The Senate is the second of two bodies that govern the affairs of the University of St. Michael’s College. Its responsibilities concern academic matters, including the power to establish and regulate faculty councils, and it has the exclusive power to grant degrees and award diplomas and certificates within the University. The Senate also advises the Collegium on all academic and educational matters.
Membership
The Senate consists of the following members: (i) The Chancellor; (ii) The Vice-Chancellor; (iii) The members of the Collegium; (iv) The Principal of St. Michael’s College, the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, the Director of the Continuing Education Division, the Chief Librarian of the University, the Registrar of St. Michael’s College, and the Bursar of the University; (v) All Fellows of St. Michael’s College, all full-time members of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Theology, and all professional librarians employed by the University; (vi) Such other individuals, who are named from time to time by the Senate; (vii) One undergraduate student registered at St. Michael’s College, to be appointed by the St. Michael’s College Students’ Union, and one student in the Faculty of Theology, to be appointed by the Student Life Committee; (viii) Eight representatives of the alumni, two of whom must be alumni of the Faculty of Theology, chosen by election at an Annual General Meeting of the Alumni Association of the University
The Vice-Chancellor is the Chair of the Senate and the Registrar is the Secretary of the Senate. The Senate holds regular meetings twice each year, once in the autumn and once in the spring. There are four Standing Committees of the Senate: the Executive Committee, the Honorary Degrees Committee, the Library Committee and Academic Planning Committee in addition to the Faculty of Theology Council, the St. Michael’s College Council and the Council on Continuing Education.
For additional information about the Senate, please consult the Statutes of the Senate of the University of St. Michael’s College below.
- Members of the USMC Senate
Sr. Anne Anderson
Alexander Andrée
Michael Attridge
Jessica Barr
John Bennett
Rev. Samuel T Bianco
Randy Boyagoda
Scott Browning
Cindy Cameron
Bridget Campion
Richard Carter
Cianna Choo
His Eminence Thomas Collins
Chris Damaren
Mike DeGagne
Darren Dias
Greti Dinkova-Bruun
Peter Donnelly
Daniel Donovan
Ann Dooley
Jean-Pierre Fortin
Iris Gildea
James Ginther
Joseph Goering
Paolo Granata
Francesco Guardiani
Dave Hagelaar
Paul Harris
Adam Hincks
Sheril Hook
Phil Horgan
Maria Hunt
Sr Evanne Hunter
Camilla Justino
Hilda Koster
John Kostoff
Taras Koznarsky
Elmar Kremer
Dorothea Kullmann
Alexander Laschuk
Larry LeDuc
Sr Mary Ann Leon
Andrew Leung
Reid Locklin
Bob Logan
Josephine Lombardi
Benjamin Lujan
Giancarlo Mazzanti
Elizabeth McDermott
Noel McFerran
Mark McGowan
John McLaughlin
Donald McLeod
Grace McSorley
John Meehan
Rev Luis Melo
Brent Miles
Alison More
Katie Moriarty
Michele Mulchahey
Catherine Mulroney
David Novak
John O’Connor
Michael O’Connor
Brian O’Riordan
Clifford Orwin
Felan Parker
Mary Anne Pugh
Remi Pulwer
Fr. Joe Redican
Jean-Olivier Richard
Rosanne Rocchi
Simon Rogers
Carol Rolheiser
Seamus Ross
James Roussain
Ignacio Ruiarte-Tuero
Michael Ryall
Walid Saleh
Cheridan Sanders
Colleen Shantz
Giulio Silano
Effie Slapnicar
Elizabeth Smyth
Anna Su
Andrew Summerson
David Sylvester
Stephen Tardif
Alexie Tcheuyap
Ella Tetrault
Nhung Tuyet Tran
Emily Van Berkum
Michael Vertin
Silvia Vong
Teresa Wong
Brian Walsh
David Wilson