Our Mission

The Staff Senate represents all classified and unclassified, temporary, temporary grant and time-limited staff employees at the University of South Carolina Columbia. The Staff Senate serves in an advisory capacity to the president of the university and his or her designee(s). The Staff Senate accepts and shares responsibility with the administration, faculty and students for attaining the stated goals of the university and to foster a spirit of community.

Our Purpose

The Staff Senate serves as an advisory board to the university president and seeks to do the following:

• Create an open forum to facilitate communication among staff members and the administration.
• Engage staff members, and bring their interests and concerns before the administration.
• Explore solutions for more efficient and effective university operations.
• Promote a positive campus climate, and strengthen the sense of community among the staff.
• Participate in service work that supports the university and surrounding community.
• Propose and support programs to enhance and encourage professional development.

The Staff Senate is not intended as a vehicle to address individual issues, grievances or complaints nor to circumvent regular administrative channels. It is intended to be a group gathered in the meaningful purpose of providing a voice to the many individuals that compose the staff of the university.

The Staff Senate of the university, having been created by the direction of the university staff to act by and for that body, is endowed with all the powers and authority of the university staff except for those powers specifically reserved by that body to itself, provided that the university staff may amend or repeal any general policy decisions adopted by the Staff Senate.