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§3.3

TITLE 3: EXECUTIVE BRANCH

Chapter 3: Department of Finance

§3.3-1. There shall be an Executive Department of Finance. The Finance Department shall manage the budget of the Assembly. It shall prepare for the President, pursuant to Article II Section II, Clause IV of the Constitution:

  1. The budget of the Assembly
  2. The Student Activities funding budget from the income generated by the Student Activities Fee
  3. The Student Publications funding budget from the income generated by the Student Activities Fee (4-03, SB)

§3.3-2. The Department shall also prepare and coordinate:

  1. Applications and recommendations for private, local, state, and federal grants to fund the activities of the Assembly and other Student organizations and activities
  2. Fundraising activities for the Assembly (4-03, SB)

§3.3-3. Within the Department of Finance there shall be a Secretary of Finance who shall control the Department. There shall also be Assistant Secretaries and other Deputies for the roles assigned to the Department in §3.3-1, and §3.3-2 as the President shall deem necessary. (4-03, SB)

§3.3-4. The roles prescribed in §3.3-1, and §3.3-2 may be expanded through the direction of the President. (4-03, SB)

§3.3-5. Appropriation Process

§3.3-5.1. General
  1. The mission of the Student Assembly appropriation process is to foster growth and excellence in the student experience at the College through fair and adequate funding of student organizations. The Student Assembly shall appropriate monies to fund activities that comply with guidelines set forth in this section, irrespective of the viewpoint of the organization, and in accordance with the statement of Rights and Responsibilities found in the most current addition of the College of William and Mary's Student Handbook. All organizations that fail to meet the prescribed guidelines will not received monies from the Student Activities Fee.
  2. Organizations recognized in good standing by the College of William and Mary may request funding for activities they sponsor with funds from the Student Activities Fee.
  3. Student Activities Fee should be a defined as a non-academic fee charged to each full-time student at the College. In addition, the Student Activities Fee shall include any monies that were not disbursed in a fiscal year and were kept in a state account administered by the Office of Student Activities, which shall include the special event funds and the Consolidated Reserve Funds.
  4. The Senate of the Student Assembly shall make a recommendation for the Annual Student Activities Fee for the Board of Visitors' consideration.
  5. The Student Assembly shall be the sole grantor of the disbursement of the Student Activities Fee to organizations recognized in good standing by the Office of Student Activities. No other person or entity shall appropriate money outside of the guidelines set forth in this title. The Office of Student Activities shall have limited and reasonable administrative flexibility in the disbursement of monies appropriated. Any person deemed in violation of misappropriating funds may be charged with a Class 4 Felony under §18.2-112 of the Code of Virginia. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-5.2. Executive Preparation of the Annual Budget of Student Activities Fees
  1. Pursuant to Article II, Section II, Clause III of the Constitution of the Student Assembly, the President of the Student Assembly "shall prepare and present to the Senate for their approval, the Budget of the Student Assembly and the Budget for the allocation of fees for Student Activities."
  2. The President shall designate the Department of Finance, whose creation was set forth in §3.3-1 of the Code of the Student Assembly to prepare the Budget for the allocation of Student Activities Fees for the upcoming fiscal year.
  3. The Secretary of Finance, who will henceforth be named the Secretary, shall lead the effort to prepare the budget for the President to present to the Senate.
  4. The Secretary shall nominate an Executive Appropriations Committee (EAC) to be approved by the Senate (removed pursuant to the Review Board, 11-11-03, RB 311-002) that will aid the Secretary in preparing the budget. The Secretary shall nominate the Committee by November 1st of the academic year. The Secretary shall chair the EAC. The Secretary of Student Activities shall be the vice-chair and a non-voting member of the Committee. The remaining appointees shall be representative of the student body as a whole. The Department of Finance shall develop administrative guidelines for the appointment of the Committee. A representative of the Office of Student Activities shall serve on the Committee as an ex-officio member. No member of the Senate shall sit on the EAC. The voting members of the committee shall be one member from each undergraduate class, two graduate students, and one at-large member, totaling seven voting members, with the chair and vice-chair being two ex-officio non-voting members.
  5. Within 10 days of the EAC's creation, it shall issue a campus wide announcement for the budget requests of student organizations in good standing with the Office for Student Activities. The Office of Student Activities shall develop packets for Student Organizations to use in their budget proposals.
