University of Massachusetts Amherst
PA-3: Participatory Governance

Student Government Association (SGA) Student Trustee and President are both elected by their peers to represent the student body on the Board of Trustees. The election results from 2018 here: https://www.umass.edu/sga/elections/ The Board of Trustees Student Trustee Election Policy here: https://www.umass.edu/studentlife/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/2016-2017%20SGA%20Bylaws.pdf Board of Trustees "Standard Three: Organization and Governance" document page 22 states "The Senate plays an active role in campus governance by providing advice to campus administrators about issues that affect undergraduate education and welfare. The Student Trustee also has direct access to address the University’s Board of Trustees." http://www.umass.edu/chancellor/sites/default/files/standard-three-organization-and-governance.pdf

Staff on campus have the ability to participate in their unions which provide opportunities for establishing new policies, programs, or initiatives; budgeting, staffing and financial planning; and communications processes and transparency practices. Staff members are also permitted to serve on Faculty Senate Committees such as the "Health Committee."

Faculty Senate https://www.umass.edu/senate/home UMass Board of Trustees https://www.umassp.edu/bot

UMass Amherst has written agreements with surrounding towns of Amherst and Hadley which set procedures for how the town and the campus co-manage numerous town/gown issues such as land use planning, student housing, student behavior, etc.

There are multiple UMass based governance bodies that provide opportunities for stakeholder engagement on multiple town/gown issues from stakeholders from all three of the above categories including: -UTAC - University/Town of Amherst Collaborative: http://www.umass.edu/utac/ The University-Town of Amherst Collaborative (UTAC) is a joint initiative of the Town of Amherst and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It is made up of Amherst residents, UMass Amherst town and university officials, and UMass Amherst students. UTAC is an advisory council to the town manager and chancellor which provides leadership and ideas, while building support for future joint endeavors. These include, but are not limited to, identifying sites for undergraduate mixed-use development, jointly pursuing public-private partnerships, and helping to create an anchor strategy for the university that embraces the town and fosters economic success. UTAC is a direct result of the Town Gown Steering Committee, created in 2013 with a joint commitment by Amherst and UMass to hire a consultant to aid in the development of a shared economic development and housing vision. The committee worked with U3 Advisors of Philadelphia on the UMass/Amherst Housing and Economic Development Plan upon which all future work is based. UTAC Members: Maurianne Adams Amherst Resident/Neighborhood Representative; Professor Emerita, UMass Alisa Brewer Chair, Amherst Select Board Nancy Buffone Associate Vice Chancellor for University Relations (co-chair) Shane Conklin Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities and Campus Services Enku Gelaye Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life John Kuhn Senior Principal, Kuhn Riddle Architects; Board of Directors, Amherst BID Eric Nakajima Former Director, Massachusetts Broadband Institute/Amherst resident Katherine Newman Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Carol Ross Media and Climate Specialist, Amherst Together David Ziomek Assistant Town Manager (co-chair) Economic Development Clare Bertrand Amherst Town Meeting Member; Amherst Office Park Natalie Blais Chief of Staff, Office of the Chancellor James D. Capistran Executive Director, UMass Innovation Institute (co-chair) Christine Gray-Mullen Member, Amherst Planning Board David Jensen Professor, School of Computer Science Sarah la Cour Executive Director, Amherst Business Improvement District Eric Nakajima Director, Massachusetts Broadband Institute (co-chair) Tripp Peake General Partner, Long River Ventures Bill Wooldridge Director, Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship Culture, Arts & Living Marilyn Blaustein Assistant Chancellor for Institutional Research Oliver Broudy Journalist/Director and Creator, Amherst Live Shawn Farley Director of Marketing, Fine Arts Center (co-chair) Carol Johnson Executive Director, Amherst Cinema Arts Center Sandy Litchfield Assistant Professor, Architecture Shelly Perdomo Assistant Vice Chancellor, Advocacy and Inclusion Kamil Peters Artist/Sculpter Carol Ross Coordinator, Amherst Together (co-chair) Rene Theberge Chair, Amherst Public Art Commission Jane Wald Executive Director, Emily Dickinson Museum Housing Dawn Bond Director of Student Services, Residential Life (co-chair, Housing) Andrew Churchill Executive Director, Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative; Amherst Town Meeting Member Laura Fitch Kraus-Fitch Architects, Amherst, MA John Kuhn Senior Principal, Kuhn Riddle Architects; Board of Directors, Amherst BID (co-chair, Housing) Sally Linowski Associate Dean Off-Campus Student Life Douglas Marshall Project Planner/Manager, Facilities & Campus Services Ken Rosenthal Resident and Neighborhood Representative; Hampshire College board member Greg Stutsman co-chair Amherst Housing and Sheltering Committee; Amherst Planning Board Nathaniel Whitmal Associate Professor, Communication Disorders Staff Geoff Kravitz Director, Economic Development, Town of Amherst Tony Maroulis Director of External Relations, UMass Amherst -Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce High Risk Drinking: http://www.umass.edu/ccc/ University and community leaders, with support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, came together to form the Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (CCC) in 2005. Since its inception, risky drinking at UMass Amherst is down by as much as 26% and the comprehensive strategic plan which drives the effort has garnered national recognition. CCC Members: UMass Amherst: Campus Center Center for Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Prevention Center for Health Promotion Center for Student Development Commonwealth Honors College Community Relations Dean of Students Office Fraternities and Sororities Financial Aid Ombuds Office Peer Health Education Police Department Residence Life School of Public Health and Health Sciences Student Government Association Transit Undergraduate Advising University Health Services UVC-TV 19 Amherst beverage retailers Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce Amherst Business Improvement District Amherst Fire Department Amherst Health Department Amherst Police Department Amherst Select Board Hadley Police Department Hadley Select Board Belchertown Board of Health Pioneer Valley Housing Association Strategic Planning Intiative for Families and Youth (SPIFFY) Town of Sunderland