The CPAC deals with the progress of the University Master Plan and focuses on future projects in relation to the overall wide reaching re-development plan of the University.
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Complete Count Committee

Members of the UConn CCC will play a vital role in coordinating 2010 Census activities on campus. The purpose of the committee is to motivate students to get counted!
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Curricula & Courses Committee

This committee shall prepare legislation within the jurisdiction of the Senate on course requirements for general education of all undergraduate schools and colleges and specific courses open to freshmen and sophomores.
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Diversity Committee

This committee shall review University policies, practices, and conditions relevant to supporting and promoting diversity among students, faculty, and staff. This committee may recommend any desirable expressions of Senate opinion on these matters, and it shall make an annual report at the April meeting of the Senate.
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Emergency Communications Committee

This committee has been formed to investigate the requirements and specifications; to perform the acquisition, configuration and implementation; and to define a communication strategy for an Emergency Communications Plan for the University of Connecticut (UConn).
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Enrollment Committee

This committee shall propose legislation within the jurisdiction of the Senate and make recommendations on all matters relating to the recruitment, admission, enrollment, and retention of an outstanding and diverse student population.
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Faculty Standards Committee

This committee shall continuously review University policies and practices relating to tenure, academic freedom, work loads, rank and promotion, remuneration, retirement, and other matters affecting the faculty and shall propose any desirable expression of Senate opinion on these matters, including proposals to the Trustees for modifications in their rules and regulations on these matters.
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General Education and Oversight Committee (GEOC)

GEOC is charged with setting the criteria for courses that may satisfy content area and competency requirements for General Education; setting the criteria for entrance and exit requirements for the competency areas; reviewing and approving all course proposals for meeting general education requirements; developing policy for delivering the General Education program; determining the resources necessary to deliver the new General Education Requirements; monitoring periodically courses that satisfy General Education Requirements to ensure that they continue to meet the criteria adopted by the Senate; and reviewing the University-wide General Education program to ensure that its goals are being met and recommending changes to the Senate Curricula and Course Committee when appropriate. The General Education Oversight Committee (GEOC) is a subcommittee of the University Senate's Curricula & Courses Standing Committee.
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Growth and Development Committee

This committee shall keep under review the general changes, actual and prospective, of the University over time and may recommend any desirable expressions of Senate opinion on these matters. The committee may also provide on behalf of the Senate an evaluation and review of specific issues and activities related to institutional advancement.
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Parking Advisory Committee

The Parking Advisory Committee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing parking rules, regulations, and policies. The committee also makes recommendations to the campus administration. All constituent groups on campus are represented on this committee.
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President's Athletic Advisory Committee

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Scholastic Standards Committee

This committee shall prepare legislation within the jurisdiction of the Senate concerning those scholastic matters affecting the University as a whole, and not assigned to the Curricula and Courses Committee, including special academic programs, the marking system, scholarship standards, and the like. It shall make an annual report at the February meeting for the Senate.
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Student Welfare Committee

This committee shall review the conditions that contribute to the academic success, personal development and well-being of students, including available forms of financial aid. It may seek the opinion of the Senate on such matters and make recommendations.
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University Budget

This committee shall review the planning, negotiation, and allocation of the University operating, capital, and other budgets, the process of making budgetary and financial decisions and the determination of priorities among academic and other programs having financial implications. This committee may recommend any desirable expressions of Senate opinion on these matters, and it shall make an annual report at the April meeting of the Senate.
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University Senate

The University Senate is a legislative body responsible for establishing minimum rules and general regulations pertaining to all undergraduate schools and colleges. The Senate also is responsible for establishing general educational policy in areas not reserved to the Board of Trusteees, to the administration, or to the several faculties.
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