Athletics Administrative Advisory Committee (AAAC)
CHAIR
Professor Kimberly D. Elsbach
Graduate School of Management
Office: 154 AOB IV
Phone: 530-752-0910
email: kdelsbach@ucdavis.edu
Assistant: Andrew Fleisher, 530-754-8830, aefleisher@ucdavis.edu
DESCRIPTION OF THE ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (AAAC)
DUTIES: AAAC Advises the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs on development of policies and procedures primarily relating to intercollegiate athletics. Typical areas of advisement include, but are not limited to, student athlete academic performance and welfare, admissions of student athletes, financial aid for student athletes, student athlete eligibility, general trends in budget and funding for intercollegiate athletics, the eight core principles guiding intercollegiate athletics, and governance of intercollegiate athletics.
MEMBERSHIP: Voting members include 9 senate or federation faculty, 1 staff member, 1 alumnus, 1 administrator, and 5 students. This membership composition meets the NCAA Constitution guidelines (Article 6.1.2) requiring that any advisory board to intercollegiate athletics must consist of at least a majority of faculty and administrators. Of the 9 faculty members, one is the Faculty Athletics Representative, one must be a member of the Academic Senate Student-Faculty Relationships Committee, and one must be an Academic Federation member. No more than one faculty member may be an Emeriti faculty. It is recommended that a tenured senate faculty member (who may count as one of the 9 faculty members) serve as the chair of the committee, and that this chair NOT be the Faculty Athletics Representative. Of the 5 student members, at least 3 must be non-athletes who are typically recommended by the ASUCD, and the remaining are student-athletes who are typically recommended by SAAC.* Non-voting Ex Officio members of AAAC may come from the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Office of Student Affairs. Ex Officio members typically include the Director of Athletics, the Senior Associate Athletic Director, the Director of Academic Advising Services in Intercollegiate Athletics, the Physical Education Program Director, and the Director of Campus Financial Aid.
APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS: New faculty members are recommended by the Academic Senate Comittee on Committees each Spring. New staff, alumni, and student members are solicited by the Office of Student Affairs. Appointment of all new members is made by the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs by May of each year.
MEETING SCHEDULE: The Committee typically meets once a month, in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer Quarters.
* Students (and all other members) apply through the Chancellor's Advisory Committee website. The Chancellor's office sends the applications to ASUCD and GSA for their review and recommendation for appointment to the various committees. Once the Chancellor's Office has these recommendations they send them to Amie Smith (or current administrative assistant in ICA).
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