Purpose
To maintain and improve the quality of life at Grinnell College, to enhance community cohesiveness, and to increase student awareness of and participation in the decision-making process of the College.

Duties

• 1. Review policy issues and methods of implementation for all direct student services on campus.
• 2. Review and initiate changes in the social policies and regulations of the College.
• 3. Identify student needs and propose services and programs to meet those needs.
• 4. Receive/Initiate proposals for changing the structure and/or procedures of the Committee on Student Life, its subcommittees, and the Housing Committee.
• 5. Recommend to SGA, the Vice-President for Student Services and/or other offices on campus necessary changes.

Membership and Terms of Office

• 1.The committee consists of seven students appointed by SGA, two faculty members (appointed by the Vice-President for Student Services on nomination by the Dean for Student Life), the Dean for Student Life, the Associate Dean and Director of Residence Life, a Residence Life Coordinator, and the Director of Facilities Management. The Dean for Student Life may, when necessary, have a designated alternate attend the meetings.
• 2.The Dean for Student Life or a designated alternate shall be the standing chair and shall vote only to break a tie. There must be a quorum for the committee to conduct business. A quorum shall consist of seven members, four of whom must be students.
• 3.All appointed members are named in the fall semester of the academic year during which they will serve their terms. All student and faculty members shall serve one-year terms. If a term becomes vacant, a replacement is chosen who will serve for the rest of that term.
• 4.Qualifications:

a. One student member of this committee shall be the SGA President.

b. Two student members shall be SGA Joint Board Senators. These students shall represent Joint Board sentiment. In addition, these student members shall serve as secretaries of the committee. The secretaries are responsible for distributing the minutes containing any proposals passed by the committee to the Joint Board within four days after they are passed.

c. No other student member of this committee shall be a member of Joint Board or a designated alternate to Joint Board. No student member of this committee shall be a member of the Judicial Council or the Grinnell Alternative Dispute Resolution Board.

d. The four remaining student members of the committee shall be nominated by the SGA Cabinet and approved by a majority vote of the Joint Board.

e. All student members must be full-time, carrying 12 or more credits. These students must not be on academic or conduct probation.

• 5.Removal of a committee member: The committee itself retains the sole power to remove any member of the committee. Should this situation arise, the vote of eight members (including at least four students, one faculty, and one administrator) will be required for removal. Members who are continually absent may be removed from the committee by majority vote.

Procedures

• 1. The Dean for Student Life shall convene the first meeting of the committee within the week following the first SGA Joint Board meeting.
• 2. Whenever possible, the committee shall meet at a publicized time and place with an announced agenda.
• 3. The chair shall be responsible for setting the committee agenda and the time and place of meetings. The petition of any four committee members to the chair shall require that the petitioned item be placed on the agenda at the next regular meeting. Individuals in the college community may request to speak on issues within the committee's purview and will be allowed to speak at the earliest possible date.
• The chairperson must call a meeting within two days upon receiving the petition of four members of the Committee on Student Life, eight members of Joint Board, or the SGA President. The petitioner is responsible for publicizing the meeting time and place.
• 4. There shall be an open hearing on all issues brought before the committee. Discussion will continue on issues until the committee decides by two-thirds of the voting members present to close the hearing. The committee shall conduct all of its formal business in executive session.
• 5. The secretary of the committee shall record all votes of the individual committee members and a summary of the debate, and distribute the minutes to the committee members.
• 6. The committee may appoint temporary subcommittees to consider policy issues and procedures in various areas. Such subcommittees operate until the issue they were created to deal with is resolved to the committee's satisfaction.
• 7. The committee consults the Treasurer of the College on all budgetary implications of its own operations and those of its subcommittees. The committee shall receive the Treasurer's annual budget resume, and it may request from the Treasurer specific non-salary budget information that is related to student life.
• 8. Any recommendation of the committee, if directed toward the Vice-President for Student Services for administrative action, first shall go to the SGA Joint Board which can:

a. Approve such recommendations and have them reported to the Vice-President for Student Services by the SGA President; or

b. Amend such recommendations by a majority vote of the Joint Board, and have the amended proposal reported to the Vice-President for Student Services by the SGA President. If such amendments are not accepted by the Committee on Student Life, then the committees original recommendations shall be also reported to the Vice-President for Student Services by the chair of the committee.

• 9.When the Committee on Student Life issues and policies come before the Joint Board, the committee shall have the option of having at least one member (in addition to the SGA President and Joint Board senators) to serve as spokesperson for the committee's position.
• 10.The SGA will act on any proposal passed by the committee as soon as possible but no later than 14 days after it is passed, at which time the proposal goes directly to the Vice-President for Student Services.

Purpose

The Dining Services Committee's purpose is to serve in an advisory capacity to the Department of Dining Services. The committee helps conduct surveys and recommends improvements to Dining Services and/or the appropriate institutional committee where applicable

Duties

• 1.To review issues and methods of implementation related to Dining Service operations
• 2.To help identify legitimate needs of students, faculty, and staff with regard to Dining Services
• 3.To assist in conducting surveys on menus and services offered by Dining Services.

