Leadership

University of United Angeles is a comprehensive job creation and employment research university. It is owned by the laity members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it is governed by a board of trustees. The University has a self-governing system made up of the university administration executive committee, the university senate, and the university board of trustees. Members that make up the University governance shall play a vital role in the leadership of the University as set out in the Constitution and Bylaws of the University.

The University Administration Executive Committee

The University Administration Executive Committee is the executive of the university and the advisory body to the university vice chancellor. The vice chancellor is the formal head of the University Executive Committee and shall chair the committee in the university’s strategic decision-making and operations. The Committee is responsible for general administration as well as the appointment of new faculty and staff members. Members of the University Executive Committee shall meet every Tuesday of the week to make strategic decisions and operations for the university.

The University Senate

The University Senate is the representation of the ownership of the university. The Senate shall represent all university employees and students and shall work cooperatively to secure effective participation in the activities, policies and governance of the university.

The Senate shall be made up of 21 members. Their constituency composition shall include 6 members of the university administration, 6 members of the university faculty, 5 members of the general university staff and 4 members of the student body.

The Senate is responsible for initiating proposals for constructive leadership and development of the university in academic, research and student life. Members of the Senate shall meet every last Thursday of the month to deliberate, propose, and recommend the agenda of the university to the Board of Trustees for further consideration and approval. The chair of the Senate shall be the University Chancellor or his designee and shall chair the senate meetings in the university’s strategic decision making process.

Although Senate members are elected by a constituency of the University employees, their role is to contribute to the Senate meetings in a way which supports the best interests of the University as a whole, not to represent the constituency which elected them.

Members of the Senate have individual and collective responsibility to use their expertise to ensure that the objectives of the University are met and that the Senate properly and diligently exercises its functions and responsibility as one of the principal governing bodies of the University.

The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the university. The business and the affairs of the university shall be exercised under the governance of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall have ultimate and final authority in the governance of the university. The Board shall be made up of Ex Officio Members of the University together with members whose nomination shall come from within the broad Constituency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.