This page provides information on the College of Business Staff Council, including its mission, duties, bylaws, membership, and minutes from past meetings.
Mission:
The Staff Council is a body of operating and supportive professional staff representatives whose mission is to improve the quality of the College of Business for students, faculty, businesses, and other staff members by:
offering a forum for their constituents to make contributions and express their ideas, concerns, and needs;
providing a voice for staff by proposing actions and recommendations in response to the input received; and
sharing in the implementation of the COB strategic plan.
Duties:
Serve in an advisory capacity to the Dean of the College of Business on issues and policies concerning operating and supportive professional staff.
Develop a better understanding of the many duties or roles of staff members and identify the resources and skills available to the College of Business.
Coordinate communication between the College of Business Staff Council and their university-level counterparts.
Perform special tasks and assignments requested by the Dean in support of the Strategic Plan.
Bylaws:
Membership will consist of equal number of Operating and Supportive Professional Staff personnel.
Number of members on the council will be eight (8)--four (4) Operating and four (4) Supportive Professional Staff.
Not more than one (1) member from the same classification (operating and supportive professional staff) from the same unit.
Two (2) year term.
May serve two (2) consecutive terms.
Membership will change on a rotating basis. Every year half of the membership will be elected.
Year will be fiscal year (July 1--June 30).
There will be a ballot vote with names placed on a ballot by a nominating committee, which would be a subcommittee of the Staff Council. Nominees will include volunteers and write-in candidates.
Election of Staff Council members by all operating and supportive professional staff in the college will be held in May.
Officers (Chair and Secretary) will be elected by Staff Council members.
Meetings will be held once per month for 1 1/2 hours or as needed.
