About Student Senate

Porter Senate is a group of community members that represent you! We are responsible for making sure that the voices of every Porter student are heard. And we take great care to stay tuned in to the latest Porter happenings and turn your ideas into action through collaboration and funding.

Porter Students – we want to hear from you! Come join us at an upcoming Senate meeting or meet with an officer or representative during Open Office Hours.

Meeting Time and Location – Fall Quarter 2025

Fridays 12:00pm – 1:00pm

• On DISCORD: PORTER SENATE
  
• In Person:  Porter HITCHCOCK Lounge

Officers

Co-Chairs: Alyssa Obregon & Gabriel Landeros

Vice Chair: Aneri Pillai

Treasurer:  Cara Tuininga

Secretary: Angelina Cheng

Public Relations: Sarah Hendrix

Parliamentarian: Paulina Garcia

Porter Representatives to Student Union Assembly:

• Gabriel Landeros
• Mubashir Kahn (Alternate)

Academic Senate Representive: (open)

Student Academic Senate Representative:  (open)

Student Committee on Committees: (open)

Student Fee Advisory Committee:  (open)

Core Council: (open)

Senate FAQs

We are in the process of revising our FAQs!

If you have questions about Porter Senate, please feel free to contact James Blaine, College Programs Coordinator (jblaine@ucsc.edu), or drop by the Porter Activities – Porter Rm. D-143 (next to the Koi Pond).

OR, even better, attend a meeting! All are welcome. Meetings are held at 7:30pm each Thursday evening during the quarter in the George P. Hitchcock Lounge in the Porter “C” Building.

Contact Us

General Inquiries: portersenatechair@ucsc.edu

Funding Inquiries: portersenatetreasurer@ucsc.edu

Minutes

No minutes available at this time.

Allocations

Program	Date Allocated	Quarterly Allocation/ Quarterly Carryover	Program Allocations
Discretionary Allocation: Fall ’25		Pending
Fall Carry Forward
Discretionary Allocation: Wtr ’26		Pending
Fall Carry Forward
Discretionary Allocation: Spr ’26		Pending
Winter Carry forward

Funding Requests

Guidelines:

1. Your Porter Senate Discretionary Budget Request must be submitted by 4:00 pm Wednesday in order to be placed on the agenda for that Friday’s meeting.
        a) Requests submitted after 4:00 pm will be tabled until the following week.
2. It is your responsibility to present the funding request to Senate and field any questions from Senate, the presentation may be made by any member of your organization.
        a) Funding requests will only be considered if a presentation made.
3. Porter Senate does not typically fund travel.
4. Porter Senate does not fund retroactively, i.e. Senate will not fund re-imbursements for purchases and expenditures that have already been made.
5. Distribution of Funds is by Purchase Order or Transfer of Funds to a University account only.

Required forms (download to complete & email to portersenatetreasurer@ucsc.edu):

1. Please download and  complete Porter Senate’s Funding Proposal form.  Be sure to attached a description and budget for your program or event, as the Senate Funding Award Form (required for all SOMeCA, OPERS, College or University Unit sponsored organization). 
2. Please download and complete Porter Senate’s Funding Award Form, section 1.

Note:  Both of these forms should be submitted prior to presenting your proposal at the Senate Meeting.

Please Contact the Porter Activities Office  (Porter_Activities@ucsc.edu) if you have questions completing either form.

Creative & Innovative (C&I) Project Grants

Support for creative and innovative Porter sudent projects. Funding is provided by the Porter Provost and awarded by the Porter Senate. Only Porter students are eligible to apply.

Porter students should be the primary (but not necessarily the exclusive) beneficiaries of the project. Grants must be highly rated according to some (but not all) of the criteria below:

Does the project facilitate Porter students’ work as creative artists and innovators (in any and all fields)?

Does the project involve Porter students as makers of art and proponents of cultural or societal or scientific change (rather than only as audience members)?

How many students will directly benefit from this grant? How many Porter students? How will these students benefit?

How will this project have a positive affect on the Porter community as a whole?

Grant proposals must include a detailed breakdown of expenditures. Late or incomplete applications will not be funded.

Deadlines are PM on the 2nd Thursday of Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters. Application forms and further information can be obtained from the Porter Student Activities office.