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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2021-2022 Membership
Committee Chair
Cary Cordova, Associate Professor, American Studies
Email: cordova@austin.utexas.edu
Chair Elect
Paul Von Hippel, Associate Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs
Administrative Support
May Steigman, Office of Financial Aid
Email: may.steigman@austin.utexas.edu
2019-2022
Paul Bonin-Rodriguez, Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance
Yolanda C. Padilla, Professor, Social Work
2020-2023
Cary Cordova, Associate Professor, American Studies
2021-2024
Paul Von Hippel, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs
Philip R. Stanforth, Clinical Associate Professor, Kinesiology and Health Education
2021-2022 Faculty Council Representatives
Michael Hole, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics
Sarfraz Khurshid, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Staff Members
2020-2022
Robert G. Solis, Administrative Associate, Fitness/Wellness and Facilities, Recreational Sports
2021-2023
Jodi Torrez
Student Members
2021-2022
TBD, Student Government Representative
TBD, Student Government Representative
TBD, Student Government Representative
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
TBD, Student Government Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2021-2022
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
Invited Advisors (2021-22)
Brian Dixon (Associate Vice Provost for Student Aid and Affordability)