Academic Affairs Committee: Difference between revisions

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|type = standing
|type = standing
|status = active
|status = active
|formed = Earlier than 1981, 2000 ''(re-established)''
|formed = 1970-1974<br/>1998-2000 ''(re-established)''
|disbanded = 1993
|disbanded = 1994
|chair = Zach Nobles
|chair = Zach Nobles
|interests = Academic curricula and advising, admissions, research, professional development, faculty relations
|interests = Academic curricula and advising, admissions, research, professional development, faculty relations
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The '''Academic Affairs Committee''' (AAC) is a standing committee of the [[Rensselaer Union Student Senate]] tasked with overseeing academics, academic curricula, and academic advising. It is the oldest committee of the Senate, being established in 19XX, although it was briefly dissolved, alongside every other committee, during the Senate's usage of the team system in the late 1990s.
The '''Academic Affairs Committee''' (AAC) is a standing committee of the [[Rensselaer Union Student Senate]] tasked with overseeing academics, academic curricula, and academic advising. It is the oldest committee of the Senate, being established between 1970 and 1974, although it was briefly dissolved, alongside every other committee, during the Senate's usage of the team system in the late 1990s.
 
== History ==
 
The Academic Affairs Committee is the oldest committee of the Student Senate, formed sometime between 1970 and 1974. The earliest known copy of the Senate Bylaws, dated 1974, refer to it as the "Academics Committee". By 1981, it had taken its modern name, and ...
 
In 1994, the Senate ended the committee system and replaced it with a team system. AAC, in turn, ceased to operate, being replaced with the Education/Academics Core Team. Some time between 1998 and 2000, the Senate re-instated the committee system, and AAC was brought back as a result.
 
== Jurisdiction ==


== Historical AAC Chairs ==
== Historical AAC Chairs ==
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|2012-2013 || [[43rd Senate]] || Christie Schoenen
|2012-2013 || [[43rd Senate]] || Christie Schoenen
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|2013-2014 || [[44rd Senate]] || John Spangenberger
|2013-2014 || [[44th Senate]] || John Spangenberger
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|2014-2015 || [[45th Senate]] || Marcus Flowers
|2014-2015 || [[45th Senate]] || Marcus Flowers