Health Council

Chair: Tobias Baskin (baskin@bio.umass.edu)

Membership

Minutes

Reports

Overview

The Health Council will meet on the following dates during the 2022-23 academic year:

Fall Semester - 2022
September 9 - via Zoom
September 30
October 28
November 18
December 16

Spring Semester - 2023
February 3 - via Zoom
February 24
March 31
April 28
May 19 (New Start Time:  1:00PM)

All meetings will begin at 12:00 p.m. and take place in Arnold House, Room 15 (unless otherwise noted).  If a meeting is being held via Zoom, please contact the Council chair for a link to the meeting.

Charge:

The Health Council:

(a) Proposes, recommends, evaluates, and reviews processes, vehicles, operations, and policies relating to health of the campus community, where health is to be understood as encompassing all aspects of safety and wellness, both mental and physical.

(b)Advises campus administrators on any matter relating to health of the campus community; 

(c)Reports its advice, deliberations, and proposals to the Faculty Senate, the Graduate Student Senate, or the Student Government Association as appropriate. 

Its membership shall be:

  1. Nine Faculty Members or Librarians selected at large;
  2. Four Professional (exempt) Staff (one to be selected by the Professional Staff Union, if available;
  3. The Director of the Center for Health Promotion, serving ex officio;
  4. The Executive Director of the University Health Services, serving ex officio;
  5. The Director of the Center for Counseling and Psychological Health, serving ex officio;
  6. The Director of Environmental Health and Safety, serving ex officio;
  7. The Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance or a designee, serving ex officio;
  8. The Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life or a designee, serving ex officio;
  9. The Secretary of the Faculty Senate or a designee, serving ex officio, non-voting;
  10. Four Classified (non-exempt) Staff (one to be selected by the University Staff Association, if available; one to be selected by AFSCME Local 1776, if available;
  11. Two Graduate Students selected by the Graduate Student Senate; and
  12. Up to seven Undergraduate Students selected by the Student Government Association.

From Chapter 5 Section 10 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws.