Director-at-Large Positions & Faculty Representative Positions

Director-at-Large – Four (4) Positions

As a part of the Board of Directors, a Director-at-Large is responsible for:

  • the management, administration, and control of the property, revenue, businesses, and affairs of the SUO
  • approving the Annual Action Plan and the Annual Operating Budget
  • adhering to the SUO Mission Statement
  • changing, amending, repealing, and adopting Regulations of the SUO
  • providing the Board of Directors with student perspective, including the perspectives of those part of marginalized groups
  • serving on at least one committee of the Board
  • attending and assisting with SUO events and engagement activities

Undergraduate Faculty Representatives – Seven (7) Positions

As a part of the Board of Directors, a Faculty Representative is responsible for:

  • the management, administration, and control of the property, revenue, businesses, and affairs of the SUO
  • approving the Annual Action Plan and the Annual Operating Budget
  • adhering to the SUO Mission Statement
  • changing, amending, repealing, and adopting Regulations of the SUO
  • providing the Board with the perspective of students in the faculty from which they are elected
  • liaising with students within their respective faculties and university officials about student needs and interests
  • serving on at least one committee of the Board
  • attending and assisting with SUO events and engagement activities
  • liaising with students within their faculty from graduate levels as well as undergraduate levels, to hear their different student needs
  • the Faculty Representative Positions are as follows:
    1. Faculty of Applied Sciences Representative
    2. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Representative
    3. Faculty of Sciences Representative
    4. Faculty of Management Representative
    5. Faculty of Health and Social Development Representative
    6. Faculty of Education Representative
    7. Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Representative

College of Graduate Studies Faculty Representative – One (1) Position

As a part of the Board of Directors, the College of Graduate Studies Faculty Representative is responsible for:

  • the management, administration, and control of the property, revenue, businesses, and affairs of the SUO
  • approving the Annual Action Plan and the Annual Operating Budget
    Adhere to the SUO Mission Statement
  • changing, amending, repealing, and adopting Regulations of the SUO
    Providing the Board with the perspective of graduate students in all faculties
  • liaising with graduate students across campus from all disciplines and university officials about student needs and interests
  • chairing the Graduate Student Committee and interviewing Students-at-Large to sit on the committee
  • attending and assisting with SUO events and engagement activities