Board of Trustees Resolution final

JHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONSENATEOF THESTUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATIONOFTHE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY{ S. Resolution 23-24, 1 }A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING STUDENTGOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR RECENT ALUMNIAND EMERITUS FACULTY PRESENCE ONTHE JOHNS HOPKINS BOARD OF TRUSTEESINTRODUCED BY: STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON MORRISJUNIOR CLASS PRESIDENT RESHAM TALWARFIRST CONSIDERED THIS 29TH DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR 2023NEXT CONSIDERED THIS 5TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR 2023SPONSORED BY: JUNIOR CLASS SENATOR MOLLY KUZMASOPHOMORE CLASS PRESIDENT STONE MENGSTUDENT BODY SECRETARY AMY LIWSE ACADEMIC SENATOR ANGELA SADLOWSKIKSAS ACADEMIC SENATOR TIMOTHY HUANGSENIOR CLASS SENATOR CHRISTIAN BAKHITSENIOR CLASS SENATOR MUFASA CRUZ MORENOCOMMITTEE CONSIDERATION WAIVED BY STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT JACKSON MORRISJHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONWhereas the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees (“the Board”) was established on August 24,1867 with a membership of 12 Trustees and endowed with the responsibility of being theUniversity’s chief governing body1, described in the Preamble of the By-Laws of the Board ofTrustees as “being entrusted with the final responsibility for the conduct of the affairs of theUniversity”2; andWhereas the Board has expanded several times, first having been raised from 12 to 19 Trusteesand the addition of the President as a voting ex-officio Trustee in 1926, and several more additionsuntil a total of 30 Trustees were seated in 19511; andWhereas the first four alumni Trustee positions were created in 1959, and thus four of the 34Trustees were to be nominated by alumni of the Johns Hopkins University to serve a single four-year term and be vested with identical powers to the other 30 Trustees1; andWhereas the number of alumni Trustees continued to increase until 1974, at which time (as itstands today) a total of alumni 12 Trustees were seated1; andWhereas in 1971, the Board created the Young Trustee position to allow four recent graduatesof Johns Hopkins —in practice, from the undergraduate Krieger School of Arts and Sciences(KSAS) or Whiting School of Engineering (WSE)— to be elected from among their graduating classand serve with the same powers and responsibilities as other trustees. Each Trustee was to beelected to a four-year term, and thus as a whole would typically represent the last four graduatingclasses1; andWhereas from 2009 to 2011, the Board engaged in a significant self-restructuring with theassistance of Professor Richard Chait of Harvard University and decided to downsize the maximumnumber of Trustees from 65 to 35 (not counting ex officio Trustees) and the elimination of allYoung Trustees.1 Notably, although much of the data collection disclosed on the Board’s historypage did involve engaging different groups (self-study survey, observation of Board and committeemeetings, interviews with trustees and senior administrators, study of practices at peer universities,etc.) there is not a single disclosure of engagement with students or faculty before these decisionswere ratified. The Board states on its website that, “The exclusion of students from the otherdivisions and other types of students (graduate, professional, part-time) is a major reason why theBoard decided to eliminate the Young Trustee position in 2011 in favor of including a more diversegroup of current students in the Board’s Student Life Committee”1; and1 https://trustees.jhu.edu/our-history/2 Preamble, By-Laws of the Johns Hopkins Board of TrusteesJHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONWhereas the Board’s Student Life Committee was inaugurated in 2011 with a stated focus on“the quality and substance of the students’ experience beyond the academic realm,”; scope including“graduate, undergraduate and professional students in all divisions of the University,”; with theability to “recommend to the Board enhancements of student life”; and the ability to “invite one ormore current students to attend a meeting of the Committee.”3 However, the Student LifeCommittee counts no students amongst its membership in either a voting or nonvoting capacity,clashing with the principles advanced by the idea that the Young Trustee position was eliminated infavor of including a “more diverse group of current students in the Board’s Student LifeCommittee.” Students are only consulted by the Student Life Committee in a limited, ad hocfashion, and the input of the Homewood Student Government Association (SGA) is not solicitedwhen the Student Life Committee is planning to meet with undergraduate students— instead, SGAleadership is generally only informed ahead of a single Student Life Committee meeting at which theBoard of Trustees solicits SGA participation and on scant few other occasions. The Spring 2023meeting was around 45 minutes long and allowed for a single presentation by SGA leadership onSGA’s recent activities with limited time for questions and conversation with Trustees.Whereas the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees’ “Activities of the Board of Trustees ” webpagehas not been updated since the 2018-2019 academic year4, making it difficult to determine what, ifany, communication between the Board of Trustees and current students and faculty members hastaken place over the 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023 academic years.Whereas on April 5th, 2022 the Johns Hopkins University Council (JHUC) ratified its Bylawsand thus became the chief University-wide shared governance body for faculty, consisting ofrepresentatives from each School’s Faculty Senate, the Diversity Leadership Council, Faculty BudgetAdvisory Committee, and Advisory Board of the Medical Faculty as well as each School’s Dean5;andWhereas on February 10th, 2023, the Johns Hopkins Cross-Institutional Student AdvisoryCommittee (CSAC) held its first meeting, and thus became the chief University-wide consultativebody for students on University-wide issues, consisting of eleven representatives from each School’sstudent governance group at graduate and undergraduate levels (when applicable) as well as theundergraduate Multicultural Leadership Council, and five student members selected from thestudent-body at-large (with at least two being undergraduate students)6.Whereas the existence of both JHUC and CSAC provides a faculty body and student bodyendowed with the trust of their peers (with a supermajority of their voting membership having beenelected by their peers to their respective governance bodies) and already immersed in the decision-3 Article XII, Section 11, By-Laws of the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees4 