A new constitution in 1953-54 changed the name of the governing body to Student Senate. The title of Student Commission was transferred to the chairmen of the various boards commissioned by the student senate, essentially the cabinet of the student body president. The senate form of student government is still in action at NDSU today. The Student Senate Minutes Series contains Student Government Constitutions, lists of Senators and Commissioners names and addresses, correspondence, and minutes of Student Senate meetings. The minutes are in chronological order from November 1941 through April 1982.
Several years are incomplete.
The minutes also contain reports of various student commissions. Minutes of some of the commissions are located in the Commissions and Committee Minutes Series. The only records available for the 1976-77 school year are proposed resolutions. The Budgets Series includes budget requests from various campus commissions and clubs, draft copies of final budgets and final budgets, from 1962-75. There are no records for 1970-1972.