Dear Judicial Board Member Applicant, I am so excited that you are interested in becoming a member of the College Panhellenic Judicial Board! Judicial board members serve a vital role in the College Panhellenic judicial procedure. In order to be effective, they must be dependable, responsible, impartial, discreet, and ethical. All applicants must be: • Initiated undergraduate members of one of the recognized sororities on campus. • In good standing with their inter/national organization and chapter. • Able to attend judicial board training. • Willing to fulfill all time requirements for training and service as a judicial board member. Please note that applications are due by Friday, February 18 at 4:30 p.m. Interviews with College Panhellenic Executive Board officers and the fraternity/sorority advisor will take place during the following two weeks. If you have any questions, then please contact Alyssa Robinson, the fraternity/sorority advisor, at arobinson@tntech.edu. Interfraternally, Sydney Bass College Panhellenic Executive Vice President tntech.cph.executivevp@gmail.com Judicial Board Member Position Description College Panhellenic Judicial Board Membership In accordance with the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) Unanimous Agreements and the Tennessee Technological University College Panhellenic Association Bylaws, the judicial board is composed of four collegians from the College Panhellenic member organizations, the executive vice president as chairman, and the fraternity/sorority advisor as a nonvoting ex-officio member. Policy Judicial Board members: • Are in good standing with their member sorority. • Are active participants in good standing with their collegiate chapter. • Are enrolled in the institution where their collegiate chapter is located. Qualifications Judicial Board members: • Are members of sororities holding regular or associate membership in the College Panhellenic Association. • Are dependable and responsible. • Are objective and impartial. • Have good listening skills and the ability and willingness to keep confidences. • Are sensitive to and perceptive of others’ feelings while remaining objective. • Are representative of the best qualities of Panhellenic women. Duties The College Panhellenic Judicial Board: • Handles all alleged violations of NPC Unanimous Agreements and the Tennessee Technological University College Panhellenic Association Bylaws, Code of Ethics, and any other governing documents that are not settled in the mediation process. • Educates member sororities about the College Panhellenic judicial procedure. • Participates in training designed to educate judicial board members about the purpose of the board, the rules and regulations the judicial board monitors, the procedures to follow, proper questioning techniques, the rights of the charged organizations, evaluating evidence, and deliberations and sanctioning. • Conducts a fair hearing with impartial judicial board members following Unanimous Agreement VII. College Panhellenic Association Judicial Procedure. • Maintains confidentiality throughout the judicial process. • Creates and maintains proper documentation. The fraternity/sorority advisor retains documentation for three years. The College Panhellenic Judicial Board Chairman: • Coordinates training of judicial board members with the fraternity/sorority advisor. • Implements Unanimous Agreement VII. College Panhellenic Association Judicial Procedure. • Determines whether any collegiate judicial board members need to be excused to recused from serving because of a conflict of interest. • Provides involved chapters with a copy of Unanimous Agreement VII. College Panhellenic Association Judicial Procedure. • Presides at judicial hearings.