Committees & Commissioners of the Design Department
Committees & Commissioners at a Glance
Department Council
The departmental council is a body elected by the department, which includes representatives of the professors as well as scientific and technical staff and student representatives. Important decisions of the department are made by the departmental council. These include, among other things, the enactment of statutes such as study and examination regulations, decisions on structural and development planning or decisions on appointments.
Examination Board
The examination board is a body elected by the departmental council to decide on all matters relating to the department's examination regulations. The examination board is responsible for compliance with the examination regulations and for the proper conduct of the examinations. The examination board also decides on all applications and exceptions or special regulations relevant to examinations.
Student Council
The Student Council (StuRa) represents the interests of the students in the department. It is the first point of contact for questions or problems and mediator between students, lecturers and the dean's office. The StuRa promotes student projects, coordinates student activities and events in the department and looks after first-year students.
Commissioners
In addition to the central representatives of the university, there are representatives at the design department for the topics of study abroad, BAföG, internships and family. Our colleagues will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Department Council
The departmental council supervises the dean with regard to the fulfilment of his or her duties. In particular, it discusses the Dean's report and decides on the Dean's discharge. In order to carry out its supervision, the departmental council has a comprehensive right to information vis-à-vis the dean.
The meetings of the departmental council are generally open to the public for all members of the department, with the exception of personnel matters.
Current members
Professors
Prof. Reto Wettach (Chair)
Prof. Alexandra Martini (Vice Chair)
Prof. Christina Poth
Prof. Winfried Gerling
Prof. Myriel Milicevic
Prof. Klaus Dufke
Academic staff
Dr. Katrin von Kap-herr
Maria Kleinschmidt
Non-academic staff
Katrin Gabriel
Student representatives
Yette Strauss-Suhr
Moran Dori
Composition
The members of the departmental council are:
- 6 representatives of the group of university teachers,
- 2 representatives of the group of academic staff,
- 1 other staff member
- 2 students
The departmental council elects a chairperson from among its members and adopts rules of procedure. The dean has the right to speak and propose motions in the departmental council. The members of the departmental council are elected by the members and staff of the department. In the case of decisions by the departmental council on appointment proposals, all professors belonging to the department have the opportunity to participate in the vote in addition to the members of the departmental council.
Tasks
The Departmental Council is responsible for:
- enacting the statutes of the department
- deciding on the structural and development planning of the department
- deciding on appointment proposals
- participating in the evaluation and coordination of teaching and research in the department
- electing and voting out the Dean and his/her deputy
Examination Board
The examination board is appointed by the departmental council and is responsible for examination matters and for the organisation of examinations. In doing so, the examination committee ensures that the provisions of the respectively valid examination and study regulations are observed and is responsible, for example, for the recognition of study and examination achievements, the granting of compensation for disadvantages, the decision on individual cases in the context of examination matters and decides on appeals against decisions made in examination procedures. The committee may delegate the execution of its tasks to the chairperson for all regular cases, with the exception of decisions on appeals and the report to the faculty. The examination board also makes suggestions for reforming the examination and study regulations as well as all other valid regulations such as the internship regulations, aptitude test regulations, etc. The members of the examination board have the right to make suggestions for reforming the examination regulations.
The members of the examination board have the right to attend the taking of examinations, with the exception of student members. All members of the examination board are subject to official secrecy.
The office of the examination board is the examination office of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam.
Student Council (StuRa)
The StuRa is elected by all students of the department in the committee elections. The term of office is one year, two semesters. All students from the department can stand for election.
Members
- Merle Kauf
- Alexander Münch
- Charlotte Preger
- Levi Heppelmann
- Joana Meyerdierks Gomes Coelho
- Yannick Heimburg
- Marlene Derwort
- Jannick Tismer
- Clara Gabriel
- Leo Mertens
Tasks
- represents the interests of the students within the department
- coordinates student activities and events in the department
- promotes student projects within the department (see project promotion)
- is the contact person for problems with lecturers, orientation difficulties and exams
- sends students to internal departmental committees
- All minutes of the student council meetings can be found here
Information & Contact
Further up-to-date information can be found in the StuRa's Incom Workspace.
Meetings: Wednesdays, 14:30 in the Design Studio in House D.
E-mail: sturafb4@fh-potsdam.de
Project funding by the StuRa
Every student of the department can submit applications for support of projects to the StuRa. These applications must be made in writing and should contain a clear contact person and, above all, a description of the request that is comprehensible (for outsiders). Furthermore, applications can only be submitted in advance and for non-applicable projects. The funding will only be paid out after submission of the corresponding invoices and receipts, but no later than four weeks after the end of the project.
Commissioners at the Design Department
You can find the central committees and representatives of the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam here.
