Student Affairs
Student Ombudsperson Selection Committee
The Ombudsman Selection Committee meets in the spring of every year to interview the finalist candidate(s) for ombudsperson and associate ombudsperson and to make a committee recommendation to the President, who hires the two students for these positions. The Selection Committee has two students appointed by Student Government (one graduate, one undergraduate), two faculty members, one staff member, and the ombudsperson ex officio.
Contact:
Roberta Cohen, Advisor and Deputy Dean of Students in the University, rcohen2@uchicago.edu
International Student Advisory Board
The purpose of the International Student Advisory Board (ISAB) is to develop and maintain communication between international students and the University’s administration, via interaction with the Office of International Affairs (OIA). ISAB members function as liaisons between the international members of various formal and informal groups at the University and OIA. ISAB and OIA develop joint goals intended to improve the experience of international students at the University, primarily by enhancing the connection between international student needs and resources available at the University. Where new resources are needed, ISAB and OIA will collaborate in exploring solutions. Students can self-nominate or be nominated by other students. The group meets quarterly. All international students receive e-mail regarding ISAB in the Autumn quarter.
Contact:
Tamara Felden, Director, Office of International Affairs, tfelden@uchicago.edu
Website:
http://internationalaffairs.uchicago.edu/ISABindex.html
Student Government Student Life Committee
The Committee on Student Life will work to improve the lives of students by focusing on a variety of student concerns including minority and activist issues, health insurance concerns, community relations, and will also run the complaints.uchicago.edu website. This committee also runs the SG/RSO Variety Show at Summer Breeze. The Variety Show will showcase different performance organizations and gives them a chance to expose themselves to the campus community. The committee will address activist and minority concerns ranging from University Employment issues, community relations with the University, the Universities policies toward non-political stances or the Kalven Report, and the new Diversity Center coming to campus. A member will serve on the University Committee on Minority Affairs. The committee is also charged with the task of evaluating a variety of University polices effecting student health issues (i.e. Health Insurance/Packages) and will meeting with administrators and slate members to evaluate the effectiveness of university policies and cost in all health fields. The members of this committee will field all complaints from the Student Government complaints website and respond to those complaints as well as visit different houses and student organizations on campus to talk to students about their concerns. Members of the Student Life Committee interested in community serve will have an opportunity to work on improving relations between the university community and its surrounding neighborhoods by working with neighborhood leaders to foster a better working relationship and serving on university committees including the Student Advisory Committee on the Neighborhood and the Community Service Fund Council.
Contact:
Emale Gray, Chair, emale@uchicago.edu
