Student Assembly Committee on Inclusion and Diversity Initiatives

Joining the Committee

The committee has a total of 20 voting members.

Undergraduate Students

The committee has eleven positions open exclusively to undergraduates. Of these, four are staffed automatically from the Student Assembly as the minority, international, and LGBTQ representatives are all ex-officio voting members. One position is open only to another member of the Student Assembly.

Five positions are open to any undergraduate student at the university.

Undergraduate students wishing to join this committee should apply online:

• Assemblies Committee Staffing Service

Graduate and Professional Students

One voting position is available to any graduate or professional student at the university.

Graduate or professional students wishing to join this committee should apply online:

• Assemblies Committee Staffing Service

Faculty

Two voting positions are open to any faculty member on the Ithaca or Geneva campus.

Except where otherwise indicated, faculty positions on assemblies committees are staffed by the Faculty Senate. Since the Faculty Senate is external to the Office of the Assemblies, please inquire directly through the following address if you are a member of Cornell faculty and are interested in serving on an assemblies committee:

• Cornell Faculty Senate

Liaisons from other organizations

A number of position appointments are available as described in the Student Assembly’s bylaws.

Getting Involved in Other Ways

Meetings of the committee are generally open to the public. Please contact a member of the committee if there are issues you wish the committee to address.

Subcommittees

This committee may form subcommittees. Although it may staff these groups with any interested members of the Cornell community, it is directed to recruit especially from the following groups:

• Minority Faculty/Staff Forum
• Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives (OADI)
• International Student Programming Board
• Minority Greek Letter Council
• Program House governments