Three seniors have been selected as voting members of the curriculum team for the new residential college program.

Andrew McCoy, Paige Harley and Kyle Martin were among the students recommended for the positions by the Lyman Briggs School, James Madison College, the Residential Option in Arts & Letters program and the College of Arts & Letters. The team worked from Friday to Monday to narrow down the list.

Last week, the curriculum team was formed to develop recommendations for courses for the new college. Now that the team is complete, members will begin work on the curriculum, which will be focused on liberal arts and humanities and is scheduled to admit an entering class in fall 2007.

The planning team will hold its first meeting with the students today.

Seven other students also will participate, but will not attend the regular meetings, said Stephen Esquith, curriculum team chairman.

"The larger group of students will serve as both a sounding board for ideas and proposals from the curriculum team and as a group that would reach out to the larger student community," Esquith, the chairman of the Philosophy Department said.

Possible jobs the students would take on could include organizing discussions or constructing a survey of particular ideas, Esquith said.

Esquith added that the students also could ask their peers for ideas about ways to integrate living and learning experiences on campus.

The students were chosen based on their experience in goverment, their work with faculty and their experience and interest in residential programs, Esquith said.

Student participation is crucial to the success of the program because it brings a younger perspective to the team, said physics Professor Walter Benenson, a member of the team.

"The students are the closest we can come to the future clientele. If we have an idea that excites them, it could excite potential freshmen," Benenson said. "We're not trying to dazzle each other with the brilliance of our own ideas - we're trying to attract students from around the world."

Harley, who serves as president of the James Madison College Student Senate, said her experience will help the team.

"I have a lot of knowledge, not just on how meetings work, but about James Madison College and about how it's run," Harley said. "I think knowing how a residential college functions will be an asset to the committee."