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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akers, Cindy | College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Alston, Alex | Student Government Association | 8 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Brown, Bobbie | Registrar | 5 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Duran, Cathy | Undergraduate Education | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Ellis, Clifton | College of Engineering | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Ferguson, Ralph | Graduate School | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Gibbs, Ryan | Community College and Transfer Relations Office | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Gonzalez, Jarod | School of Law | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Hart, Melanie | College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Henry, Robert | College of Visual and Performing Arts | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Hoover, Shelia | University Library | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Huffman, Lynn | College of Human Sciences | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Hughes, Patrick | Undergraduate Education | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Iber, Jorge | College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Johnson, Peggy | College of Education | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Jones, Sue | Official Publications | 6 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Laverie, Debbie | Rawls College of Business Administration | 1 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Logan, Ethan | Undergraduate Admissions | 9 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Martin, Felicia | Athletics | 9 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Morse, Audra | College of Engineering | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Moskos, Michelle | Rawls College of Business | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Murphy, Amy | Center for Campus Life | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Purinton, Marjean | Honors College | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Roach, David | College of Arts and Sciences | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Self, Christine | Staff Senate | 7 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Shannon, Brian | Athletics | 9 | 2012 | 2013 |
| Steele, Brian | College of Visual and Performing Arts | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| Stoker, Kevin | College of Media and Communication | 1 |
2012 | 2013 |
| West, Vicki | Institutional Research | 6 |
2012 | 2013 |
| 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 | |
| Walls, Janessa | Academic Support and Facilities Resources | 9 |
Ex-officio | |
| Wong, Aliza | Faculty Senate | 3 |
2013 | 2014 |
| 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 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