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University-Wide Committees
| Committee | Description of Committee | People | Emails |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Senate | |||
| Executive Council | The faculty and staff senate executive board. Meets every week for an hour. | Papadopoulos Charilaos | cpapadopoulo@cs.stonybrook.edu |
| Senators | The faculty and staff senators responsible for representing those parties on campus and voting on issues concerning the entire campus community. Meets every month. | Bill Wenzel, Alice Wong,Zhiqin He, Ritwik Bose, Matt Borths, Chao Nie,Vasilyi, Gagan Joehini, Jonathan Borrelli, Helen Jolly, Charles Dirienzo, | |
| University Senate Standing Committees | |||
| Graduate Council | Headed by the Dean of Graduate School, Dr. Lawrence Martin, it is responsible for addressing all issues related to graduate students. This committee has a representation from several offices across the campus. Meets every two weeks. | Vacant Positions | |
| Undergraduate Council | Similar to the graduate council but in charge of addressing issues related to undergraduate students and academic staff. Reviews and recommends policy to the Provost and other administrators, as appropriate, concerning all aspects of the University’s Undergraduate academic program including: (1) recommending the minimal instructional responsibilities of instructors; (2) monitoring the undergraduate programs through participation in University accreditation and periodic reviews of academic programs; (3) reviewing and coordinating all curricular and other academic matters that are not limited to a single major governance unit; and (4) monitoring policy concerning undergraduate admissions and scholarships. | ?? | ?? |
| Student Life | Consults with and advises the Vice President for Student Affairs and shall monitor all co-curricular aspects of resident and commuter student life, both undergraduate and graduate, and shall work with Student Polity, Undergraduate Student Government, the Faculty/Student Association, the Residence Hall Association, the Commuter Student Association, and the Graduate Student Organization. | ?? | ?? |
| Administrative Review | The chief body of the University Senate which reviews and evaluates administrative performance and proposed reorganizations. It is consulted about and represented on all search committees at the level of Dean or above. In the past it has done surveys on library services, deans of different schools and is interested in providing feedback to every sector on campus. | ?? | ?? |
| Computing & Communications | Examines all aspects of computing and communications that affect students, faculty and staff. Responsibilities include but are not limited to, electronic communication, academic computing, audio-visual services, instructional technologies, information technology policy and networking. Further, this committee advises the directors of the Educational Communications Centers on the operation of those centers. | Vicente Ordoñez, Mudit Aggarwal (second alternate) | vicente.ordonez@gmail.com, contactmudit@gmail.com |
| Campus (University) Environment | Examines all aspects of the campus environment, including but not limited to safety, security, facilities planning, state of facilities, and general appearance of the campus. It consults with and advises the Assistant Vice President for Facilities and Services. | Matt Aiello-Lammens, Anne Cooper (first alternate), Jessica Stanton (second alternate) | matt.lammens@gmail.com, anne.cooper.ellefson@gmail.com, jstanton@LIFE.BIO.SUNYSB.EDU |
| CAPRA (Academic Planning & Resource Allocation) | This Committee shall review budgetary procedures and priorities for planning and resource allocation in the Presidential, Provostial, and Vice-Presidential areas. It shall be consulted by the University Administration on these matters and on proposals for new colleges, schools, and inter-collegiate programs, and it shall seek advice from other University Senate committees whenever appropriate | ?? | ?? |
| Graduate Council Grievances and Appeals | Addresses all grievances and appeals related to both academic and other aspects of graduate life | ?? | ?? |
| Library Services | Makes recommendations to the Vice President for Health Sciences for Health Science Library faculty and to the Provost for Main Campus Library faculty concerning all promotions and continuing appointment positions. Advises the Senate on all aspects of library resources and services; advises the appropriate administrators on the operation of the campus bookstores. | Vacant Positions | |
| SPD Council | Consults with and advises the Dean of the School of Professional Development on all aspects of the SPD program; deals with specific issues related to the school. (The GSO prefers to send to this committee a graduate student from the SPD.) | Vacant Positions | |
| Research Committee | Consults with and advises the Vice President for Research, the Provost, and other administrators as appropriate on all aspects of the research enterprise and scholarly activities on campus; its functions overlap with CAPRA and advises the Vice President on all aspects of research including allocation of research monies | ?? | |
| University Affairs | Examines and advises the Vice President for University Affairs on all aspects of the University's public image and fundraising, including publicity, athletics, and alumni relations. Addresses all affairs of the university not addressed in other specific committees. | ?? | |
| Technology Fee | Oversees how the Tech Fee is spent - Advises on the best way to spend that money | Alice Wong | |
| Email Revision Committee | Alice Wong, Ritwik Bose, Harris | ||
| Search Committees | |||
| VP of Research | Nation-wide search for the next VP of Research | Catherine Salussolia, Burak Derkunt, Esam Al-Shareffi | |
| VP of Finance | Nation-wide search for the next VP of Finance | Esam Al-Shareffi, Jen Sidorova, Helen Jolly | |
| College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Senate | |||
