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Campus Representatives

The Student Affairs Committee Needs You!

Campus Representative Network Members
Our goal is to have a student represenative at every institution where there are undergraduate and/or graduate students in residence. If you might be interested in joining the Student Affairs Committee as a Campus Representative, look over the job description below and contact Sam Duwe, Committee Chair, at sduwe@email.arizona.edu.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Overview

The SAA Student Affairs Committee Campus Representative position was created to facilitate the dissemination of information from the SAA Student Affairs Committee to the student body at the Campus Representative’s home institution. Additionally, the Campus Representative communicates issues and concerns of the student body at his/her home institution to the Student Affairs Committee. In effect a liaison, most activity on the part of a Campus Representative involves information dispersal 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 a graduate or undergraduate level, or both.

Prerequisites

• Membership in the Society of American Archaeology.
• Willingness to undertake the position for one or more years (based on the availability of a successor.
• Graduate or Undergraduate status at an institution where there are student archaeologists in residence.
• Attendance at the first annual meeting of the Student Affairs Committee during the Campus Representatives term.
• Access via electronic mail.
• 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 on the part of the student body at the home institution 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 home institution aware of the Campus Representative position and it’s function.
• Represent the Student Affairs Committee at meetings and conferences where the Campus Representative is in attendance.
• 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 non-represented institutions.