The Newhouse School is composed of students, faculty, administrators and staff. The chief administrator in the School is the Dean. She is assisted by a number of administrators and faculty-led committees, that help govern the School efficiently.

These committees are primarily composed of faculty, but many have student representation. Full descriptions of these committees, their composition and responsibilities are available in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office and the Dean’s Office. For this publication, we have excerpted information which we feel it is important for you to know.

The standing committees in the Newhouse School which include undergraduate student representatives are:

• Academic Resources Committee
• Awards Committee
• Committee on Diversity
• Curriculum Committee
• Library Committee
• Rules Committee
• Teaching Standards Committee
• Graduate Program Committee

In addition, student representatives are asked to participate on faculty search committees.

The Student Representative Committee

The Student Representative Committee consists of students in good standing, elected by the students in the School from the following constituencies:

• Four first-year students elected by and from the first-year students enrolled in the School;
• One representative from each department, except that each department with more than 100 students shall have one additional representative for every 100 students or fraction thereof, to be elected by and from students enrolled in each department;
• Thirteen graduate students, to be elected by and from the graduate students majoring in the School of Public Communications, except that no more than three may be enrolled in any one program and at least three must be enrolled in the Ph.D. program.
• The presidents of active student organizations within the School shall be ex-officio members of the Student Representative Committee.

The Student Representative Committee advises the Dean and the Faculty on student-related issues arising in the School.

The Office of Student Affairs within Newhouse is responsible for organizing the fall elections and calling the first meeting of the Committee. Elections shall be held before the tenth day of classes in the fall. Announcements will be made in Newhouse classes and signs posted throughout the School. Students may nominate themselves as candidates by filling out a form in the Newhouse Undergraduate Advising and Records Office (316 Newhouse 3) at the beginning of the fall semester.
Student members of standing committees in the School shall be selected from the Student Representative Committee membership through a process to be decided upon by the Committee.