The goal of this legislation is to make it easier for members of Student Council to understand the nature of funding requests and to process them more efficiently.
At the final meeting of the spring semester, the Honor Committee expressed interest in the development of a multi-sanction system but plans for this were not discussed at the meeting on Sunday.
Ryan Cieslukowski, director of funding reform and support updates and fourth-year Batten student, shared several updates related to the Student Activities Fee funding process.
On July 1, Youngkin appointed four members to the Board — including Ellis — who are scheduled to take their seats during the Board’s retreat in August.
UJC is a student-run organization responsible for investigating and trying alleged violations of the University's Standards of Conduct, which lists 12 prohibited behaviors aimed at facilitating a community of safety and trust.
Bray previously served the Committee as an Honor Investigator before acting as the vice chair for hearings during the 2021-22 term.
The Executive Committee consists of 12 members who oversee the trial process and manage the UJC’s operations.
Open positions include director of coalition engagement and director of mutual aid.
The Committee spent most of the meeting discussing members’ goals for the term, with Bray sharing that she will use the goals to form a “road map” for the Committee to follow.
Cain said she was heartened to see a diverse representation of communities in this leadership team.
The bylaw will require there to be an in-person quorum for remaining members to attend virtually and members who wish to attend virtually must have their reasoning approved by the chair.
Cain spoke about the communities she hopes to empower during her time as President.
Ultimately, Chambers was disappointed in the committee’s failure to complete some notable tasks, held back by a failure to meet meeting attendance requirements.
By-law revisions included certifying the results of recent executive committee elections and eliminating the interview response period.
Kim will be succeeded in her position by third-year College student Nabeel Raza.
Previously, both organizational and individual student case data could only be publically shared through statistics that generalized cases without revealing identifying information.
The proposal has yet to officially reach the University administration.
This year, a referendum to reduce the Honor Committee’s guilty sanction from expulsion to a two-semester leave of absence passed by a ratio of four votes to one.
The Graduate Honor representative position has not appeared on a University Board of Elections ballot in recent years.
The referendum — which reduces the sanction of expulsion to a two-semester leave of absence — is the largest change to the Honor system since its inception over 150 years ago.
