Committees

Office / Committee Names	SEAC Members
SEAC Chair	Cheryl Slusarczyk
SEAC Vice Chair	Deanne Reynolds
SEAC Secretary	Peggy Walchalk
SEAC Treasurer	Julie Harhay
SEAC By-Laws	Laura Spray *, Nancy Homa
SEAC Campus & Community Outreach	Julie Harhay *, Emily Fillmore, Lissia Gerber, Megan Hampshire, Shelly Keller, Cynthia Richey, Jeanne Semilia
SEAC Human Resources Liasson	Emily Filmore, Amy Haynes, Shelly Keller
SEAC OSCHE Reps	Cheryl Slusarczyk *, Julie Harhay (VP of OSCHE), Michael Spayd
SEAC Web Team	Kenn Lindeman *, Peggy Walchalk
Board of Trustees Observer	Jeanne Semilia *, Margo Ohlson, Shelly Keller (alternate), Kenn Lindeman (alternate)
Faculty Senate Representative	TBD/Nancy Homa checking status
OSCHE 2013 Meeting Planning Committee	Julie Harhay *, Stephanie Baker, Mary Dingler, Amy Haynes, Shelly Keller, Margo Ohlson, Cynthia Richey, Jeanne Semilia, Michael Spayd

* Indicates member responsible for communicating findings to SEAC

SEAC By-Laws Committee
Committee's Charge: Revise our By-Laws, make them current.

SEAC selects any number of members to this committee.

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SEAC Campus and Community Outreach
Committee's Charge: The Campus and Community Outreach Committee identifies long and short term campus and community based programs and service projects that employees, led by S.E.A.C., can participate in to work together to improve the welfare of individuals in our campus community and the local Akron region. Once identified, these needs can serve as a foundation for the establishment of appropriate community/University partnerships where congruent missions and goals exist. In this way reciprocal relationships can be formed to serve both community and University of Akron interests.

SEAC selects any number of members to this committee.

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SEAC OSCHE Representatives

The Ohio Staff Council of Higher Education (OSCHE) is an organization devoted to non contracted staff members of the University System of Ohio. Each member institution is represented at OSCHE by members of that institutions; staff council, senate, or advisory committee that represents the interests of non contract staff. OSCHE provides a forum for the discussion of issues relevant to staff and reveals best practices in development or in place at member institutions. Additionally OSCHE acts as a unified voice for global issues at the state level.

SEAC elects two representatives to this organization.

OSCHE

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SEAC Social Committee

Committee's Charge: Coordinate the holiday party

SEAC selects any number of members to this committee.

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SEAC Web Team

Committee's Charge: Maintain the SEAC web site and coordinate correspondence with staff such as elections, requesting feedback from surveys, holliday social announcements, etc.

SEAC selects any number of members to perform this task.

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Board of Trustees

Under Ohio Revised Code 3359.01 The University of Akron's Board of Trustees is the governing body for The University of Akron. The Board is composed of 11 members who are appointed by the Governor of Ohio with the advice and consent of the State Senate. Trustees, with the exception of two student Trustees, are appointed to a nine-year term of office. The two student Trustees are appointed to a two-year term as nonvoting members of the Board.

The Ohio Legislature, by enacting Ohio Revised Code 3359.03 and 3359.04 has charged the Board of Trustees with selecting and appointing the president; setting the operating budget; approving personnel appointments; granting all degrees awarded by the University, including honorary degrees; establishing tuition and fee rates; approving contracts; and approving all rules, regulations, curriculum changes, new programs and degrees at The University of Akron. The Board of Trustees also oversees the New Landscape for Learning building program - a $200 million enhancement of the campus.

Two members of SEAC are elected annually to be observers at the monthly meetings of the Board of Trustees.

Board of Trustees

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Office of the Faculty Senate

As delegated by the Board of Trustees of the University, the Faculty Senate is the legislative body of the University and is empowered to formulate suitable rules, requirements and procedures for the admission, government, management and control of the students, courses of study, granting of degrees and certificates, and other internal affairs of the institution necessary to meet the objectives of the University in accordance with the established policies of the Board.

Two members of SEAC are elected as Faculty Senators, each for a term of two years.

Office of the Faculty Senate

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