  6. These student organizations seeking funding shall be required to furnish their organization description, update on activities, line-item budget, organization's goals, and any other relevant information requested by the EAC.
  7. The Secretary and the Secretary for Student Activities shall work in conjunction with the Office for Student Activities in educating the various student organizations on submitting funding requests for the upcoming school year.
  8. The Department of Finance and the Office of Student Activities shall have received all Student Organization's budget requests before the last day of classes in the Fall semester.
  9. The EAC shall review budget requests submitted in writing by organizations in good standing. No organization may make a budget request unless it has submitted a written request to the Department of Finance and the Office of Student Activities under the guidelines set above.
  10. The EAC shall hold public hearings after reviewing the written requests submitted. Student organizations requesting funds from the Student Activities Fee may ask for a hearing from the EAC. The EAC shall grant all requests for organization budgetary hearings.
  11. The EAC will then prepare the budget under guidelines that will be set forth later in this section by the first business day in February for presentation to the President of the Student Assembly. The EAC's presentation to the President shall be public information and open to all students for inspection. In preparing the budget, the EAC shall take the following into consideration:
    1. The extent to which the proposed activity is likely to foster growth and excellence among students at the College.
    2. The commitment of the activity sponsors to the execution of the activity.
    3. The history of the activity, and the projected needs of the activity for the upcoming fiscal year.
    4. The amount of outside funding the activity has previously received and the potential for additional funding from other sources.
    5. The goals of the organization's primary activities and its membership selection process.
    6. Any other relevant factors the committee deems appropriate
  12. The EAC shall give the president either a written explanation of their budget or one member of their committee may verbally explain the budget in addition to or instead of presenting a written report. Once the Budget is presented to the President, any Student Organization or Student at the College may submit a written objection to the President. All formal objections shall be made in writing to the Chief of Staff of the President within 5 academic days of the presentation of the EAC's budget recommendations. The President of the Student Assembly shall take into account these formal objections in the presentation of the budget to the Senate. All formal objections shall be public information available to any student at the College.
  13. The President shall then submit the budget to the Chairman of the Senate for the Senate's approval after ten academic days from the EAC's presentation to the President. The President shall also submit a written report with his/her budget and/or appear before the Senate once he/she has presented a budget.
  14. All meetings of the EAC shall be opened to the public under the Commonwealth of Virginia's Freedom of Information Act. The EAC may go into closed session by a majority vote only to discuss private matters that are permissible under Virginia's FOIA laws. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-5.3. Legislative Approval of the Annual Budget of Student Activities Fees
  1. Pursuant to Article II, Section IV, Clause I of the Constitution "the Senate shall have the power: to provide for the Budget of the Student Assembly and disbursement of monies from the Treasury of the Student Assembly and of fees allocated for student activities,…"
  2. Once the Chairman of the Senate is presented the Annual Budget of the Student Activities Fees, he/she shall present the budget to the Chair of the Budget and Finance committee within five academic days.
  3. The Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee shall within seven academic days call for public budgetary hearings to hear objections and additional requests to the budget presented to the Senate.
  4. Individual Senators may submit budget amendments to the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget. All budget amendments will be heard in open hearings of the Committee.
  5. The Senate Committee on Finance and Budget shall have 14 academic days to submit the budget onto the full Senate. With the permission of the Chairman of the Senate, the Committee may enter into further deliberation.
  6. The full Senate shall pass a budget within 7 academic days of receiving the budget from the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget.
  7. Upon passage, the Chairman of the Senate shall present the enrolled budget either in person and/or with a written report describing the Senate's changes to the President of the Student Assembly within 3 academic day of passage. The President then has seven days to either sign or veto the budget.
