Student Media Board

Student Media Board (SMB)

CLASSIFICATION: University Board

REPORTS TO: Vice President for Student Affairs

CHARGE: This Committee serves as the institutional publisher or de facto licensee and acts in all matters pertaining to those media which are written or broadcast primarily by students and financed primarily by university-sanctioned student fees, with the exception of “The Daily Kent Stater,” “The Summer Stater,” and “The Burr.” It has no jurisdiction over official university, administrative, or departmental publications or broadcasts no matter how authored.

COMPOSITION: The Committee consists of two (2) faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate; the Director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Director of the Office of Campus Life; three (3) undergraduate students appointed by Undergraduate Student Senate and two (2) graduate students appointed by Graduate Student Senate. The student media business manager serves as a non-voting member.

QUALIFICATIONS OF FACULTY MEMBERS: Faculty members appointed to this Committee shall have an awareness of student media at Kent State University.

TERM: The term for faculty members is two (2) years. Members shall be appointed on a rotating basis. The term for new members shall commence on September 15.

MEANS OF APPOINTMENT: The faculty members shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate Chair from nominations submitted by the Committee on Committees.

ALTERNATES: One (1) alternate shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate Chair from recommendations of the Committee on Committees. The alternate member shall be expected to attend all committee meetings but will vote only when serving for a regular appointee.

CALL: The Committee shall be convened by the Director of the Center for Student Involvement or designee.

CHAIR: The Chair of the Committee shall be elected by the Committee at the first meeting of the academic year. The Chair shall submit annually a written summary report of the Committee’s work to the Faculty Senate, Undergraduate Student Senate, Graduate Student Senate, and the Vice President for Student Affairs by May 25.

April 11, 1984; Approved by Committee on Committees, April 8, 1998; July 12, 2019