Student Senate Elections
Student Senate voting is open for all students. Voting will remain open until the end of the day on October 1, 2024*. Please contact studentsenate@northampton.edu with any questions. View all of our candidates and vote today!
Student Senate Mission
The mission of the NCC Student Senate is to serve as the voice of the student body by: promoting cooperation and community engagement, developing and maintaining college spirit, serving as a liaison among faculty and administration and encouraging superior standards in leadership, loyalty, honesty and respect.
The Student Senate shall consist of fifteen (15) members: five (5) elected officers, and ten (10) elected senators. Membership is open to any member of the student body, defined as any full or part-time student.
Excerpt from the Student Senate By-laws:
ARTICLE VIII
Responsibilities of the Student Senate
Section I
The Student Senate shall have primary responsibility for the following:
- Recommend budget allocations for recognized Student Senate organizations to the Vice-President of Enrollment and Student Affairs or his/her designee.
- Recommend changes in College policy to appropriate administrators.
- Assist the Vice-President for Academic Affairs or his/her designee and the Vice-President of Enrollment and Student Affairs or his/her designee to provide student representation to: College Life Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Curriculum Committee, Academic Appeals, and Academic Policy.
- Act for, and on behalf of, the Student Body.
- Individual members shall act as liaisons to assigned campus organizations.