  8. If the President vetoes the budget, the Senate may override the President's veto by a 3/4 majority set forth in Article I, Section III, Clause III of the Constitution of the Student Assembly. If there is not a 3/4 majority to override the President's veto, the Senate must send an amended version of the budget to the President within 5 days for signature. The President then may veto or sign the budget. If the President vetoes the budget a second time, the Senate and the President shall create a conference committee to negotiate differences. The conference committee shall include to the President of the Student Assembly, the Chief of Staff of the President, the Secretary of Finance, the Chair of the Senate, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Budget and Finance, a Senator representing the graduate schools, and a member of the Office of Student Activities. This committee shall present to the Senate an amended version of the budget, who shall then be required to pass the budget under the legislative process spelled out in the Constitution within 7 academic days of the receipt of the Conference Committee's report. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-5.4. Special Event Funding and Conference Funding
  1. The President of the Student Assembly or his designee in conjunction with the Office of Student Affairs must approve any appropriations, with those exceptions noted in clauses 3 and 4, from the Speakers Fund, the Campus Event Fund, the Multi-Cultural Event Fund, the New Event Initiative Fund, and the Conference Fund created under the normal budgetary process.
  2. All requests by Student Organizations for additional appropriations from these funds shall be made to the Department of Finance and to the Office of Student Activities.
  3. Any funding requests fewer than seven-hundred and fifty dollars, the Assistant Vice-President of Student Activities or his designate may appropriate the request with consent from the President of the Student Assembly or his designate to distribute the request. If there is a dispute over the request, either party may take the request to the Executive Appropriations Committee.
  4. Any funding request over seven hundred and fifty dollars shall immediately be taken to the EAC for approval. The Secretary of Finance in conjunction with the Office for Student Activities shall present the request within 7 days of receipt to the Executive Appropriations Committee. The EAC shall then take up the request at the next scheduled meeting. The measure would require a majority vote for passage.
  5. The Office of Student Activities shall be charged with administration of these funds.
  6. The Senate shall receive a quarterly report on the expenditure of conference funds and a monthly report on the expenditure of Special Activity Funds from the Office of Student Activities. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-5.5. Consolidated Reserve Fund
  1. The Department of Finance shall be charged with estimating revenues generated by the Student Activities fund, and any monies that are appropriated through the budget process and not used, shall be placed in a fund named the Consolidated Reserve Fund. The Consolidated Reserve fund may be used for emergency funding or special projects that the Student Assembly deems beneficial to the campus as whole.
  2. The Consolidated Reserve Fund shall be kept in a state account.
  3. The power to appropriate the Consolidated Reserve fund shall be vested in the Student Senate, except for provisions stated in clauses 4 and 5, and shall be administered by the Office of Student Activities in conjunction with the Department of Finance. Any request to receive monies from the Consolidated Reserve Fund shall be made to the Department of Finance and to the Office of Student Activities.
  4. Any funds necessary for general maintenance purposes from the Consolidated Reserve Fund fewer than two thousand dollars may be allocated by the Office of Student Activities without Senate approval. The President of the Student Assembly shall be notified of all allocations within three days. The records of expenditures under two thousand dollars from the Consolidated Reserve Fund shall be made available to the Senate upon request.
  5. Any other funding request must be taken to the Senate for approval. The request shall be received by the Office of Student Activities and the Department of Finance. Within 7 academic days of receiving the request, the Secretary of Finance shall present the request to the Chair of the Senate for the Senate's approval. The Senate shall then take up the request within seven days of receipt under the legislative process set forth under the Constitution of the Student Assembly.
  6. When the Senate is not in session, the Assistant Vice-President for Student Affairs may appropriate monies from the Consolidated Reserve Fund in accordance with clause 4 above. All other funding requests shall be made with the consent of the President of the Student Assembly or his/her designee. All records of expenditures shall be made available to the Senate upon request. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-5.6. Publication Funding
  1. The Student Assembly shall appropriate the Publication's Council annually, based an annual contract agreed to by the President of the Student Assembly and the Chair of the Publications Council.
  2. The contract shall be negotiated by the President of the Student Assembly or his designee, a member from the Office of Students Activities, and the Chair of the Publications Council.
  3. The contract shall designate a set sum of money that shall be appropriated to the Publication's Council for their disbursement under certain finance guidelines that shall be set forth in said agreement.
  4. The contract shall require approval from the Senate on an annual basis.
  5. The Senate in conjunction with the Department of Finance and the Office of Student Activities shall have oversight for the valid appropriation of funds to individual publications.
  6. The Consolidated Reserve Fund from the Publications Fund may be appropriated for additional funding of College publications, emergency funding, or special projects that the Student Assembly deems beneficial to the College. The appropriation of the Publication Consolidated Reserve fund shall be subject to the same guidelines set forth in §3.3-5.5. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-5.7. Finance Guidelines
  1. The Student Assembly may fund activities that fall into the following categories:
    1. Student Government Activities: These are activities or initiatives sponsored by the Student Assembly or parts there of. These include student government organizations, the individual graduate schools, and the four undergraduate classes. The activities of the Honor Council and the Judicial Council will also be considered as student governmental activities.
    2. Publication Activities (Publication Council): These are limited to university-sponsored publications under the jurisdiction of the Publications Council. The Student Assembly shall fund a block sum for the Publication Council per a contract set forth in §3.3-5.6.
    3. Conference Activities (Conference Fund): These activities involve support for students of the College attending lectures, conferences, symposia, or similar activities.
    4. Special Activity Funding: Available to student organizations to provide financial assistance when holding activities and events. Consists of four separate funds: Speakers Fund, Multicultural Fund, Campus Event Fund and the New Event/Initiative Fund.
    5. Service Activities: These are activities whose primary purpose is to provide volunteer service to the College community, outside the College community, or both.
    6. Co-curricular Activities: These are activities which promote, supplement, or enhance curricular activities of the students at the College. To be included in this category, the activity for which funding is requested must be clearly linked to those of academic departments, programs, or schools.
    7. Cultural Activities: These activities consist of programs that are designed to increase cultural awareness, and the activities are for the benefit of and open to the entire college community.
    8. Interscholastic Activities: These are activities which involve competitions, exchange of ideas, or simulations with students of other institutions of higher education.
    9. Peer and Public Education Activities: These are activities which promote knowledge and information within and/or outside the College Community regarding subjects of importance or interest to the community but are not of a politically partisan nature or involve religious worship ceremonies or devotional activities.
    10. Humanitarian Activities: These are activities which, through student action, promote or encourage the humane treatment of people or animals.
    11. Hobby Activities: These are activities which promote, enhance, or encourage the hobbies of students at the College.
    12. Student Organization Fundraising: These are activities which allow Student Organizations to raise monies for their activities.
  2. The following activities may not be funded through revenue generated by the Student Activities Fee:
    1. Politically partisan activities in support of or in opposition to a candidate or political party are not fundable regardless of viewpoint.
    2. Religious worship ceremonies and devotional activities are not fundable regardless of viewpoint.
    3. Activities for which academic credit is received.
    4. In general, food or beverages shall not be funded, with certain exceptions:
      1. Food or beverages for a visiting lecturer or entertainer shall be funded
      2. Food or beverage that is integral to a cultural activity shall be funded.
      3. Food or beverage which is part of an approved banquet may be funded.
    5. Publicity for a specific event may only be funded up to 20% of the total costs for the event. General organization publicity may be funded up to 5% of the organizations overall budget.
    6. Only organizations that have office space on campus will be able to receive funds for telephone costs. No cellular phone bills will be reimbursed
    7. No alcoholic beverages or tobacco products will be funded.
    8. No plaques, awards, certificates or any prizes shall be funded.
    9. No memorabilia, yearbooks, photo albums or any items that are solely group-specific will be funded.
  3. Any Student Organization that misappropriates money from the Student Activities Fee will be subjected to administrative action from the Office of Student Activities and any officers engaging in actions of misappropriation may be subject to Honor Council or Judicial Council investigation.
    1. The Senate Committee on Finance and Budget shall have investigatory authority on any misappropriation of Student Activities Fees
    2. All investigative hearings shall be opened to the public under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.
  4. The Office of Student Activities may adjust individual line-items in an organizations budget up to $250. Any adjustment over $250 must be taken to the Senate for approval under legislative guidelines set forth in the Constitution of the Student Assembly. (10-23-03, SB 311-010)

