Student Association Branches

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Updated Spring 2008
Executive Board
The executive board consists of the president, executive vice president (in charge of senate), vice president of academics, vice president of activities (in charge of the activities board), secretary (in charge of the campus center advisory board) and treasurer. The role of the executive board is to create committees to aid exec board function, appoint individuals to aid in the administrative functions of the SA, review the budget, enforce all statutes of the other branches, and recommend needed legislation. Members of the executive board also serve as student representatives on other larger committees. VP of academics sits on faculty assembly and the college council and the president sits on the Vermont state college student association.
Activities Board
The activities board consists of 6 committee chairs and the VP of activities. The role of the activities board is to provide social, cultural and recreational programs sponsored by the SA. The Coffeehouse chair provides events in a coffeehouse like setting every Wednesday, the special weekends chair provides events on the three special weekends (fall festival, winter weekend and spring weekend), the movie chair provides movies every Monday night, the tech chair provides technical support for SA events, the JAM chair brings music events to campus and the outreach chair publicizes SA events.
Senate
The senate consists of 15 senators (one of whom shall be protem), 1 senate secretary and the Executive VP. The role of the senate is to initiate and act upon legislation, policies and procedures of the SA, establish committees that will aid in the legislative process, and to confirm existence of all SA organizations.
College Court
The college consists of 12 justices, 1 chief justice and 2 associate justices. The role of the court is to make sure policies follow the SA constitution, serve on disciplinary panels as requested by the dean of students, establish committees to aid in the judicial process and hold elections in the fall and spring. |