The Deans Council

The Deans Council consists of the President, the Provost, other vice presidents, and 21 deans and campus vice chancellors who are voting members of the Senate. The Deans Council may consider any matters of educational and administrative policy, and will make appropriate recommendations to the President and other University officers.

See Section 67 of the University’s Bylaws for additional information.

The Student Senators Council

The Student Senators Council consists of elected representatives from each of the colleges and schools, (except that for this purpose the Robert I. Grossman School of Medicine and the Post-Graduate Medical School will be considered one school), and from Liberal Studies, the Abu Dhabi campus, and the Shanghai campus.  Each elected Senator may have two alternate senators, either of whom, on notice to the Office of the Secretary, may attend Senate meetings and exercise the privileges of the absent member. There are also 14 student Senators appointed at large to represent interests that are otherwise underrepresented in the student senators delegation, with up to 14 alternate student senators-at-large. Upon the approval of the Executive Committee of the Senate, an additional student senator-at-large seat shall be allocated to the elected chairperson of the Student Senators Council should that chairperson not already be an elected senator. If the elected chairperson is already an elected senator then there shall be not more than fourteen student senators-at-large.

The Student Senators Council is the representative body of the students on the Senate responsible for policymaking as a constituent council of the Student Government Assembly, which supports the student body through advocacy and programming. The Student Senators Council may consider any matters in which the interests, needs, rights, or responsibilities of students are involved, and will take special responsibility for bringing to the attention of the Senate all matters concerning students at the University. For this purpose, the Council will invite the presidents of student governments in the several colleges, schools, and portal campuses, faculty members and administrative officers, and student constituency leaders as necessary. The Council may work through such local units as may be appropriate at the various geographical centers of the University, and will report to the Senate, through the Student Senators Council, policy recommendations concerning student life.

See Section 68 of the University’s Bylaws for additional information.

The Administrative Management Council

The Administrative Management Council is composed of elected representatives from the professional and administrative staffs of each college, school and division of the University. The current chair and six other members of the Administrative Management Council are elected as voting members of the Senate. The vice chair serves as the alternate for the chair, and two alternates are elected for each of the other Senators, either of whom, on notice to the Office of the Secretary, may attend Senate meetings and exercise the privileges of the absent member.

The Administrative Management Council functions as an initiative, deliberative, and responsive body concerning policy issues, serves as a vehicle for promoting the continued professional growth and development of its constituents, and has a commitment to community service.

See Section 69 of the University’s Bylaws for additional information.

The Deans Council, the Student Senators Council and the Administrative Management Council each designate representatives on the standing committees, and in appropriate instances on the ad hoc committees, of the Senate.  Each Council may bring to the attention of the various committees of the Senate any matters that it believes should be presented to the entire Senate.  Each Council may bring to the attention of the President any matters that it wishes to discuss with the President, and may perform such other functions as are requested by the President, by the Board, or by the Senate.