| COMMITTEE MANDATE |
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Provisionally approved June 2011
When constituted as the Petitions Committee, the Committee shall:
- Track statistical data and, in light of them, make recommendations to Council on policy matters and procedures relating to student academic petitions.
Membership:
16 faculty members elected at-large for a two-year term
Eight students appointed by the Student Council of the Liberal Arts & Professional Studies on an annual basis
Ex-officio (non-voting) members
Dean or dean’s designate
Chair of Faculty Council or designate
Secretary of Council or designate
Faculty members will be elected at-large for two-year rolling cycle. Each year, half of the membership turns over and will be replaced on a rotational basis. The Chair of the Committee is selected by the voting members of the Committee for a one-year term. At all times there shall be at least one member from each of the professional, humanities, and social sciences Departments/Schools. Units will self-identify as one of the following: humanities, social science, or professional studies, reported to the Council Office by January 1.
At least half of the voting members of the Committee, the majority of whom are full-time faculty members, constitutes a quorum.
When constituted as the Petitions Adjudications Committee, the Committee shall:
- Receive and act on student academic petitions, including petitions against the application of Faculty, Departmental and School rules and regulations;
- Meet in panels for consideration of cases for the adjudication of petitions and appeals against previous committee decisions.
Petitions Adjudication Committee Membership:
Panels will consist of six voting members of whom two are students, elected by and from the Committee on Student Academic Petitions. Normally, a panel will have at least three members to adjudicate student academic petitions, of whom one must be a student. During the summer months, or when quorum requirements cannot otherwise be met, membership may be supplemented by a reserve membership drawn from among former members of the Committee. There shall be no ex-officio members.
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| MEMBERSHIP 2012-2013 |
| Ludia Bae, SCOLAPS |
| John Bell, Department of English |
| Stephanie Bell, Writing Department |
| Karanjit Bhathal, SCOLAPS |
| Kean Birch, Department of Social Science |
| Stephen Cain, Department of English |
| Pilar Carbonell, School of Administrative Studies |
| Boyd Cothran, Department of History |
| Noemia Couto, School of Public Policy and Administration |
| Marina Erechtchoukova, School of Information Technology |
| Kristina Karakolis, SCOLAPS |
| Robert Kenedy, Department of Sociology |
| Alamgir Khandwala, SCOLAPS |
| Sean Kheraj, Department of History |
| Lawrence Lam, Department of Sociology |
| Daniel Lee, SCOLAPS |
| William Kenneth Little, Department of Anthropology |
| Kathryn McPherson, Department of History |
| Jason Phillip, SCOLAPS |
| Lulu Shen, SCOLAPS |
| Lisa Stewart, SCOLAPS |
| Henry Tam, Department of Economics |
| Haiping Wang, School of Administrative Studies |
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Ex-Officio Members (non-voting): |
| Gary Spraakman , Associate Dean, Students |
| Chair of Faculty Council or designate |
Cathy Genua, Petitions Coordinator |
Stephen Davis, Petitions Officer
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| SCHEDULED MEETING DATES 2012-2013 |
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The Committee will normally meet twice a week every other week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday in four rotating panels. |
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