FUNCTION: The purpose of Student Athletes and Activities Committee is to maintain a formal communication channel between the faculty and student athletes and to advise the president on matters pertaining to student athletes.
COMPOSITION: Three (3) members elected at large from and by the voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms. Two (2) faculty members shall be appointed for one (1) year terms by the president from among the faculty currently serving on the Intercollegiate Athletics Council. Two (2) student athlete members, one (1) each from men’s and women's athletics, will be appointed by the president from a list submitted by the Student Athletes Advisory Council. 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. The faculty athletics representative (FAR) shall serve on the committee in an advisory capacity. 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 faculty-appointed representative to the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) will serve as an ex-officio member.
(Est. 2015 D 12174-12177)
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Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics - http://www.thecoia.org/
Annual Reports of the General Faculty Standing Committees
Annual Report
First Meeting
Friday, September 8th 10:30-11:30 via Zoom
2023-2024 Membership
Committee Chair
Lisa Sigafoos, Assistant Professor of Practice, Special Education
Chair Elect
TBD
2021-2024
Ted Gordon, Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies
2022-2025
Lisa Sigafoos, Assistant Professor of Practice, Special Education
2023-2026
Matthew Bowers, Associate Professor of Instruction, Kinesiology and Health Education
2023-2024 Faculty Council Representatives
Julia Guernsey, Professor, Art and Art History
David DeMatthews, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy
2023-2024 Intercollegiate Athletics Council Faculty Reps
Terrance L. Green, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy
Tasha Philpot, Professor, Department of Government
Student Members
2023-2024
TBD, Student Athlete
TBD, Student Athlete
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2023-2024
Michael B. Clement, Professor, Accounting, Faculty Athletic Representative
Stephen H. Marshall, Associate Professor, American Studies, COIA Representative