Campus Services
Many of the student positions on these committees are appointed by Student Government. If you're interested in joining one, please go here for more information.
Campus Services: Banking
Each year, the Campus Services Committee of Student Government meets with representatives from CitiBank and Michael Kocelko, the University Bursar, to discuss issues of banking services for students and provide feedback about the current level of service and the present and future needs of the student community. They meet once in the Fall quarter and then as needed thereafter.
Contact:
Meghan Hammond, Project Analyst, mrhammond@uchicago.edu
Chris Williams, Chair of Campus Services Committee, chriswilliams@uchicago.edu
Campus Services: Bookstore
The Campus Services Committee of Student Government meets with the management from the Barnes & Noble College bookstore and a representative from the Office of the Vice President and Dean of Students in the University. The purpose of this meeting is to advise the University bookstore, with partner Barnes & Noble, on enhancing the look and utility of the bookstore. This committee meets once in the Fall and as needed thereafter.
Contact:
Meghan Hammond, Project Analyst, mrhammond@uchicago.edu
Chris Williams, Chair of Campus Services Committee, chriswilliams@uchicago.edu
Campus Dining Advisory Board
The Campus Dining Advisory Board provides oversight and student response for the quality and structure of the Campus Dining Services administered by Housing and Dining Services. Student surveys and focus groups have helped steer the administration in choosing the dining plan, menu, and layout. Students on the Dining Advisory Board meet monthly with administrators and discuss "big-picture issues." They provide feedback to the management of the dining venues, consider proposals for changes in services, assist in planning for future changes (brands, prices, selections), and offer feedback about policies and procedures that affect the cost and structure of the meal plans. 3 administrators plus 6 students comprise the committee. Students are appointed by IHC and SG. They meet 2-3 times per quarter.
Contact:
Meghan Hammond, Project Analyst, mrhammond@uchicago.edu
Website: http://www.rh.uchicago.edu/hds/dining/
Housing Activities Resource Council (HARC)
HARC was created by the Office of Undergraduate Student Housing to subsidize events involving two or more Houses from different residence halls. Their purpose is to distribute funds from Housing to promote inter-House interaction and programming. HARC board representatives are elected from each residence hall, for a total membership of 10 undergraduate students. The board reviews applications for funding and allocates a quarterly budget for approved inter-House activities. The number of members is 10. They meet weekly, except for Finals Week of each quarter.
Contact:
Karyn LaTurner, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Student Housing, karyn@uchicago.edu
Website:
http://www.rh.uchicago.edu/hds/housing/life/governance/
Inter-House Council (IHC)
The IHC is a body that represents the undergraduate population living in the housing system (about 60% of the College) on issues such as dining, housing, and transportation. There are a number of committees that deal directly with those three issues in cooperation with the housing staff and the relevant companies with which the University contracts. Other committees that have existed include the printing committee, reviewing the upcoming switch to pay printing at USITE, and one dealing with the further integration of Court Theater into the University community. The IHC also holds events, such as the annual Tug-O-War and the always hilarious roommate game. These events build interhouse unity, interhouse rivalries, and serve as an important conduit of free food to the undergraduate population. Later in the year, IHC will also sponsors an annual blood drive. One student representative is elected to IHC by each House, for a total membership of 38 students. They meet weekly, except for Finals Week of each quarter. An executive committee of 5 officers is elected by the general body.
Contact:
Katie Callow-Wright, Director of Undergraduate Student Housing, ccallow@uchicago.edu
Charles Stephen Thompson, President, cst85@uchicago.edu
Website:
http://www.rh.uchicago.edu/hds/housing/life/governance/
http://ihc.uchicago.edu/
Library Student Resource Group (LSRG)
The purpose of the Library Student Resource Group is to open a formal channel of communication between students and the Library Administration. The LSRG discusses matters related to all the University libraries—Crerar, D’Angelo Law, Eckhart, Harper, Regenstein, SSAd, and Yerkes—including feedback about collections, access, services, and present and future needs of the student community. The LSRG also assists in making specific recommendations to improve the Library and considers proposals for future changes in services. Finally, members of the LSRG discuss how the Library can most effectively communicate its resources, services and plans with students, and conversely, how students can most effectively communicate their wishes, needs and concerns to the Library.
The student representation in the LSRG consists of: 3 students from the College, 4 graduate students (one from each of the Divisions—Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities), and up to 6 students from the Professional Schools (Divinity, GSB, Harris, Law, Pritzker, SSA). The Council also includes several Library administration staff: Jim Vaughan, Assistant Director for Access & Facilities, Sem Sutter, Assistant Director for Humanities & Social Sciences, John Kimbrough, Assistant to the Director of the University Library, and Judith Nadler, the Director of the University Library, who chairs the group.
The Council meets approximately 2 times per quarter. Students are appointed to the Council by Deans of Students, working with the Office of the Vice President and Dean of Students, and serve a 2-year term.
Website:
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/about/studadv/index.html
Contact:
Meghan Hammond, Project Analyst, mrhammond@uchicago.edu
Transportation Student Advisory Board
The Transportation Student Advisory Board, chaired by representatives from Student Government (SG) and Inter House Council (IHC), provides a channel for students to continually evaluate campus transportation systems. Three students are appointed by SG and three students are appointed by IHC. Students will work with Brian Shaw, Director of Campus Transportation and Parking Services. The group meets 2 times per quarter.
Contact:
Meghan Hammond, Project Analyst, mrhammond@uchicago.edu
Committee on Campus Services
The Committee on Campus Services addresses concerns pertaining to transportation, security, dining, on campus banking, and academics at the University. Members interested in transportation will work with Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) and the Administrative Transportation committees including the Late Night Transportation Committee and Transportation Advisory Work Group in order to improve the transit routes to, from and around campus as well as parking lot space. From the A-F route, the 171/2/3 and the Late Night Van Service, members of this committee will ensure the campus transportation system is working effectively at all times and for all students. Other members will work sit on and work closely with UofC Committee on Safety and Security, Independent Review Committee for the UCPD, and the All University Disciplinary committee with the aim of creating a safe environment for all members of the University. In the area of dining, members will serve on the university Campus Dining Advisory Board which will focus on oversight and student response on the quality and structure on the Campus Dining Services. Members interested in banking will have an opportunity to work with the university bursar and the manager of Citibank with the purpose of advising the administration on issues of banking services provided to students.Members will also deal with academic services on campus including Cmore, course evaluations and class times and availability. Past contributions from the Committee on Campus Services include the development of a new events website that is expected to launch in 2006, leading a project to install a camera on the side of Eckhart and an LCD screen in the Reynolds Club to display information and allow people to watch for the buses while waiting inside during the winter, Created http://factoids.uchicago.edu to disseminate useful facts for students, Categorized and prioritized student complaints to NSIT about cMail, and audited the Regenstein library facilities problems (broken thermostats, etc.) and reported them to Facilities Services, along with various other facilities problems around campus.
Contact:
Chris Williams, Chair, chriswilliams@uchicago.edu
Website:
http://sg.uchicago.edu/
