Senate Committee on Academic Standards
The Senate Committee on Academic Standards oversees and advises Senate on those broad areas of academic standards that affect the welfare and reputation of the university, including policies on grading and academic integrity. The committee also approves, on behalf of Senate, the granting of degrees (other than honorary degrees).
Meeting dates and deadlines for 2024/25:
| Deadline for Agenda Items | Meeting Date |
| August 23, 2024 | September 5, 2024 |
| October 9, 2024 | October 23, 2024 |
| October 28, 2024 | November 7, 2024 |
| November 20, 2024 | December 5, 2024 |
| December 16, 2024 | January 9, 2025 |
| January 24, 2025 | February 10, 2025 |
| February 13, 2025 | March 3, 2025 |
| March 21, 2025 | April 9, 2025 |
| May 7, 2025 | May 22, 2025 |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference.
Click here for the Posthumous Degree, Diploma and Certificate Guidelines.
Annual Reports
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
Membership and Composition effective September 1, 2024
Name Faculty or Department Composition
| Danu Stinson * (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Graduate Studies |
12 faculty members representing the faculties and divisions (at least 2 of whom shall be senators*) (voting) |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Fine Arts |
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| Andrew Newcombe * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Law | |
| Tim Haskett (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Humanities | |
| Robert Hancock * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Social Sciences | |
| Sorin Rizeanu (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Peter B. Gustavson School of Business | |
| Laura Vizina (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Continuing Studies | |
| Tim Pelton (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Education | |
| Yang Shi (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Engineering and Computer Science | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Science | |
| Hōkūlani Aikau * (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Human and Social Development |
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| Vacancy (terms ends June 30, 2026) |
Medical Sciences | |
| Evan Maher (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Student Senator |
4 students including at least 1 student member of Senate and 1 graduate student representative |
| Paige Thombs (term ends June 30, 2025) |
Student Senator | |
| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2025) |
UVSS student representative |
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| Vacancy (term ends June 30, 2025) |
GSS student representative |
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| Alivia Wang (term ends June 30, 2027) |
1 convocation member of Senate (voting) |
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| Cedric Littlewood |
Faculty of Graduate Studies | Vice-President Academic and Provost's designate (ex-officio, voting) |
| Vacancy | President or nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
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| Andrea Giles | Executive Director | Executive Director, Cooperative Education and Career Services (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Wendy Taylor |
Registrar | Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
| Ashley de Moscoso |
Acting Associate Registrar (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Diana Varela |
Associate Dean, Academic Advising (Faculties of Science, Social Sciences, and Humanities) (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey | Associate Vice-President Academic Programs (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Ada Saab | Associate University Secretary | Secretary |