Faculty Senate Student Success Council

The Faculty Senate Student Success Council makes recommendations to the senior vice president for Student Success and other relevant committees, units and individuals on programs, initiatives, and policies, including admission policies, relating to the success and well-being of our students.

Meeting Schedule

Meetings are scheduled by the chair of the committee. The Council meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month from 10:00-11:30 am. No action can be taken at committee meetings unless a majority of the voting membership is present.

Committee Reports

The committee submits a brief annual report of the committees’ activities by the end of the second week of August each year. Below are the annual reports for the committee.

Committee Members

Tina Chiarelli, Co-Chair
College of Medicine
Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences
Email: Tina.Chiarelli@ucf.edu

Katy Miller, Co-Chair
University Libraries
Student Learning & Engagement
Email: Katy.Miller@ucf.edu

Ex-officio members

Membership

The Faculty Senate Student Success Council shall consist of at least one faculty member from each academic unit (selected by the Committee on Committees), at least two of whom are current members of the Faculty Senate, the senior vice president for Student Success (ex officio), one representative from the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, four students, with at least one undergraduate student, one graduate student, and one international student (nominated by the president of the Student Government Association), one representative of the Student Success & Well-Being Leadership Council Team (selected by the senior vice president for student success), one representative from UCF Global (appointed by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs), one representative from the College of Graduate Studies (appointed by the Dean of the College of Graduate Studies), and one representative from the College of Undergraduate Studies (selected by the vice provost and dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies).
A representative from the professional advising office for each college or unit may serve as a non-voting committee member. The senior vice president for Student Success (or designee) shall identify additional ex officio members, making every effort to ensure that areas relating to student success are represented. The chair and vice chair shall be elected annually from its faculty membership. Terms of service shall be two years, staggered, except for the student member, who shall serve for one year.

Duties and Responsibilities

i. To promote the development and implementation of programs, policies, including admission policies, and practices that help students succeed in their academic pursuits and personal wellbeing.
ii. To advise and assist the University Student Success Steering Committee, the senior vice president for Student Success, the vice provost and dean of the College of Undergraduate Studies, the dean of the College of Graduate Studies, and other relevant committees, units, and individuals in developing student success initiatives and recommending actions to meet student success goals.
iii. To review and monitor the performance and progress of state performance- based funding, preeminence, and other strategic student success metrics that are important for UCF and its students.
iv. To support and collaborate with the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning and the Center for Distributed Learning to create professional development for faculty to facilitate student success.
v. To serve as an advisory and recommending body for the Faculty Senate on strategies and procedures that relate to student success.
vi. To support and collaborate with professional advising offices across UCF to help facilitate student success.
vii. The chair of the Faculty Senate Student Success Council will serve as a member on the University Student Success Steering Committee.

Committee Guidance

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