This platform outlines the goals and initiatives of the University of Iowa Undergraduate Student Government (USG) for the 2025–2026 academic year. It was collaboratively developed by USG directors, committee chairs, and executive leadership.

Academic Affairs

  • Centralized Student Service Document
  • Continue Mental Health Training for Faculty and Staff
  • Continue Recorded Lecture Initiative with the Goal of Establishing Recorded Lectures on Campus the Week Before Midterms and Finals
  • Create a Copilot User Guide
  • Create a FAFSA Guide and Continually Update the Guide to Follow the Most Recent FAFSA Standards – FAFSA Help Event with External Relations
  • Dead Week Policy Reform
  • Encourage College-Specific AI Regulation
  • Expand UI Grades Collaboration and Sustain the Longevity of the Program for Years to Come
  • Improve Student Collaboration with the Undergraduate Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee by Increasing Student Terms to No Less Than Two Years per Term
  • Increase Visibility and Accessibility for Resources Available to First Generation Students
  • Promote UI Grades
  • Relocate Textbook Drive Storage and Ops
  • Start a Free Grammarly Pilot Program
  • Start a Free Quizlet Plus Program
  • Transfer Student Support Network
  • University-Wide Attendance Policy – Advocate for Third Party Attendance Tools
  • Update Transfer Student Guide
  • Advocacy for Students Impacted by NIH Funding Cuts
  • Visual Major and Minor Tracker
  • Continue Working with Professors to Increase Accessibility on ICON Sites and in the Classroom

Finance

  • Audit Fixed Cost Student Orgs
  • Establish a Student Org Shared Equipment Space
  • Establish Outline Processes for Director of Purchasing
  • Revise Internal Finance Bylaws to Reflect RSO Changes
  • Run Historical Data and Analysis of SABAC Funding
  • Update Engage Funding Submission Form

Governmental Relations

  • Assist in ABTS Steering Committee
  • Continue Fentanyl Test Strips and Harm Reduction
  • E-Bike Program
  • Facilitate Student Engagement with Elected Officials
  • Increased Visits to Capitol During Legislative Session
  • Invite Lawmakers to Campus
  • Mental Health Advocacy
  • SNAP Work Hour Requirement Exemption Advocacy
  • University-Specific Laws and Regulations for International or Immigrant Students

Health & Safety

  • ASIST Training
  • Classroom Emergency Locks
  • Emergency Response Training
  • Free Accessible Vaccines
  • Free STD/STI Testing Promotion
  • Handwarmers at Football Games
  • Increased NARCAN Accessibility (Bars/Greek Houses)
  • Increasing Mental Health Resources
  • Kits (Party/Sleep/Finals/Overall Wellness)
  • Nightcaps
  • Safety of Public Use Buildings (Nighttime/Community Use)
  • Self-Defense Classes
  • Sidewalk Potholes
  • SNAP in Dining Locations
  • Sunscreen Handout Event at Football Games
  • Therapy Dog Events
  • Thrive in Three
  • Tippie Thrive Trainer – Expansion/Advertisement
  • USG Funded Light Pole Signage
  • Winter Sidewalk Conditions
  • Guides (Healthy Dining, Addiction, Cybersecurity, Sleep, Counseling Services, Tickets, etc.)
  • Funding for Mental Health Events
  • Expanding Late Night Transportation Services

Internal Affairs

  • Appeals Process
  • Bylaws Updates to Match JOs and JRs
  • Career Center Resources and Tips and Tricks
  • Chair Elections Process
  • Charter Committee Procedure Process
  • Constituency Senators Elections (Commission)
  • Elections Reform
  • PCC Process Revamp
  • Plan SJC Meetings with Internal – Injunctions, Orders, and Reviews
  • Senate Applications Guide for Consistency
  • Senate Applications Push – Brainstorming Events and Outreach
  • Senate Applications Resource Guide for Applicants

Justice & Equity

  • Increase Student Organization DEI Protections
  • Funding Cultural House Graduations
  • USG Open House at Cultural Houses
  • Highlighting Events for Students with Unique Backgrounds and Experiences
  • Joint Events with MISSE
  • Equity Training
  • Update ‘Not Rich @ UIowa Guide’
  • Promotion of BRIDGE, Org Tip$, and GIF Funds
  • Reevaluate BRIDGE Usage and Consider Increase at End of FY

Public/External Relations

  • Alumni Mentorship Program
  • Alumni Newsletter
  • FAFSA Help Event with External Relations
  • Create a LinkedIn Page
  • More Presence During Homecoming Week
  • Spring Alumni Day
  • State of the Campus Forum
  • Student Interviews Across Campus
  • Update Website Thoroughly

Student Life

  • 100 Orgs in 100 Days Campaign
  • Advocating for Student Workers
  • Basic Needs Funding Increase
  • Campus Parking Reform
  • Centralized Student Service Document
  • Clothing Bin/Trade
  • Dead Week Coffee Truck
  • DEI Panel
  • DEI Panel / Brain Health Rooms – Specifically in IMU***
  • Destressing Guide
  • Expanding Awareness of SNAP Program
  • FSL and UI Reach Collaboration
  • HawkIdeas
  • Increase Filtered Water Fountain Accessibility by Working with Sustainability
  • Increase First Gen Hawks Engagement
  • Increasing Student Worker Wages
  • Internal Professional Development within USG
  • More Printers Around Campus – Where People Go to Class (Schaefer and EPB Specifically), Study Benches
  • Parking Ticket Relief
  • Student Org Shared Equipment
  • Student Services Ambassador Program
  • Study Spaces Around Campus / Specifically in Chem and Bio Buildings
  • Transfer Student Platform Initiatives
  • University Apartments – with Brooke
  • Updating Water Fountains
  • USG Annual Scholarship
  • Water Fountain / STI Testing

Sustainability

  • Bee Campus Advocacy/Event
  • Bike Repair Day at Hubbard and/or Sell Used Bikes/Scooters
  • Campus Green Space
  • Collab with GR
  • Community Garden, IMU Renovation
  • Compostable Silverware (Frat and Sorority Life)
  • Donate Produce from Harvest to Food Pantry
  • E-Bike Program
  • E-Waste for Vapes and Cigs in Downtown/Campus
  • Expand Pilot Program to All Stores if Successful
  • Frat and Sorority Life Recycling/Small Improvements
  • Garage Sale?
  • Garden to Table
  • GIF Workshop with Orgs
  • Group Chat/Event with Other Campus Groups
  • Increased Collaboration (DIRT, ENCO, ISU, UNI, Kirkwood, Community Colleges)
  • Indoors and Outside: Community Garden
  • Light Switch Stickers
  • Lights Off in a Building Day?
  • Manage Energy Consumption
  • Making Pamphlets with Info About Sustainable Issues (Fast Fashion, Energy Conservation, Food Waste)
  • Motion Sensory Lights in Buildings
  • Native Prairie Restoration
  • RA/Housing Collab to Take E-Waste Like TVs from Move-Out
  • Reevaluate GIF Usage and Fund
  • Recycling in Off-Campus Apartments/Housing
  • Rework Bylaws
  • Solar Panel Picnic Tables
  • Sustainability Mural in Downtown/Campus (Work with OS and Art Majors)
  • Tabling in Fall During Move-In
  • Tote Bags in Dining Halls/C-Stores
  • Trash Cleanups – Especially West Side and After Football Games
  • Water Bottle Refill Stations Instead of Regular Water Fountains