https://trustees.jhu.edu/activities-board-trustees/5 https://facultyaffairs.jhu.edu/initiatives/jhuc/6 https://wellbeing.jhu.edu/blog/2022/11/18/new-cross-institutional-student-advisory-committee/JHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONmaking process of Johns Hopkins University. JHUC and CSAC are sufficiently representative ofeach of the bodies of Johns Hopkins University, satisfying the cited argument (lack ofrepresentation/presence of all students, not just undergraduates from KSAS and WSE) behind theelimination of the original Young Trustee position; andWhereas Johns Hopkins University alienates itself from the practices of several of its peerinstitutions by not providing a mechanism for current students or recent graduates, as well asfaculty, to be effective stewards of the mission of Johns Hopkins University by allowing theirparticipation in the affairs of the Board:Brown University: The Corporation of Brown University includes two New Alumni Trustees whoare elected by recent and soon-to-graduate alumni and serve terms of up to two years each.7California Institute of Technology: The Board of Trustees of California Institute of Technologymay reserve up to five of its Trustee positions for Young Alumni Trustees not more than 45 years ofage who serve five year terms as full Trustees.8Cornell University: The faculty of Cornell University elect two faculty trustees from amongthemselves with at least one being elected every other year to serve for terms of four years each. Thestudents of Cornell University elect one undergraduate trustee and one graduate or professionaltrustee each year to serve for terms of two years each. The nonacademic staff and employees ofCornell University elect one staff trustee for a term of four years.9Duke University: The Board of Trustees of Duke University may elect up to three current studentsor recent graduates as Trustees, termed as “Young Trustees”10. In addition, the ExternalEngagement Committee, Graduate and Professional Education and Research Committee, ResourcesCommittee, and Undergraduate Education Committee all must include at least two faculty membersand at least two students (generally one undergraduate student and one graduate or professionalstudent) with voting powers.11Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Bylaws of the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology states that five of the members of the Corporation shall be undergraduates andgraduates who have received or are about to receive a degree from the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology or have received a degree in the previous two academic years, and shall serve a five-yearterm.12Princeton University: The Bylaws of The Trustees of Princeton University states that “…four[Alumni Trustees] shall be elected, one each year, from among the members of the Senior class at7 https://alumni-friends.brown.edu/about/alumni-elections8 Section 1(d), Amended and Restated Bylaws of The California Institute of Technology9 Article II Section 2(a)(4)(c,d,e), Bylaws of Cornell University10 Article II Sections 2 & 3, Bylaws of Duke University11 Articles VIII, X, XI, XII, Bylaws of Duke University12 Section 2.1.6 & Section 4.5.1, Bylaws of Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONthe time of election, by the members of the Junior and Senior classes and the two most recentlygraduated classes,” and shall serve a four-year term.13Stanford University: The Board of Trustees of Stanford University annually selects up to twostudents, generally one being an undergraduate student and the other being a graduate student, toserve a year-long term on the Board of Trustees as full, voting members of the Stanford Board ofTrustees committees on Development, Finance, Land & Buildings, and Student, Alumni & ExternalAffairs.14 Stanford states that, “Student participation on these committees offers an importantopportunity for students to learn about university issues and to offer their perspective on thesematters.”14University of Toronto: The University of Toronto’s senior governing body, the GoverningCouncil, is made up of the Chancellor, President, 8 alumni, 12 teaching staff, 8 students, 2administrative staff, 16 government appointees, and 2 Presidential appointees.15 The “Principles ofGood Governance”, published October 28, 2010, by the University of Toronto Governing Council,states under its “Governance Principles” Membership section that good governance includes thefollowing ideals (bolding added for emphasis):“All estates are engaged (for the University, this means administrative staff, alumni,government appointees, students, teaching staff). The appropriate type, level and timingof engagement will vary among these groups with respect to the matters for whichgovernance is responsible.”16“The requirements for independence, credibility, and legitimacy of all members areconsistently met. Legitimacy derives from the process of appointment or election;credibility derives from experience, expertise, integrity and ability. Independence must beunderstood in the context of representation from all estates; the natural tension thatexists in this situation requires careful monitoring and leadership.”16Vanderbilt University: The Code of By-laws of Vanderbilt University states that, “To developleaders for service to the University and the community, the Governance and Board AffairsCommittee shall nominate for election to the Board biennially, generally every odd year a recentgraduate within the past ten years of any of the ten undergraduate, graduate or professional schools.The nomination for the Young Alumni Trustee shall be transmitted to the Board for election withall the rights and privileges of regular members. The Young Alumni Trustee shall serve for one two-year term.”17Washington University in St. Louis: Washington University in St. Louis has two UndergraduateStudent Representatives and two Graduate Student Representatives who attend all quarterly13 Chapter 1.2(d)(ii), Bylaws of the Trustees of Princeton University14 https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2022/01/StudentSelProcess.pdf15 https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/elections/student-election-information/governing-council-student-elections16 https://governingcouncil.utoronto.ca/secretariat/policies/principles-good-governance17 Chapter I(A)(5)(d), Code of By-Laws of the Vanderbilt UniversityJHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONmeetings of the Washington University Board of Trustees and serve as liaisons with their respectiveundergraduate or graduate student constituencies.18Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Johns Hopkins Student Government Associationcalls on the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees and University President Ronald J. Daniels to amendthe By-Laws of the Board as described in this section:The original text of the section to be amended is as such:“Article I: Board of Trustees

