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|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 | 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 == | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" | |||
|+ Chairs of the Academic Affairs Committee | |||
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! Year !! Senate !! Chair | |||
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|2005-2006 || [[36th Senate]] || Julia Leusner | |||
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|2006-2007 || [[37th Senate]] || Unknown | |||
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|2007-2008 || [[38th Senate]] || FNU Laskowski | |||
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|2008-2009 || [[39th Senate]] || Bianca Zongrone | |||
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|2009-2010 || [[40th Senate]] || Haris Khan | |||
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|2010-2011 || [[41st Senate]] || Reilly Hamilton | |||
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|2011-2012 || [[42nd Senate]] || Unknown | |||
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|2012-2013 || [[43rd Senate]] || Christie Schoenen | |||
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|2013-2014 || [[44th Senate]] || John Spangenberger | |||
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|2014-2015 || [[45th Senate]] || Marcus Flowers | |||
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|2015-2016 || [[46th Senate]] || Spencer Scott | |||
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|2016-2017 || [[47th Senate]] || Unknown | |||
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|2017-2018 || [[48th Senate]] || Risheel Gabbireddy | |||
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|2018-2019 || [[49th Senate]] || Anusha Agarwal | |||
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|2019-2020 || [[50th Senate]] || Jonathan Bao | |||
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|2020-2021 || [[51st Senate]] || Jeffery Chai | |||
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|2021-2022 || [[52nd Senate]] || Zoe Stetson | |||
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|2022-2023 || [[53rd Senate]] || Ben Viner | |||
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|2023-2024 || [[54th Senate]] || Vivan Rost-Nasshan | |||
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|2024-2025 || [[55th Senate]] || Griffin Oliver | |||
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|2025-2026 || [[56th Senate]] || Griffin Oliver | |||
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|2026-2027 || [[57th Senate]] || Zach Nobles | |||
|} | |||