Town & Departmental Hall Meetings

(SINCE 1998)

In order to further consolidate the democratic atmosphere in the university, the SLC organizes Town and Departmental Hall meetings.
The Town Hall meetings are meant to further improve the relationship between faculty and students, clarify misunderstood decisions, allow students to petition for the revision or modification of certain decisions/rules/regulations, all in order to further enhance and improve the ongoing academic and social life at the university.
SLC establishes an ad hoc committee comprised of a faculty representative from the SLC, student representatives and the SLO. This committee is in charge of organizing the Town and Departmental Hall meetings as well as doing the follow-ups in coordination with the SLO.
SLC should recommend and work for Departmental Hall meetings, which should precede the Town Hall meetings.
Departmental Hall meetings are to be concerned mainly with academic issues.
Town Hall meetings are to discuss administrative concerns and whatever may remain unresolved from the Departmental Hall meetings.
At the beginning of every Town Hall or Departmental Hall meeting, whatever has been implemented from the issues raised in previous Town and Departmental Hall meetings should be announced.
Copies of the minutes of the Town Hall and Departmental Hall meetings are sent to the Cabinet.
Town Hall meetings are moderated by the SLC chairperson. Departmental Hall meetings are moderated by the chairpersons of the respective societies.
At the end of each semester, students are asked to fill in an anonymous "Course and Faculty Evaluation" form, which is intended to provide feedback to the administration and Deans on individual teachers' courses and teaching methods.
 
Town Halls are organized on the first Friday of December of the fall semester.