DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

Student Affairs Committees

Membership and goals for each of the Division of Student Affairs Committees can be found below.

• Assessment Committee
• Civic Engagement Advisory Board
• CEAB - Community Principles Subcommittee
• CEAB - Community Service Subcommittee
• CEAB - Environmental Initiatives Subcommittee
• CEAB - Political Engagement Subcommittee
• CEAB - Service-Learning Subcommittee
• Diversity Committee
• Eating Disorders Outreach Committee
• Healthy Campus Committee
• Sexual Assault Prevention & Response Committee
• Staff Development Committee
• Substance Education Concerns Committee
• Tech and Web Development Committee
• Veterans Concerns Committee

Staff Development Committee

The goals of the Staff Development Committee are:

• Create opportunities for divisional staff to build a sense of team, increase communication, share information, build moral and update knowledge and skills.
• Make recommendations on ways to recognize achievements of staff members
• Create social opportunities designed to build and enhance community on campus.

Eating Disorders Outreach Committee

The goals of the committee are to:

• Increase awareness and attention to the issues of eating disorders and body image issues on college campuses
• Enhance and increase programming efforts on campus around these issues, addressing the range of Eating Disorder related issues (eating disorder behaviors, nutrition, exercise, body image/self esteem) and the diversity of students on campus
• Involve Student Affairs offices and Academic Affairs departments in the prevention of eating disorders and body image issues and promotion of positive messages around food and beauty
• Produce campus-wide marketing campaigns and passive programming to increase student awareness of these issues
• Promote three national events Love Your Body Week, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and National Nutrition Month
• Involve students in efforts in order to gain students’ perspective of best practices and provide opportunities for leadership and service
  

Student Affairs Assessment Committee

The Goals of the Assessment Committee are to:

• Establish a standard and consistent assessment across the Division within programs and services;
• Facilitate the development and assessment of learning outcomes for programs;
• Assess how students are benefiting and learning from programs and services;
• Provide information for planning and decision-making;
• Develop quality assurance measures for programs and services.

 The Roles of the Assessment Committee are to:

• Centralize resources and logistical assistance for conducting assessment;
• Provide leadership and consultative guidance to departments and individuals;
• Provide leadership for periodic review of departments and programs;
• Serve as a liaison between departments and StudentVoice personnel;
• Provide assistance to the departments within their cluster that are conducting assessments;
• Help to develop a positive attitude toward assessment within the division.

Student Affairs Tech and Web Development Committee

The Goals of the Tech and Web Development Committee are to:

• Bring together divisional representatives to collaborate and share ideas concerning technology.
• Serves as the division technology resource
• Provides training and guidance on web architecture and web analytics.
• Identifies ways to best use technology to communicate with and serve students.
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Division of Student Affairs Diversity Committee

The goals of the Diversity Committee are:

• Explore the concept of the "Multiculturally Competent Student"
• Determine the types of programs, policies and interventions needed to prepare students to fully engage as members of a Multicultural Society.

Community Principles Subcommittee

The goals of the Community Principals Subcommittee are:

• Establish ways to promote civility and other community and institutional values and expectation of students as engaged citizens from entry to graduation.

Community Service Subcommittee

The goals of the Community Service Subcommittee are:

• Examine the relationship between current community service efforts and civic engagement initiatives, looking for collaborations where possible.
• Incorporate over arching civic engagement learning outcomes into the existing community service program, resulting in more meaningful service experiences for students.

Environmental Initiatives Subcommittee

The goals of the Environmental Initiatives Subcommittee are:

• Research and recommend conservation initiatives that make sense for the campus community to engage in at this time.
• Consider feasibility and benefits of various green initiatives
• Examine how TU may be able to impact the greater Baltimore region in regard to environmental conservation by leading the way through conservation efforts.

Political Engagement Subcommittee

The goal of the Political Engagement Subcommittee is:

• Increase student awareness, knowledge, and skills surrounding political engagement.
  
  

Service-Learning Subcommittee

The goal of the Service-Learning Subcommittee is:

• Explore and increase service learning at Towson University.
  
  

Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Committee

The goals of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Committee are:

• Help shape University policy regarding sexual assault;
• Develop and implement programs directed toward raising awareness regarding sexual assault, such as risk reduction, the relationship between sexual assault and substance abuse, available campus resources, dating violence, and how to help a friend;
• Coordinate prevention efforts across departments and academic disciplines;
• Develop more passive educational materials regarding sexual assault and to disseminate them through various mediums (i.e., brochures, on-line resources, posters, etc.); and,
• Develop and implement protocols to provide support services to anyone in the University community who is a victim of sexual assault.

Substance Education Concerns Committee

The goals of the Substance Concerns Committee are:

• Serve as Towson University's coordinating committee for alcohol and substance related issues.
• Review and evaluate the overall message about alcohol consumption, education and prevention programming
• Recommend actions, strategies and policies.

Veterans Concern Committee

The goals of the Veterans Concern Committee are:

• Identify and advocate for the issues of student veterans on campus
• Identify current and potential difficulties veteran students face
• Give voice to those issues in front of administration.