Governance
University System of Maryland (USM)
Board of Regents
The USM Board of Regents is responsible for the governance and management
of the USM and all constituent institutions, centers and institutes.
Council of University System Faculty (CUSF)
CUSF considers and makes recommendations on matters of system-wide
professional and educational concern to the faculty and matters
to which faculty bring special expertise.
Council of University System Staff (CUSS)
CUSS provides a voice for staff concerns about to basic decisions
that affect the welfare of USM, its constituent institutions and
its employees. CUSS functions in an informed advisory role in administrative
areas and in the functional support aspects of academic matters.
UMBC Governance
University
Steering Committee
The University Steering Committee leads UMBC’s shared governance
process. Its members are: the president and vice presidents of the
Faculty Senate, Graduate Student Association, Non-Exempt Excluded
Staff Senate and Professional Staff Senate; the president and the
speaker of the Student Government Association; and the President
of UMBC, ex officio or President’s designee. The committee
establishes rules insuring the proper coordination of the five Senates,
appoints ad hoc committees on shared issues and represents the interests
of the five Senates to the UMBC Administration, the USM Administration
and the Board of Regents. For more information, e-mail
Terry Aylesworth, the committee’s chair.
Faculty
Senate
The Faculty Senate supports the success of faculty and students
through its central role in the shared governance process. It speaks
on behalf of the faculty in regards to faculty independence, promotion,
tenure, and retention, requirements for awarding undergraduate and
graduate degrees, and reviews of academic departments and programs.
It also supports and makes recommendations regarding the establishment
of policies for the research, scholarship and creative activities
that are the cornerstone of a strong university.
Graduate
Student Association (GSA)
The Graduate Student Association represents the interests and concerns
of all graduate students attending UMBC, by providing them with
a forum for discussions of and recommendations on matters involving
graduate students and their welfare at UMBC.
Non-Exempt
Excluded Staff Senate (NEESS)
The Non-exempt Excluded Staff Senate represents the interests and
concerns of all levels of the non-exempt staff not otherwise represented
by an exclusive bargaining agent; supports the administration and
academic community with the knowledge, skills, and abilities of
this constituency; provides a forum for discussion and recommendation
on matters involving this constituency and the welfare of UMBC;
participates, in an advisory capacity, in the review and implementation
of University policies.
Professional
Staff Senate
The Professional Staff Senate represents the interests and concerns
of the exempt staff at UMBC; certifies elections of members to committees
as provided in the Plan of Organization; provides a forum for discussion
and recommendations on matters involving exempt staff and the welfare
of UMBC; reviews academic and administrative policy as it affects
the exempt staff; develops committees and acts within these committees
as a vehicle to serve the membership.
Student
Government Association
The Student Government Association promotes the recognition of students’
rights and responsibilities; individual and collective thought;
student interests and needs; and school spirit and involvement.
It empowers the student body to defend this mission.
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