Minutes – Associated Students of the University of Portland

The Minutes are recorded and summarized from each ASUP Senate meeting by the ASUP Director of Communications for the UP Community. They include the agenda for each meeting, relevant documents, any actions taken, and statements said by ASUP Officers, Senators, and guest speakers.

Minutes from Senate meetings from Fall 2023 to Spring 2025 can be accessed at ASUP’s old website, linked here.

For any questions or to request access to other ASUP meeting materials, please contact the Speaker of the Senate, Giovanni Vaz

Fall 2025

ASUP Minutes 11.10.25– Dean’s Panel
ASUP Minutes 11.3.25 – Guest Speaker: Rev. Jon Donato, C.S.C. : University Values
- Meeting Recording – Password: K0$DyrF4
ASUP Minutes 10.27.25 – Guest Speaker: Dr. Colin Stewart and Jennie Cambier for the Student Engagement Center
- Meeting Recording – Password: .af0=k+V
ASUP Minutes 10.20.25 – Guest Speaker: UP Student Health & Counseling Center
ASUP Minutes 10.6.25 – Guest Speaker: Dr. Robert D. Kelly
ASUP Minutes 9.29.25
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ASUP Minutes 9.22.25 – Guest Speaker: Facilities Director Joe Cates
- Meeting Recording – Password: 0L&B3M%Z
ASUP Minutes 9.15.25
- Meeting Recording – Password: uSx.o?77
ASUP Minutes 9.08.25 –
- Meeting Recording
ASUP Minutes 9.01.25

Spring 2023

ASUP Recording 2.20.23
ASUP Minutes 2.13.23
- ASUP Recording 2.13.23
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ASUP Minutes 2.6.23
- ASUP Meeting Recording 2.6.23
ASUP Minutes 1.30.23
- ASUP Recording 1.30.23
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ASUP Minutes 1.23.23

Fall 2022

Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Spring 2021

4.26.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Dean Shillam, School of Nursing)
4.19.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Dr. Wayne A. Cornelius)
4.12.21 Zoom Recording
4.5.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Honors Student Rep)
3.29.21 Zoom Recording
3.22.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Kirk Mustain, General Manager of Bon Appetit)
3.15.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Dr. Downs, Associate Dean College of the Arts & Sciences)
3.8.21 Zoom Recording
3.1.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Yuri Hernandez Osorio, Diversity and Inclusion Programs)
2.22.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Kirk Mustain, General Manager of Bon Appetit)
2.8.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Tshombe Brown, Moreau Center for Service and Justice)
2.1.21 Zoom Recording (Guest: Tyler Hale, Associate Director for Community Standards)
1.25.21 Zoom Recording

Fall 2020

11.30.20 Zoom Recording
11.23.20 Zoom Recording
11.16.20 Zoom Recording (Guests: Presidential Leadership Cabinet)
11.9.20 Zoom Recording (Guest: Sandy Chung, Vice President Human Resources/Title IX Coordinator)
11.2.20 Zoom Recording
10.26.20 Zoom Recording (Guest: Fr. John Donato, Vice President Student Affairs)
10.19.20 Zoom Recording (Guest: Fr. Jim Gallagher, Director Campus Ministry)
10.5.20 Zoom Recording
9.28.20 Zoom Recording (Guest: Dr. Dell’Oliver, Health and Counseling Center)
9.21.20 Zoom Recording (Guest: Kali Abel, Environmental Studies)
9.14.20 Zoom Recording (Guest: Provost Medina)
9.7.20 Zoom Recording
8.31.20 Zoom Recording

