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Wednesday, August 24, 1988 / University Daliv Kansan
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Complex government system directs KU's affairs
By Michael Shunk
The University of Kansas, with its thousands of students and faculty members, is governed much like a city, state or country.
At the top is the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents is a system of statewide university governance composed of seven member schools: Emperor State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, Wichita State University, Wichita State University, Kansas Technical Institute and KU1
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Each of these schools is represented in the Regents by its top administrators and student representatives by Chancellor Gene A Budig, Executive Vice Chancellor Judith Ramley and Student Body President Brook Clever.
AKU. Budig is the top administrator. He is the University's 17th chairperson since 1981. As chancellor, Budig represents KU at almost all official functions, as the Regents meet with university leaders and any legislation within the University.
Ramaley as executive vice chancellor keeps the three branches of University governance informed of one another's activities as well as outside issues. She advises the chancellor on University matters.
Under the chancellor and the vice chancellors are the three branches of University representation: Faculty Senate, Student Senate and University Senate. Faculty Senate is composed of the nearly 1,250 members of KU's faculty. Student Senate consists of the College and University Senate is a combination of the faculty and student senates.
The Student Senate represents students in all campus matters. The Senate also has an executive committee composed of 12 internally elected composed of 12 internally elected
members. The Senate also is responsible for allocating the student activity fee, which is to be used for the benefit of KU students.
The Student Senate receives $66 in activity fees for each student enrolled at KU, which last year amounted to almost $1.5 million. This includes services, health and legal services for students, and registered student organizations such as KU Crew. The money also is used to organize lobbying drives, to bring speakers to KU set up various services for students.
The five most important Student Senate Committees are:
Student Rights
Student Rights Cultural Awareness
Cultural Affairs Minority Affairs
University Affairs
Menees is the Student Senate president and Pam Holley the vice president of Menees. She has his responsibilities. Menees will attend Régents meetings and meet regularly with the chancellor and communicate student concerns.
Faculty Senate, the representative voice of the KU faculty, elects the Faculty Council, which has 39 members. The Faculty Council then elects seven member Faculty Executive Committee, commonly known as FaxEc.
The primary purpose of these different levels of faculty government is to deal with conditions of employmert and administration of the University and its faculty. Three committees are responsible for handling frequent faculty issues.
- Faculty Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities
Tenure and Related Problems.
The members of FaceX are Bob Jerry, professor of law and SenXe chairman; Mohamed El Hodri, professor of economics; Robert Hohn, professor of educational psychology; James E. Secker, Chancellor's Club
teaching professor of history; Sandra Zindars-Wartz, associate professor of religious studies; Oliver C. Philips, professor of classes and SenEx secretary; and Haymond K. Moore, professor of civil engineering.
The University Senate, which is a combination of the faculty and student senates, deals with issues that require attention of the faculty and the students.
Elected from the University Senate is the University Council, which contains the 39 faculty members from the Senate. The senators come from StudEx. The Senate Executive Committee, commonly referred to as the Senate, elected from the University Council.
SenEx contains the seven members of FacEx and three members of Student in SenEx; two students in SenEx are Jute Hutchinson, chairman of StudEx; William Sanders, Lawrence school; and Don Hermesch, Lawrence graduate school.
The responsibilities of this branch are divided into three categories: the University Boards, the University Senate and the University Senate Committees.
There are five University Boards: Parking and Traffic Board
Appeals Affirmative Action Board
Aiminative Action Board
Discrimination Hearing Board
Board of Parking and Traffic Appeals
Discrimination Hearing Board Judicial Board.
The University Council committees are
Academic Procedures and Policies
- Organizations and Administration of the University.
University Senate has eight committees:
Calendar
Academic Computing Athletics
Financial Aid to Students
Foreign Students Human Relations
Planning and Resources
Human Relations
Libraries
Chancellor Gene A. Budig
Senate looks after students' interests
Kansan staff writer
By Linda Gaumnitz
Although the University of Kansas Student Senate does not make laws governing the student body, it is KU's only student representative form of state provides students with services and listens to their ideas and complaints.
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Pam Holley, student body vice president, and Brook Menees, student body president.
"Student Senate is a combination of needed services and organization." Brook Menezes said. "We serve as a liaison between the students and the faculty. We deal with anything that has to do with the students or affects
The Senate uses the more than $1 million it gets from student activity fees to finance such organizations as Student Union Activities, the University Daily Kansan and JKHK, a university supports the campus bus system and Associated Students of Kansas, a student lobbying organization.
"We want to be an advocate for the student body." Menezes said. "The Student Senate is a well-developed group of people who take advantage of the Senate."
Pam Holley, body student vice president, said that students can be required to running for a seat or by working for one of the Senate's boards or commitment.
Senate members are elected in the spring, and each senator represents a specific living group or school. This year, the Senate has 51 members, but Menedes said the number varied depending on KU's 2024 day-end轮
Students interested in working on a Senate committee or board must fill out an application and complete a given committee's interview. Holly said. The Senate is accepting applications until September 9.
The Senate's six boards are the transportation board, legal services for students, recreation services advisory board, student health advisory board, Pearson lecture series board and sports council board.
Another way students can contribute to the Senate is through ideas for courses with ideas for campus improvements could get senators to sponsor the course.
The Senate also has six committees, which deal with financing. University affairs, student rights, Senate committee, minority affairs and cultural affairs.
"The student needs to contact a senator and explain the proposal," Holley said.
After the proposal is written, it is sent to the Senate secretary to see if it is feasible. The proposal then gets discussed and voted on by the Senate
This year, the Senate's list of projects includes starting an apartment-locating service for students and sponsoring a fine arts festival. Senate members also will work on financial aid, the campus transportation, and educational international event meant to increase student interest in campus activities.
Assistance Center enlarging facilities
By Carla Krause
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas Student Assistance Center is looking forward to a move from 121 Strong Hall to 123 Strong.
Bob Turvey, assistant director of the center, said by tearing down the walls and rebuilding the office spaces in the room next door; the center also is home to many students in wheelchairs by giving them more room to move around.
The reconstruction, which Turkey said should be completed between September and December, is only a matter of time. Students effort to help students. The center also is an advising center for student academic, social and personal problems.
"We deal with an entire range of problems in students' college lives," she said. "What he does, that he isn't getting what he needs from the University, or that he is getting it wrong."
"They come in here saying, 'This is my horrible story. Can you help me?' "
Survey said the center's nonthreatening atmosphere was one of its most important characteristics.
"We're not the police nor psychiatrists," he said. "And all student visits are kept strictly confidential."
Turvey said the first step for the center's staff members when helping students with an underlying problem, and then the underlying one. They then give the students
support and advice in dealing with their problems, sometimes by referring them to the University office or another institution that will be able to help them more.
"The most important thing is to get them to do things for themselves," Turvey said.
The center also helps handicapped students with their problems. Handicapped students unable to get to class can use vans coordinated through the center. Students working at the center provide academic aid to handicapped students, then read, taking notes in class and communicating through signing.
Non-traditional students, typically those not in the 18- to 21-year-old age group, also are offered assistance with the computer and the resources available, such as child care, was sent to them. The newsletter includes programs and activities in Lawrence.
Turkey said students new to the University and those wanting to improve their academic and social skills should use the workshops designed by the center's staff. The workshops offer programs in listening, speaking, English language, learning math skills, reading for comprehension and speed, preparing for exams and managing time.
Scheduled for the workshops are available at the center and are posted in campus buildings.
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