Section 1:  Powers and Duties

1. The Legislative Power of Student Government shall be vested in the Student Senate. 
   
   
2. The Student Senate shall decide, by a majority vote, on recommendations to be passed on to the Executive Board for action.
   
   
3. The Student Senate shall serve as an advisory group on matters of campus wide concern, acting as a consultative body.
   
   
4. The Student Senate, as a consensus, shall choose a Moderator for the Student Government Student Senate from the faculty, administration, or staff.

Section 2:  Membership and Terms of Office

1. The Student Senate shall consist of the Class Officers of the separate classes, four Senators elected at-large, the President of Interhall Council, each receiving one vote, and a nonvoting seat for the Executive Board President.
   
   
2. No Senator shall be on Academic Probation, Pre-Suspension, or Pre-Dismissal Probation as defined by the Student Life Office or the Registrar’s Office for the two consecutive semesters prior to running for office or during their office term.
   
   
3. No Senators shall be Executive Board members during his or her term of office.
   
   
4. All those candidates choosing to run for Senator at-large must attend a mandatory informational meeting, conducted by the current Senate Chairperson, in order to be eligible to run for office.
   
   
5. Senators shall be full-time members of the Student Body, as defined by the Registrar’s Office.
   
   
6. Each term of office lasts for one academic year.  This term shall begin the first day of classes in the fall semester and end on the last day of classes in the spring semester of the same academic year.  This is in exception to the Freshman Class Officers who will take office the night their election results are announced and end on the last day of classes in the spring semester. 
   
   
1. Official Oath of Office will take place during Leadership Week.
   
   
2. The Student Senate Oath of Office shall read: “We, the Student Government Student Senate, pledge to uphold and promote the morals and values of the Jesuit tradition.  We accept the trust placed upon us by our peers to faithfully represent their needs and concerns.  Through hard work and dedication, we will loyally serve the students, faculty, and community members of Wheeling Jesuit University.”
   
   
7. Each Senator is expected to attend and be prepared for all SGA Senate meetings as well as fulfill specific officer obligations established in the by-laws of the WJU SGA.  In the case that a Senator must be absent from a meeting or other SGA obligation, he/she is required to notify the entire Senate of his/her absence 24 hours prior to the event.  If this is done, the absence will be seen as excused.  However, in the case that excused absences are occurring frequently, the officer will be asked to re-evaluate his/her commitment to the Student Senate.  If an officer does not notify the Senate prior to his/her absence of if he/she arrives to the meeting more than 15 minutes late without notification, the absence will be considered unexcused.  After acquiring two unexcused absences, the officer will be given a letter of warning.  In the case that he/she has more than two unexcused absences, the individual will be considered for removal of office as stated in Article IX, Section 1 of the By-laws of the WJU SGA Constitution.

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