FUNCTION: The purpose of the Student Life Committee is to identify issues, act as a sounding board for student proposals, and facilitate communication with the Faculty Council.
COMPOSITION: Three (3) members elected at large from and by the voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms. Three (3) student members shall be appointed by the president, one (1) each from panels of two (2) names submitted by the Graduate Student Assembly, Student Government, and Senate of College Councils. 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.
(Est. 2010 D 7790; revamped in 2015 D 12174-12177)
Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited)
Member E-mail Address Book (semi-colon delimited)
2021-2022 Membership
Committee Chair
Rachel V. González-Martin, Associate Professor, Mexican American and Latino/a Studies
Email: rvgonzal@austin.utexas.edu
Chair Elect
Rachel V. González-Martin
2019-2022
Nina K. Telang, Associate Professor of Instruction, Electrical and Computer Engineering
2020-2023
Monica J. Milonovich, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Nutritional Sciences
2021-2024
Edward C. Kirk, Professor, Anthropology
2021-2022 Faculty Council Representatives
John Powers, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Sara Simons, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Theatre and Dance
Student Members
2021-2022
TBD, Student Government Representative
Penelope Ackling, Senate of College Councils Representative
A H M Zuberi Ashraf, Graduate Student Assembly Representative