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In stark contrast is the role the Engineering Society plays in representing the academic interests of its members. While other student communities outside of engineering were debating for nearly a decade of how students and faculty should be integrated in the governance of the University, by the late 1960s, the Engineering Society advocated and worked with their dean to propose a restructuring of Faculty Council to explicitly included elected student representatives from the Engineering Society. This change was approved by the University's Board of Governors in 1972 and both the Faculty Council and Engineering Society's constitutions were changed to reflect the new mutual covenant. This marked a milestone and new direction for both organizations. | In stark contrast is the role the Engineering Society plays in representing the academic interests of its members. While other student communities outside of engineering were debating for nearly a decade of how students and faculty should be integrated in the governance of the University, by the late 1960s, the Engineering Society advocated and worked with their dean to propose a restructuring of Faculty Council to explicitly included elected student representatives from the Engineering Society. This change was approved by the University's Board of Governors in 1972 and both the Faculty Council and Engineering Society's constitutions were changed to reflect the new mutual covenant. This marked a milestone and new direction for both organizations. | ||
''Taken from the Presidential 1T4-1T5 Transition Report.'' | |||
==Operations and Services== | ==Operations and Services== | ||