Student Association records,
- Author:
- State University of New York at Albany. Student Association.
- Call Number:
- MSS UA-804 local
- Abstract:
- The Student Association records consist of minutes of the Student Association and Central Council, Central Council bills and resolutions, subject files, budgets, constitutions, ACT (teaching assessment) proposals, announcements and newsletters, and committee records. In its early years, the association was responsible for managing student assemblies. The Student Association is now the major policy-making body of students on campus.
- Historical Note:
- Originally called the Student Council of the New York State College for Teachers, the Student Association was begun in 1921 at the suggestion of Myskania, a semi-secret student council organized in 1917. The Student Association's original purpose was to manage all non-academic matters of interest to students. In 1928, the executive branch was run by the Student Council. It was responsible for arranging the program for Student Association meetings, publishing the student directory, chartering all boards, committees and associations and executing all legislation passed by the Student Association. In 1965, the Central Council was created and consisted of Student Association members, student commission members, faculty members and members of the pan-hellenic council. The duties of the new Central Council included: enforcing laws of the Student Association, a responsibility for student conduct in and around the university, student relations with the university community and the broader community, control of student finances, and determining the student tax. Myskania was replaced as the judicial branch by the Supreme Court, but continued as guardian of school traditions and recommended candidates for the Supreme Court. Myskania gradually lost its governmental power and was dissolved in 1979. Currently the Student Association consists of a three branch system of government: executive, legislative and judicial. The Executive Branch is headed by the President who acts as a spokesperson for the organization to inform the public of Student Government activities. The Vice President is in charge of the inner workings of the organization. Within the Executive Branch, there are office directors who oversee committees. The Central Council acts as the Legislative Branch of the Student Association. Representatives are taken from each Quad and off campus to insure that all sectors of the University's population have a voice in student government.
- Physical Description:
- 5.3 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the University Archives. local
- Subjects:
- College student government New York (State), College students New York (State) Societies, etc, College student government, and College students Societies, etc
- Genres/Forms:
- Minutes. aat, Constitutions. aat, Budgets. aat, Newsletters. aat, and Resolutions. aat
- Corporate Names:
- State University of New York at Albany. Student Association, State University of New York at Albany. Student Council, and State University of New York at Albany. Central Council
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State)
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