Overview

Have a project you’d like to see Student Government pursue? Want to gather support from fellow students? Start a petition!

Petitions for Student Government go through the following process:

  1. The petition is submitted by the author using the form linked below.
  2. Within seven days, barring reason for exception, the petition is posted on the Student Government website.
  3. The petition remains available to sign by UTD students for two weeks following publication or until it’s signature goal is met, unless an extension is approved.
  4. If the petition reached one hundred signatures during the time it was available, the petition author or a designated representative will be invited to the next Senate meeting to speak in favor of their petition.

If a petition does not reach its goal, this will also be reported during the next Senate meeting. In this case, the author is still welcome to speak in favor of their petition during the public comments section of any meeting.

Fill out the form here to start your petition!

Ongoing Petitions

Need for a Tennis Wall

Petition author: Christian Verderame
Published 1/30/2024

A key feature that sets many tennis courts from each other are the fact that they may have a tennis wall. This allows not only for students/players to be able to play Tennis even when there is no one to play with or compete with, and be able to become better players, as they are able to train on specific movements, better coordination, and do no not need more people to be better at what they want. A wall can be a great tool for new and even existing tennis players so they can become more connected with the game, and don’t have to be stuck financially or socially to enjoy what they want. I want to be able to know how I can get a wall to be built on the Tennis courts at UTD, so we can all better enjoy the fields/courts provided by the college

Supplemental materials: The Application of Tennis Wall in Tennis Training and Analysis of Innovative Training Methods (academic paper)

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Current signatures: 1

Equitable Mental Health Education and Awareness

Petition author: Steven Le
Published 1/30/2024

Mental health issues do not discriminate against any one group. Regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, etc., mental health issues hits people in different ways that are invisible to others. Yet, despite the common nature of mental health issues, there is still stigma around speaking up about one’s mental health. This is all too common when people with mental health issues are called to “suck it up”, “be a man”, “there are people who have it worse”, etc. In order to combat this problem, we must start with education. It doesn’t matter how much money, pizza, or yoga sessions we throw at students. If people don’t understand the nature of the problem, it will be fruitless to even try to solve the problem. That is why I propose that at UT Dallas, we 1) implement mandatory mental health first aid training for all faculty, staff, and students in leadership positions, 2) make mental health first aid training more accessible to any other students, 3) host various safe space groups for groups of people dealing with certain mental health issues (ex. men’s/women’s mental health, LGBTQ+ mental health, mental health spaces for Israeli and Palestinian students, etc.), and 4) host community empathy sessions where people, regardless of their mental health status, can come and learn about each other’s struggles and, as a community, support each other.

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Current signatures: 1

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Updated 1/30/2024