20-21 B2 Recreational Sports Committee

FUNCTION: To determine policy for conducting the Intramural Sports and Sport Club programs; to hear appeals of decisions of the Councils of Recreational Sports; and to advise on other matters pertaining to Recreational Sports and its programs, facilities, and services.



COMPOSITION: Comprised of fifteen (15) voting members. Thirteen (13) members appointed by the president, including six (6) members of the General Faculty chosen for three (3)year staggered terms through the regular procedures of the Committee on Committees; two (2) members of the University staff for two (2) year staggered terms; one (1) University staff member designated by Recreational Sports for a one (1) year term; two (2) students designated by the Councils of Recreational Sports and two (2) other students designated by Student Government, all of whom are representative of the diverse student body. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two (2) 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 director of Recreational Sports shall serve as an administrative advisor without vote. 

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Next Meeting is Monday, March 29 at 3 PM via Zoom

2020-2021 Membership

2020-21 Committee Chair
Ethan R. Burris, Professor, Management
Email: ethan.burris@mccombs.utexas.edu

Vice Chair
Mary F. Poteet, Assistant Professor of Practice, Geological Sciences
Email: mpoteet@jsg.utexas.edu

2018-2021

Kevin J. Folliard, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
Dean J. Almy, Associate Professor, Architecture (replaced Janice S. Todd who resigned from the committee in April 2019)

2019-2022

Sarfraz Khurshid, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Audrey J. Stone, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education

2020-2023

Ethan R. Burris, Professor, Management
Diane B. Ginsburg, Clinical Professor, Pharmacy

2020-2023 Faculty Council Representatives

Peter Onyisi, Associate Professor, Physics
Mary F. Poteet, Assistant Professor of Practice, Geological Sciences

Staff Members

2019-2021

Elizabeth Schaub, UT Staff Council Program Coordinator

2020-2022

Elizabeth D. Busse, Information Technology Manager, Extended Campus

2020-2021 Designated Non-Student Program Staff Representative

Tracy L. Demchuk, Assistant Director, Graduate Academic Services, School of Nursing

Student Members

2020-2021

Collin McCabe, Student Government Representative
Arnav Mohanty, Sport Club Council Representative
Brendan Pinkerton, Student Government Representative
Alexis Thomas, Intramural Council Representative

Administrative Adviser without Vote

2020-2021

Thomas W. Dison, Director, Recreational Sports