UC Davis Administrative Advisory Committees

The following committees advise on policies affecting campus life.

1. ARTS AND LECTURES AAC: Advises the Executive Director of the Mondavi Center on the formulation of the Mondavi Center Presenting Program of concerts, dance, plays, lectures, and other cultural events that enrich and extend the educational program of the campus. Membership includes a maximum of 12-16 members, with the following minimums: 3 Faculty, 2 Staff, 6 Students (at least 1 graduate student) and 1 Ex Officio, non-voting member (MC Executive Director). The following also participate informally: Dean—Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies, MC Director of Programming, and MC Director of Campus Engagement. One-year term of appointment begins Spring Quarter. Please indicate whether your interest/experience is in: music, drama, dance, or lectures. Committee members are required to attend programs of Mondavi Center and provide a written evaluation. The full committee meets 1 time a quarter, with additional outside committee work throughout the year.
2. ATHLETICS AAC: AAAC Advises the Vice Chancellor—Student Affairs on development of policies and procedures primarily relating to intercollegiate athletics. Typical areas of advisement include, but are not limited to, student athlete academic performance and welfare, admissions of student athletes, financial aid for student athletes, student athlete eligibility, general trends in budget and funding for intercollegiate athletics, the eight core principles guiding intercollegiate athletics, and governance of intercollegiate athletics. Voting members include 9 senate or federation faculty, 1 staff member, 1 alumnus, 1 administrator, and 5 students. This membership composition meets the NCAA Constitution guidelines (Article 6.1.2) requiring that any advisory board to intercollegiate athletics must consist of at least a majority of faculty and administrators. Of the 9 faculty members, one is the Faculty Athletics Representative, one must be a member of the Academic Senate Student-Faculty Relationships Committee, and one must be an Academic Federation member. No more than one faculty member may be an Emeriti faculty. It is recommended that a tenured senate faculty member (who may count as one of the 9 faculty members) serve as the chair of the committee, and that this chair NOT be the Faculty Athletics Representative. Of the 5 student members, at least 3 must be non-athletes who are typically recommended by the ASUCD, and the remaining are student-athletes who are typically recommended by SAAC. Non-voting Ex-Officio members of AAAC may come from the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Office of Student Affairs. Ex-Officio members typically include the Director of Athletics, the Senior Associate Athletic Director, the Director of Academic Advising Services in Intercollegiate Athletics, the Physical Education Program Director, and the Director of Campus Financial Aid. New faculty members are recommended by the Academic Senate Committee on Committees each spring. New staff, alumni, and student members are solicited by the Office of Student Affairs. Appointment of all new members is made by the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs by May of each year. The Committee typically meets once a month, in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Quarters.
   
