Meeting Minutes
Associated Students | San Diego State University
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 3:30pm
Council Chambers, Student Union 3rd floor
I. CALL TO ORDER
A.S. Vice President of University Affairs, Nadia Gallarzo called the meeting at 3:39 p.m.
II. ROLL CALL
- Voting Members Present: Nadia Gallarzo (left at 5:10 p.m.), Kareen Holstrom, Milan Rawls, Abby McLachlan, Aliza Siddiqui, Celina Ramirez, Caroline Walton, Quentin Hansen, Grace Muldoon, Everett Richards, Noah Stuart, Kate Bylsma, Nicholas Camacho, Peter Athey (left at 5:15 p.m.), Jace Peter, Tatum Vittitoe, Eric Krog, Jack Dubos, Ari Cohen, James Lew, Natalie Puzon
- Voting Members Absent: Andy Lopez John Ferris, Leo Formighieri Pereira, Jackson Patterson, Alex McMurray, Myah Moreno, Sabrina Esteban, Marco Loza, Karen Sawouq
- Non-Voting Members Present: Christina Brown, Christine Molina, Dr. Taharka Ade (left at 4:30p.m.), Araya Williams, Sam Ramtin, Brian Levett
- Non-Voting Members Absent: None.
- Guests: Mia Raine, Luqmaan Faisanl, Manique Thomas, Tamara Gareeb, Sudi Ahmed, Zeleva Jugalder, Athena Brauman-Pleasants, Kanya Athendrasekaran, Guillermo Montemayor, Jackson Goff, Mokat, Yucef Bouzina, David A, Mateen Rahbar, Ismail Ali, Anthony G, Omar k, Shaina Rodin, Adam Ali, Garrett Brooks, Abdiaziz Mohammed, Leah Weisz, Maya Gerassi, Ori Lerer, Tamar Hazon, Fatima Hamideh, Daniel Frey, Ziad Issu, Adam Athemash, Bshar Quanbar, Claire Tucci, Samantha Wassestrom, Avi Mendels Eliiot, Morgan Cooper, Summer Lucas, Cayla groveman, Nicholas Alexander, Heeley Cohen, Sasha Goldin, Jasmin Zeis-Khalil, Yaker Mandel, Tina Malker, Ellie Osker, Yom lalouz, Shabana S, Amiva A, Tristan Jones, Alex Prozinsky, Reef G, Jazz Griffiths, Eden Bitton, Alyssa Rodriguez, Thomas, Anderson, Freia Thorne, Keira Halbert, Gabrielle Parrott
III. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
It was moved and seconded to approve the agenda April 8, 2026.
PETER/RAMIREZ CARRIED (20-0-0)
IV. APPROVAL OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES
It was moved and seconded to approve the previous minutes.
VITTITOE/CAMACHO CARRIED (20-0-0)
V. PUBLIC COMMENT
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18 people made public comment regarding the Resolution on Palestine (#UCB S26-03).
VI. PRESENTATIONS AND UNIVERSITY REPORTS
- University Senate Designee: No report.
- Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Diversity Designee, Christine Molina reported on the following:
Encouraged students to take advantage of drop-in advising and to schedule appointments for summer and fall class planning.
VII. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION
- Appointment of ASUC Member to ASJAC Appointments and Review Committee (Action)
The ASJAC Appointments and Review Committee meets every spring semester to interview and appoint the A.S. Board of Directors Student-at-Large and the A.S. Justices for the following academic year. - Five members; Eric Krog, Jace Peter, Aliza Siddiqui (main appointees) and Everett Richards, and Tatum Vittitoe (alternates) were appointed to the ASJAC Appointments and Review Committee.
It was moved and seconded to approve the members to the ASJAC Appointments and Review Committee.
VITTITOE/LEW CARRIED (19-0-0)
C. #UCB S26-01 – Resolution to Support Immigrant Students & Condemn Federal Immigration Policies – External Relations Board (Action)
The following amendments were made to the resolution:
Clause 6 (Added): Language acknowledging that international students, permanent residents, and asylum seekers face unique challenges including employment restrictions, financial hardships, and immigration-related uncertainty.- Clause 9: Punctuation correction.
Resolved 1: Punctuation corrections following 'A.S.' and 'advocacy for all.'
Resolved 2 (Amended): Lowercase applied to items a–c; language expanded to consistently include undocumented students, international students, and students from mixed-status families across sub-clauses:
Empower University Relations and Development to pursue community-sourced funding for expanded scholarship support.
Ensure accessible financial aid education tailored to the unique needs of these student populations.
Expand access to emergency financial support for impacted students.
Resolved 5: 'While' lowercased.
Resolved 6: 'Students' corrected to plural; first letter of items a–c lowercased.
It was moved and seconded to replace 'abolishment' with 'structural reform' language in Resolved 1. FAILED (5-14-0)
It was moved and seconded to approve #UCB S26-01 - Resolution to Support Immigrant Students & Condemn Federal Immigration Policies – External Relations Board, as amended.
RICHARDS/COHEN CARRIED (19-0-0)
D. #UCB S26-02 – Resolution Upholding Student Governance and Financial Accountability in Mandatory Fee Decisions – College of Sciences Student Council (Action)
Nadia reviewed the #UCB S26-02.
The following amendment was made to the resolution:
Amendment: A period was added following '1.7%.'
It was moved and seconded to approve #UCB S26-02 – Resolution Upholding Student Governance and Financial Accountability in Mandatory Fee Decisions – College of Sciences Student Council
HOLSTROM/MCLACHLAN CARRIED (19-0-0)
E. #UCB S26-03 – Resolution on Palestine (Information – 2nd Reading)
Kareen reviewed #UCB S26-02.
It was moved to table the resolution indefinitely.
COHEN/KROG MOTION FAILED
Members reviewed and discussed potential proposals.
The item will be brought back to college councils for feedback. Suggested edits will be presented at the next special meeting scheduled for Wednesday, April 15.
F. General Consent Agenda (Action)
It was moved and seconded to table the General Consent Agenda and General Consent Report to the next regularly scheduled UC meeting.
EVERETT/PETER CARRIED (18-0-0)
G. General Consent Report (Information)
Tabled to the next UC meeting.
VIII. INTRODUCTION OF NEW LEGISLATIVE MATTERS:
None.
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IX. REPORTS OF UNIVERSITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
- Karen Sawouq, ASBOD Student-At-Large:
No report. - Marco Loza, ASBOD Student-At-Large:
No report. - Noah Stuart, ASBOD Student-At-Large:
No report. - College of Arts and Letters:
No report. - College of Business:
No report. - College of Education:
No report. - College of Engineering:
No report. - College of Health and Human Services:
No report. - College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts:
No report. - College of Sciences:
No report. - Graduate Student Association:
No Report.
X. UNIVERSITY SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS -
None.
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XI. CAREER ADVANTAGE REPORTS/UPDATES -
None.
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XII. EXECUTIVE REPORTS AND A.S. ADVISOR REPORT
- Nadia Gallarzo, Vice President of University Affairs:
No report. - Kareen Holstrom, President:
No report. - Milan Rawls, Executive Vice President:
No report. - Abby McLachlan, Vice President of External Relations:
No report. - Aliza Siddiqui, Vice President of Financial Affairs:
No report. - Christina Brown, Executive Director:
No report.
XIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None.
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XIV. ADJOURNMENT
It was moved and seconded to adjourn at 6:12 p.m.
VITTITOE/PETER CARRIED (18-0-0)
