Series II: Committees and Boards, 1976-2015, inclusive

Series II focuses upon the Student Senators Council's numerous committees relating to university life. Materials in this series consists mainly of meeting notes, memos, correspondence, reports, some audiocassette tapes, and administrative documents.

The Student Senators Council (SSC) ran numerous committees that covered various aspects of university life. Each senator was expected to participate in these committees. Committees were divided between SSC Standing Committees and SSC Ad-Hoc Committees.

The SSC Standing Committees are: (1) University Committee on Student Life Executive Committee: coordinates the activities of the SSC and its committees and subcommittees; (2) Student Grievance Committee: focuses upon disputes between student organizations, student or residence hall councils, and is responsible for supervising and administrating the SSC censure procedures; (3) Committee on Rules and Organization: reviews proposals to amend or adopt any Rules of Procedure of the SSC, the UCSL, and any of their committees, and periodically reviews the organizational policies of University student government.

SSC Ad-Hoc Committee: Student Financial Aid and Compensation: Handles financial aid matters and works in conjunction with the Office of Financial Aid and the Office of Government Relations

The University Committee on Student Life (UCSL) assists the SSC in areas related to students' extracurricular life and was divided into UCSL Standing Committees and UCSL Ad-Hoc Committees.

UCSL Standing Committees: (1) Committee on Academic Services: handles matters concerning academically-related support services and programs provided by the University to students; (2) All Square Student Budget Allocation Committee (ASSBAC): establishes the criteria under which student organizations may receive All-Square funding, allocates such funding to student organizations, and monitors the use of allocated funds; (3) Committee on External Affair: considers all matters relating to the SSC/UCSL's association with external organizations; (4) Committee on Graduate Affairs: considers all matters relating to the academic and extracurricular life of students enrolled in the graduate and professional schools of the University; (5) Committee on Student Services: considers non-academic matters relating to the general well-being and comfort of the NYU students.

Members of the Committee on Student Services are assigned to the following sub-committees: (a) Food Advisory Board: works with representatives from campus dining, deal with matters of food quality, and make recommendations; (b) Recreation Committee: deal with matters relating to the development of policy, facilities, and services at the Coles Sports Center.

(6) Committee on Undergraduate Affairs: considers all matters that relate to the academic and extracurricular life of students enrolled in the undergraduate divisions and acts as a liaison among the different undergraduate student councils; (7) Inter Greek Council (IGC): represents the interests of and considering issues relating to fraternity and sorority life at the University; (8) Inter Residence Hall Council (IRHC): represents the interest of undergraduate students who reside in housing facilities which are owned or otherwise administered by the University and who are represented by a formal residence hall council, including fraternity and sorority housing facilities administered by the University. The committee also advices University officials on rules and policies related to residence halls.

(9) Student Activities Board (SAB): oversees the life of student organizations registered with the Student Activities Office, establishes the necessary guidelines for forming an organization, and disputes involving student organizations; (10) Student Affairs Budget Advisory Committee (SABAC): deals with matters relating to the budget, policies, personnel, and practices of the Division of Student Affairs and Services.

UCSL Ad-Hoc Committees: (1) Committee on Alumni Relations: considers issues concerning the relationship between current students and alumni; (2) Student Health Advisory Board: considers all matters relating to the University Health Center and shall take special interest in informing the student body about the services that the center provides

The above information was taken from a document from the collection: Summary of the Committees of the Student Senators Council (SSC) and the SSC's University Committee on Student Life (UCSL), June 2004