the ususa received significant attention during the 2016-2017 school year when the organization declared a mental health crisis at utah state university. the legislation (written by ususa student body president ashley waddoups, ususa student advocate vice president matthew clewett, and ususa graduate studies senator ty aller) sought to raise awareness of significant wait times for students to utilize caps (counseling and psychological services) at utah state as well as the increasing number of students who were suffering from mental health related illnesses. after a successful lobbying campaign, the ususa was able influence the utah state legislature to pass a resolution declaring a mental health crisis at all ushe (utah system of higher education) institutions. the resolution was subsequently signed by utah governor gary herbert in march 2017.