{"id":19371,"date":"2025-10-17T10:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T14:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/?page_id=19371"},"modified":"2026-03-03T09:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T14:02:38","slug":"committee-abbreviations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/committee-abbreviations\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Abbreviations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This table is under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Committees in <strong>bold<\/strong> are currently active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Committee<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Abbreviation<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Year Created<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Year Dissolved<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Academic Affairs Council<\/strong><\/td><td>AAC<\/td><td>2015<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Academic Standing  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Seminars<\/td><td><\/td><td>1977<\/td><td>1988<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Freshman Seminars and Writing Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>1988<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Honors Committee<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Informal Discussions Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td>1969<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Information Services Advisory Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>1998<\/td><td>2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lectures Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>1986<\/td><td>2011 (on hold)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Legal Studies<\/td><td><\/td><td>1973<\/td><td>2025<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Legislative Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>1969<\/td><td>1995<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Library Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>1969<\/td><td>2016<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Library and Information Services Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>2016<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Long Range Planning Committee<\/td><td><\/td><td>1979<\/td><td>1995<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Martin Luther King Jr. Planning 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