3. CAMPUS JUDICAL BOARD: By delegation of authority from the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor—Student Affairs, members of the Campus Judicial Board serve on formal hearing panels to resolve disputed cases of alleged student misconduct. Membership includes 12 students (graduate students welcome), and 12 faculty (members of the Academic Senate and the Academic Federation). There are approximately 12-15 formal hearings each year and each faculty member generally serves on 2-4 panels/year. Faculty members are nominated by the Committee on Committees for the Academic Senate and Academic Federation and appointed to 2 year terms by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. In addition to hearing responsibilities, student members conduct outreach to the campus community to promote academic integrity and social responsibility. Applications for student members are available in early-February and interviews are held during Winter Quarter to select student members for the next school year. The CJB meets weekly and student members spend three hours a week on outreach projects, formal hearings, or other activities.
4. CAMPUS UNIONS AND RECREATION BOARD:  Advises Vice Chancellor—Student Affairs on issues concerning the management, operation and capital improvements of all Campus Unions and Campus Recreation facilities, services, and programs. The Board operates with 3 committees: Bookstore Advisory Council, Campus Unions Advisory Council, Campus Recreation Advisory Council. Membership includes: 8 Students (3 Graduate/Professional Students, 5 Undergraduate Students), 1 Faculty, 1 Academic Federation, 1 Administrator, and 5 Ex-Officio non-voting members. The Board is chaired by a student. The Board meets every month, while the subcommittees meet every 2 weeks.
5. CHILD CARE AAC:  Advises Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (through the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor—Human Resources) on programs and policies to meet the child care needs of UC Davis students, staff, and faculty; assesses and articulates child care concerns, services, and funding, including the review and evaluation of campus child care activities; and provides a campus forum for child care issues. Membership includes: 2 Faculty, 1 Academic Federation, 2 Staff, 4 Students (2 graduate/professional students, 2 undergraduate students). Committee meets monthly. 
6. DISABILITY ISSUES AAC:  Advises Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (through the Senior Associate Vice Chancellor—Human Resources) on policies and procedures affecting persons with disabilities relative to employment, educational opportunities, and removal of architectural barriers. Membership includes: 3 Faculty/Academic Federation, 4 Staff, 5 Students (at least 1 graduate student). The committee membership should include individuals with different types of disabilities. Please indicate disability, if any. Committee meets monthly.  
7. REGENTS' SCHOLARSHIP AAC:  Recommends to the Vice Provost—Undergraduate Studies candidates for Regents' Scholarships. Membership includes: 13 Faculty/Academic Federation/Staff, 3 Students. Student applicants should have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or above. Committee meets quarterly (most intense workload commitment during Winter Quarter).
8. STATUS OF WOMEN AT DAVIS AAC:  Advises Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (through Associate Executive Vice Chancellor—Campus Community Relations) relative to policies and procedures that affect employment status of women, aids in the identification of problem areas related to needs of women at UC Davis, and assists in evaluation of these needs in relation to institutional and community needs. The committee operates with a UCDHS subcommittee. Membership includes: Faculty/Academic Federation, Staff, Students (at least 2 graduate students and 2 undergraduate students). If interested in serving on the UCDHS subcommittee only, please indicate this on your application.  Committee meets every other month.
9. STUDENT SERVICES AND FEES AAC: Advises Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (through the Vice Chancellor—Student Affairs) on the use of University Registration Fees, Facilities and Campus Expansion Initiative Fees and Campus Expansion Fees, including the need, quality, and efficiency of student support services and activities and use of campus-based fees in accordance with referendum language. Membership includes: 1 Staff representative, 2 Faculty/Academic Federation/Staff, and 9 Students (6 undergraduate students, 3 graduate/professional students). Applicants may not have a conflict of interest in programs financed from the fees over which they have oversight. Due to the nature of this committee, it is highly recommended, although not required, that students typically be willing to serve for at least 2 years. Additional information is available from the committee by email at ssfaac@ucdavis.edu or through their website at http://ssfaac.ucdavis.edu/. Committee generally meets every 2 weeks (usually on Thursdays between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.), unless otherwise warranted to fulfill its charge.
10. TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING SERVICES AAC: Assists the Vice Chancellor—Administration in the formulation of policies and procedures related to the overall transportation program of the Davis campus including vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic circulation patterns, and parking facilities and programs as well as the operations and services of the University Airport; provides a communication link between the users of transportation programs and those responsible for providing such programs and enforcing the regulations governing them. Membership includes: 2 Faculty, 1 Academic Federation, 2 Staff, 2 Graduate Students, 2 Undergraduate Students, 1 Visitor Representative (Staff from the Campus Special Event Management Group (SEMG)), 1 Disabilities Issues Administrative Advisory Committee (DIAAC), 5 Ex Officio, non-voting members: (Chair, Representative, Associate Vice Chancellor—Business Services; Representative, Director of Transportation and Parking Services; Representative, Office of Resource Management and Planning; Representative, Architects and Engineers; Representative, Unitrans). Committee meets once a month.

The following committees perform administrative tasks based upon established policies and are required by outside agencies or the Office of the President.

11. INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL CARE AND USE COMMITTEE: Advises the Institutional Official (Vice Chancellor—Administration) on policy issues related to use of live, vertebrate animals; compliance with applicable State and Federal regulations and University and UC Davis policies; approval/disapproval of protocols for animal use in research and teaching; design and operation of animal facilities; and provides semi-annual reports for all animal housing facilities and laboratory/study areas. The composition of the UC Davis IACUC must be in accordance with PHS Policy (IV,A,3,b), which states that membership requirements must consist of not less than five members and must include the Attending Veterinarian, one practicing scientist experienced in research involving animals, one member whose primary concerns are in a nonscientific area, and one individual who is not affiliated with the institution in any way other than a member of the IACUC, and is not a member of the immediate family of a person who is affiliated with the institution. Given the broad scope of teaching and research at UC Davis, additional faculty members from the campus community representing the Schools of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine, Division of Biological Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Office of Research, and other departments are included. The IACUC meets twice a month.
12. BIOLOGICAL SAFETY AAC:  Advises Vice Chancellor—Administration on the safe use of biohazardous agents including human, animal, and plant infectious and pathogenic agents and recombinant DNA agents such as viral vectors and transgenic animals and plants. The Committee also approves or rejects Biological Use Authorization research applications from UC Davis principal investigators and reviews and approves or rejects human gene therapy trials at the UC Davis Medical Center. The composition of the UC Davis Biological Safety AAC must comply with Institutional Biosafety Committee requirements of the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules (59 CFR 34496 and subsequent amendments), which state that the committee must include not less than five members including two members not affiliated with the institution (public members) and institutional experts in the various research areas covered by committee review. At UC Davis the Biological Safety AAC includes three public members, one graduate student, and at least one UC Davis affiliated faculty or technical expert in each of the following areas: biological safety principals and practices, ecology, epidemiology, microbiology (at least one virologist and one bacteriologist), plant pathology, recombinant DNA techniques, transgenic animals and plants (at least one expert in each), human gene therapy, and viral vector biohazards. Committee meets monthly. 
13. CHEMICAL SAFETY AAC: Advises Vice Chancellor—Administration on campus policies and procedures for the safe use of hazardous chemicals in accordance with State and Federal regulations. Membership includes: 8 Faculty/Academic Federation, 2 Staff, 2 Graduate Students (representation from organic chemistry, physical chemistry, pharmacology/toxicology, medicine/veterinary medicine, other biological sciences, other physical sciences, engineering). Committee meets quarterly. This committee is on hiatus. For more information contact Debbie Decker at dmdecker@ucdavis.edu.
14. CONFLICT OF INTEREST AAC: Advises Vice Chancellor—Research on potential conflicts of interest in research based upon financial disclosures from investigators and recommends action to be taken in response to such conflicts. Membership includes: 11 faculty (from the School of Medicine, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Engineering, School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Biological Sciences and College of Letters & Science) and 4 non-voting staff members. Committee meets monthly.  This committee is full through 2008-2009 and is not accepting applications at this time.
15. UCD RADIATION SAFETY AAC: Advises Vice Chancellor—Administration on policies and procedures for use of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation in accordance with State and Federal regulations; approves requests for amendments or issuance of Radiation Use Authorizations for use of ionizing radiation; reviews and recommends approval of Radiation Safety Manuals. Membership includes: 6 Faculty/Academic Federation (including the chairs of the 3 Radiation Use Committees and 3 Faculty/Academic Federation selected at-large with representation from both campus and UCDHS). Please indicate your experience and knowledge in the use of ionizing radiation. All members must have extensive research experience with ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. Committee meets quarterly.

The following groups are not within the Administrative Advisory Committee System.  However, you may use the Administrative Advisory Committee application for these groups if you are interested in membership. 

• DIVING CONTROL BOARD: The Board is seeking individuals who are skilled in and experienced with SCUBA diving and research diving. The Board is responsible for the safety of underwater programs and for research diver training and certification. Membership on the Board, or groups associated with the Board, can require significant time commitments to attend meetings and training sessions and at diving sites (2 or 3 days per month). Membership includes: Faculty/Academic Federation and Students. For further information, contact the Office of Environmental Health and Safety (530-752-1493).
• MEDIA BOARD: The Media Board develops policies for and oversees the administration of the California Aggie and FM Radio Station KDVS. The Board approves media budgets, selects media managers, and reviews issues and grievances related to the operation of these media. The Board meets at least monthly throughout the academic year and may meet more frequently during the Winter and Spring Quarters. Membership includes: 2 Faculty/Staff and 5 Students, plus alternates and ex-officio members. For further information, contact Student Affairs (530-752-8787).

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