Students involved in the Student Senate gain experience in Murray State’s legislative process. Three senators from each academic college and the School of Agriculture, two senators from each Residential College and eight senators-at-large are elected each April through a campus-wide election. Aside from passing legislation at its weekly meetings, the Student Senate provides the campus planner, voter registration and a campus voice (student regent) to the board of regents.
Freshmen senators are a part of the Student Senate. Election for freshmen senators are held at the beginning of the fall semester, when two senators are elected by a campus-wide vote of the freshmen class. To qualify for freshmen senators, you must be in your first or second semester at Murray State.
Within the Student Senate there are four paid positions, which are appointed by the senate. They are Publications and Public Relations, Election Ways and Means, University Affairs and Student Services Evaluation.