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| − | |R. Shary Crossfield-Peguero, [[Columbia College|CC]] '91, [[Law]] '94 <br> Mitchell Wong, [[Columbia College|CC]] '94 | + | |R. Shary Crossfield-Peguero, [[Columbia College|CC]] '91, [[Law]] '94 (Student Affairs Committee) <br> Mitchell Wong, [[Columbia College|CC]] '94 (Student Caucus) |
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Revision as of 11:26, 30 April 2011
The Student Affairs Committee of the University Senate is the committee that represents student interests. It comprises the 24 voting Senators from the schools of Columbia University (including Barnard and Teachers College) and one non-voting observer from the Union Theological Seminary.
It is also coterminous with and functions as the student caucus or student voting bloc of the University Senate, as all student Senators are automatically members of the Student Affairs Committee. The Student Affairs Committee does not not function as a "super-student council". However, it is primus inter pares and first in the order of precedence of student governance, as it is both the senior body, and the only body at Columbia University representing students across all the schools.
Name
According to the Senate's founding documents, the "Student Affairs Committee" once comprised a limited number of students along with faculty and administrators, while the "student caucus" comprised all twenty-four. However, the pre-1995 Student Affairs Committee's mandate was limited strictly to student issues, while the all-encompassing student caucus was able to weigh in on all Senate issues.
In 1995, a merger was effected, faculty and administrators left the Student Affairs Committee, and the entire twenty-four member body was (somewhat nonsensically) known as the "Student Affairs Caucus" until 2010. In 2010, it was definitively rebranded as the "Student Affairs Committee" to emphasize its open, deliberative nature, as opposed to identifying it strictly as a voting bloc.
Leadership
Due to the requirement and responsibility of the SAC leadership to work across different schools, departments, and campuses, many of SAC's leaders tend to have multiple Columbia degrees. Columbia College and Columbia Business School appear to be the most common, although General Studies and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are also in there.
| Year | Chair/Co-Chairs | Annual Report |
| 2011-2012 | Alex Frouman, CC '12 Adil Ahamed, Business '12 |
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| 2010-2011 | Tao Tan, CC '07, Business '11 | Link to Report |
| 2009-2010 | Andreas Svedin, PhD (Astronomy) '12 | Link to Report |
| 2008-2009 | Genevieve Thornton, CC '02, Business '09 Amena Cheema, Arts '09 |
Link to Report |
| 2007-2008 | Andrea Hauge, CC '02, Business '08 John Johnson, Law '08 |
Link to Report |
| 2006-2007 | Chris Riano, GS '07 Marcus Johnson, CC '07 |
Link to Report |
| 2005-2006 | Adam Michaels, Business '06 Holly Snow, Barnard '06 |
Link to Report |
| 2004-2005 | Matan Ariel, GS '05, Business '11 Nathan Walker, MA (TC) '02, MDiv (UTS) '05, EdM (TC) '08, EdD (TC) '13 |
Link to Report |
| 2003-2004 | Matan Ariel, GS '05, Business '11 Brian Tobin, MPH '05 Nathan Walker, MA (TC) '02, MDiv (UTS) '05, EdM (TC) '08, EdD (TC) '13 |
Link to Report |
| 2002-2003 | Roosevelt Montás, CC '95, MA '96, MPhil '99, PhD (English) '04 Jerald Boak, CC '95, Arts '04 Marni Hall, MA '01, MPH '05, PhD (Public Health) '07 |
Link to Report |
| 2001-2002 | Rohit Aggarwala, CC '93, MPhil '98, Business '00, PhD (History) '02 Roosevelt Montás, CC '95, MA '96, MPhil '99, PhD (English) '04 |
Link to Report |
| 2000-2001 | Rohit Aggarwala, CC '93, MPhil '98, Business '00, PhD (History) '02 | Link to Report |
| 1999-2000 | Rohit Aggarwala, CC '93, MPhil '98, Business '00, PhD (History) '02 | Link to Report |
| 1998-1999 | Records missing | |
| 1997-1998 | Corby Dale, MPH '95, MA '98, MPhil '00, PhD (Psychology) '00 | |
| 1996-1997 | Montimer "Monty" Mason, GS '97 Joshua Ratner, CC '98, Law '02 |
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| 1995-1996 | Frank David, MA '96, MPhil '96, PhD (Pathobiology) '00, MD '01 | |
| 1994-1995 | Records missing. | |
| 1993-1994 | R. Shary Crossfield-Peguero, CC '91, Law '94 (Student Affairs Committee) Mitchell Wong, CC '94 (Student Caucus) |
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| 1992-1993 | Eric Finseth, Law '94 Sean Gaffney, Arts '93 |
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| 1991-1992 | Records missing. | |
| 1990-1991 | Records missing. | |
| 1989-1990 | Matthew Kohl, GS '90 | |
| 1988-1989 | Tom Kamber, CC '89 | |
| 1987-1988 | Ellen Ostrick Knight, CC '88, Law '91 | |
| 1986-1987 | Records missing. | |
| 1985-1986 | Steve Cancian, CC '86 |
