Admissions and Awards

Composition:

Elected from Senate
Faculty Members or Deans (4)
Students (2)
Convocation (1)

Ex Officio
Chancellor
President, or in their absence, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Provost, or in their absence, the Associate Provost (not a member when considering appeals)
One Dean  (or their designated representative) from each Faculty; Deans or designates will recuse themselves from the hearing of student appeals if the decision under appeal is from their own faculty;
Dean of the College of Graduate Studies or his/her designated representative
Registrar or designate (non-voting)

Quorum: 6 voting members, except when hearing appeals, where 3 voting members shall constitute a quorum.

Terms of Reference

• Responsible for recommending the following to Senate:
  • Admission and transfer policies;
  • Campus, Faculty, degree program, and yearly enrolment targets for new and continuing students;
  • Awards policy and approval.

• Delegated authority over the following by Senate:
  • Appeals of Admissions/Readmissions decisions (decisions made on appeals brought before the Committee are reported to Senate for information on an annual basis);
  • Approval of student exchange agreements with other institutions for Okanagan campus;
  • Appeals of transfer credit decisions; and
  • Consideration of applications for admission and transfer that are not clearly resolvable under the policies governing admission.
  • To approve non-substantive or editorial changes to existing admission requirements (approved by Senate January 2016)

Membership

Elected from Senate
Dr. Karen Hodges
Ayanfeoluwa “Paul” Oladokun (Student)
Negin Jalili
Mr. Rob Johnson (Chair)
Dr. Maya Libben
Dr. Ray Taheri
Raneem Zaitoun (Student)

Ex Officio
Chancellor
President
Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Provost, Okanagan, or in absence, Associate Provost
Vacancy, School of Engineering, Applied Science Representative
Dr. Scott Reid, Science Representative
Dr. Donna Senese, Arts and Social Sciences Representative
Vacancy, Health and Social Development Representative
Dr. Diana Carter, Creative and Critical Studies Representative
Ms. Deanna Roberts, Graduate Studies Representative
Vacancy, Education Representative
Dr. David Walker, Management Representative
Registrar (non-voting)

Meeting Schedule

* Senators only for consideration of admission appeals.

Past Meetings