§3.3-6. Executive Spending Limitation

§3.3-6.1. Executive Limitations
  1. The Student Assembly President or his/her designee shall have limitations on the amount he/she can spend from the primary off-campus Student Assembly (herein known as "Primary Off-Campus Account"). This account shall receive all profits from Student Assembly activities outside the fundraising activities of the individual social classes and Undergraduate Council. Such Student Assembly activities shall include, but not be limited to, the book sale and refrigerator/microwave sales. The Executive may write a maximum of 10 checks per month with a limit of $500.00 per individual check. The sum total of all expenditures on this account shall not exceed $1,000.00 per month. Any expenditure exceeding these limits shall be subject to the prior majority approval of the Senate.
  2. If the Student Assembly President or his/her designee desires to exceed the limitations imposed above, he/she shall present the request at the next scheduled Senate meeting.
  3. The establishment of additional off-campus accounts beyond the Primary Off-Campus Account (herein known as "Secondary Off-Campus Accounts") shall be subject to the majority approval of the Senate and require yearly reauthorization. Any transactions involving Secondary Off-Campus Accounts shall require the prior majority approval of the Senate. (2-17-04, SB 311-039) (2-18-05, SB 312-036)

§3.3-6.2. Account Regulations
  1. The off-campus account(s) shall be required to have two signatories on the account to include the President of the Student Assembly and the Secretary of Finance.
  2. The Student Assembly shall use the monies collected in the account for, but not limited to, special projects and events.
  3. In order to ensure a smooth transition year to year, the outgoing Student Assembly President and Secretary of Finance shall be required to transfer signatory authority to incoming administration within five business days of the inauguration. All financial records from the previous year shall be turned over to the incoming Student Assembly President at the time of inauguration. (2-17-04, SB 311-039) (2-18-05, SB 312-036)

§3.3-6.3. Account Transparency and Reporting
  1. The balances and all activities in the Student Assembly off-campus account(s) must be available to the entire student body. The Executive shall be required to make the account balances and the transactions public on the Student Assembly website, which will be updated monthly.
  2. All monies in off-campus and reserve accounts, regardless of type, must be accounted for and reported monthly to the Senate by the Secretary of Finance. Such reports shall be issued in person or by electronic mail to the Chairman of the Senate by the first Senate meeting of every month. These reports shall demonstrate that the information on the website is consistent with the statements issued by the financial institution where such accounts are located. Any exceptions must be accounted for prior to the meeting.
  3. Any Senator may request records from the off-campus account(s). Such requests shall be made to the Secretary of Finance, upon which the Secretary shall have seven business days to comply with the information request.
  4. Any person who misappropriates monies or withholds information from the Senate regarding their use may be brought up for removal proceedings as spelled out in the Constitution of the Student Assembly. (2-17-04, SB 311-039) (2-18-05, SB 312-036)

§3.3-6.4. Expiration: the above direction expires on February 22, 2006. (2-17-04, SB 311-039) (2-18-05, SB 312-036)

§3.3-7. Six hundred and twenty-five dollars should be allocated to the Student Assembly Executive Branch to pay for legal representation from the law firm LaClair Ryan to represent the interests of these students [evicted from their off-campus residences]. (10-20-03, SB 311-013)

