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The Board of Trustees:
An Overview
The Board of Trustees is Indiana University's
governing board, its legal owner and final authority. The
board holds the university's financial, physical, and human assets
and operations in trust for future generations. The board was
created in 1820. Today it has nine members, six appointed by
the governor, and three elected by alumni.
IU has had a student trustee for more than
a quarter of a century. In 1975 the Indiana General Assembly
amended the statutes (IC
21-20-3-13), enabling the governor to appoint a full-time student
to the board.
The first student trustee, Leslie C. Shively,
was sworn in on Jan. 1, 1976. The current office holder,
Arthur D. (A.D.) King, a student in the IU Kelley School of Business,
Bloomington, is the 17th student to hold the position.
Responsibilities of
the Student Trustee
The student trustee is a fully vested member
of the board with all rights, responsibilities and privileges
accorded to all trustees. The student trustee participates in
at least six board meetings a year, serves on board committees,
takes part in various university functions and ceremonies, and
completes any assigned projects. The only difference between
the student trustee and all other trustees is the length of term:
student trustees serve two years; other trustees serve three.
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Terms of Eligibility
All Indiana University students on all campuses,
whether they are undergraduates or graduate students, are eligible
to apply for appointment to the board, provided they will maintain
full-time student status during their entire two-year tenure.
Students must be able to confirm that they will have sufficient
time to take on the responsibilities of serving on the board
without negative impact on their academic careers. Undergraduates
who anticipate receiving degrees during their terms must be able
to document serious intent to attend graduate school, such as
copies of formal applications, proof of completion of required
exams such as the Graduate Record Exam, letters of intent and,
if possible, letters of acceptance into a program.
Students do not have to be permanent residents
of the state of Indiana to apply. Non-resident students, including
international students, may apply for the position.
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The Application Process
and Timeline
The application period for the 2009-2011 term ended Jan. 23, 2009. Applications will be reviewed by the 2009 IU Student Trustee
Search and Screen Committee, which is appointed by the president
of the university, and is composed of student representatives
from IU's campuses and a representative from the Governor's Office. The committee
will interview selected finalists March 27-28, 2009 and, in
accordance with state law, forward 10 names to the governor,
who will make the appointment. The
new term will run from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011.
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Attend
a Board of Trustees Meeting
All students interested
in university governance are welcome to attend Board of Trustees
meetings, and anyone interested in applying for the student
trustee position is urged to do so. A list of the
board's meeting dates and locations is
available online. Complete meeting schedules and agendas are
posted on the board's home page about
two weeks before the upcoming session.
More
Information
For more information, contact
the the secretary of the
board in Room M005 of the Indiana Memorial Union on the Bloomington
campus. The telephone number is (812) 855-3762.
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Former Student Trustees
2005 - 2007
School of Law
IUB |
Susanne P. Bair
1989 - 1991
Doctoral Candidate
HPER |
Erin Haag Breese
2003 - 2005
M.D. / Ph.D. Student
IUPUI |
Joseph R. Motherwell
1987 - 1989
School of Law
IUPUI |
Sacha
I. Wilsey
2001 - 2003
Graduate Student
SPEA, IUB |
Thomas R. Haley
1985 - 1987
School of Law
IUPUI |
Dean A. Hertzler II
1999 - 2001
Undergraduate
School of Science, IUPUI |
John R. Talley
1983 - 1985
School of Law
IUPUI |
Rose E. Gallagher
1997 - 1999
School of Law
IUB |
James W. Gray
1981 - 1983
School of Law |
Frank D. Otte
1995 - 1997
School of Law
IUB |
William H. Mohr
1979 - 1981
School of Medicine |
J Thomas Forbes
1993 - 1995
Graduate Student
Public Administration and
Philantrophic Studies |
James W. Wolfe
1977 - 1979
Graduate Student
School of Business |
Eric A. Todd
1991 - 1993
School of Law
IUB |
Leslie C. Shively
Jan. 1, 1976 - June 30, 1977
Senior in accouting at time of appointment |
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