
FUNCTION: To initiate and review policies and procedures; to hear appeals from decisions of the Office of Financial Aid.
COMPOSITION: Five (5) voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms, representing five (5) colleges or schools; five (5) students, including at least two (2) who are receiving, or have received, financial aid from the Office of Financial Aid; and two (2) staff members for two (2) year staggered terms. Four (4) of the students shall be appointed by the president from a panel of eight (8) nominees submitted by Student Government; the fifth student shall be appointed by the president from a panel of two (2) nominees submitted by the chair of the Graduate Student Assembly. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two (2) voting faculty members of the Faculty Council for one (1) year terms. Each fall, the committee shall elect a chair elect who shall be a voting faculty member of the committee, though, if that proves impossible, it shall elect a vice chair as an interim measure, while continuing to seek a chair elect. Each committee shall make an annual report on its work, in writing, to the General Faculty and Faculty Council. The executive director of the Office of Financial Aid, a representative of the Dean of Students, and a representative from the Graduate School shall serve as administrative advisers without vote. The president may appoint additional non-voting administrative advisors from the general administration areas of the University.
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Initial Meeting
September 17, 1 PM
Zoom information will be sent via email
2020-2021 Membership
2020-21 Committee Chair
Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance
Email: pbonrod@austin.utexas.edu
Vice Chair and/or Chair Elect
Cary Cordova, Associate Professor, Mexican American and Latino/a Studies
Email: cordova@austin.utexas.edu
Administrative Support
May Steigman, Office of Financial Aid
Email: may.steigman@austin.utexas.edu
2018-2021
Katie Pritchett, Lecturer, Management
D. Max Snodderly, Professor, Neuroscience
2019-2022
Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance
Yolanda C. Padilla, Professor, Social Work
2020-2023
Cary Cordova, Associate Professor, Mexican American and Latino/a Studies
2020-2021 Faculty Council Representatives
Michael Hole, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics
Lizy K. John, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Staff Members
2019-2021
Ann Robson Sellers, Administrative Associate, Department of Psychology
2020-2022
Robert G. Solis, Administrative Associate, Fitness/Wellness and Facilities, Recreational Sports
Student Members
2020-2021
Kobe Blackmon, Student Government Representative
Madelyn Bragg, Student Government Representative
Mahnoor Faheem, Student Government Representative
Adarsh Parthasaranthy, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Francisco Rios, Student Government Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2020-2021
Marvin L. Hackert, Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Studies
David Lessenberry, Student Veteran Adviser, Office of the Dean of Students Representative
Diane Todd Sprague, Director, Office of Financial Aid