§3.3-8. The Senate allow for the executive branch to spend $150 (in the form of two separate checks) on an event encouraging students to recycle. A contest will be held which lets students drop off recyclable materials to a specific location. The money will be used to purchase prizes for the group or individual that brings out the most recyclable goods, thus sparking interest in recycling on our campus. (11-12-03, SB 311-022)

§3.3-9. The Student Assembly authorizes the Office of Student Activities to expend five-hundred dollars from Student Activities Consolidated Reserve Fund to the Campus Police to purchase equipment necessary for the WMPD Security Patrol's mission. (1-28-04, SB 311-031)

§3.3-10. Community Bike Program

  1. The freshmen class [of 2007] treasury be reimbursed for the costs accrued while implementing the bike program and while insuring the safety requirements of lights and reflector strips stipulated by the Campus Police Chief are fulfilled.
  2. The freshman class leadership is commended for their contribution to the campus community through offering this program. (2-18-04, SB 311-040)

§3.3-11. Book Sale

  1. With books being sold at 50% of the original price, rounded up to the nearest dollar, the Student Assembly will garner 5% of the profits from the book sale, with the remaining monies being returned to the student book owners.
  2. For the Fall Semester, a committee will be assigned the task of "running" the book sale and all of the preparation, execution and follow-up that is required.
    1. The Book Sale Committee for the Fall Semester must be comprised of two members from the executive and the President and Treasurer from the Sophomore class.
    2. The Junior and Senior class leaderships can decide for themselves whether to opt in and help and thereby participate in the dividing up of profits or not.
    3. If the Junior and Senior classes decide to help, each class must send two representatives to sit on the Book Sale Committee.
  3. For the Spring Semester, a committee will be assigned the task of "running" the book sale and all of the preparation, execution and follow-up that is required.
    1. The Book Sale Committee for the Spring Semester must be compromised of two members from the executive and the President and Treasurer of the Freshman and Sophomore classes.
    2. The Junior and Senior class leaderships can decide for themselves whether to opt in and help and thereby participate in the dividing up of profits or not.
    3. If the Junior and Senior classes decide to help, each class must send two representatives to sit on the Book Sale Committee.
  4. Before the distribution of funds, all monies spent in the running of the sale should first be reimbursed to the student assembly.
  5. After the book sale is completed, the Book Sale Committee must agree by majority vote on a proposal of the distribution of percentages. This proposal is subject to approval by the senate. In either semester, the freshman class can receive no less than 50% of the profits. (2-25-04, SB 311-042)

§3.3-12. Spring 2004 Book Sale

  1. The Senate hereby authorizes the President of the Student Assembly to write a check to the freshman class for 65% of the profits of the Spring 2004 book sale,
  2. The Senate hereby authorizes the President of the Student Assembly to write a check to the sophomore class for 20% of the profits of the Spring 2004 book sale,
  3. The remaining 15% will go to the Off Campus Account of the SA of William & Mary,
  4. This bill is intended to only apply to the Spring 2004 Student Book Sale. (3-4-04, SB 311-046)

§3.3-13. Printing Subsidies

  1. The Student Assembly will provide the necessary funds at the end of each semester to the Information Technology Department covering the costs of fifty printed pages per student for the calendar year of 2004.
  2. The Executive must obtain the exact costs from the I.T. department no later than one week before the end of the corresponding semester, the I.T. department will bill the Student Assembly With these costs and the Executive must provide the funds by the end of the corresponding semester.
  3. The funds provided to the I.T. Department by the Student Assembly shall be taken from the Consolidated Reserves Fund.
  4. The Student Assembly Executive shall be charged with working with the I.T. Department to alleviate the costs of printing and must update the Senate by the final meeting of the 2003-2004 school year.
  5. If the funds given to I.T. exceed $20,000 in one semester, the Senate and the Executive must form an exploratory committee to explore the I.T. budget. The committee must be formed, as well as reveal its findings to the Senate, by the fourth meeting of the following semester. If discrepancies appear to occur within the program, the Senate will immediately reconsider the subsidies and amend the Legislation. (3-17-04, SB 311-051)

