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Staff Affairs Committee
The Staff Affairs committee is responsible for formulating and continually reviewing campus policies affecting staff members, including policies regarding periodic review of campus departments and administrators that employ staff members. In addition, the committee assists the Office of the University Senate in soliciting nominations and encouraging participation in elections of staff Senators. They also are responsible for helping with the recruitment of staff representatives for campus and Senate committees, including system-wide activities involving staff and actively promoting as well as providing orientation and opportunities for staff involvement in shared governance at every administrative level.
The committee shall consist of an appointed presiding officer; ten (10) staff members, including a member, preferably a Senator, from each of the elected staff categories; three (3) faculty members; two (2) students; the Director of Personnel; and one (1) representative each from the offices of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, the Vice President for Administrative Affairs, the Vice President for University Relations, and the Vice President for Student Affairs. The elected UMCP representatives to the Council of University System Staff, the two staff representatives on the Executive Committee, and two Category II contingent employees are also members of the committee.