Student Publications Board
Student Publications Board will review and recommend policies and procedures pertaining to officially recognized student publications to the Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students. The Board shall appoint the editors and other selected staff of student publications and review their budgets and contracts. Finally, the Board shall approve the establishment and elimination of any student publications. Members of this Board shall include the Business Manager of the College, the faculty advisors for all student publications, two elected members of the Faculty, and five students, none of whom is an editor of an officially recognized student publication. The Board will be chaired by one of its faculty members.
Institutional Review Board
The Institutional Review Board shall meet to review the ethical procedures that are used to conduct research under the auspices of Westminster College on human and animal subjects or that have environmental impact. The Board will review general policies proposed for categories of research within disciplines or divisions/schools and will conduct special reviews for research procedures that fall outside a division/school’s general guidelines. The Board shall restrict its review to the well-being of the research participants, non-human subjects, and student researchers, as well as the project’s environmental impact. Student members are not required to review specific faculty research, proposed by their course professors or advisors. As needed the Board will consult relevant experts (e.g., veterinarians, the Chemical Hygiene Officer, and mental health professionals).
The IRB will additionally appoint and maintain an Institutional Animal Care and Use Sub-Committee (IACUC), which will include eight members: the six elected IRB faculty members, an additional appointed faculty member who has current or recent experience with animal research (unless one of the elected IRB members has current or recent experience with animal research), and a veterinarian consultant. The IACUC will meet to review proposals for research involving non-human, vertebrae subjects as referred to them by the IRB, and will conduct bi-annual inspections of Westminster’s animal housing facilities, following which they will submit a report and recommendation to the IRB and the VPAA.
College Appeals Board
College Appeals Board is responsible for considering appeals of judicial decisions made by the Associate Dean of Students or the College Judicial Board. In considering cases, the Board shall follow the procedures outlined in the Student Handbook.
This Board shall consist of three elected faculty members and five students (3 standing and 2 alternates) appointed by the Student Government Association. Members of the College Appeals Board may not be members of the Judicial Board. Faculty members serve one-year terms.