It provides a user-friendly environment in which to meet the health care needs of Northwest students living on and off campus. Governance The Board of Regents. The President's Cabinet. The Cabinet advises the President and assists in planning, developing, evaluating, and recommending to the Regents policy decisions for the operation of the University. Strategic Planning Council.
Membership is drawn from key student, faculty, and staff organizations.
The Administrative Council advises the President and the Cabinet on administrative and policy matters deemed appropriate and harmonious with the missions of the University. The Faculty Senate is the representative body of the faculty. The Graduate Council, made up of elected graduate faculty members, graduate students, and the dean of the Graduate School, recommends all policies and programs involved with graduate study. It coordinates, with the Faculty Senate, all recommendations for approval of upper-division undergraduate courses which may also be approved for graduate credit if taken by eligible graduate students. The Graduate Council also reviews recommendations from the Council on Teacher Education as these relate to advanced programs in teacher education.