Shared Governance Committees

All University committees operate under the concept of shared governance, in which all constituent groups are represented.

The committees listed in this section, termed “Shared Governance Committees,” are the three major committees on campus. These committees develop and monitor policies on all aspects of campus life, including but not limited to academics, planning and assessment, resource allocation, library and computing services, telecommunications, community and governmental relations, partnership development, fundraising, publications, and non-faculty personnel issues.

Planning and Budgeting Committee (PBC)

The responsibilities of this committee shall have the responsibility for coordination of all university-wide planning and budgeting activities as well as oversight of university assessment and fundraising.  The PBC will review and recommend to University Council (UC) the various plans and their associated resource needs.  The university president is the final authority on all such matters. The responsibilities of the PBC are University-wide planning, University-wide budgeting, Oversight of university assessment, Oversight of university fundraising. The PBC shall have representatives of the administration, faculty, staff, library, an administrative vice-chair, the vice president for administration and finance and students.

Facilities Support Services Committee (FSSC)

The responsibilities of this committee shall have the responsibility for dealing with issues involving facilities, space, parking, computing and the library.  FSSC will make recommendation on these issues to UC. Specifically, the responsibilities of the FSSC are University, school, or other constituent facilities and space needs, University, school, or other constituent computing needs, Library needs, Parking issues and policies. (FSSC) shall have representatives from the administration, faculty, staff, library and, an administrative vice-chair, the associate vice president for information resources students.

University Life Committee (ULC)

The responsibilities of this committee shall include developing and monitoring the implementation of policies on issues affecting the lives of all the members of the university community.  These shall include university and student policies, services to university constituencies and visitors; student and alumni issues; issues concerning the student center, ecology, and such special concerns as those of women, men, minorities, and the disabled; university-community relations; governmental relations; publications; fundraising; partnership development; fringe benefits and other non-faculty personnel matters.