§3.3-14. Student Fee Professorships

§3.3-14.1. Purpose: The students of the College of William and Mary have created the William & Mary Student Fee Professorships to be funded by an annual student fee as a tangible expression of their high regard for the faculty of the College. It is their intent that the annual awarding of this professorship to a faculty member who meets the highest standards of teaching, scholarship, and service and whose presence at the College has made a difference in the lives of many students will be noted by the faculty, the administration, and the College's friends and supporters as evidence of what students value most in their William and Mary experience - close contact with faculty who genuinely care about students as co-learners and fellow human beings. It is the intent of the students that the annual awarding of the William and Mary Student Fee Professorships will assist in retaining William and Mary's best faculty. (3-17-04, SB 311-054)

§3.3-14.2. Award: Each award will be $10,000 annually (typically $5000 as a salary supplement and $5000 for research support) to an eligible faculty member for a non-renewable term of three years . Thus, there is to be an annual selection of a William and Mary Student Fee Professor. Should a faculty member not complete his or her full term as William and Mary Student Professor, the remaining term will be filled as soon as practical and the new occupant eligible for reappointment for up to three additional years. (3-17-04, SB 311-054)

§3.3-14.3. Selection Procedure
  1. The Provost will solicit nominations from the deans of mid-rank faculty who clearly meet the College's highest standards in teaching, scholarship, and service. Students are encouraged to submit nominations to the deans. In addition, successful nominees will possess or exemplify:
    1. Excellence in teaching and scholarship
    2. Demonstrated commitment to a student-centered model of education
    3. Proven availability to students inside and outside of the classroom, studio, and laboratory
    4. Excellence in student mentoring and/or advising
    5. Commitment to the core values of the College of William and Mary
  2. Nominees will be reviewed by a Selection Committee. The Selection Committee will provide the Provost with an unranked list of no fewer than two and no more than three faculty who the committee feels meet the criteria for selection. The committee will consist of:
    1. Five students - the presidents of each of the undergraduate classes and the president of the Graduate and Professional Student Association
    2. Three faculty - two from Arts and Sciences and one from the schools. Faculty appointees will serve staggered, two-year, renewable terms and be selected by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly by means of their choosing.
  3. The Provost will, annually, call the first meeting of the Selection Committee and set deadlines for nominations and for the committee's recommendations to the Provost. At the first meeting each year, the Committee will elect a chair. In addition, the Provost and the Selection Committee will agree to the wording of the Call for Nominations and to the documentation required. At a minimum, a nomination dossier should include: 1) a current vita, 2) letter(s) of support from department chairs/program directors/deans of units in which the nominee holds an appointment, 3) documentation of teaching excellence, 4) no more than two letters of support from faculty colleagues, and 5) no more than three letters of support from students. It is not expected that external letters of support will be sought. The Selection Committee, in consultation and with the approval of the Provost, may make procedural modifications to the selection procedure as deemed necessary.
  4. The title that the faculty member carries during his or her period of holding the William and Mary Student Fee Professorship shall be the Class of 20xx, where xx shall be the year of the rising sophomore class.
  5. The annual announcement of the recipient(s) of the William and Mary Student Professorship(s) shall be made at the Spring Student Awards Ceremony. (3-17-04, SB 311-054)

§3.3-14.4. Terms: The above conditions have been agreed to by the President of the Student Assembly and the Provost of the College of William and Mary for a period of no less than five years beginning in the academic year 2004-2005. At the end of five years, a student-faculty committee jointly appointed by the President of the Student Assembly and the Provost will review the success of the program and decide on its continuance or modification. (3-17-04, SB 311-054)

§3.3-15. Henceforth, the Student Assembly will find a lawyer to represent the interests of the students of William and Mary.

