Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 63.29
Liaison Samuel Crowl
Submission Date Feb. 20, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Ohio University
PA-3: Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 3.00 Vince Weatherstein
Director of Energy Management
Facilities Management & Safety
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Part 1

Do the institution’s students have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a student council)? :
Yes

Do the institution’s students have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which students are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
The Ohio University Student Senate is the elected representative body for all undergraduate, graduate and medical students on the Ohio University, Athens Campus, with appointed representation from all five regional campuses. Student Senate has the sole duty to appoint students to University committees to ensure student input on all matters concerning the University. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1do18bPxCVxvd2TKxb-Gs_y8vCSFbp5xHViiVBU35iDo/edit?pli=1 Additionally, the President of Student Senate is a voting member of the university’s Budget Planning Council and sits on the University Presidents Cabinet. All graduate students of Ohio University, Athens campus, shall be eligible to vote in the Graduate Student Senate election. All full and part-time graduate students from the Ohio University, Athens campus currently enrolled in an official graduate degree-granting program and in good academic standing shall be eligible to serve on the GSS. There shall be at least two general meetings scheduled each month, except January, May, June, July, August, and December. Student Members of the Ohio University Board of Trustees are appointed by the Governor of Ohio. Applications are distributed by the Ohio University Student Senate, interviews are conducted by a committee made up of representatives from all five university senates; Student, Graduate, Faculty, Administrative and Classified Senates. A slate of candidates is then sent to the Governor’s Office for review and selection.

Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which staff are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
The Ohio University Administrative Senate is an elected body representing administrators at Ohio University. The purpose of the Administrative Senate is to promote and enhance the profession of university administration and specifically, the profession at Ohio University. The Administrative Senate is committed to providing a collective and independent voice to those having administrative responsibilities in the conduct of the educational mission of the University. The Senate provides the administrative staff of the University with a legitimate and necessary role in the governance of the University through a public forum where the individual and representative voices of the staff will be heard, and will be one of equal participation with other representative groups in University decision-making. The Ohio University Classified Senate serves as "an advisory board for the discussion of policies, procedures, benefits, and services affecting classified employees... All permanent full-time and permanent part-time classified employees of Ohio University beyond the initial probationary period, are eligible for membership on Classified Senate." http://www.ohio.edu/csen/upload/Bylaws.pdf

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a faculty senate)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body? :
Yes

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which teaching and research faculty are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
"The Ohio University Faculty Senate is an elected representative body that acts on behalf of all Ohio University faculty. All Faculty Senate meetings are open, and all faculty members are welcome to participate in discussions at meetings." http://www.ohio.edu/facultysenate/ "As a key partner in University governance, the Senate provides representatives to all relevant University committees, boards, and task forces. " http://www.ohio.edu/facultysenate/about/index.cfm List of Members of the Ohio University Board of Trustees (https://www.ohio.edu/trustees/members/index.cfm): Board of Trustees Members Janetta King, Chair Dave Scholl, Vice Chair Steve Casciani Janelle Coleman Cary Cooper N. Victor Goodman Dell Robinson Diane Smullen Peggy Viehweger Laura Brege, national trustee David Pidwell , national trustee Ronald Teplitzky, alumni representative Brooke Mauro, student trustee Faith Voinovich, student trustee Officers of the Board Dave Moore, Secretary to the Board Trustees Deborah Shaffer, Treasurer Faculty Representatives David Thomas, faculty representative Susan Williams, faculty representative From the Board of Trustees website: "The chair of the Faculty Senate Finance and Facilities Committee is invited by the Board to serve as an ex-officio non-voting faculty representative to the University Resources Committee and chair of the Faculty Senate Curriculum Council is invited to serve as an ex-officio non-voting faculty representative to the University Academics Committee." https://www.ohio.edu/trustees/selection/index.cfm

Part 2

Does the institution have written policies and procedures to identify and engage external stakeholders (i.e. local residents) in land use planning, capital investment projects, and other institutional decisions that affect the community?:
Yes

A copy of the written policies and procedures:
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The policies and procedures:
The Ridges Advisory Committee, established with members representing Ohio University, the City of Athens, and community members, is charged with periodically reviewing the comprehensive land use plans for The Ridges and the university’s progress toward its implementation: https://www.ohio.edu/planning-space/up/d23.cfm

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which community members representing the interests of the following stakeholder groups can regularly participate in institutional governance?:
Yes or No
Local government and/or educational organizations Yes
Private sector organizations No
Civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs) No

If yes to one or more of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which external stakeholders are engaged in institutional governance (including information about each stakeholder group selected above):
Community members are represented on two University Standing Committees (Ecology and Energy Conservation Committee; Kennedy/Frontiers in Science Lecture Committee).

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
http://www.ohio.edu/trustees/index.cfm

Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data was provided by Jessica Wingett (President, Administrative Senate), Landen Lama, Student Senate President, and Maria Modayil, Graduate Student Senate President, on various dates. Information request sent to David Moore, Secretary of the Board of Trustee, asking for edits to this credit if necessary. No edits were received by 2/13/18.

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