1. Classes of Trustees. The Board of Trustees, in addition to ex officio voting members, shall consist

of not fewer than eighteen nor more than thirty-five voting members, together with Trustees Emeritiwho shall not be entitled to vote. The number and classes of Trustees shall be as follows:a. The President of the University shall be an ex officio voting Trustee so long as he or sheshall serve as President.b. All former Chairs of the Board of Trustees of the University, the Chair of the Board ofJohns Hopkins Medicine, and the President and the First Vice President of The JohnsHopkins Alumni Council during their respective terms of office, shall be ex officio votingmembers of the Board of Trustees of the University.c. Not more than twenty-three Trustees shall be elected to serve, in the case of each, for asix-year term, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 6.a of this Article, except if andto the extent that there are fewer than twelve Alumni Trustees elected as provided in Section2 of this Article, the limit of twenty-three Trustees in this Section 1 may be increasedaccordingly.d. Not more than twelve Trustees shall be elected to serve for terms of not more than sixyears as provided in Section 2 of this Article.e. A Trustee, in any class described in paragraphs c or d, during his or her term of office,shall not be a full-time student, full-time member of the faculty, or full-time member of theadministrative staff of the University.…

4. Election of Trustees

a. Upon nomination by the Committee on Trusteeship, Nominations and By-Laws, Trusteesmay be elected by the Board of Trustees to fill any vacancies in the Board and an affirmativevote of a majority of the Trustees in office at the time of election shall be necessary toapprove an election. Trustees unable to attend a meeting of the Board at which a vacancy inthe Board shall be filled may vote to fill such vacancy by written proxy.b. Trustees elected under Article 1 of these by-laws shall be nominated, and vacancies inthose so elected filled, in accordance with rules approved by the Board.18 https://boardoftrustees.wustl.edu/student-representatives/JHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONc. The election of Trustees shall be at a stated or special meeting of the Board, or at anadjourned meeting thereof, and if such election is to be on the agenda, the Secretary shallgive notice thereof in the call for the meeting.

