Awards and Honours Committee

Composition and Terms of Reference

Membership

Chair:

 A member of the Committee elected by the Committee for a two year term. No person shall serve more than two consecutive terms as Chair.

Members:

· Two faculty members and/or Open Learning faculty member appointed by Senate (at least one has to be a Senator)

· One dean appointed by Senate

· One support staff appointed by Senate

· One representative from Open Learning appointed by the Vice-President, Open Learning

· Manager Financial Aid and Awards

· Two students appointed by the Student Advisory Forum (one should be upper level or a graduate)

· One representative from the TRU Alumni appointed by the Alumni Association

· Vice-Provost, Students

· Student Finance Advisor (ex-officio, non-voting)

· Vice-President, Advancement (ex-officio, non-voting)

Responsibilities

• Advise Senate on policies, procedures, priorities and criteria for student awards and honours.
• In accordance with the Honorary Degrees Policy, evaluate nominees for honorary degrees and recommend candidates to Senate.
• In accordance with the Emeritus/Emerita Designation Policy, evaluate nominees for honorary title of Professor Emeritus/Educator Emeritus and recommend candidates to the President’s Office.
• Evaluate student candidates for awards and make recommendations to Senate.
• Through Senate, recommend to the TRU Foundation, awards priorities which are in the best interest of the institution.
• Through Senate, recommend to the TRU Board of Governors, revisions to TRU entrance scholarship policy and regulations.
• Advise the Manager, Financial Aid and Awards on matters of policy and procedure relating to institutional student loans, fee deferrals and need-based awards.
• Establish allocations of discretionary funds between academic achievement and need-based awards.

Secretarial Support

Financial Aid and Awards Office