To be an advocate on behalf of student interest and to provide student oversight on various committees. The Association also provides student activities and events of interest to the student body.

Established and outlined in the NMSU Policy Manual - 1.05.85

The head of the executive and legislative branches are elected by the student body each spring. Senators of the legislative branch elected in both fall and spring semesters and serve staggered one year terms. The head of the executive branch, ASNMSU President appoints all of the executive department heads as well as the judicial branch, all are confirmed by the ASNMSU Senate.

Each member that is appointed goes through an application and interview process. The ASNMSU President chooses the most qualified candidate and the ASNMSU Senate confirms this candidate.

President, Vice President and executive staff serve one year terms beginning on May 16th and ending on May 15th of the following year.
ASNMSU Senators serve one year terms beginning at the last meeting of the ASNMSU Senate of the semester.
ASNMSU Justices serve a two year term, that are staggered amongst them.

ASNMSU Senate is based on population of each college here at New Mexico State, no college has fewer then two senators to represent their college.

All appointees must be re-elected or rehired.

When the ASNMSU President position becomes vacant, the ASNMSU Vice President becomes the ASNMSU President. The President Pro Tempore of the ASNMSU Senate assumes the role of ASNMSU Vice President. For ASNMSU Senators, their college councils appoint a new senator to represent their college. For all other positions they are reopened on Aggie Career Manager, interviewed and confirmed by the ASNMSU Senate.

President is elected to the position, this is the chair of the Executive branch. The Vice President is also elected who is the chair of the Legislative branch. The Chief Justice is appointed, by the President, who is the chair of the Judicial branch.

Our staff is in the Student Affairs and Enrollment management line, but most of the staff is in office to provide support.

There must be at least six senate meetings per semester for the Legislative branch. There are no set requirements about the other two branches.

Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016
Thursday, November 17th, 2016
Thursday, January 26th, 2017
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Thursday, February 23rd, 2017
Thursday, March 9th, f2017
Thursday, March 30th, 2017
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
Thursday, April 27th, 2017

Continued to advocate for students on a daily basis, helping to pass the Gap Year Bill for the State of New Mexico. We also continued to provide an exceptional level of services to our students including successful events, concerts, and tailgates. We saw an increase in turnout and involvement at all events and aided in school sprit for men's basketball games by hosting tailgates before. We also had a record breaking turnout for our Spring Elections and appropriated $244,500 to student organizations for conference and competition expenses.