University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Senate

CC.03.08
February 17, 2003

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SENATE

Committee on Committees
(Final - Action)

CC.03.08 Senate Approval of Nominations for the Athletic Board

BACKGROUND

The Athletic Board includes seven faculty members (plus two Big Ten faculty representatives) and one student member who are appointed by the Chancellor from nominations submitted by the Urbana-Champaign Senate. (The Chancellor also appoints one student each from nominations from the Student Athlete Advisory Board and the Illinois Student Government.) Terms of faculty ordinarily shall be four years; terms of students ordinarily shall be one year, with the possibility of reappointment for an additional year. The terms of two faculty members, Lawrence DeBrock and William O'Brien, and student member Brenna Webb, expire at the end of the annual meeting of the Athletic Board in the summer of 2003. In addition, Professor Charles Terry will resign from the Board at the end of this academic year for personal reasons. Continuing members of the Athletic Board and the expiration of their terms are as follows:

Faculty:		Kal Alston	EDUC	2006
		Susan Cohen	CBA	2005
		Kathleen Conlin	FAA	2006
		Jerome Packard	LAS	2004

The Committee on Committees recommends approval of the following slate of nominees. (Interest statements from each nominee is attached.)

NOMINATIONS

To fill two faculty positions for terms expiring in 2007 and one faculty position for term expiring in 2005: David Kranz LAS Ann Nardulli LAS Laurence Parker EDUC Gail Scherba VMED Charles Tabb LAW Emily Watts LAS To fill one student position for term expiring in 2004: Jamie L. Graves LAS Chezare Warren EDUC

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
John Prussing, Chair
Nancy Blake
Robert Darmody
Felipe Hillard
Ronald Peters
Amy Sponsler
Billie Theide
Amanda Vinicky

Nominations from the floor must be accompanied by the nominee's signed statement of willingness to serve if elected. The statement shall be dated and include the name of the position to be filled. If present, the nominee's oral statement will suffice.