University of Iowa shared governance bodies elect new leadership each spring semester. Two of the four groups are led by students at the UI: Undergraduate Student Government (USG) and Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG). Together with Faculty Senate, Staff Council, and Graduate and Professional Student Government, students involved in USG shape policies and inform decisions that affect Iowa's students, faculty, and staff, and represent their constituents to the UI administration; the Board of Regents, State of Iowa; the public; and state and federal government. Read about the skills and experience the president and vice president of USG bring to their positions and what they aim to accomplish this year. Also, meet all of the students involved in USG in 2020-21

The Iowa Memorial Union Main Ballroom was filled with students from other Big 10 universities. The legislation she'd written was on the table. But when Emily Manders presented a proclamation before student government representatives from across the nation, she wasn't nervous about whether it would pass. "I was more worried that this document would become just a piece of paper without any concrete action behind it," says Manders, a fourth-year environmental policy and planning major from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. "I'm very pleased to see that hasn't been the case."

Hawkeye Caucus Day brings University of Iowa students representing 50 UI programs to the State Capitol in Des Moines to shake hands and exchange ideas with state legislators.