Committees
There are five Committees that you can join: the University Affairs Committee, the Student Rights Committee, the Multicultural Affairs Committee, the (possibly evil) Finance Committee, and the Graduate and Professional Affairs Committee. Here is a quick synopsis of what types of legislation each committee is tasked with hearing:
Graduate and Professional Affairs Committee: The Graduate and Professional Affairs Committee shall be responsible for carrying out the graduate concerns emphasis of the Student Senate. Contact Bruce Blair for more info.
University Affairs Committee: The University Affairs Committee shall deal with issues that directly involve some aspect of student life at the University. The committee may review questions of academic freedoms and policy, and may advise University authorities as well as student representatives to policy-making bodies on such matters, and the Student Senate. In addition, the committee may review questions regarding the policy, organization, and functions of student services at the University and may advise and make recommendations to the appropriate decision-making bodies. Contact Dylan Slaven for more info.
Student Rights Committee: The Student Rights Committee shall have the following responsibilities: A. Receive all complaints and provide information relevant to the protections of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities, B. Serve as the guardian of such protections within the limits defined by Student Senate Rules and Regulations, C. Monitor any proposed changes in the University Code, Senate CODE, the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities or any of the boards and committees as provided for in these documents. D. Coordinate legislative concerns and facilitate communication between all levels of elected representation. Contact Sarah Shier for more info.
Multicultural Affairs Committee: The Multicultural Affairs Committee shall carry out the multicultural concerns emphasis of the Student Senate. The Multicultural Affairs Committee shall deal with issues including, but not be limited to: A. Discrimination, B. Multicultural relations and C. Student Senate’s servicing of multicultural concerns of those students who are not in the majority at the University of Kansas and in the surrounding community. Contact Devon Cantwell for more info.
Finance Committee: The Finance Committee shall review all legislation authorizing expenditures from the Student Senate Activity Fund and perform such other duties as prescribed in Article VII. In addition, members of the finance committee shall be chosen to serve on Campus Fee Review Subcommittee and Student Advertising Subcommittee. The Campus Fee Review Subcommittee shall review and perform a needs assessment on all student fees. The Student Advertising Subcommittee shall carry out all duties necessary to administer the Student Advertising Program. Contact Mark Pacey for more info.
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Committees are open to all students and can be joined by any student at any time during the year. Click here to see a list of dates that the committees will be meeting during this semester. When you visit a committee for the first time, make sure that the secretary of that committee takes down your name and lists you as being in attendance. Then, once you attend a committee for the second time you will counted as a member of that committee and have full voting rights.
The descriptions of what the committees do are somewhat technical, and don’t necessarily give a good impression of what each committee is like. If you are thinking about joining a committee, don’t be afraid to stop in on a few and try to get a feel for the room and whether or not you’d like to stay and become a member of that committee.
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