The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) serves as the voice of the undergraduate student body at IU Indy. We advocate for student interests, improve campus life, and collaborate with university leadership to bring about positive change.
Empowering student voices at IU Indianapolis
 | Clara Pineda, President |
 | Hailie Ridge, Vice President |
 | Margarita Gonzalez, Treasurer |
 | Sri Parvatha, Chief of Staff |
 | Morgan Fischer, Director of Initiatives |
 | Emma Cremeans, Director of Communications |
 | Anish Bhawal, Director of Diverisity Equity and Inclusion |
 | Wajeeha Farooqi, President of Senate |
 | Alan SantesDiaz, Senate Clerk |
Run for USG: Lead the change
USG elections are open to all undergraduate students at IU Indy who want to lead and serve the campus community. Whether you’re passionate about policy, student life, or campus improvement, we encourage you to run for a position. The 2025–26 General Election is underway.
You voice, Your impact
As an undergraduate student, you have the power to shape the future of our campus. Whether you want to join the Senate, attend our weekly meetings, or simply share feedback, we’re here to listen and help turn your ideas into action.
You can get involved by:
- Becoming a USG Senator. All registered student organizations that have undergraduate students as members are strongly encouraged to have a USG Senator. As a Senator, you’ll attend weekly meetings, cast essential votes, and play a key role in crafting projects, events, and initiatives at IU Indy.
Interested in representing your organization at USG Senate?
- Log in to The Spot and search for Undergradute Student Government.
- Select the Undergraduate Student Government to get more information.
- To become a Senator, click the Senator Affidavit and complete the form.
Working groups are established each year based on areas of interest from the current group of USG Senators.
- Campus Safety: This group discusses student safety on campus, meets with campus partners, and looks for ways to gather feedback and develop initiatives to potentially improve safety for all.
- Health and Wellness: This group focuses on how to ensure current students are aware of the various health and wellness resources available at IU Indianapolis. They connect with key campus partners and aim to develop campus initiatives focused on improving health and wellness.
- Student Life: This group discusses a variety of aspects related to student life. These can be broad initiatives that occasionally intersect with other working groups or initiatives that have a specific area of focus.
- Sustainability: This group focuses on sustainable initiatives that could impact the campus in both small and large ways. They meet with campus partners like the Office of Sustainability to see how to better educate students about resources and stronger sustainable practices.
- Representing your class. Each class at IU Indy gets up to five (5) representatives to represent them in the Senate. Please reach out to USG's president of senate if you are interested in becoming a class representative.
- Take part in a Standing Committees. Standing committees are potential opportunities open to any undergraduate student; this could be individuals who are currently serving as Senators or even those not currently active in USG. These committees are designated positions that assist either specific USG Directors or key functions of USG operations.
- Communications: This committee works with the director of communications and assist with the USG newsletter. They also support with curating content and strategies for how best to utilize the USG Instagram account.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: This committee works with the director of DEI. The primary focus of the committee members is planning the annual Unity Brunch, but also assisting in reviewing any data received from that initiative and potentially actionizing new programs that come from that data.
- Initiatives: This committee works with the director of Initiatives. They assist with implementing key initiatives developed by the various Senate working groups.
- Oversight: This committee works with the Senate clerk and specifically focuses on reviewing all proposed legislation and/or bills proposed by any USG member/working group.
- Submitting your feedback. Send us a DM on Instagram to share your thoughts with USG.
2024-25 Key events and initiatives
From mental health advocacy to sustainability projects, USG drives key initiatives that improve life on campus. We also host events that bring the student community together and spark important conversations.
This academic year our working groups will focus on sustainability, student life, campus safety, and health and wellness. See our past initiatives and how we've created change on campus.