The Sustainability sub-committee of the Buildings & Grounds committee has proposed an initiative for the campus to go tobacco free. Before any major decisions are made, they want student feedback on the idea. The survey was sent to student emails on Monday, November 11th. A reminder was sent to all faculty to pass on to their students on Friday, November 13th, so faculty should keep an eye out for that in their inboxes. Alternatively, if you want to make your voice heard on the tobacco-free initiative, click on the link below.
http://studentvoice.com/uocc/tobaccosurveyfall2015
On Thursday, November 12th, on the downtown campus, the Faculty Senate, Undergraduate Student Government, and Graduate Student Government Association approved a resolution in support of a tobacco-free campus and “the creation of a multi-constituency advisory committee to craft – with input from all vested stakeholders – a tobacco-free policy for the University of Cincinnati, which will be vetted through the normal shared governance advisory process prior to implementation.” The full text of the resolution can be read below.
Joint Resolution of the UC Faculty Senate, Undergraduate Student Government, and Graduate Student Government Association Regarding a Tobacco–‐Free Campus
Whereas the Ohio Board of Regents on July 23, 2012 passed a resolution recommending that “…each Board of Trustees of the University System of Ohio implement its own policy to establish its campus as tobacco–‐free,” and “…that after implementation of the policy, the Presidents and Boards of Trustees of the University System of Ohio schools shall champion and uphold foresaid policy;” and
Whereas the Faculty Senate of the University of Cincinnati on May 14, 2015 passed a resolution requesting that “…the University President and the Board of Trustees devote significant financial and professional resources to an effective smoking–‐cessation campaign targeted at every applicable member of the University community, to be launched as soon as practicable, and timed to ensure that no faculty, staff, or continuing student will be unable to thrive in a tobacco–‐free environment at its implementation;” and
Whereas the Undergraduate Student Government of the University of Cincinnati on October 28, 2015 passed a resolution in which that governing body expressed support for a tobacco–‐free university and for the creation of a multi–‐constituency advisory committee to craft a tobacco–free policy for the University of Cincinnati;
Be it hereby resolved that the Faculty Senate, Undergraduate Student Government, and Graduate Student Government Association support a tobacco–‐free University to promote the health and wellness of all members of the University community; and
Be it further resolved that the Faculty Senate, Undergraduate Student Government, and Graduate Student Government Association support the creation of a multi–‐constituency advisory committee to craft – with input from all vested stakeholders – a tobacco–‐free policy for the University of Cincinnati, which will be vetted through the normal shared governance advisory process prior to implementation.
