The standing Committees of the Senate shall include but not be limited to the following:
A. The Committee on Committees
B. Academic Standards Committee
C. Admissions and Retention Committee
D. Committee on Affirmative Action, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
E. Budget and Finance Committee
F. Committee on Disability Issues
G. Curriculum Committee
H. Elections Committee
I. Executive Committee
J. Facilities
K. Grants Committee
L. Institutional Research Committee
M. Instructional Evaluations Committee
N. Library Committee
O. Scholarship and Awards Committee
Senate Committee Chairs
Senate COVID Response Task Force
Justice Committee (Ad Hoc 2022-2023 School Year)
Committee Resources
Guidelines for Committee Meetings revised February 21, 2018
Minutes Template
Sample Committee Agenda
Sample Committee Minutes
"ARTICLE VII: SENATE COMMITTEES
SECTION 2 RULES CONCERNING SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES
A. All Senate committees shall record and maintain minutes of their meetings and submit copies of them to the Executive Committee and the Committee on Committees.
B. All Senate standing committees shall follow the Charter as to their functions.
C. All Senate standing committees shall prepare annual summaries of their activities to be submitted to the Executive Committee no later than the last scheduled meeting of the Senate each academic year.
D. All Senate committees shall elect their own officers, with the understanding that ex- officio members shall not be eligible to run for office of any standing, ad hoc, or special committee.
E. Unless otherwise stipulated in the Charter or sanctioned by the Senate, each of the standing committees shall consist of not less than six (6) and not more than twelve (12) members.
F. Unless otherwise stipulated, on each standing committee there will be two (2) student members and two (2) members representing the non-teaching instructional staff. Student members will serve for a term of one (1) year.
SECTION 3 ATTENDANCE AT STANDING COMMITTEES MEETINGS
Any member who is absent from three (3) meetings without written notification shall be asked to resign and will be replaced by the Committee on Committees."