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The Welfare Committee was formed as an Ad-Hoc committee by the 2025-2026 SGA Administration to be charged with identifying, advocating for, and addressing issues that affect the physical, mental, emotional, academic, and financial well-being of the student body. 

The Welfare Committee will accomplish this charge by assessing student needs to support initiatives that enhance the quality of life for students at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½. 

The Welfare Committee shall be responsible for:

• Identifying the needs and concerns of the student body to learn about what barriers to access need to be addressed through surveys, etc.; and 
• Advocating for initiatives that positively support the physical, mental, emotional, academic, and financial well-being of the student body; and 
• Executing wellness programming that positively support the physical, mental, emotional, academic, and financial well-being of the student body; and
• Exploring opportunities for reducing financial burdens, safety concerns, food insecurity, housing insecurity, period poverty, and stigma surrounding sexual health and testing; and
• Partnering with departments and programs on campus like the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Student Success Help Desk (SSHD), ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Financial and Social Support Services (FSSS), ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Food Pantry, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Foster Homeless Adopted Resources (FAHR), ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Center for Accommodations and Support Services (CASS), ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education (CARE), ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Student Health and Wellness Center, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), University Career Center, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Police Department, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Facilities Services, and ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Environmental Health and Safety to promote physical, mental, emotional, academic, and financial well-being to the student body. 

Hajalett Escalante, Collegiate Senator of Liberal Arts
Alejandro Facusse Robles Gil, Senator at-Large
Vanessa Gonzalez, Senator at-Large
Regina Reza, Senator at-Large
Eva Saenz, Senator at-Large