5. Term of Office.

a. The term of each Trustee shall commence on the first day of the month which follows hisor her election, provided that the Trustee shall have accepted such election in writing to theBoard Secretary. A trustee's term shall expire on June 30 in the year in which his or her termis concluded, or the June 30 following his or her seventy-fifth birthday, whichever shall firstoccur. A Trustee who has served two six-year terms may, in an exceptional case, onrecommendation of the Committee on Trusteeship, Nominations and By-Laws and approvalby the Board, serve one final six-year term.b. Upon the expiration of his or her original term or thereafter, a Trustee, having served aninitial six-year term, shall be eligible for election to one additional six-year term.c. In the event of an unexplained absence of any Trustee from three consecutive statedmeetings of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees may declare that said absenceconstitutes the resignation of such Trustee from the Board of Trustees.…”This section will read, after amendment, as such:“Article I: Board of Trustees

1. Classes of Trustees. The Board of Trustees, in addition to ex officio voting members, shall consist

of not fewer than eighteen nor more than forty-one voting members, together with Trustees Emeritiwho shall not be entitled to vote. The number and classes of Trustees shall be as follows:a. The President of the University shall be an ex officio voting Trustee so long as he or sheshall serve as President.b. All former Chairs of the Board of Trustees of the University, the Chair of the Board ofJohns Hopkins Medicine, and the President and the First Vice President of The JohnsHopkins Alumni Council during their respective terms of office, shall be ex officio votingmembers of the Board of Trustees of the University.c. Not more than twenty-three Trustees shall be elected to serve, in the case of each, for asix-year term, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 7.a of this Article, except if andto the extent that there are fewer than twelve Alumni Trustees elected as provided in Section2 of this Article; or there are fewer than four Young Trustees elected as provided in Section3 of this Article; or there are fewer than two Faculty Trustees elected as provided in Section4 of this Article, the limit of twenty-three Trustees in this Section 1 may be increasedaccordingly.d. Not more than twelve Trustees shall be elected to serve for terms of not more than sixyears as provided in Section 2 of this Article.e. Not more than four Trustees shall be elected to serve for terms of not more than twoyears as provided in Section 3 of this Article.JHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONf. Not more than two Trustees shall be elected to serve for terms of not more than fouryears as provided in Section 4 of this Article.f. A Trustee, in any class described in paragraphs c, d, e, or f during their term of office, shallnot be a full-time student, full-time member of the faculty, or full-time member of theadministrative staff of the University.…

3. Young Trustees

a. The Board of Trustees may elect not more than four members, nominated by the Cross-Institutional Student Advisory Committee (CSAC), each to serve a term of not more thantwo years. Each of the persons so nominated by CSAC shall be a person who has been/willbe granted a non-honorary academic degree from the University within the academic yearthat the nomination takes place. Two Young Trustees shall be nominated per year, with oneoriginating from an undergraduate degree-granting program and one originating from agraduate or professional degree-granting program. A Young Trustee shall have the samepowers, rights, and duties as other Trustees during their term of office with the exceptionthat they shall be expected to serve on at least the Student Life Committee.b. A person who has served a two-year term as a Young Trustee is not eligible to serve as aYoung Trustee again. However, they retain eligibility for any other applicable class ofTrustee.

4. Faculty Trustees

a. The Board of Trustees may elect not more than two members, nominated by the JohnsHopkins University Council (JHUC), each to serve a term of not more than four years. Eachof the persons so nominated by JHUC shall be part-time faculty members who have beengranted the status of Emeritus or its equivalent by any of the nine Schools of Johns HopkinsUniversity. A Faculty Trustee shall have the same powers, rights, and duties as otherTrustees during their term of office with the exception that they shall be expected to serveon at least the Academic Policy Committee.b. A person who has served a four-year term as a Faculty Trustee is not eligible to serve as aFaculty Trustee again. However, they retain eligibility for any other applicable class ofTrustee.…

6. Election of Trustees

a. Upon nomination by the Committee on Trusteeship, Nominations and By-Laws, Trusteesmay be elected by the Board of Trustees to fill any vacancies in the Board and an affirmativevote of a majority of the Trustees in office at the time of election shall be necessary toapprove an election. Trustees unable to attend a meeting of the Board at which a vacancy inthe Board shall be filled may vote to fill such vacancy by written proxy.b. Trustees elected under Article 1 of these by-laws shall be nominated, and vacancies inthose so elected filled, in accordance with rules approved by the Board.c. The election of Trustees shall be at a stated or special meeting of the Board, or at anadjourned meeting thereof, and if such election is to be on the agenda, the Secretary shallgive notice thereof in the call for the meeting.JHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION

