The BUSRC Academic Department is the department overseen by the Vice-President. The Academic Department includes the V.P. which oversees the six Senators and the Student Success Manager who is in charge of the Academic Success Centre and the Peer Academic Mentors.
Who is Part of the Academic Department?
The Student Senators
The six Senators all represent a division of students at Bishop’s University. Hence, there is a Business Senator, an Education Senator, a Humanities Senator, a Social Sciences Senator, a Natural Sciences Senator, and a Graduate Senator. The Vice-President is the student voice regarding everything related to Academics, but the Senators advocate for students in their respective divisions to help the V.P. be more aware of the challenges students face in every division. To gather information on the student population they are representing, all Student Senators must complete two outreach initiatives per month. The goal of these two initiatives is to reach out to students, discuss with them, ask questions, and document themselves. These initiatives represent an opportunity to learn more about students’ situations to better represent them in Senate and with the Vice-President of Academic Affairs.
Senate
The V.P. sits on Senate along with the six Senators. All seven Senators sit on a variety of Senate Committees, which all pertain to a field of Academics at Bishop’s University. A list of Senate Committees can be found in the Committees section of the BUSRC Website. The six Senators and the V.P. are student representatives in Senate and their goal is to ensure the decisions taken and the motions approved are student-oriented. The BUSRC works for students, hence we work towards better conditions and opportunities for all students in Senate and in Senate Committees.
Is there a link between the SRC and the University’s administration?
The Vice-President frequently meets with the Vice-Principal Academic and Research, Dr. Kerry Hull. The goal of these meetings, which take place once or twice a month, is to ensure the administration considers the student’s voices and perspectives while working on projects and initiatives. The BUSRC often works in collaboration with the university administration as we benefit from this collaboration in comparison to student associations in other universities who do not collaborate as much with their university’s administration.
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Contact us!
Should you have any questions, queries, or concerns regarding courses, academic integrity, plagiarism, students’ rights, professors’ responsibilities, and more, please contact the Vice-President [email protected].
To reach the Student Senators:
Business Senator – [email protected]
Education Senator – [email protected]
Humanities Senator – [email protected]
Social Sciences Senator – [email protected]
Natural Sciences Senator – [email protected]
Graduate Senator – [email protected]