Hey Huskies,

I’m Nathan Mitchell and I am running to be your next Director of University Affairs. In my two years of working as an ASUW senator and now the Senate On-Campus Committee Chair, I have advocated for working students and challenged the University to take more accountability for their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. As your next Director of University Affairs, I will continue this work by holding administration and faculty accountable to the needs of all students. To accomplish this, I intend to push the University to change its focus from the financial needs of the institution to the needs of the student body.

As Director of University Affairs I will:

• Ensure that remote and hybrid options remain available by pushing the Faculty Senate to incorporate them into instructor guidelines permanently.

• Be a meaningful voice for student workers in communicating with faculty and administration.

• Creating a process for joint resolutions between the Student Senates (ASUW & GPSS) and Faculty Senate so that students can advocate throughout UW.

• Bring back the Provost Advisory Committee for Students to make the provost accessible to student voices.

• Move the time of course registration to make it more accessible to students.