Commencement Speaker Committee

Cultural Affairs Committee

Commencement Speaker Committee

1. Membership
   1. The committee is composed of one representative from each of the following four academic units: Education, Humanities, Science/Math, and Social Studies, and one member from the non-school faculty, all elected by Faculty Senate for overlapping two-yea r terms. No representative may serve more than two consecutive terms.
   2. Two student representatives serve on the committee. One is the chairperson of the University Board Speakers Committee; one is selected by the Student Senate for a one-year term.
   3. The vice president for university advancement, who shall also serve as convener of the committee, and the director of student activities shall be members of the committee.
   4. The terms of office begin 1 October, and the committee shall meet at least one time per year, usually during the fall semester, but at other times at the call of the convener or a majority of the members of the committee.
2. Functions
   1. The committee shall generate a pool of potential commencement speakers for consideration by the University president.
   2. The pool shall be broadly representative in terms of race, gender, and academic discipline, and may include other considerations in order to promote enhanced diversity.
   3. The speakers for the spring, summer and winter commencements shall be drawn from the pool generated each fall by the committee. In the event a speaker cannot be obtained from the pool, nothing in this policy shall prevent the University administratio n from obtaining a commencement speaker from other avenues.
   4. It is assumed that honorary degree recipients will on occasion deliver commencement addresses.
   5. The commencement committee shall receive nominations for the commencement speaker pool from any source within the University community, and members of the University community are encouraged to submit names of potential speakers to any member of the c ommittee.
3. Modifications

   Modifications of the committee require agreement between the University administration and the Faculty Senate.

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Cultural Affairs Committee

1. Membership
   1. The Cultural Affairs Committee consists of 15 members: five faculty members elected by the Faculty Senate and nine student members elected by the Student Senate. The Director of Student Activities serves as a permanent voting member of the committee.
   2. The chairperson of this committee is a faculty member elected by the committee on a yearly basis.
   3. Five faculty members serve for overlapping terms of three years. It is the duty of the chairperson to keep a record of each term.
   4. To the extent possible there is an equitable distribution of class levels among student members. Student members must be enrolled full-time and not be on academic or disciplinary probation when appointed to the committee.
   5. This committee reports directly to the vice president for student affairs.
2. Functions

   To determine final program selection based upon a majority vote of the committee.

3. Modifications

   Modifications of the committee require agreement between the University administration and the Faculty Senate.

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