Academic Council
Charge:
The Academic Council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Provost regarding academic related matters. The Council provides leadership in determining academic policies, procedures and priorities. The Council considers requests for needed degree and other programs and recommends course additions, changes and deletions. The Associate Deans Council, which is a subcommittee of the Academic Council, is composed of the Associate Deans. It also considers academic matters and has a special responsibility to consider programs which do not come through the traditional channels of the colleges.
Appointment:
The deans of each college/school will appoint their representatives; the President of the Student Government Association will appoint the student representative; the Faculty Senate will elect the Vice President of that body; the Staff Senate will appoint a representative; and the Provost will appoint Provost Office representatives. All appointed members serve at the pleasure of their supervisors.
Operating Procedures:
The Council shall develop its own operating procedures subject to the approval of the Provost. Copies of all minutes and reports are provided to all members of the Council and sent to the Provost and to those appointing representatives.
Voting:
Each area represented has one vote except Arts and Sciences which will have two. The Provost Office representatives shall not vote, except that the chair of the Academic Council should vote to break any tie. Members' substitutes are considered to carry a full voting proxy.
Chairperson:
The Council is chaired by the Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
Membership:
See below membership code.
| Name | College/Department | Membership Code | Term Begins | Term Ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aycock, Wendell | Graduate School | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Bills, Bruce | Staff Senate | 1 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Bradley, Sam | Faculty Senate | 3 |
2011 | 2012 |
| Cochran, Wesley | Law School | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Duran, Cathy | Rawls College of Business Administration | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Elkins, Gregory | Dean of Students | 4 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Graham, Drew | Student Government Association | 8 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Henry, Robert | College of Visual and Performing Arts | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Hoover, Shelia | University Library | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Hopper, Norman | College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Huffman, Lynn | College of Human Sciences | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Hughes, Patrick | University College | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Iber, Jorge | College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Johnson, Peggy | College of Education | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Jones, Sue | Official Publications | 6 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Kiser, Michelle | Support Operations for Academic Retention | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Latham, Bobbie | Registrar | 5 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Laverie, Debbie | Rawls College of Business Administration | 1 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Logan, Ethan | Undergraduate Admissions | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Mansouri, Hossein | College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Oler, Walt | College of Engineering | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Purinton, Marjean | Honors College | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Roach, David | College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Steele, Brian | College of Visual and Performing Arts | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Stoker, Kevin | College of Mass Communications | 1 |
2010 | 2011 |
| West, Vicki | Institutional Research | 6 |
2010 | 2011 |
| Elbow, Gary | Office of the Provost | 2 |
Ex-officio | |
| McConnel, Pat | Academic Testing Center | 9 |
Ex-officio | |
| Muñoz, Juan | Office of the Provost | 2 |
Ex-officio | |
| Paton, Valerie | Office of the Provost | 2 |
Ex-officio | |
| Phelps, DaNay | University Academic Advising | 9 |
Ex-officio | |
| Walls, Janessa | Academic Support and Facilities Resources | 9 |
Ex-officio | |
| Stewart, Robert | Office of the Provost | 2 |
Ex-officio |
Membership Code:
- Associate deans of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Graduate School, Honors, Human Sciences, Mass Communications, Visual & Performing Arts, Law School and Library. The College of Arts and Sciences having four members.
- Members of the Provost's staff, ex-officio
- Vice President of the Faculty Senate
- Dean of Students
- Registrar
- One representative from College of Outreach and Distance Education, Institutional Research and Official Publications
- Representative from the Staff Senate - President Elect
- Representative from the Student Government Association.
- Invited Representatives by Office of the Provost, Ex-officio