Overall Rating	Silver
Overall Score	47.15
Liaison	Sarah Leola Hunt
Submission Date	Feb. 26, 2024

STARS v2.2

University of North Carolina, Pembroke
PA-3: Inclusive and Participatory Governance

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.75 / 3.00	Courtney Page Energy and Sustainability Coordinator Facilities Operations

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Part 1. Shared governance bodies

Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which the following stakeholders can regularly participate in the governance of the institution?:

	Yes or No
Students	Yes
Academic staff	Yes
Non-academic staff	Yes

A brief description of the institution’s formal participatory or shared governance bodies:

The purpose of the Student Government Association is to represent and safeguard the interests of students. It is a political organization providing students with an avenue for action on matters pertaining to student rights and welfare. Although discipline is the legal responsibility of the administration, the principle of student government is fully supported by the administration and faculty.

All students attending UNCP automatically become members of the Student Government Association. SGA functions through its elected representatives and is subject to the general administrative authority of its sponsor, the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs. Every full-time student who has at least a 2.5 cumulative average (on a 4.0 system) has the privilege of seeking positions in the senate by either at-large application and interview or election.

The Student Government Association is elected by the student body each spring according to the Governing Documents of the organization.

The SGA is composed as a presidential unicameral system. The Executive Branch is composed of the President, Vice President, Chief of Staff, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Senate shall be composed of 32 seats. Each class shall be allotted 6 seats for the senate. The College of Arts and Sciences shall be allotted 3 seats, The College of Health Sciences shall be allotted 2 seats, and the School of Business, the School of Education, and the Graduate School shall be allotted one seat each.

Faculty Senate
Purpose
The purpose of the Faculty Senate of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke shall be to serve as the principal academic policy-making body of the University, subject to review and approval by the Chancellor; to serve as an advisory and consultative council to the Chancellor and other Administrators; and to receive from Senate Committees or University Departments recommendations concerning educational policies of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke upon which the Senate may deliberate and act.

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED FILE UNDER OPITIONAL FIELD

Part 2. Campus stakeholder representation in governance

Total number of individuals on the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of students representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Number of non-academic staff representing their peers as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Part 3. Gender equity in governance

Number of women serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body:

Percentage of official members of the highest governing body that are women:

46.15

Website URL where information about the institution’s highest governing body may be found:

https://www.uncp.edu/resources/chancellor/university-governance/board-trustees/board-trustees

Part 4. Community engagement bodies

Does the institution host or support one or more formal bodies through which external stakeholders have a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them?:

A brief description of the campus-community council or equivalent body that gives external stakeholders a regular voice in institutional decisions that affect them:

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Optional Fields

Number of people from underrepresented groups serving as official members of the institution’s highest governing body.:

Website URL where information about the institution’s governance structure is available:

http://www.uncp.edu/about-uncp/administration/departments/chancellor/university-governance/university-committees

Additional documentation to support the submission:

Staff_Senate_Constitution._2023.pdf

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Faculty Senate

Purpose

The purpose of the Faculty Senate of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke shall be to serve as the principal academic policy-making body of the University, subject to review and approval by the Chancellor; to serve as an advisory and consultative council to the Chancellor and other Administrators; and to receive from Senate Committees or University Departments recommendations concerning educational policies of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke upon which the Senate may deliberate and act.

Membership

The Senate consists of the Chancellor of the University, the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, three General Faculty members from each of the Divisions of Arts, Education, Letters, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Health Sciences, and six General Faculty members elected at-large by the General Faculty.

Committee Structure

The Senate shall have the following types of committees: Operations Committees (Committee on Committees and Elections, Executive Committee, Committee on Faculty Governance, Committee for Oversight of the Faculty Handbook), Standing Committees (Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Campus Life, Faculty and Institutional Affairs, Academic Information Technology Committee), Subcommittees of the Standing Committees, and Continuing and Special Committees.

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