The University Judiciary Committee introduced its new liaisons program for incoming first-year students at its Sunday meeting.
The program pairs UJC educators with first-year dormitories to extend educational opportunity to first-year students, UJC Chair Will Bane said.
The new program, spearheaded by UJC Senior Educator Victoria Marchetti, will foster a personal connection between UJC and first-year students, Bane said.
"In the past, when we've tackled education, we've taken a sort of wholesale approach. This tries to attach a personal face to specific areas of the University," he said.
The program will be an extension of dormitory talks UJC educators present to first-year students at the beginning of the year, Marchetti said. While the traditional dorm talks will still take place, UJC educators who administer the talks will now become the official liaisons for their assigned dormitories, she said.
As liaisons, UJC educators will be available to students who may have any questions about the committee's processes or want to get involved with UJC. The educators also will be able to inform students about new UJC policies of which they may not otherwise become aware.
It is not only first-year students new to the University who may find these liaisons valuable, however, as the committee hopes to serve resident staff as well.
In addition to answering any questions resident advisers may have about UJC for their first-year students, liaisons will attend Senior Resident meetings once a semester, Marchetti said, to foster a stronger relationship between UJC and the University's resident staff.
Although the program will only be initiated in first-year living residences this year, Bane said he hopes to extend the program to other areas of the University in the future, including on-Grounds upperclassmen housing areas as well as off-Grounds housing areas.
"Over time, the entire [University] population will have access to this resource," Bane said.
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