Student Senate Commissions
Our commissions are the heartbeat of our initiatives, covering a wide array of interests. These groups study issues affecting our campus in depth and make recommendations to the Student Senate concerning events and legislation. Much of the legislation the general senate votes upon originates from these commissions.
Any student is eligible to join a commission and be a productive and valued member. All meetings are open to the public and students are encouraged to attend. For individual meeting information, .
The Academic Affairs Commission (AAC) represents student academic interests to the faculty, administration, and the UW system. It works as a liaison between students and administrators to ensure that students and their needs are being heard during the decision-making process
Email: stusen58@uwec.edu
The Communications Commission is vital to keeping the Student Senate in touch with the student body. Communications promotes all the activities and programs of Student Senate to the campus community through distributing promotional materials, managing social media, and hosting events to make Senate's mission and purpose more widely known.
Email: stusen59@uwec.edu
The Equity in Student Matters Commission (ESM) was created as a resource and as the access point for the students of marginalized identities on this campus. Together, we work within the University to ensure that all students receive the appropriate resources and support to make them successful while they are here and after they graduate.
Email: esm@uwec.edu
Finance Commission’s purpose is to allocate all allocable segregated fees to organized activities, make thorough recommendations to the Chancellor for all non-allocable segregated fees, and manage the usages of these fees to ensure that student dollars are being spent in accordance with the university’s financial policies.
Email: stusen53@uwec.edu
The Information Technology Commission (ITC) oversees the expenditure of the Student Technology Fee and represents students' information technology needs. ITC serves as a liaison between students, administration, Learning and Technology Services, and the McIntyre Library to address technology and information access issues and maintain a high quality information technology environment for students through both policy and purchases.
Email: ITC@uwec.edu
The Intergovernmental Affairs Commission (IGA) works with members of other legislative bodies of the UW system, the city of Eau Claire, and the state of Wisconsin to represent the UW-Eau Claire student body. The commission continuously informs and educates students about the electoral and legislative processes that affect them through monitoring the city, county, and state legislatures and seeking to build relationships with elected representatives to create positive change.
Email: stusen55@uwec.edu
The Student Health and Wellness Commission (SHW) serves as the liaison on all initiative relating to the Study Body’s health and wellbeing. SHW is responsible for communicating with University Administration, the Universities of Wisconsin, and departments across campus to ensure that the health and wellness of students is being prioritized.
Email: unictr10@uwec.edu
Student Office of Sustainability
The purpose of the Student Office of Sustainability (SOS) is to allocate the UW-Eau Claire Green Fund for projects, programs, and events addressing the various sustainability areas of transportation, energy, waste, climate change, water, food systems, campus ecology, education, and outreach. This is done through the collaboration of UW-Eau Claire students, faculty, staff, and administration whose collective efforts generate positive behavioral and infrastructural changes that serve to support the growth of our University as a sustainable institution.
Visit the S.O.S. website for more details about the initiatives and ways to get involved!
Email: stusen65@uwec.edu
The Student Organizations Commission (SOC) serves as the link from Student Senate to student organizations on campus. This commission works with organizations during their founding to help them draft constitutions, become officially recognized organizations, offer workshops and outreach, and apply for funding via the Segregated Fee Funding process.
Students wishing to create, re-register, request a name change, or reactivate a student organization must submit a Group Registration form within
For more information, contact the Student Organizations Commission Director, visit the Student Senate office, or the Activities, Involvement, and Leadership office (Davies 220).
Email: stusen52@uwec.edu
The University Activities Commission (UAC) of the Student Senate is the campus-wide events programming board at the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ-Eau Claire. Student programmers select, promote and produce a wide variety of cultural, educational and entertainment programs for the university community.
Visit the UAC website for details about UAC events, and ways to get involved.
Email: uac@uwec.edu