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Trent University was formally created in 1963 by the Ontario Legislature. Located in Peterborough, Ontario, Trent opened its doors to its first students in 1964.

The Program Quality Assurance Committee (PQAC) was established as a committee of the Senate in 2009 and was replaced by the Cyclical Program Review Committee in 2015.

The Ad hoc Committee to Review Policies and Procedures was established as a committee of Senate in 1977. It was created "to collate Senate and Board approved policies...summarize procedures approved by policy or custom [and] review terms of reference and responsibilities of Board, Senate, Faculty Council, and ATS."

Established in 1968 as a portfolio in the Department of Information at Trent University, Alumni Engagement and Services (also known as Alumni House, Alumni Affairs) primary function is to engage and connect Trent University alumni.

The need for Alumni Engagement and Services was rooted in the development of the Trent University Alumni Association (TUAA). Established by Trent University’s first graduating class in 1967-1968, the Association’s main focus was to maintain friendships and connections they had developed as students, and they engaged university services in order to do so. The university agreed to maintain contact lists for alumni and produce a bulletin/newsletter to keep alumni up to date on university affairs.

Alumni Engagement and Services works closely with the TUAA to provide alumni with services, perks, and benefits, and arrange events for alumni. Alumni Engagement and Services also publish the Trent Magazine and engage alumni in fundraising initiatives.

Louis Taylor was the Coordinator of Alumni Engagement and Services (1974-1976), followed by Bruce Hurley (1979 to 1984). Tony Storey was Coordinator (1984-1988) and then Director (1988-2011), followed by Lee Hays as Director (2011-2023). Naomi Hadley has served as Director since 2023.

Since 2006, Alumni Engagement and Services has operated in Alumni House, which was previously the Champlain College Master’s Lodge (Focus Trent V. 6 No. 1). Previously, they their offices were at Catharine Parr Traill College and Lady Eaton College.

The first archivist was Pat Johnston. She was succeeded by Ken Johnson who was archivist until 1982. Bernadine Dodge was first appointed Acting University Archivist in 1982 and then University Archivist the next year. She retired in 2009. At various times between 2009 and 2022 Janice Millard served as Curator and Jodi Aoki as Archivist and University Archivist. Janice Millard retired in 2015 and Jodi Aoki in 2022.

The Archives and Records Committee was a committee of Senate (1979-1991) and was preceded by two committees of the University Library: an Archives Sub-committee (1968-1990) and an Archives Committee (1981-1986). In 1991, the committee was subsumed into the Library Services Committee.

The Ashley Fellowship was established at Trent University in 1976 with a bequest from the late Charles Allan Ashley. Proceeds from the endowment are used to bring a visiting scholar to reside in one of the university’s five colleges in order to participate in lectures, seminars and informal contacts with students and faculty. Those eligible to receive the fellowship are persons who have made significant achievements in their field. They do not necessarily hold an academic appointment, but are required to contribute broadly to the academic and collegiate life of the University.

The office of Associate Dean of Arts and Science at Trent University has had a convoluted history. The first incumbent was W. Eldon, followed by Julian Blackburn, Prudence Craib, Peter Adams, and Colin Taylor. The position has held responsibilities related to graduate studies and research since 1984.

The Audio Library Program was established in 1974 to service visually and physically disabled students at the post-secondary level in Ontario. Housed at Trent University, the Program’s primary focus was to make print material accessible to students.

The Audio-Visual Department was an academic support department set up to provide audio visual equipment, projectionists, other technical services and a media library service to the University community. Audio-Visual activities were divided into four distinct categories: distribution of audio visual equipment; film/video bookings - media library; language laboratory operations; and audio-visual productions. The Audio-Visual Department fells within the umbrella of the Library, and was directed administratively by the Head Librarian.

The Audit Committee was established as a committee of the Board of Governors in 2008. It replaced the Investment and Audit Committee.

It was in 1957, through public discussion, that the people of Peterborough decided they wanted to establish a post-secondary educational institution in their city. The Mayor Colonel John Dewart set up a Committee on Higher Education which brought together many facets of the community to study such a possibility. The committee members represented business and industry, religion, education, and women's interests. On September 21, 1960, the committee became the Board of Directors of Trent College Limited. It was incorporated for the purposes of preliminary planning under the Companies Act. The elected body was comprised of C.K. Fraser as chairman; Dr. Donaldson Whyte, first vice-chairman; Rev. John Coughlan, second vice-chairman; Fred Chapman, treasurer; and Norman Crook, secretary.

In May 1962, on the recommendation of the Provincial Government's Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the Government of Ontario announced its support for the founding of Trent University. An Act to incorporate Trent University was passed by the Legislature. The Act established a Board of Governors and the Senate of the University and conferred upon Trent the full and traditional powers and responsibilities of a University. The initial six members of the Board of Governors were C.K. Fraser, Dr. Donaldson Whyte, Rev. John Coughlan, Norman Crook, T.H.B. Symons, and Walter G. Ward. The number of board members was increased to 18 in 1963.

The role of the Board of Governors was, and still is, to appoint and remove the President and Vice-Chancellor of the University; to appoint, promote, and remove deans, senior administrative officers and teaching staff, with the approval of the President and Vice-Chancellor; to fix the number, duties and salaries of the officers, clerks, employees, agents, and servants of the University; to appoint the executive committee as needed and to confer upon them the powers of the Board; and to make by-laws and regulations for the conduct of its affairs.

Although the Bookstore Committee reported to the Office of the President (1963-1971), it also reported prior to 1965 with both the Academic Planning Committee and the Campus Planning Committee. It subsequently was a sub-committee of the Board of Governors (1966-1968), then the Senate (1972-2001). The next recorded iteration of the committee was as a Senate sub-committee (2013-2016). In 1985, there was a Task Force on Bookstore Services and Management, reporting to the Office of the Dean.

The Trent University Broadcast Board Committee was created in 1968. It was designed as a joint Senate-Congress Committee comprised of three students and three faculty members. The Board was responsible for the Trent University Radio Service. During the 1968-69 academic year, the radio service was run by thirty-five students and faculty and produced a series of programs which were broadcast on Sunday evenings through the facilities of CHEX-FM. The series was an experiment to determine if radio service from Trent would be adventageous for both the University and the Peterborough Community. The results of the experiment were a success and the Radio Service was expanded the following academic year to AM radio through CKPT-AM. The main function of the Broadcast Board was to approve annual budgets and gain approval for the budgets from the appropriate University bodies. The Board was also responsible for choosing the Radio Service Manager and selecting its own Chairman. The Broadcast Board was designed in a similar fashion to the Publication Board which monitored the University newspaper, "The Arthur".

The Bylaws Review Committee was established in 1989 as a committee of the Board of Governors.