Get involved - join a committee!

The GSA is looking for graduate students for two committee placements:

The Honor Council deals with reported violations of the academic honor code. Meetings are scheduled at various times and only a subset of all representatives (9 reps for hearings and 3 reps for investigations) need to be present. For each panel the secretary announces by email the date/time, and those who can be present reply with their availability. The panel is formed from those who are available. A typical representative sits on about 10-20 panels per academic year, usually clustered around exam periods. An investigation meeting is usually an hour, a hearing is usually 2-3 hours.

University Court deals with reported violations of the student code of conduct. Meets almost every week during the semester, but only if there are cases to consider. The graduate student represenatives, along with the undergraduate representatives, are expected to know the code of student conduct, and conduct hearings and trials of students suspected of violation. The penalty structure is fairly routine. There is free food at every meeting, and each meeting lasts about an hour.

For more information about committees, see http://gsa.rice.edu/about/university-committees. If interested, or for more information, contact Bridget Franklin (bf2@rice.edu).