increasing the involvement of the international students in the area of leadership and service by working with the UCF Global and the Orientation Team. Secondly, creating an open and hospitable environment around the campus for students with the diverse backgrounds, all around the world, to feel welcome. Last but not least, to advocate for their concerns through my authority and guide them with the experiences that I have seen through my lenses of a foreign alien.

Transfer Students – Another group of students, in addition to the international students, who tend to face several difficulties after the transition from one institution into another. I am a transfer student myself and know that no one relates to what transfer students experience besides ones who actually go through the transition. My goal as a senator is to make the transition as smooth as it can be for the transfer students, by working with the Transfer & Transition Services and the Orientation Team. After the adaptation has been made, it is important for those students to get involved in the leadership roles which is another concern of mine. Lastly, representing them and their voices in the Student Body Senate and putting the maximum of my efforts to enhance their educational experience at the UCF.

• Resources and Advising: With the diversity of majors and students in the college of sciences, finding help can be donating. I will champion the cause of all students in the college advocating to ensure different academic resources and advising for all major and students.
• Promote SGA outreach and student involvement: I hope to ensure that the student government is representative of the student body and effectively administers whatever services it can to benefit of all students at UCF. I want to raise awareness of what Student Government does and do spell the seemingly “elist” and aloof reputation Student Government has with many students. Keeping Student Government representatives active involvement from the student body. So I will also seek to enact strategies for the increasing the visibility of the Student Government elections, transparency of its activities, and participation from voters.

• Establishing Connections – Since the majors within the College of Science are so varied, the organizations representing the interests of students in these majors are also very diverse in their structure and focus. I would like to work on establishing a forum where these different organizations could meet and discuss their connection to the college and what each one adds to the realm of science.
• Transition to Major Advising – Many students have to complete some General Education requirements before delving into their major, but I do not think that there is enough focus on easing the transition between these generalized classes and major-specific instruction. I would like to look into establishing some advising for students as they transition into their major to help students better understand how their major requirements will be different from their General Education requirements.
• Requirements Beyond Classes – The required classes for every major are clearly listed in the UCF Course Catalog; however, the majority of employers want to see more than just a college degree on a resume. I want to work to ensure that UCF’s career-oriented resources are made known to students, and in addition to that, I believe that professors and college-specific advisors should be more active in searching for more targeted internship opportunities for their students.
• Options After College – I want to create opportunities for students to learn more about the different options they have after college. Graduate school, internships, and other programs are available to students here at UCF who have finished an undergraduate degree, and I think it is very important to provide students with the knowledge and experience that will aid them in finding a career and succeeding in the workforce.
• Promote Community Involvement – Senate is obviously a huge contributor the UCF community, seeing as they fund and promote events and organizations across campus. However, I believe that Senate should expand its involvement beyond just the UCF community.  We have a large group of focused and concerned students, so I think that completing a group service project each semester would help promote the values that Senate and SGA stands for, and communicate these values to the wider Orlando community.

Transparency between SGA, Students, and RSO’s concerning the process of funding. Online postings of dates by which funding requests must be placed, for easier access. More face to face interaction in the process of financial training to aid with possible questions to limit sanctions and reversions. Open line of communication between my college, The College of Sciences, and myself to serve as a more impartial senator to truly achieve the needs and desires of my college. More social media interaction between senators and their college as this is the most efficient form of polling for issues we should be addressing. To strive for the well-being of students not only in the College of Sciences but throughout the University of Central Florida. I wish to campaign for ALL college seats within senate to be filled. Empty seats reflect students who are not being adequately represented.

I think I would be a great addition to the Senate because my fresh ideas coming from the perspective of a freshman would help out a lot. With being the future of the school starting now would be the best thing not only for me but for the past, present, and future UCF students.