A chart of varied examples of policies regarding student members to the Board of Visitors (Board of Trustees at FSU). Though the University and Virginia Tech both have appointed student members, at other schools the representative is elected.
Eighteen people sit on the University Board of Visitors. Only seventeen, however, have voting power on the Board and one — fourth-year College student Meg Gould — is there to help ensure the Board understands the breadth of the student experience when making their decisions.
“You are essentially serving as a sounding board for a lot of these issues that affect students,” Gould said.