For the Academic Year 2024-2025

Committees | College Committees Representatives | Faculty Representative | Administrative Representative

SAC Committees

Executive Committee

Membership Representative to the Executive Committee – 1 year term. The SAC Executive Committee includes the two co-chairs, the secretary, the college council rep, and two membership reps. The committee meets as needed at the call of the co-chairs to address specific concerns. The committee may also bring the concerns to the administration on behalf of SAC.

Nominations and Elections

Responsible for coordinating each spring’s SAC elections which includes: communication with SAC members about open positions, distributing ballots, tabulating results and working with the SAC Co-Chairs on communicating the results. Works with the Board to seek a slate of two or more nominees for each vacant position. Works with the Web team as needed to prepare the Willingness to Serve form as well as the Ballot. Gathers election results and forwards them to the co-chairs.

Special Events

Encourages and facilitates an inclusive and active community of Carleton’s professional staff by organizing and hosting events, allowing staff to expand their relationships with each other. Develops a yearly calendar of events and assists with planning, advertising, and organizing these events, including set-up, food, registration, and answering questions. Continues to improve upon SAC’s special events, and develop new ways to attract members to events. The committee meets approximately 8-10 times per year for an hour or less. Each committee member is asked to help organize at least one event per year.

Staff Development

Develops training and information sessions to keep biweekly staff informed about issues that affect their work, to provide overviews of certain College programs, or to present current topics of interest. The sessions may be held during SAC meetings, as a separate session, or over the lunch hour. This is an opportunity to share/present information and provide for SAC member networking. Notification of scheduled sessions is posted to the campus calendar and shared via e-mail.

Web Coordinator

Oversee the structure of and administrative access to the SAC website, in consultation with SAC Board. Communicate with ITS as needed. Maintain online lists of officers, committees, representatives, bylaws, etc. Assist officers and committees with the addition of information, events, and photos to the website. No regular meetings; duties require 30-60 minutes per month.

Representatives to College Committees

Benefits Committee and Retirement Plan Investment Review Committee

The College Benefits Committee is charged with monitoring benefits to all non-union employees of Carleton.

Bookstore Committee

The Bookstore Committee provides a forum for dialogue between students, faculty and staff about any activities or topics related to the Carleton Bookstore. The discussions by this body are used to assess and create product and service adjustments and improvements throughout the Bookstore. 

Campus Design Advisory Committee

The Campus Design Advisory Committee (CDAC) will serve as a standing subcommittee of College Council. The committee is to advise, through College Council, the President and the senior staff on principles and long-range perspectives regarding broad campus design and physical plant issues.

The CDAC will work to become familiar with the College’s past campus design plans and initiatives and then to understand current high-level campus design challenges and goals.

In addition to advising College Council, the CDAC will also help to communicate major campus design issues and decisions to the entire campus.

College Budget Committee

The Budget Committee advises the President’s Cabinet in the construction of the annual budget and in the development of a longer-term financial plan. The committee meets with various campus constituents during the construction of the budget to inform their recommendations. The committee is a sub-committee of College Council, and as such will make its final budget recommendation to the council. The pace and scope of the committee is guided by the budget development cycle.

College Council

The mission of the College Council will be the development of policies in areas having to do with matters other than educational policy or curriculum. Where appropriate, the Council will make recommendations to the Board of Trustees for action.

Community, Equity, and Diversity Initiative (CEDI)

Community, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (CEDI) is a subcommittee of College Council. Its mission is to improve campus community and promote equity and diversity on campus.  This happens by assessing campus climate needs and ideas, providing feedback on diversity and inclusion initiatives, collaborating with other groups and supporting work already happening across multiple divisions, and initiating new projects to address the priorities and needs of the campus.

Security Services Advisory Group

The Security Services Advisory Group (SSAG) provides insight into Security Services’ practices and presence on campus. The group serves a role in Security Services’ strategy to Connect – Engage – Develop.

Faculty Representative to SAC

Administrative Representative to SAC