AY 2025-26 Elected Senate Membership & Committees/Chairs.xlsx

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1		Definition	Acronym	Full COMMITTEE Name	Academic Colleges	Acronym
2	Dark Red	KEY: Spreadsheet Key and Common SDSU Terms and Acronyms	APP or AP&P	Academic Policy & Planning	College of Arts and Letters	CAL
3	Dark Red	KEY: Spreadsheet Key and Common SDSU Terms and Acronyms	CBL	Constitutions and Bylaws	Fowler College of Business Administration	FCOB
4	Yellow	SENATE ROSTER: General Senate Membership Roster	CCE	Committees & Elections	College of Engineering	COENG
5	Green	COMMITTEE OVERVIEW: Committee Summary Tab (including list of student and staff committee assignments)	DEI	Diversity, Equity & Inclusion	College of Education	COE
6	Orange	Senate Executive Committee (SEC)	FA	Faculty Affairs	College of Health and Human Services	HHS
7	Blue	Senate Core Committee Rosters	SEC	Senate Executive Committee	College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts	PSFA
8	Pink	Senate Committee Rosters	UCC	Undergraduate Curriculum Committee	College of Sciences	COS
9	Turquoise	Campus Committees with Senate-appointed Members	URP	University Resources & Planning	Major Academic Units & Honorary Colleges
10			FHAC	Faculty Honor's & Awards Committee	College of Graduate Studies	CGS
11	CELL Color	Definition	CFAC	Campus Fee Advisory Committee	Faculty Advancement & Student Success	FASS
12	Yellow	Need's update/attention from CCE (e.g. vacancy, unknown term)	GE	General Education Committee	Global Campus	GC
13	Yellow		IAC	Intercollegiate Athletics Council	Imperial Valley	IV
14	Green	Temporary or Permanent Replacement Registered	LAC	Lecturer Affairs Committee	Library	LIB
15	Light Red	Needs Attention or Revision from Committee	PBAC	President's Budget Advisory Committee
16	Italics	These are guests, non chartered members (and they should not be able to vote)	SAC	Staff Affairs Committee	Definition	Term
17			SLOPAC	Student Learning Outcomes and Program Assessment Committee	Senator serving (either be voting or non-voting) based on their specific posiiton or role on campus.	Ex Officio
18	Appointment Authority Codes	Definition	TTPC	Tenure-Track Planning Committee	Representative elected from and serving a comprehensive constituency rather than one of its subdivisions. EX: open faculty seat can be faculty in any college, as opposed to representing a specific college.	"Open" or "At-Large"
19	S	Senate appointed	UGC	Undergraduate Council	An SDSU faculty member elected to represent SDSU at the ASCSU (CSU system-wide Senate).	Academic Senator
20	S-A	Staff Affairs Committee appointed			Each senate or campus committee that has senate appoitned members has a charter in the policy file that describes its membership, function, etc. Typically committee charters are found in the ByLaws (for standing committees) or in the Univeristy Policies section for "Other Committees and Councils."	Charter
21	ADMIN	Appointed by administration
22	ALUM	Appointed by Alumni Association
23	A.S.	Appointed by Associated Students
24	CB	Appointed by Collective Bargaining Unit
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26	MISCELLANEOUS Acronym or Term	Definition
27	"A.S."	Associated Students. Associated Students (A.S.) of San Diego State University (SDSU) is an independent student-directed corporation (auxiliary) that provides a wide range of services and programs for SDSU students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and the general public. With an operating budget of over $29 million, Associated Students derives 25% of its revenues from student fees and 75% from revenues generated by programs it operates. A.S. SDSU is run by five elected student executive officers and the student Board of Directors. A.S. employs 100 full-time employees and over 1,200 part-time employees.
28	ASCSU	The Academic Senate of the California State University. Just like our university has a Senate, the entire CSU system also has a Senate.
29	AVP	Associate Vice President (less commonly, Assistant Vice President)
30	Aztec Shops	Aztec Shops, Ltd., founded in 1931, is a non-profit corporation that functions primarily as an auxiliary of San Diego State University. As a "self-sustaining" non-profit SDSU auxiliary, Aztec Shops operates without subsidy from the University or the State. The corporation manages a diverse portfolio of services including operation of the SDSU Bookstore, SDSU Dining, SDSU Conference Services, SDSU Licensing, and Commercial and Residential Real Estate properties surrounding campus.
31	CBA	Collective Bargaining Agreement. Refer below to "Collective Bargaining Unit or Union"
32	Chair	Leader/manager of the committee.
33	Chief of Staff	The Chief of Staff supports their executive leader in many capacities like taking notes during meetings and keeping their schedules updated. The Chief of Staff has one simple task: make sure everything runs smoothly throughout company operations for their executive leaders.
34	Co-Chair	The committee has more than one leader.
35	Collective Bargaining Unit or "Union"	A bargaining unit is a group of workers with similar interests that are represented by a single labor union. There are many bargaining units at SDSU, each representing a different group/type of employee. The agreement each union has with the CSU is called the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). A CBA is a written legal contract between an employer and a union representing the employees. The CBA is the result of an extensive negotiation process between the parties regarding topics such as wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment.
36	Contingent	A broad term that describes faculty on contract, rather than tenured or probationary.
37	External Member	A member who is typically outside of the organization alltogether.
38	FERP	Faculty early retirement program
39	Guest	Someone who regularly attends meetings, but in not an official member and cannot vote.
40	Immediate Past Senate Chair	When there is a change in leadership of the Senate, and a new Chair is elected, the exiting chair has a seat on Senate for one additional year.
41	MPP	Management Professional Personnel. Administrators or Managers with the MPP classification. Members of the administration. Not eligible to hold "faculty" designated seats, even if they are part-time MPP.
42	Ombudsman	An official appointed to investigate individuals' complaints against maladministration, especially that of public authorities. For example, a Student Ombudsman is a student-focused resource who supports students in addressing and resolving concerns or issues that may arise within the University. Or, a Faculty Ombudsman may investigate and work to resolve issues the faculty have within the university.
43	Outside Faculty	A member not part of the hosting organization or group. For example, "outside faculty" on search committees are external members in that they are not faculty in the unit where the new hire will work.
44	SDSU Auxiliaries	An auxiliary branch is a non-state funded part of the Univerity. SDSU has four auxiliary branches: Aztec Shops, Associated Student, Research Foundation and Campanile Foundation. Typically, these branches earn money and help support the overall mission and funtion of the university.
45	SSP-AR	Student services professionals academic-related
46	Title IX	Title IX is a federal law that protects students, educators and school employees against all forms of sex or gender discrimination, including: sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual exploitation, dating and domestic violence, stalking, and retaliation. Students or staff experiencing discrimination based on sex or gender should contact campus Title IX Administrators.
47	VP	Vice President
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