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University Advisory Committees

Student Academic Grievance

The Student Academic Grievance Committee is a composite pool of ten members (five faculty and five students), will be elected in the spring to two-year terms, with graduate faculty and all undergraduate faculty and student members being elected for staggered terms and graduate students elected to one-year terms. The five faculty members will include at least two members of the graduate faculty and three members of the undergraduate faculty. The student members will include three undergraduate students and two graduate students.

The Student Government Association will elect two undergraduate student members and one undergraduate faculty member. The Faculty Senate will elect one undergraduate student and two undergraduate faculty members. The Graduate Council will elect two graduate faculty members. The Graduate Student advisory Committee will select two graduate students. Members of the undergraduate faculty and undergraduate students will be elected in odd numbered years to two-year terms; members of the graduate faculty will be elected in even numbered years to two-year terms; graduate student members will be selected for one-year terms. Terms will be for two years, beginning in the fall and ending at the conclusion of the summer III term following the second year of service.

Faculty must be tenured to be eligible to serve. Undergraduate student members shall have earned at least 45 semester hours at the University, have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 and be in good standing.

Graduate students must be admitted to a graduate program, be enrolled in graduate program classes during the spring term of the pool selection, have earned at least 6 graduate hours, have a cumulative 3.0 GPA at the graduate level and be in good standing.

Faculty members must have been at the University full-time for at least three years.

Representatives	College	Term
Daniel Craig	College of Liberal Arts	2007-09
Leslie Roberts	College of Liberal Arts	2007-09
Lindsey Ziliak	Student	2008-10

Student Publications

This committee, appointed by the president, establishes criteria for the creation and operation of student publications, reviews and evaluates the financial operation, selects and/or removes editors of publications, adjudicates external internal conflicts and complaints, and establishes and enforces standards of responsible journalistic behavior for staff of student publications. The committee consists of the department of Communications Chair or his designee (chair), two administrators, three faculty persons nominated by the Faculty Senate, and three students. The dean of students, the student publications advisor, the director of the Scripps Howard Center for Media Studies, and a representative from Business Affairs serve as ex-officio members.

Representatives	College	Term
Wayne Rinks	College of Liberal Arts	2007-09
Virginia Poston	College of Liberal Arts	2007-09
Dave Black	College of Liberal Arts	2008-10
Nicole Reid	College of Liberal Arts	2008-10

EEO Appeal and Hearing Board

The function of the Equal Employment Opportunity Appeal and Hearing Board is to hear appeals or conduct hearings on complaints pertaining to sexual harassment. Three faculty members selected by Faculty Senate, three support staff members selected by Staff Council, three administrative members selected by Administrative Council, and three student members selected by Student Government Association are represented on the board. Faculty and staff members serve three-year staggered terms and student members serve one-year renewable terms. Members of the board select a chairperson annually.

Representatives	College	3 Year Term
Marie Opatrny	College of Education and Human Services	2006-09
Wayne Rinks	College of Liberal Arts	2007-10
Curtis Price	College of Business	2008-11

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