SAA Bulletin 15(5): Campus Representatives Needed

Campus Representatives Needed

The position of SAA Student Affairs Committee campus representative was created to facilitate the dissemination of information from the Student Affairs Committee to the student body at the representative's home institution. Additionally, the campus representative communicates the issues and concerns of the student body at his/her home institution to the Student Affairs Committee. Most activity on the part of a representative involves the dispersal of information and requests for information and action. The goal of the Student Affairs Committee is to recruit a campus representative from every university where there are student archaeologists in residence at the graduate and/or undergraduate level.

Prerequisites

Membership in the Society for American Archaeology.
Willingness to undertake the position for at least one year and willingness to help the committee find a successor.
Graduate or undergraduate status at an institution where there are student archaeologists in residence.
Attendance at the annual meeting of the Student Affairs Committee during the campus representative's term.
Access via electronic mail (preferable) to reduce communication costs.
Familiarity with home state's institutions and local archaeological community.
Availability of institutional support (i.e., postage, phone, copier and fax access) or willingness to assume some expense due to limited availability of funds.

Responsibilities

Electronic or other dissemination of information from the Student Affairs Committee to the student body at the campus representative's home institution.
Communicate issues and concerns of the home institution student body to the Student Affairs Committee.
Respond to requests for information and action from the Student Affairs Committee.
By virtue of the above and other appropriate means, make the student body at the home institution aware of the campus representative position and its function.
Represent the Student Affairs Committee at meetings and conferences.
Establish contact with other SAA committee members or liaisons in home state to facilitate communication (particularly Government Affairs Network members).
Be familiar with SAA guidelines, missions, projects, and activities.
Assist in recruiting successors and/or students from nonrepresented institutions.

If you are interested in becoming a campus representative, please contact Caryn M. Berg, Chair, SAA Student Affairs Committee, University of Colorado, Campus Box 233, Boulder, CO 80309, email bergcm@ucsub.colorado.edu.