Section 7. Academic Technology Committee

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For procedures, policies, and the names of current members, refer to Academic Technology Committee Section.

• Associate Vice President for Information Technology and CIO or designee
• Assistant CIO and Director of Campus Technology Support or designee, ex officio, without vote
• Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library or designee, without vote
• Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies, ex officio, without vote
• Faculty Fellow for Technology
• Eight faculty members: three from the College of Arts and Sciences (one from each division) and one each from Love School of Business, School of Communications, Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, School of Health Sciences, and School of Law. Each member will serve a three-year term. To ensure membership continuity, membership is staggered in a three-year cycle:

Year One

• One member from the division of Arts and Humanities
• One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
• One member from the School of Health Sciences

Year Two

• One member from the division of Social Sciences
• One member from the School of Communications
• One member from the School of Law

Year Three

• One member from the division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

• The committee elects its Chair by May from among the faculty membership to assume duties June 1.

• Two student members appointed annually

• To make recommendations regarding improvement, extension, and development of the services and facilities provided to make technologies available for academic use.
• To report to the faculty regarding the level of provision of educational technology to the academic community both in absolute terms and in comparative terms relative to other institutions.
• To serve as a liaison committee between the faculty, the students, and Information Technology (IT). The committee should also discuss administrative matters pertaining to the provision of suitable technological support of the academic function.
• To encourage the use of technology in the classroom by awarding grants to faculty for new software, hardware, applications, and initial licenses used to support teaching and learning.