Student Governance
Campus Senate
The Campus Senate, established in Article II of the Campus Government Constitution, is a body comprised of faculty members, administrators, and elected student representatives. It "serve[s] as a forum in which students, faculty, and administrative officers communicate and consider matters of general concern to the College," including student organizations and extracurricular activites, classes, living areas, and the regulation of student life. The Senate is the governing body of campus life, and its legislative proposals are ratified and enacted by the President of the College.Greek Council
The Greek Council is the official representative body for the social fraternities, sororities, and societies recognized at Kenyon. The Council is composed of the delegates from the six Fraternities, four Sororities, and two Societies at Kenyon.
The functions of the Greek Council include:
- To act as the legislative body in matters pertaining to Greek life;
- To represent the opinions of the fraternities, sororities and societies in any matter affecting their common interests;
- To promote within the fraternities, sororities and societies a sense of purpose consistent with the educational aims of Kenyon College;
- To coordinate and organize social, educational, and other activities that involve or affect chapter members and pledges as distinct from the student body as a whole;
- To further the interests and goals of the Greek community and of Greek life at Kenyon by holding member chapters accountable for their actions and holding them to the highest interpretation of the ideals on which their organizations were founded.
For more information on the functions, powers, and duties of Greek Council, please review the Greek Council Constitution.
Questions? Email the Greek Council at greekcouncil@kenyon.edu.
First-Year Council
The First-Year Council is composed of an Executive Board: five building presidents, one of whom is the second representative to Student Council, one class representative to the Senate, and one class representative to Student Council; and five Residence Hall Committees, one representative from each hall/wing in each first-year residence hall. These groups meet on alternate weeks, with the Executive Board serving as the link between the two groups. The two main purposes of the Residence Hall Committees are: 1) to address building-specific issues, and 2) to provide special events for the buildings. First-year students should approach either the president of their building or their specific hall representative with questions, comments, or suggestions.Business and Finance Committee
The Committee on Business and Finance will add to the restricted assets or liquidate these assets as necessary on a yearly basis according to the stipulations of subsection b. of this section. This will be done at the spring budget meetings of the Committee on Business and Finance for the consideration of the yearly allocations. These funds can be allocated only in an emergency situation. If the committee decides an emergency situation exists, and recommends an allocation of these funds be made, Council must approve the allocation by a two-thirds vote of its membership.Student Council
The Student Council, the official representative body for student discussion, organization, and action is composed of one representative from the three upper classes and the presidents of the sophomore, junior, and senior classes who are elected in the spring; one first-year representative elected in the fall; and the eight executive officers of the Council: the president, the vice presidents for student life and academic affairs, the chair of the Housing and Grounds Committee, the treasurer, the communications director, and the president of the First-Year Council. The student co-chair of Senate is an ex-officio member of Council. The chair of Student Lectureships, the chair of Social Board, and the chair of the Security and Safety Committee report to Student Council on a regular basis. The functions of the Council are to formulate and express officially student views concerning affairs of the College; to recognize legitimate student activities, enterprises, organizations, and social events and to supervise their operations; and to administer elections, appointments, and removals by impeachment for all student offices in the campus government.