Reports to Vice President for Student Development
Membership
Faculty/staff, chair (appointed by president for a two-year term), dean of the School of Journalism and Communication (or designee), Southern Accent adviser, Southern Accent editor, Joker/Numerique adviser, Joker/Numerique editor, Southern Memories adviser, Southern Memories editor, Festival Studios adviser, Festival Studios producer, Student Association president, Student Association executive vice president, vice president for Student Development.
Purpose
- To nurture effective student media and cultivate campus leaders who develop communication skills for the church and society.
- To supervise all student editors/producers.
- To grant official approval and provide general oversight for all media produced and edited by students, except those media with authorization from specific university departments.
- To appoint all editors of specific media from candidates who have completed the defined application process.
- To actively recruit candidates to submit applications for editor/producer of specific media.
- To review the performance of student editors/producers; to replace an editor/producer, if necessary.
- To resolve conflict regarding content between the editor/producer and the adviser.
- To require alterations to the content of specific media when necessary.
- To approve new student media.
- To make recommendations for policies related to student media.
- To recommend (for ultimate approval by to the university president) advisers of specific student-produced media