History and Mission
Established in fall 2008, the ELI Student Advisory Board (SAB) serves as a platform for student voices in generating input and feedback for the ELI faculty and administration, thereby grounding curricular and administrative decisions in a broad range of student perspectives.
Goals and Initiatives
The SAB:
- Recommends and initiates projects and/or activities to best serve the interests of students
- Serves as a focus group to assist the ELI faculty in assessing the language needs and concerns of ELI students
- Acts as a liaison between the ELI student body and the ELI faculty and administration to strengthen communication channels
- Represents the ELI student body in periodic ELI meetings and events as appropriate and necessary
Membership, Terms of Office and Meetings
The SAB seeks to recruit members that acknowledge the rich diversity of its student population, including but not limited to diversity based on race, gender, national origin, languages spoken, age, religion and academic discipline.
The ELI SAB Officers consist of a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Secretary who are elected by the members of the Board. Board members are selected for office via application to the ELI Instructional Division. Board members serve for 12 months with a possible renewal for a subsequent one-year term. Terms may begin on the third/fourth week of September.
The SAB meet at least twice a term (Fall and Winter terms) with the presence of an ELI faculty/staff advisor, to realize the objective of advising the ELI faculty and administration from a student perspective.
