FUNCTION: To recommend to the executive director of admissions, the registrar, and the Faculty Council changes in policies regarding admission and registration and to consult with and advise the executive director of admissions and the registrar about procedures pertaining to their offices.
COMPOSITION: Six (6) voting members of the General Faculty for three (3) year staggered terms, two (2) staff members for two (2) year staggered terms, and five (5) students. Two (2) student members shall be appointed by the president from a panel of four (4) names submitted by Student Government, two (2) from a panel of four (4) names submitted by the Senate of College Councils, and one (1) from a panel of two (2) names submitted by the Graduate Student Assembly. No more than two (2) students may come from any one (1) college or school. 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 senior vice provost for enrollment management, executive director of admissions and the registrar shall serve as administrative advisors without votes.
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First meeting: Monday, October 2
2023-2024 Membership
Committee Chair
Jennifer Austin, Associate Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
Chair Elect
Alexandra Eusebi, Assistant Professor of Practice, UTeach-Natural Sciences
2021-2024
Ying Ding, Professor, Information
Nina Palmo, Lecturer, Sociology
2022-2025
Alexandra Eusebi, Assistant Professor of Practice, UTeach-Natural Sciences
Caryn Conley, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Information, Risk, and Operations Management (replacing former member, fall 2023)
2023-2026
Syed Akbar Hyder, Associate Professor, Asian Studies
Randolph Wilt, Assistant Professor of Instruction, Management
2023-2024 Faculty Council Representatives
Jennifer Austin, Associate Professor of Instruction, Mathematics
Emily Drumsta, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern Studies
Staff Members
2022-2024
Regina Smuts, Administrative Manager for Special Education
2023-2025
Elisa Nacca, Head of Information Literacy Services, UT Libraries
Student Members
2023-2024
Sham Al Masalmeh, Senate of College Councils Representative
Aashka Shroff, Senate of College Councils Representative
TBD, Graduate Student Assembly Representative
Sarah Dewees, Student Government Representative
Adrian Tristan, Student Government Representative
Administrative Advisers without Vote
2023-2024
Brian Dixon, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management
Brenda Schumann, Interim University Registrar and Deputy University Registrar, Director of Operations and Compliance
Miguel V. Wasielewski, Director of Admissions, or Rita Miller, Director III, Office of Admissions