Membership and Terms of Office

• 1. The committee consists of six students appointed by SGA, a Dean of Student Life, one RLC appointed by the Director of Residence Life, an administrator from Facilities Management, the Controller (Office of the Treasurer), one member of the faculty appointed by the Faculty Organization Committee, and the Director of Dining Services. The Director of Dining Services may, when necessary, have a designated alternate attend the meeting.
• 2. The Director of Dining Services or a designated alternate is the standing chair and votes only to break a tie. There must be a quorum for the committee to conduct business. A quorum consists of six members.
• 3. All members are appointed for the academic year and are named within the first two weeks of fall term. They begin serving their terms immediately. If a term becomes vacant, a replacement is chosen who will serve for the rest of the term.
• 4. Qualifications:

a. One student member of this committee will also be a member of the SGA Cabinet as defined by the SGA Constitution.

b. One student member also will be a member of the Joint Board. This student serves as the representative of Joint Board.

c. The four remaining student members of the committee are nominated by the SGA Cabinet and then selected by the Joint Board. One student member shall reside in North Campus dormitory housing. One student member shall reside in South Campus dormitory housing. One student member shall reside in East Campus dormitory housing. One student member shall reside in either college owned or non-college owned off-campus housing.

d. All student members must be full-time, carrying 12 or more credits, and be on a meal plan.

e. Additional members of the campus community may be added to the committee based on the recommendation of the Director of Dining Services and the approval of the committee.

Procedures

• 1. The Director of Dining Services convenes the first meeting of the committee within the first four weeks of the semester.
• 2. The chair is responsible for setting the committee agenda and the time and place of the meetings. The petition of any four committee members to the chair requires that the petitioned item be placed on the agenda at the next regular meeting. Individuals in the college community may request to speak on issues within the College's purview and are allowed to speak at the earliest possible date.
• 3. There will be an open hearing on all issues brought before the committee. Discussions continue on issues until the committee decides by two-thirds of the voting members present to close the hearing. The committee conducts all of its formal business in executive session.
• 4. The committee's appointed secretary records all votes of the individual committee members and a debate summary, and distributes the minutes to committee members.
• 5. The committee may appoint temporary subcommittees to consider policy issues and procedures in various areas. Subcommittees operate until the issue they were created to deal with is resolved to the committee's satisfaction.
• 6. The committee consults with the Controller of the College on all budgetary implications of its own operations and those of its subcommittees.
• 7. All recommendations of the Dining Services Committee which involve a change in any budgetary item or institutional fee structure will be sent to the College's Budget Committee for further consideration.
• 8. All recommendations of the Dining Services Committee which involve a change in college policy will be sent to the President for further consideration.

Purpose
The Campus Advisory Committee on Environmental Concerns meets on a regular basis to address campus environmental issues. The committee was developed to:

1. Provide a central voice for environmental concerns

2. Ensure consideration of environmental issues by all parts of the college

3. Publicize environmental problems and progress

4. Research specific environmental issues and propose solutions to the college.

Membership The Campus Advisory Committee on Environmental Concerns' membership is made up of faculty, staff and students.The Environmental & Safety Coordinator is a member ex officio of the committee.
Faculty Four faculty, including one from each division, are appointed by the FOC and approved by the faculty. These members will serve two year terms with staggered appointments (two faculty appointed each year). Existing members of the committee may request continuing their appointments, but FOC does not guarantee they will be reappointed, in keeping with procedures for other committees.
Staff Four administrative and/or support staff, with particular emphasis on membership from the following areas of the college: student services, housing, procurement, reprography, facilities management, and dining. Interested administrative and support staff members should contact the chair of EcoCampus. In the case that there are more individuals interested than available positions, the committee will vote at the end of each year from among the interested persons on those who will be invited to join the committee for the following year. In the event that there are no new interested staff members, the committee will vote at the end of the year on members to invite to join for the coming year.

Students Four students. Recent student membership has included representation from the following: Student Government Association, Environmental Action Group, Free The Planet, and Environmental Studies concentrators. Interested students should contact the chair of EcoCampus. Student members will be added in the same manner as staff.

Duties
The following administrative functions fall to the Housing Committee:

• 1. To establish voting procedures for approval of all college housing policies under the committee's jurisdiction
• 2. To administer an annual student housing questionnaire
• 3. To make recommendations to Student Affairs regarding gender and composition of college residence halls and college owned off-campus houses based on the annual student housing questionnaire
• 4. To make recommendations regarding special interest floors and halls within the residence halls
• 5. To establish procedures for designating college owned off-campus houses
• 6. To administer annual campus number and room draw
• 7. To review housing proposals from any segment of the college community
• 8. To review existing college housing policies.

