ASUO Senator Alivia Feliciano was removed from her University Senate seat on Friday due to having too many unexcused absences.

According to an email sent out by ASUO Executive Coordinator Lisa Shimizu, Feliciano has missed the last three Senate meetings since her appointment. According to the University of Oregon Constitution in section 8.1, a senator’s seat is considered vacant if they have been absent to two regularly scheduled meetings during one term. The Constitution also states that the seat remains empty unless the senator notified the Executive Coordinator about why they would be absent.

According to Shimizu’s email, Feliciano has received several emails regarding her absence, but there hasn’t been any reply. The Emerald reached out to Feliciano for a comment, but no contact was made.

“I was notified that a student senator was removed from the University Senate due to lack of attendance,” ASUO President and fellow University Senator Sam Dotters-Katz said. “I’m unaware of the circumstances surrounding Senator Feliciano’s removal, so I can’t comment to this specific situation.”

From the ASUO Senate, five senators are suppose to be appointed to the University Senate board. As of now only Liz Avalos, Brent Rovianek and Helena Schlegel have been appointed.

“We were going to have nominations for one University Senate seat during our Wednesday meeting, but now with the recent news, we’ll go ahead and have two nominations,” ASUO Senate President Matthew Miyamoto said. “Feliciano was dropped from University Senate, but she’s still very much a part of the ASUO Senate.”

If only two senators are nominated then both will automatically be appointed to their University Senate seats. If more than two are nominated though, then they will have an impromptu election during the ASUO Senate meeting.