7. Term of Office.

a. The term of each Trustee shall commence on the first day of the month which follows hisor her election, provided that the Trustee shall have accepted such election in writing to theBoard Secretary. A trustee's term shall expire on June 30 in the year in which his or her termis concluded, or the June 30 following his or her seventy-fifth birthday, whichever shall firstoccur. A Trustee who has served two six-year terms may, in an exceptional case, onrecommendation of the Committee on Trusteeship, Nominations and By-Laws and approvalby the Board, serve one final six-year term.b. Upon the expiration of his or her original term or thereafter, a Trustee, having served aninitial six-year term, shall be eligible for election to one additional six-year term.c. In the event of an unexplained absence of any Trustee from three consecutive statedmeetings of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees may declare that said absenceconstitutes the resignation of such Trustee from the Board of Trustees.…”Be It Further Resolved that the Johns Hopkins Student Government Association callsupon the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Student Assembly, the Carey Business School’sStudent Advocacy Council, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Graduate RepresentativeOrganization, the Peabody General Assembly, the School of Advanced International Studies’Student Government Association, the School of Medicine’s Graduate Student Organization, theSchool of Nursing’s Nursing Student Senate, and the Whiting School of Engineering’s GraduateRepresentative Organization to join the Homewood Student Government Association in ratifyingthis resolution; as well as welcomes the support of student leaders at the School of Education; andBe It Further Resolved that the Johns Hopkins Student Government Association callsupon the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Faculty Senate, the Carey Business School’s FacultySenate, the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Faculty Senate, the School of Education’s FacultySenate, the School of Medicine’s Faculty Senate, the School of Nursing’s Faculty Assembly, and theWhiting School of Engineering’s Faculty Senate to join the Homewood Student GovernmentAssociation in ratifying this resolution; as well as welcomes the support of faculty leaders on thePeabody Institute’s Dean’s Advisory Committee, the School of Advanced International Studies’Academic Board, and the School of Medicine’s Advisory Board of the Medical Faculty; andBe It Further Resolved that the Johns Hopkins Student Government Association callson the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees and University President Ronald J. Daniels to allow theJohns Hopkins University Council as per Article 5 Section 2 of the JHUC Bylaws to amend theirBylaws to accommodate the additional duty of selecting one Faculty Trustee to be nominated forconfirmation to the Board biannually to a 4-year term; andJHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTIONBe It Further Resolved that the Johns Hopkins Student Government Association callsupon the members and sponsors of the Cross-Institutional Student Advisory Committee to supportthe incorporation of the duty of selecting one undergraduate Young Trustee and one graduate orprofessional Young Trustee to be nominated for confirmation to the Board each year to a 2-yearterm; andBe It Further Resolved that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to:

1. Ronald J. Daniels, Johns Hopkins University President;
2. Stephen J. Gange, Johns Hopkins University Interim Provost and Senior Vice President of

Academic Affairs (in his role as the presiding officer of JHUC);

3. Louis J. Forster, Chair of the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees;
4. Maureen Marsh, Secretary of the Johns Hopkins Board of Trustees (for the purposes of

distribution to the membership of the Board of Trustees);

5. Rachelle Hernandez, Vice Provost of Student Affairs (in her role as co-chair of CSAC)
6. Sabine Stanley, Vice Provost of Graduate and Professional Education (in their role as co-

chair of CSAC);

7. Mary Ann Dickson, President of the Johns Hopkins Alumni Council;
8. The Dean of each School at Johns Hopkins University

a. Christopher S. Celenza, Dean of the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences;b. Ed Schlesinger, Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering;c. Fred Bronstein, Dean of the Peabody School of Music;d. James B. Steinberg, Dean of the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies;

e. Theodore DeWeese, Interim Dean of the School Medicine and CEO of Johns

Hopkins Medicine;f. Ellen J. MacKenzie, Dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health;g. Sarah L. Szanton, Dean of the School of Nursing;h. Alexander Triantis, Dean of the Carey School of Business;i. Christopher Morphew, Dean of the School of Education;

9. The President, Chair, or Co-Chairs of each primary student governance group at Johns

Hopkins University as mentioned above;

10. The President, Chair, or Co-Chairs of each Faculty Senate at Johns Hopkins University as

mentioned above;

11. The Editors-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins News-Letter;
12. The office of the Baltimore Sun;
13. The office of the Baltimore Banner;
14. The Johns Hopkins Homewood undergraduate student body

THE RESOLUTION HEREBY PASSES BY A VOTE OF 41 TO 0 WITH 0 ABSTENTIONS.UPON ADOPTION, WE HAVE HEREUNTO SET OUR HANDS AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE SENATE TO BE AFFIXEDTO THIS RESOLUTION INDICATING THE SENATE’S ASSENT AND THUS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING THERESOLUTION’S ADOPTION AS THE POSITION AND WILL OF THE SENATE AND THE STUDENT BODY OF THE JOHNSHOPKINS UNIVERSITY.JHU STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION — SGA-R.23-24.1 — BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION