University Senate passed a motion on Thursday requesting another student on the Presidential Search Committee.
The motion, made by Katie Carlson, junior and chairwoman of Student and Campus Life Council, asked that the student be selected by Student Government Association.
University Senate voted unanimously in favor of the amendment.
"Students' rights have been completely ignored," Carlson said.
Sarah Atkinson, junior, is the only student representative on the committee and was nominated by Douglas McConkey, vice president for Student Affairs and Management.
Students and faculty members fought since the committee was announced in November for more representation and the right to pick their representatives.
Tom DeWeese, Board of Trustees president, placed another faculty member on the committee in January.
Atkinson said she wanted University Senate to support SGA's efforts in fighting for another student representative.
SGA has collected 722 signatures of people asking for another student representative and is planning a rally at 12:30 p.m. Monday at the Scramble Light.
Jayson Manship, SGA president, said he didn't think that students should have a majority on the committee but said that students were tired of the constant lack of student representation in the university.
Carlson brought the motion to the floor after Marilyn Buck, Senate president, read a letter from Frank Bracken, chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, that he addressed to only the faculty and professional personnel of University Senate.
Carlson asked why Bracken had not included students in the letter.
Joe Losco, chairman of the Department of Political Science, said he supported the motion.
"I've been severely troubled by how this (search) is being conducted," he said.
Losco said he has researched other presidential searches being conducted and found that many were "transparent" to the university community.
Carlson said that she will continue to fight for another representative despite the time that has passed.
"I don't think it's ever too late to do the right thing," Carlson said.
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