Residential Campus Advisory Committee

C29U

Membership List Y23N.

Areas of Committee Concern

The Residential Campus Advisory Committee is concerned with evaluating and recommending action on the residential campus initiative, including proposals to enhance the residential campus experience, applications for teacher-scholar-in-residence, and assessments related to the goals and outcomes of the residential campus.

Membership

Members will be appointed by the Provost/Executive Vice President and the Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students:

  • Seven teaching faculty members appointed from the following areas for two-year, renewable terms
    • Arts and Sciences: Art and Humanities; Natural, Mathematical and Computational Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences
    • School of Business
    • School of Communications
    • School of Education
    • School of Health Sciences
  • Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, or his/her designee
  • Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students or his/her designee
  • Director of Residence Life
  • Representative from the First-Year Committee
  • President’s Senior Advisor
  • Director of Elon Core Curriculum, or his/her designee from the Core Curriculum Council, when absent
  • Representative from the Inclusive Community Council
  • Lead Faculty Director for a Residential Neighborhood
  • Coordinator for Residential Campus Dining and Engagement
  • Representative from Wellness (HHP or Campus Recreation)
  • Two Student Representatives, one appointed by the Student Government Association and one appointed by the Resident Student Association

Policies and Procedures

  • Membership to the committee is by appointment of the Provost/Executive Vice President and the Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students.
  • The committee has two standing Co-Chairs, the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, or designee, and the Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Students, or designee.
  • Faculty and staff members will be ineligible to vote on funding from this committee for their own initiatives during the term of their service on the committee.
  • Committee meetings are scheduled by the Chairs once a month at a time convenient to committee members, unless committee business necessitates more frequent meetings.
  • The Chairs inform members of meetings at least one week in advance and provide a written agenda and a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
  • The Chairs preside at all meetings unless they appoint a proxy in his/her absence.
  • The Chairs appoint another committee member to record the minutes of each meeting.
  • All decisions on committee business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum consists of a majority of the committee membership.
  • The Chairs report the committee’s recommendations for funding promptly to the Provost/Executive Vice President and the Vice President of Student Life/Dean of Students. Once approved, the Chairs of the residential campus committee will notify applicants.
  • The Chairs are responsible for completing all reports of committee business and submitting them to the Provost/Executive Vice President and the Vice President of Student Life/Dean of Students at the end of each academic year as necessary. This report will be forwarded to the President.

Responsibilities

  • To provide oversight of the residential campus initiative.
  • To issue call for proposals to enhance the residential campus initiative and to manage and make recommendations to the Provost/Executive Vice President and Vice Present for Student Life/Dean of Students as to which proposals to fund.
  • To monitor and assess the goals and outcomes associated with the residential campus initiative.
  • To devise goals and outcomes associated with the teacher-scholar-in-residence, and to issue call for applications when needed.
  • To meet with representatives of the Residential Living and Learning Advisory Council, the residential neighborhood associations, and the Greek Life Organization Advisory Council each semester to discuss their goals and activities for each semester and to review the annual reports and recommendations of these councils.