School-Wide Committees.

The Governing Council is the senior governance body for the school. The Governing Council is comprised of all associate deans, all department chairs, designated schoolwide center directors, the elected Chair and a second designated representative of the SPH Faculty Senate, and a designated representative of the SPH student body. The Governing Council is responsible for planning, budgeting, space, schoolwide policy setting, and other strategic activities.

The student representative will be responsible for attending regularly scheduled GC meetings, participating in school-wide events as requested, and reporting to the GC on student matters as appropriate. Additionally, the GC student representative will serve as the liaison between the Dean’s Office and the Student Senate. The student representative will be expected to report back to the Student Senate as appropriate. The Governing Council student representative will have the opportunity to interact with high-level speakers and guests of the School.

Meeting times: The Governing Council (GC) meets roughly monthly from September to July on Thursdays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.

Guidelines and Expectations:

The term for serving on the Governing Council is one year, beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending on January 1, 2023. To maintain eligibility to participate, students must be full or part-time BUSPH students through the duration of their tenure on the Governing Council and remain in good academic standing. Students must be able to attend all Governing Council meetings, with exceptions for medical emergencies or special cases sent to the Dean’s Office for approval in advance. Having active participation will ensure that the student voice is present in leadership conversations. Due to the confidential nature of items discussed at Governing Council, discretion is of utmost importance.

For questions, please contact sphdeansoffice@bu.edu.

The Education Committee is charged with overseeing all of the School’s educational programs. It reviews proposals for new educational programs, competencies, and courses; oversees the student course evaluation process; and regularly reviews previously approved courses and curricula. The Education Committee evaluates the School’s educational offerings both as individual pieces and, and as a whole, ensuring that the individual learning components result in cohesive educational programs.

Meeting Times: The Education Committee meets twice a month, on Thursday mornings and is chaired by the Associate Dean for Education

Additional information is available here.

For questions, please contact Amanda Velez, Director of Educational Initiatives. 

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee serves as the coordinating body for affairs regarding the SPH Diversity & Inclusion 11-point plan. The committee is comprised of senior administration, faculty, student representatives, and staff members. This group is charged with examining diversity and inclusion efforts within educational programs, student services, alumni relations and works to create advocacy and support in all of the School’s programs and services.

For questions, please contact Yvette Cozier, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice. 

Currently no open seats for the 2024-2025 term. 

The Enrollment Committee (EC) develops and implements strategies that help the School recruit diverse student cohorts to meet institutional enrollment goals. The EC supports all stages of pipeline development, from early stage recruitment to yield strategies, in an increasingly competitive environment. Committee initiatives include collaborating on print, video, and digital enrollment marketing strategies, as well as Admissions Office outreach and event planning.

Meeting Times: Bi-weekly Mondays, 11am-12pm

For questions, please contact Danielle Norton, Enrollment Marketing and Communications Specialist

The goal of the Practice Advisory Committee (PAC) is to highlight, promote and synergize public health practice activities emanating from the Boston University School of Public Health. The Committee will seek to gather data regarding practice activities in each department and provide an overarching picture of the state of public health practice at SPH. The Committee will use these data to make informed and bold suggestions on how to advance public health practice and ensure that meaningful practice activities are accessible to all members of the SPH community.

Meeting times:  Meetings of the Practice Advisory Committee are held quarterly and can be found on the School’s calendar.  Time TBD but likely in the afternoons.

For questions, please contact Craig Andrade, Associate Dean for Public Health Practice. 

The Research and Faculty Advancement Committee makes recommendations regarding administrative policies to enhance the research environment and the professional development opportunities for faculty. The committee oversees the faculty mentoring program, evaluates pilot and innovation grant applications, and considers ways to improve the research infrastructure and faculty development portfolio within the school.

Meeting times: The Research Committee meets the third Thursday of each month from 4:00 – 5:00 pm.

For questions, please contact the Faculty Resources Office at sphfro@bu.edu.

The BUMC Committee on Student Services is a monthly meeting attended by faculty, administration and students representing each of the four schools/programs on the medical campus.  The student services committee meets the third Thursday of each month in the Dean’s Conference Room located in the School of Medicine building (R-112), 3:30pm-5:00pm. This committee serves for the improvement of student resources on campus.  The intention behind the meeting is to be a voice of advisement to the Medical Campus Provost on the development and implementation of  programming and facility resources on campus that are necessary to ensure the success of students here at BUMC.  Student representatives are encouraged to be a part of this meeting to be the voice for the SPH students and bring forth to the committee any ideas for additional resources that relate to the student community. The committee functions as a school-based problem-solving team with the goals to address issues relating to students’ development and to serve the BUMC community with the tools and resources available all across the University.

Meeting times: Third Thursday of each month on Zoom, meeting details coming soon.

For questions, please contact Mary Murphy-Phillips, Assistant Dean of Students

The Living Our Values Steering Committee will guide the identification of BU’s core values and will facilitate broad campus engagement in the process. It will collaborate to design and implement strategies that promote inclusivity, integrity, and civil discourse, while also assessing the Living Our Values Project’s impact and suggesting improvements to foster an environment of respectful dialogue and collaboration. The Committee will meet on a bi-weekly basis from mid-October through summer of 2025. View President Gilliam’s letter introducing the Living Our Values Project here.

The Hearing Panelist is a neutral unbiased decision maker in a Title IX hearing. Their responsibilities include being present at the live hearing and working with the panel to collectively make a final determination of responsibility under our Policy. Hearing Panelist will be trained prior to being assigned to their first hearing.

If you have any questions, you may reach out to Carian Diaz, diazc@bu.edu, Senior Civil Rights & Title IX Outreach Coordinator.