1. Faculty committees of the Senate

n. Student Affairs Committee

1. Duties. To advise the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs on non-academic student activities; to discuss and evaluate campus issues affecting students, and to tender resulting recommendations to the Chancellor, on approval of the Senate. To recommend to the Chancellor membership on the following panels:
   1. Financial Appeals Panel. The Student Affairs Committee shall recommend to the Chancellor five of its faculty members and one of its student members to serve on a panel with the Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs, the treasurer of the Student Government Association, the Dean of Students (non-voting), and a representative of the accounting office (non-voting). The purpose of the Financial Appeals Panel is to hear appeals from students in matters related to fees and to student financial aid, and to forward recommendations to the Chancellor.
   2. Emergency Consultative Panel. The Student Affairs Committee shall recommend to the Chancellor four of its faculty members to serve on a panel with the presidents of the Junior and Senior classes, and the President of the Student Government Association. The purpose of this panel is to assist the Chancellor in assessing and addressing incidents of disruptive conduct, and to aid him/her in determining actions to be taken.
   3. Student Grievance Hearings Panel. At the request of the appropriate vice chancellor and in consultation with the Student Affairs Committee, the committee chairperson shall appoint an ad hoc hearings panel of not fewer than five persons representing faculty and students and, when appropriate, staff. The committee chairperson shall serve as chairperson of the hearings panel. The purpose of this panel is to hear student grievances in matters related to any individual grievances which are not under the jurisdiction of other committees of the university and to forward recommendations to the appropriate vice chancellor.
2. Membership. Seven faculty members and seven student members including the President of the Student Government Association, the presidents of the freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior classes, the President of the Black Student Union, and one non-traditional student, i.e., one 25 years of age or older. The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and the Director of Student Activities shall be ex officio non-voting members.