Student Affairs

Chair: Galen Richardson (grichar3@terpmail.umd.edu)

Coordinator: Juel Okpara (jokpara@umd.edu)

About This Committee

The Student Affairs Committee evaluates current policies for non-academic matters of student life, as well as proposing new policies to better adjust to the ever changing nature of student life in the campus community. Areas the committee examines include, but are not limited to, student organizations, resident life, extracurricular activities, and the general concerns of the student body.

The committee consists of an appointed presiding officer; eight undergraduate students, of whom four must be Senators; four graduate students, of whom two must be Senators; two faculty members; two staff members; the President or a representative of the Student Government Association; the President or a representative of the Graduate Student Government; two representatives of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs; and one representative each from the Graduate School and the Department of Resident Life.