University Coordinating Committee (UCC)
Purpose: To supervise and coordinate the selection of members to UPCs and to insure the responsible, efficient, and effective workflow of each UPC. Monitors the resolution of all issues charged to UPCs and ensures proper notification to all interested and affected parties.
Charge: 1) Solicits from Faculty Council, Staff Council and Unified Student Government their selection of members for each UPC; 2) coordinates appointments for each UPC; 3) determines which UPC(s) is/are most appropriate for a particular topic, policy or issue; 4) ensures that recommendations developed by UPCs are communicated simultaneously to the President and to the UCC to ensure timely communication with elected representative bodies and councils; 5) prepares an annual summary report each June that will be distributed to the entire University community on issues addressed, policy recommendation, challenges, successes, etc; 6) conducts at least one open forum each academic year to update the University community on current and prospective UPC agenda items and to answer questions from faculty, staff, and students; 7) ensures regular communication among and between University Policy Committees as well as with elected representative bodies and councils, including Faculty Council, Staff Council and Unified Student Government; and 8) implements a comprehensive communications plan in collaboration with University Marketing and Communications to share UPC activity information with the entire University community on a regular basis.
Membership: the Chair of the Faculty Council, the Chair of the Staff Council, the President of Unified Student Government, the Provost, the Vice President for Health Sciences, and three faculty selected to staggered three-year terms, renewable once. There should be one faculty representative from each campus, i.e. if the President of the Faculty Council is from the Lakeshore Campus, then the other faculty should be elected from the Water Tower Campus and the Medical Center.
Committee Chair: Elected by and among UCC membership.
Administrative Liaison: Office of the President
Committee Staff Support: Office of the President