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Finance Committee

The Finance Committee of the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ offers graduate students the opportunity to directly influence how funds are allocated to support student activities, events, research, and travel. Members help ensure financial transparency, gain valuable insights into financial management and governance, and work closely with other committees and student groups to align resources with student needs and priorities.

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Student Affairs Committee

Responsible forÌýÌý documenting and providing guidance for grievances and concerns affecting graduate students that are submitted to the Graduate Student Senate.

Health and Wellness Committee

Works to promote physical, mental and emotional well-being in the graduate student community by organizing events, promoting engagement, and providing information about resources available.

Events Committee

Responsible for encouraging a sense of belonging for our graduate students. This happens by organizing and managing events that foster community engagement, providing valuable resources, and enhancing he overall graduate student experience. The hope is to increase participation and involvement of graduate students in these events in the coming year.

Academic and Professional Development Committee

Organizes research, teaching, and professional development workshops for graduate students with a focus on enhancing research capabilities, improving teaching skills, and providing resources for career development.

Operations Committee

This committee's main goal is to help facilitate the functioning of the GSS, as well as to establish and maintain a standardized way of documenting GSS activities for future reference.

Housing, Transporation and Climate Committee

Housing continues to be a pain point for the graduate community. While the problem is complex, the Housing committee works to support the interests of graduate students and advocates for them regarding policy.

Audit Committee

Responsible for monitoring the quality and integrity of the University’s financial statements.

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Budget, Finance, & Investment Committee

Oversees the development and review of strategic institutional financial plans and objectives as well as the formation and approval of ¶¶Òõ̽̽'s budget.

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Educational Policy & Institutional Resources Committee

Oversees the development and status of programmatic and resource use plans and related plan objectives.
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Curricular Affairs Committee

Responsible long-range planning of majors, minors, and other academic standards for undergraduate and graduate students.

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Educational & Research Technologies Committee

Responsible for the development and implementation of educational and research technologies and the review of related policies and procedures.

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Financial & Physical Planning Committee

Responsible of physical resources for the institution and issues related to the formulation of the University Budget.

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Research, Scholarship & Creative Arts Committee

Responsible for research, scholarly work, and the creative arts at the University. Serves as a liaison between the Faculty Senate and the administration of support of research and the creative arts and advancing knowledge and communication.

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Student Affairs Committee

Responsible for issues related to student affairs, effects on the educational process, and academic climate of the University.

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Our Common Ground Committee

Recommends members of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ community to the President for Our Common Ground Award.

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Traffic Board of Appeals

Reviews appeals from students, faculty, staff, and visitors who have received parking tickets and/or have been towed for violations of the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ parking rules and regulations.

Campus Master Plan Advisory Committee

Advises the university administration in developing a Campus Master Plan the that provides a flexible framework that can accommodate changes in attitudes about campus environments, new technologies and revised institutional requirements.

¶¶Òõ̽̽ Transportation & Parking Services Advisory Committee (TAPSAC)

Responsible for the management of both the Campus Area Transportation System (CATS) and the University parking programs.

Socially Responsible Investing Advisory Council

Makes recommendations to the Vice President for Finance and Treasurer on sustainability investment at ¶¶Òõ̽̽, including positive investments of operating cash reserves and the Clean Energy Fund.

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Student Research Conference Committee

Organizes the annual spring Student Research Conference that showcases graduate and undergraduate research.

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Student Trustee Search Committee

Responsible for selecting a student representative (undergraduate, graduate, or medical) to sit on the Board of Trustees. The selected Student Trustee is a full voting member of the Board.

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Executive Committee

Between the meetings of the Board of Trustee, this committee shall have all the powers of the board in management of the property and affairs of the University

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IBB Steering Committee

¶¶Òõ̽̽'s Incentive-Based Budgeting (IBB) model went live in FY16. The IBB Steering Committee continues to meet to assess the model’s performance and impact. Metrics associated with the model are reviewed annually. The next major review of the model will occur in FY24, with the implementation of IBB Model 3.0 in FY25.

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Honorary Degree Advisory Committee

Has the responsibility of selecting the honorary degree recipient for that year’s commencement.

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