Student Senate Bylaws, Article VI., Section 5
D. STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
The Student
Consultative Committee shall represent the students at large and not the
individual campuses, institutes, colleges, schools, or departments of the
University.
The Student Consultative Committee shall serve as the
consulting body to the president and as the executive committee of the Student
Senate.
Membership
The Student Consultative Committee shall
be composed of:
- one student from the Crookston campus
- one student from the Duluth campus
- one student from the Morris campus
- one student from the Rochester campus
- four students from the Twin Cities campus, as follows:
- two graduate/professional students
- two undergraduate students
- the chair and vice chair of the Student Senate
Student members shall be elected and/or appointed in accordance
with procedures determined by the respective campuses’ student
constituencies, subject to the following provision: at the time of their
election, Twin Cities undergraduate students shall be members of the University
Senate. A student member will relinquish their seat in the University Senate
upon election to the Student Senate Consultative Committee.
Student
vacancies shall be filled in accordance with procedures determined by the
respective campuses for the balance of any unexpired term until the next regular
election.
The chair of the Student Senate shall also serve as the chair
of the Student Consultative Committee. The vice chair of the Student Senate
shall also serve as the vice chair of the Student Consultative Committee. Chair
and vice chair elections should be subject to the following
provisions:
- If either the chair or vice chair has already been elected to the Student
Consultative Committee as a regular member, he or she must concede his or her
prior position to another student, to be chosen as soon as possible by the
appropriate student constituency.
- The chair and vice chair shall not be from the same campus. In the event
that no one is nominated for the vice chair position from a separate campus, the
position will be open to all qualified members of the Student Senate.
- The chair of the Student Senate shall be elected by the Student Senate in
accordance with the Senate Constitution, Article 5, Section 3 (a).
- The vice chair of the Student Senate shall be elected by the Student
Consultative Committee in accordance with the Senate Constitution, Article 5,
Section 3 (a).
- The chair and vice chair are eligible for re-election to these
positions.
The seven members who serve on the Senate Consultative Committee shall be composed of:
- one student from the Crookston campus
- one student from the Duluth campus
- one student from the Morris campus
- one student from the Rochester campus
- two students from the Twin Cities campus, as follows:
- one graduate/professional student
- one undergraduate student
- the chair of the Student Senate
Duties and
Responsibilities
Consultative
a. To meet separately from the
Senate Consultative Committee as a consultative body, when necessary, to discuss
with the president, or others, matters of concern to the student
body.
b. To initiate whatever studies it deems necessary and appropriate
or to request such studies from the president or senior academic officers or
from committees of the Senate.
c. To advise the president on procedures
for making major administrative appointments and to participate in the selection
process.
d. To receive from any student notification of concerns which
may require consultation with the president or senior academic officers.
Steering
a. To superintend and direct all committees reporting to
the Student Senate, which includes the authority to require that any committee
reporting to the Student Senate report on any matter within its jurisdiction
within 30 days.
b. To receive recommendations of any student who wishes
to present a proposal to the Student Senate and to refer or act upon such
recommendations as it deems appropriate.
c. To serve as a coordinating
body between the president and the Student Senate or a committee reporting to
the Senate.
d. To prepare and approve the agenda for each meeting of the
Student Senate in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules of the
University Senate.
Executive
a. To serve as a deliberative body
of the Student Senate on all major items the Student Senate deems necessary and
appropriate.
b. To act on behalf of the Student Senate when a decision is
required prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Student Senate and when a
decision is required when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting
of the Student Senate in a timely fashion; such actions will be reported to the
Student Senate at its next meeting and the Student Senate may then overrule the
Student Senate Consultative Committee.
c. To examine any action taken
affecting students by the Board of Regents, the central administration, or by
another individual or body having any relationship with the University.
d. To report regularly on any matters which, in its judgment, should be
brought to the attention of the University at large or specifically to the
attention and consideration of the Student Senate.
e. To appoint or
assist in appointing, when requested, members of non-Senate committees.
f. To appoint special committees or subcommittees or to employ other devices
which it deems necessary and appropriate.
g. To dispose of business
which appears to be not germane to the purposes of the Student
Senate.
(Updated: 5/11/11)
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