  1. The lawyer will be selected by the SA President.
  2. His cost and experience will be taken into account in the selection process.
  3. $30,000 dollars from the Consolidated Reserve Fund shall be earmarked for hiring and for future legal costs associated with actions the Student Assembly lawyer will take.
  4. An ad-hoc committee composed of 3 Senators will be created, which will approve or disprove of the lawyer selected by the SA President.
    1. The ad-hoc committee must meet and make a decision on the request within 24 hours of a request by the SA President.
    2. The Student Senate ad-hoc committee will not have more than one member from each of the Undergraduate classes or the Graduate schools. (3-21-04, SB 311-056)

§3.3-16. It is hereby resolved that Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($8,998.17) should be allocated from the Consolidated Reserve Fund to William and Mary Television for the purchase of equipment. (3-31-04, SB 311-060)

§3.3-17. Expired 11-20-04. (10-19-04, SB 312-008)

§3.3-18. Safe Ride for Students

  1. The Student Assembly of the College of William and Mary in Virginia appropriates $85,000.00 from the Publication Consolidated Reserve fund to purchase of three (3) twelve (12) passenger vans for Student Activities and one (1) cargo van for the use of student activities that require sound, recording, and technical services. (12-8-04, SB 312-022)

§3.3-19. Pat McGee Concert

  1. A sum of no greater than $13,000 be allocated from the Consolidated Reserve Fund for the express purpose of funding a concert by the Pat McGee Band at the Lake Matoaka Amphitheatre this August.
  2. Tickets sold to faculty, staff, and students at the College shall be priced at $3 in advance and $5 at the door,
  3. Tickets sold to persons bearing no affiliation with the College shall be priced at $8 in advance and $10 at the door,
  4. Ticket sales shall begin no less than 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the concert,
  5. The Student Assembly will, through the determined and diligent efforts of willing members of the Legislative and Executive branches along with willing members of other agencies internal to Student Assembly, manage or provide outside agents to manage all necessary elements of this concert including, yet not limited to, the following:
    1. Contacting and securing the contractual agreements necessary to ensure the performance by the Pat McGee Band;
    2. Providing security for concertgoers and artists;
    3. Facilitating the installation and removal of all sound equipment, stages, and other necessary items for the performance group;
    4. Selling tickets to members and non-members of the College community;
    5. Advertising and publicizing the Concert to ensure adequate attendance;
    6. Securing an alternate location or venue for the concert in the case of inclement weather (such alternate locations and venues may include weather-proof tents;
    7. Managing and overseeing the course of the concert to ensure that any problems arising during its course are dealt with in an appropriate manner;
    8. Coordinating the concert with the Department of Student Affairs in order to secure the location and College approval;
    9. All money gained through sales of tickets and all superfluous funds allocated for the concert shall be placed in the Consolidated Reserve Fund.
    10. §3.3-19 shall expire 15 September 2005. (2-9-05, SB 312-033) (4-14-05, SB 312-073)

    §3.3-20. The Senate of the Student Assembly provides a supplementary grant from the Consolidated Reserve Fund to UCAB not exceeding $10,000.

    1. This occurs with the agreed upon understanding that the money granted shall only be used cover the funding deficit that prevents UCAB from securing a contract with the Roots and/or their agents.
    2. Additionally, the money not used for this purpose shall be returned to the Consolidated Reserve Fund.
    3. If the money is accepted by UCAB, then it will be agreed that the concert's sponsorship be made public in that the Student Assembly will be recognized alongside UCAB, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Admissions Office. (2-18-05, SB 312-038)

    §3.3-21. Student Activities Fee Allocation

    1. The Student Activities Fee is allocated as outlined in Appendix A of SB 312-064.
    2. The line item for the Publications Council is contingent on the passage of a contract between said Council and the Student Assembly as outlined in the Code of the Student Assembly. (4-3-05, SB 312-064)
 
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