| CAS Executive Council | The executive council of the senate of the college of arts and science | Stalin Mafla | sfemat@gmail.com |
| Senators | Senate of the College of Arts and Sciences | ||
| CAS Standing Committees | |||
| Academic Judiciary | Deals with issues related to upholding the academic standard on campus such as hearing cases of plagiarism etc | Julius Fisher | csalussolia@GMAIL.COM |
| Undergraduate Curriculum Committee | Responsible for revising and determining the appropriate undergraduate curriculum | Matt Borths | goldbe60@gmail.com |
| Academic Standing & Appeals | Similar to graduate council grievances and appeals but for undergraduate students | flipflopsandsunshine@gmail.com | |
| Additional University-wide Committees | |||
| Stony Brook Council | Oversees the functioning of the office of the President of the university. This position rotates each year between the USG President and GSO President. This year, the President of the GSO will serve in the role of student member of the Stony Brook Council. | Papadopoulos Charilaos | cpapadopoulo@cs.stonybrook.edu |
| SUNY Student Assembly | An assembly of students from various SUNY campuses dealing with issues related to all SUNY campuses. Meets once each semester at locations throughout the State of New York | Papadopoulos Charilaos, Stalin Mafla | cpapadopoulo@cs.stonybrook.edu, sfemat@gmail.com |
| Budget Advisory Committee | Oversees the allocation of the state budget cuts | ||
| FSA Board of Directors | The group that oversees the functioning of the Faculty and Student Association | Jen Sidorova, Charilaos Papadopoulos(alternate) | cpapadopoulo@cs.stonybrook.edu, sfemat@gmail.com |
| FSA Budget/Finance Committee | Responsible for making decisions related to finances of FSA and of organizations such as GSO, undergraduate senate etc that use FSA as a C&D agent incharge of their accounts. | Jen Sidorova, Charilaos Papadopoulos (alternate) | jentreasurer@gmail.com, cpapadopoulo@cs.stonybrook.edu |
| FSA Dining/Retail Service | Determines prices of food in different campus food establishments and other products in all retail establishments | expecting someone from Math (Cameron) | jentreasurer@gmail.com, cpapadopoulo@cs.stonybrook.edu |
| Alcohol Revision Policy | Revises policies relevant to alcohol use on campus | ||
| President's Advisory Council | The president's advisory council, president's safety and committee on diversity fall under the big umbrella of a committee that is responsible for advising the president of the university on programs such as diversity day organized by the office of the president. | ||
| President's Safety | Check description of president's advisory council | ||
| President's Committee on Diversity | Check description of president's advisory council | ||
| Campus Life Awards | Responsible for choosing both grads and undergrads who have made an outstanding contribution to the university and recognizing their good work | ||
| Child Care | Makes decision relevant to running the child care center on campus that caters to faculty, staff and grad students | Catherine Salussolia | csalussolia@gmail.com |
| Honorary Degrees | Identifies outstanding graduate dissertation work | ||
| Housing Planning (HPAC) | In charge of working with campus residencies to make decisions related to graduate housing on campus. Approximately 15% of the graduate students live on campus. This committee is responsible for representing them | Selin | |
| Commuter Student Services | CSA represents the undergrad commuter student. GSO has historically had excellent relations with CSA and our representative will attend their meetings on invitation and provide them the graduate student perspective. | ||
| Campus Recreation Center Advisory | Responsible for making decisions related to both recreational facilities that already exist on campus such as wellness center in SAC, sports complex and centers that are to be built in the future | Julius Fisher | |
| Student Health Advisory | Advises as to decisions pertaining to university offices such as the infirmary on campus | ||
| Student Programming Council | Responsible for programs on campus for the students | Kai Wu | |
| Union/SAC Advisory Board | Advises in decisions related to running the Union and SAC. | ||
| Concerts Committee | Responsible for bringing different concerts to the campus | ||
| Non-tenure track faculty | Deals with issues of non-tenure track faculty | ||
| Parking Rules and Regulations | Makes rules relevant to parking on campus | ||
| Parking Appeals Board | The appeals board for parking disputes. Does NOT deal with appeals against individual parking tickets and the like | Comp Sci Rep, Esam Al-Sha…, | kaiwu12@gmail.com, smr1986@gmail.com, zhanyan1983@gmail.com, flipflopsandsunshine@gmail.com |
| Excellence in Faculty Awards | Responsible for identifying excellent faculty and recognizing them in the commencement ceremonies | ||
| Rules Revision Committee | Deals with revising different rules that govern the university students | Vacant | |
| Teaching/Learning/Technology | This advisory group incorporates the previous Instructional Computing group. Responsible for the SINC sites, planning of technology, and other technology/learning support services for students. Meets 2-3 times per semester. | ||
| Smoking Subcommittee of the Campus Environment Committee | Promotes the education and awareness of smoking policy restrictions on campus | ||
| Exclusive Beverage Bid Committee | Reviews bids for the University's exclusive beverage agreement. This agreement provides the University and University Hospital with needed services as well as a significant source of scholarships for Stony Brook students. Members of the Committee will be required to read the bids and complete a scoring grid. Meets 2 times in the fall and approx. 6 times in the spring (when bids are scored) | ||
| Provost Strategic Advisory Group | |||
| the Campus Recreation Center Advisory Board | |||
| campus Sustainability Task Force | Matthew Aiello-Lammens | ||
| campus Energy Task Force | |||
| Advisory/Advocacy International Students | Kai Wu | kaiwu12@gmail.com | |
| NAGPS Representative | Jen Sidorova |