Membership and Terms of Office
Voting Membership -The Dean for Student Life or designee (chair), two Residence Life Coordinators, and six students (one from North Campus, one from South Campus, and four at large) appointed by the Housing Committee, approved by SGA.

Terms of Office - Residence Life Coordinators and students are appointed in the fall to serve one year.

Procedures

• 1. The Dean for Student Life convenes the committee's first meeting within four weeks after classes start. No business is conducted without a quorum. A quorum consists of the chair and four students.
• 2. The committee meets regularly at a publicized time and place, which is posted in the Campus Memo.
• 3. Committee meetings are open to the college community. In the event that an issue comes before the Housing Committee for which there is no existing policy and/or committee members feel that by the presence of non-committee members they will not be able to discuss effectively the issue at hand, the committee is empowered to conduct discussion in executive session. A motion to revoke this power may be made by any committee member, but is subject to approval by the majority of the committee. If approved, the committee may conduct its business in private, but detailed minutes of the discussion must be kept outlining the issues weighed and the resulting decision.
• 4. The committee agenda is limited to policy decisions and/or changes relating to on-campus residence halls and college owned off-campus houses. The committee has jurisdiction over policies relating to its administrative functions. The College retains the right to establish the number of students who may live off-campus, to set occupancy figures for residence halls and college owned off-campus houses, and to establish the number and location of college owned off-campus houses.
• 5. The chair is responsible for setting the committee agenda. The petition by any three committee members to the chair requires that the petitioned item be placed on the agenda at the next regular meeting. Individuals in the college community may request to speak on issues within the committee's jurisdiction and are allowed to speak at the earliest possible date.
• 6. Members serve as secretary on a voluntary, rotating basis, and distri-bute minutes of each meeting to committee members. The SGA Cabinet and Joint Board receive minutes of any meeting involving change in housing policy.
• 7. The committee chair presents any recommendation that denotes a change in housing policy to the SGA President, who takes such recommendations to the Joint Board. Joint Board members either: a. Approve or reject recommendations and have them reported to the Vice-President for Student Services by an SGA Cabinet member and the committee chair.b. Make amendments and send the recommendations with amendments back to the committee, which can:1) Accept such amendments and report the amended recommendations to the Vice-President for Student Services by an SGA Cabinet member and the committee chair.2) Reject such amendments and have the committees original recommendations and the SGA-amended recommendations both reported to the Vice-President for Student Services by an SGA Cabinet member and the committee chair. The Joint Board acts on any policy change passed by the committee as soon as possible, but no later than 10 days after it is received by the SGA President.
• 8. All changes in housing policy are sent in the form of recommendations to the Vice-President for Student Services for final approval.

The New Student Orientation Committee is headed by the Director of New Student Orientation and consists of voluntary students and staff. The committee produces the GO Magazine, an orientation magazine sent to newly admitted students by the Office of Admission, and works with the Associate Dean of the College and Dean for Student Life in planning New Student Orientation for new students. For more information contact the Office of Student Affairs.

The Stonewall Resource Center Advisory Board (SRCAB) monitors the programs and management of the facilities for the Stonewall Resource Center. The SRCAB is responsible for making recommendations for annual purchases for the library, budget allocations, staffing recommendations and acts as an advocate for LGBTQQAI issues affecting the campus community. The SRCAB is made up of students, faculty and staff. For more information, contact the Director of Multicultural Affairs.

The Stonewall Resource Center Advisory Board (SRCAB) oversees the daily operation, programs, and management of the facilities of the Stonewall Resource Center. The Director of the SRC chairs the committee. The SRCAB selects the assistants to the Director of the SRC. The SRCAB is responsible for purchasing books, CDs, and videotapes for the SRC and GLBT programming on campus.

Purpose
The Student Health and Wellness Committee (SHaW) promotes health and wellness on the Grinnell College campus. Its main purpose is to educate the student body about important health and wellness-related issues (e.g. flu shots, STDs, alcohol and other drugs, depression, stress, etc.). SHaW hopes that through educational and fun activities (e.g. presentations, biannual distribution of stress packets, The Toilet Times), students will learn how to better care for their bodies and minds.

Duties

• 1. To schedule educational activities, speakers, and programs
• 2. To act as liaison for health and wellness-related concerns between students and various campus institutions (e.g. Health Center, Student Affairs, PEC)
• 3. To supplement activities sponsored by other campus organizations.

Membership
The SHaW Committee includes the Coordinator of Student Health and Wellness, the Director of the Health Center, an SGA senator, and any interested students. Interested students should contact the Student Affairs office or the Health Center.

The Student Staff Selection Committee assists the Residence Life Coordinators and the Assistant Dean and Director of Residence Life in selecting new Student Advisers and Hall Social Coordinators. The committee convenes in November and meets numerous times during January and February. Interested students should contact a Residence Life Coordinator or the Assistant Dean and Director of Residence Life for more information.