Portland State University
PA-3: Participatory Governance

ASPSU welcomes all students to be involved and participate in the Senate, Judicial Board and many other committees who serve PSU Students.

ASPSU: Advocate for and represent the interest of students before internal and external bodies;
Facilitate formal needs of communication and interaction between students, student organizations, faculty and University administration;
Identify and develop services not offered by other divisions of the University;
Provide a process for students to fully participate in the allocation of student incidental fees.

This Student Fee Committee is composed of 8 members and is responsible for recommending the allocation of the Student Fee to the ASPSU Student Government and the University President. It is the job of the SFC to allocate money to student funded programs and services that further the cultural and physical development of the students at large.

There is at least one student on the Board of Trustees that is appointed by the Governor with approval of the Oregon Senate, and students also serve on the board's committees:
-Academic and Student Affairs Committee
-Executive and Audit Committee
-Finance and Administration Committee
-Special Committee on Campus Public Safety

During the 2018/2019 academic year the President created a new President's Student Advisory Council:
1. Council membership
a. The council should be made up of approximately 30 students who are enrolled in
6 undergraduate or 5 graduate credits.
b. The ASPSU President and Vice President shall be members of the council.
c. Members of the council serve until the end of the 2018-2019 Academic Year
2. Council nominations
a. Each Dean may nominate two students, preferably one undergraduate and one
graduate student.
b. Each of the following units may nominate up to two students: Athletics,
University Housing & Residence Life, Diversity and Multicultural Student
Services, the Cultural Resource Centers (each individual center may nominate up
to two students), International Student Services, Students with Children, Student
Activities and Leadership Programs, Student Media, Student Health Advisory
Board, Campus Recreation, Veteran Student Services, Queer Resource Center,
and Women’s Resource Center.
c. The Graduate Employees Union may nominate representatives.
3. Creating a diverse and inclusive council
a. The make-up of the student council, along with the faculty and staff councils, will reflect the equity lens derived from the Strategic Plan, Goal 4, in order to create a more diverse and inclusive group/committee to the president. The council will strive to include perspectives from the whole PSU community including, but not limited to: gender, race, sexual orientation, ability/disability, and age.
4. Frequency and style of meetings
a. The council will meet once per term for 2 hours, with a goal of the first meeting taking place in February.
b. Meetings will take place over the lunch-hour and the president will provide lunch.
5. Advisory council scope:
Student Success
Engagement
Challenges

Starting 2018/2019 academic year, the President created a President's Staff Advisory Council:
1. Council membership
a. 8 members of the SEIU Classified Staff union classification
b. 8 members of the AAUP-Academic Professionals classification.
c. 8 members of the Unclassified/Unrepresented employee classification.
d. Members of the council serve until the end of the 2018-2019 Academic Year.
2. Council nominations
a. Members from the three staff categories will be nominated by Deans, Vice
Presidents, union Leadership, and by self-nomination.
b. Each Dean, Vice President, and Union will nominate up to three employees, one
from each category if all three categories are present in their division.
c. Self-nominations will be conducted via online form.
3. Creating a diverse and inclusive council
a. The make-up of the staff council, along with the faculty and student councils, will reflect the equity lens derived from the Strategic Plan, Goal 4, in order to create a more diverse and inclusive group/committee to the president. The council will strive to include perspectives from the whole PSU community including, but not limited to gender, race, sexual orientation, ability/disability, and age.
b. In addition, nominators will be asked to consider length of service and the role or job the staff member has on campus.
c. Staff from all university-level divisions and schools and colleges should be
represented on the council.
4. Frequency and style of meetings
a. The council will meet once per term for 2 hours, with a goal of the first meeting taking place in February.
b. Meetings will take place over the lunch-hour and the president will provide lunch.
5. Advisory council scope:

Student Success
Engagement
Challenges

There is at least one staff member on the board of trustees (appointed by the Governor, with Oregon Senate approval). Staff also serve on the board of trustee's committees:
-Academic and Student Affairs Committee
-Executive and Audit Committee
-Finance and Administration Committee
-Special Committee on Campus Public Safety

Faculty Senate:
The Faculty shall consist of the Chancellor, the President of Portland State University, and all persons who hold State Board appointments with the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor, and whose full-time equivalent is at least fifty percent teaching, research, or administration at Portland State University. Unranked members of Portland State University who are certified by the Provost to have academic qualifications sufficient to justify appointment at one of the above mentioned ranks, whose primary responsibility is for such fundamental areas as curriculum, subject matter, and methods of instruction, research, faculty status, and those aspects of student life that relate to the education process, and whose full-time equivalent is at least fifty percent teaching, research, or administration at Portland State University shall also be included in the faculty regardless of title. The University Faculty reserves the right to elect to membership any person who is employed full-time by the Oregon University System. From Article II, PSU Faculty Constitution.

http://www.pdx.edu/faculty-senate/home

There is at least one faculty member on the Board of Trustees (appointed by Governor with approval of Oregon Senate), and faculty also serve on the Board's committees:
-Academic and Student Affairs Committee
-Executive and Audit Committee
-Finance and Administration Committee
-Special Committee on Campus Public Safety

During the 2018/2019 Academic year the President created a new President's Academic Advisory Council:
1. Council membership
a. The council will be made up of 18 dean nominated members, and additional
members nominated by the Faculty Senate and Vice President for Research.
b. Members will serve until the end of the 2018-2019 Academic year.
2. Council nominations
a. Each dean will nominate three faculty members, spread across the academic
disciplines, two full-time (one junior faculty member, one senior faculty member,
and one part-time).
b. Additional members may be nominated by Faculty Senate.
c. The Vice President of Research will nominate research faculty.
3. Creating a diverse and inclusive group/committee
a. The make-up of the faculty advisory group/committee, along with the staff and
student councils, will reflect the equity lens derived from the Strategic Plan, Goal
4, in order to create a more diverse and inclusive group/committee to the
president. The council will strive to include perspectives from the whole PSU
community including, but not limited to: gender, race, sexual orientation,
ability/disability, and age.
4. Frequency and style of meetings
a. The council will meet once per term for 2 hours, with a goal of the first meeting
taking place in late February 2019.
b. Meetings will take place over the lunch-hour and the president will provide lunch.
5. Council scope:
Student Success
Engagement
Challenges

The Board of Trustees has members from the following stakeholders:
-Private Sector: CEO of Azumano Travel, CEO Mentor Graphics, VP NW Natural, General Council NW Natural, private equity firm, Rogue Venture Partners, Chinus Asset Management, Columbia Investments, and Vernier Software & Technology
-Non-Profit Sector: CEO of Children's Institute and founder of Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber

The Board of Trustees also provide an open comment period at each meeting. Speakers are allowed up to three minutes each for their comments with preference given to those who sign up in advance. The opportunity to sign up is available when meeting agendas and items are published on the Board website. The form will require you to provide your name, email address, phone number, the subject of your comments, and your relationship to the University.

Portland State University also has shared governance is several buildings:
-Fourth Avenue Building: City of Portland and Portland State University shared governance
-Academic and Student Recreation Center: City of Portland and Portland State University shared governance
-Collaborative Life Sciences Building: Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and Oregon State University shared governance
-Fourth and Montgomery: currently in design phase will be a shared governance with City of Portland, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland Community College, and Portland State University