Spring 2020

Fall 2019

April 2019

Senate Minutes, April 15
- President Nath’s State of the Campus Address, swearing-in of the 2019-2020 ASUP Senate & Executive Board, Fall 2019 Budget Debate
Senate Minutes, April 8
- Resolution 19-02 debate, new Moodle presentation, ASUP Survey 2019 Results, Fall 2019 Budget Presentation
- Approval of Senate Discretionary Fund for Earth Week events
Senate Minutes, April 1
- Presentation of Resolution 19-02 (regarding formalizing a relationship between ASUP & DIP), ADvantage proposal to switch from inLighten to Skykit for screens program, Fall 2019 Budget Introduction

March 2019

Senate Minutes, March 25
- Guest speakers: Michael Johnson, Coordinator of Assessment & Accreditation in Institutional Research & Shannon Tivona, Bon Appetit Fellow
Senate Minutes, March 18
- Guest speaker: Kirk Mustain, Bon Appetit Supervisor
- Bylaws update (Resolution 19-01) tabled indefinitely
- Approval of Senate Discretionary Fund for Earth Week events
Senate Minutes, March 11
- Guest speaker: Gina Loschiavo, Early Alert Coordinator

February 2019

Senate Minutes, February 25
- Guest speaker: Alexandra Newsom, member of the ASUP Oversight Committee
- Debate on the proposed changes to the Bylaws & presentation of events for Women’s Month
Senate Minutes, February 18
- Guest speaker: Father James Gallagher, Campus Ministry Director
- Presentation on the proposed Bylaws update
Senate Minutes, February 11
- Guest speaker: Career Center staff
- Presentations on Corq App & the Inter-Visitation Policy
Senate Minutes, February 4
- Visitor: Sam Starkey, former ASUP Senator, presents ASUP campus-wide survey

January 2019

Senate Minutes, January 28
- Guest speaker: Gerry Gregg, Director of Public Safety
- Senate petitioners for the School of Nursing & the Shiley School of Engineering
Senate Minutes, January 21
- Guest speaker: Andrew Weingarten, Director of Residence Life
Senate Minutes, January 14
- Guest speaker: Presidential Advisory Committee on Inclusion (PACOI)

December 2018

Senate Minutes, December 3
- Guest speaker: Beth Sorensen, Director for the Office of Public Affairs
- End-of-semester reports

November 2018

Senate Minutes, November 26
- Budget debate for Spring 2019
- President Nath’s Fall State of the Campus Address
Senate Minutes, November 19
- Presentation of proposed budget for Spring 2019
Senate Minutes, November 12
- Guest speaker: Hannah Sievert, Editor in Chief of The Beacon
- Discussions on the Speaker of the Senate position, Franz water-bottle filler proposal, Opportunity Grant applications
Senate Minutes, November 5
- Q & A with the President’s Leadership Cabinet (PLC)

October 2018

Senate Minutes, October 29
- Guest speaker: Dan McGinty, Director of the Dundon Berchtold Institute – speaking on the Opus Prize
Senate Minutes, October 22
- Guest speakers: Kate Rohl, Industry Relations Manager for the Shiley School of Engineering & Allen Hansen, Makerspace Program Director
Senate Minutes, October 8
- Guest speaker: Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
- Debates on the new ASUP Affirmation of Values & rule for voting on stipends
- Discussion of Opportunity Grant applications: Villa Drum Squad, Global Engineering Initiative
Senate Minutes, October 1
- Guest speaker: Dr. Contreras, Assistant Provost for International Education, Diversity, and Inclusion Director, Studies Abroad
- Discussion of Opportunity Grant applications: Arnold Air Society, Moreau Center Immersions

September 2018

Senate Minutes, September 24
- Guest speaker: Megan Cohara & Carol Dell’Oliver from the Health & Counseling Center
Senate Minutes, September 17
- Guest speakers: ASUP Service Directors
- Debate on Senate polo’s
Senate Minutes, September 10
- Guest speaker: Dr. Saturn – speaking on the Beckman Humor Project
- Debates on increasing the office hours for the Speaker of the Senate & reallocation changes to the budget process
Senate Minutes, September 3
- First Senate meeting of 2018-2019 academic year