Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3342 - Kent State University
Chapter 3342-2 - University Constitution, Policies and Bylaws
Section 3342-2-11 - University policy for the selection of student trustees
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3342-2-11
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) The Ohio Revised Code states, "The student members of the board of trustees shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, from a group of five candidates selected pursuant to a procedure adopted by the university's student governments and approved by the university's board of trustees.
(B) The candidates.
(1)
Qualifications.
(a)
Must possess the qualifications of an elector of the
state of Ohio;
(i)
Eighteen years of age;
(ii)
Resident of the
state of Ohio;
(iii)
Registered to vote.
(b)
Students must be
enrolled in, regularly attending, and complete at least eight undergraduate
credit hours or six graduate credit hours, for the semester in which they are
an applicant.
(c)
Students must maintain a cumulative grade point average
of 2.50 undergraduate and 3.0 graduate, not be a on academic probation or
warning, and have passed at least six undergraduate or three graduate credit
hours in the preceding semester of attendance at Kent state
university.
(d)
At the time of nomination, nominees must be able to
complete a two year term of office.
(C) Nomination and application process.
(1)
The vice president for enrollment management and
student affairs will call for applications and nominations from the entire
university community.
(a)
Advertise the vacant position in the "Daily Kent
Stater";
(b)
Seek nomination from regional campuse deans, Kent
campus deans, chairs, and faculty members, undergraduate and graduate student
senates, and other unversities constituents.
(2)
The vice
president for enrollment management and student affairs will review the
returned applications for eligbility of the required criteria, then forward the
eligible applicants to the committee.
(D) Selection process.
(1)
Committee composition.
(a)
Members of the
committee shall be comprised of a designee from each of the following
constituencies. The vice president for enrollment management and student
affairs is responsible for seeking the designees. The director for the center
for student involvement or his/her designee will serve on the committee in an
ex-officio capacity.
(i)
Undergraduate student government;
(ii)
Graduate student
senate;
(iii)
Commuter and off-campus student
organization;
(iv)
Black united students;
(v)
Kent interhall
council;
(vi)
Regional campuses (one representative) as appointed by
the vice orovost for regional campuses;
(vii)
Unaffiliated
student representative as appointed by the vice president for enrollment
management and student affairs;
(viii)
Outgoing
student trustee (chair);
(ix)
Current student trustee.
(b)
The chair of the
committee shall be the outgoing student trustee. In the event of a tie, the
chair may cast the tie-breaking vote.
(2)
Responsibilities
of the chair.
(a)
Convene the committee no later than the first week of
April;
(b)
Determine the voting procedure at the initial
meeting;
(c)
Select, by majority vote, the five nominees for the
position;
(d)
Shall forward the names of the five approved nominees
to the governor of the state of Ohio no later than the third week of
April.
(E) Responsibilities.
(1)
All student trustees are expected to fulfill the
responsibilities of a trustee as stated by law and the policies of the board of
trustees of Kent state university.
(2)
A student trustee
Is expected to maintain the same level of expertise and preparedness as an
empowered member of the board of trustees.
(3)
The selected
student trustees shall enter their office the seventeenth day of may and shall
end their term two years thereafter (no later than the sixteenth of
May).
(4)
If a student trustee is to resign, ge/she must submit,
to the governor of the state of Ohio, a letter of resignation. A copy of the
original letter of resignation must also be sent to the chair of the board of
trustees, and the vice president for enrollment management and student affairs.
Upon receiving said letter, the process of nominations and applications will
begin, according to paragraph (B) of this rule.
Replaces: 3342-2-11
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