Student Assembly Meeting

Thursday, March 5, 2026

• Term:
  2025-2026
• Assembly/Committee: Student Assembly
• Date & Time:
  Thu, Mar 5, 2026 - 4:45pm
  to
  4:45pm
• Location:
  Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room (WSH407)/Zoom
• Agenda:
  1. Call to Order
  2. Reading of the Land Acknowledgment
  3. Consent Calendar
  4. Reports of Officers, Committees, and Liaisons
  5. Announcements
  6. Presentations
     1. Committee on the Future of the American University 
  7. Public Comment Microphone
  8. Second Readings
     1. Resolution 36: Establishing a Student Assembly Year-Round Grant and Review Committee
        1. R36 Appendix A: Updated Bylaws 
     2. Resolution 60: Free Laundry
     3. Resolution 61: Calling for the Termination of Cornell University’s Partnership with the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology While Preserving Cornell Tech
     4. Resolution 62: Health Vending Machine Expansion to West & Collegetown Communities
     5. Resolution 63: Recognizing September 25 and Establishing a “Survey Service Window” Administered by Student & Campus Life
     6. Resolution 64: Approving Special Projects Request for Bhangra at Cornell
        1. R64 Appendix A: Bhangra at Cornell Special Projects Funding Request Form
     7. Resolution 65: Approving Additional Special Projects Request for the Young Democratic Socialists of America
        1. R65 Appendix A: Young Democratic Socialists of America Special Projects Funding Request Form
        2. R65 Appendix B: Young Democratic Socialists of America Special Projects Funding Request Form
     8. Resolution 66: Reassessing Resolution 21: Approving the Recommendation for the 2026-2028 Student Activity Fee
     9. Resolution 67: Transferring Funds to the Multicultural Greek Fraternal Council
     10. Resolution 68: Investigating the Cornell Greek Community Account
     11. Resolution 69: Urging Cornell to Support Higher TCAT Funding
     12. Resolution 70: The Last Straw: Single-Use Plastic Phaseout
         1. R70 Appendix A - Appendix & Notes      
  9. Third Readings
     1. Resolution 53: Approving Special Projects Request for the International Affairs Society at Cornell
        1. R53 Appendix A: International Affairs Society at Cornell Special Projects Funding Request Form
     2. Resolution 54: Approving Special Projects Request for the Cornell Persian Students Organization
        1. R54 Appendix A: Cornell Persian Students Organization (PSO) Special Projects Funding Request Form
     3. Resolution 48: Public Comment Duration
        1. R48 Appendix A: Updated Bylaws 
     4. Resolution 49: Attendance Callouts
     5. Resolution 50: Tri-Semesterly Committee Chair and Liaison Reports
     6. Resolution 51: Updating the Bylaws With a Contingency Plan for Vacancies in the Independent Offices
        1. R51 Appendix A: Updated Bylaws 
     7. Resolution 52: Expanding College Credit Limits
     8. Resolution 55: Condemning the University Administration’s Use of Programming to Platform Individuals Implicated in War Crimes
     9. Resolution 56: Improving Accessibility Information and Support for Disabled Students in Residential Housing
     10. Resolution 57: Ensuring Equitable Evaluation of Special Projects Funding Request
     11. Resolution 58: Winter Sidewalk Maintenance
  10. Appointments and Vacancies Calendar
  11. Adjournment

   

  StudentAssemblyMeetingAgendaMarch52026.pdf (163.17 KB)
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• Audio Recording:
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