Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 71.65 |
Liaison | Laura Bain |
Submission Date | Jan. 19, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
Furman University
PA-3: Participatory Governance
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.25 / 3.00 |
Laura
Bain Associate Director of Sustainability Assessment David E. Shi Center for Sustainability |
Do the institution’s students have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a student council)? :
Do the institution’s students have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which students are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which staff are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a faculty senate)?:
Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body? :
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which teaching and research faculty are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Does the institution have written policies and procedures to identify and engage external stakeholders (i.e. local residents) in land use planning, capital investment projects, and other institutional decisions that affect the community?:
A copy of the written policies and procedures:
The policies and procedures:
Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which community members representing the interests of the following stakeholder groups can regularly participate in institutional governance?:
Yes or No | |
Local government and/or educational organizations | Yes |
Private sector organizations | No |
Civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs) | No |
A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which external stakeholders are engaged in institutional governance (including information about each stakeholder group selected above):
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We did bring in community leaders for our faculty fellows program to get input on pressing local issues. See the list below. It’s not an official advisory council but acted (somewhat) as one.
Community-Engaged Learning Faculty Fellows
Andrea Tartaro – Computer Science
Cecilia Kang – Music
Meghan Slining – Health Sciences
Amy Jonason – Sociology
Ken Kolb - Sociology
Matt Cohen – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Tom Smythe – Business and Accounting
Casey Hawthorne – Mathematics
Maria Rippon – Modern Languages and Literature
Jeanie Stratton – Business and Accounting
Shaniece Criss – Health Sciences
Melissa Fair – Institute for the Advancement of Community Health
Geoffrey Habron – Earth and Environmental Sciences
Community Panelists
Tuesday Panel
Braxton Ballew, Education Director, Greenville Symphony Orchestra
Ansel Sanders, President and CEO, Public Education Partners
Carrie Silver, Director, Bridges to a Brighter Future
Gage Weekes, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Hollingsworth Funds, Network for Southern Economic Mobility
Wednesday Panel
Jennifer Harrill, VP of Strategy and Investment, United Way of Greenville County
Tony McDade – Executive Director, United Ministries
Katy Smith - Executive Director, Piedmont Health Foundation, Facilitator, Greenville Partnership for Philanthropy
Thursday Panel
Hank Hyatt, Vice President, Economic Competitiveness, Greenville Chamber of Commerce
Scott Park, Land Conservation Director, Upstate Forever
Dan Weidenbenner, Executive Director, Mill Village Farms
Sally Wills, Executive Director, LiveWell Greenville
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