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Bylaws Information

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 9.)

Membership

Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Administration Compliance and Campus Relations, ex officio, without vote

Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, ex officio, without vote
Assistant Athletics Director/Director for Academic Support Services, ex officio, without vote

Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR), appointed by the University President, with vote

Six faculty members elected for three-year term, all with vote. Elections occur in three-year cycles:

Year One

One member from the School of Communications

One member from the College of Arts and Sciences

Year Two

One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Year Three

One member from the College of Arts and Sciences

One at-large member

The committee will elect a Chair in May from among these members.

Two student members including one student representative appointed by the President of the Student Government Association, with vote, and the President of the Elon University Student Athletic Advisory Council or their designated appointee from the SAAC Executive Committee, with vote.

Duties

To oversee the intercollegiate athletics program and make recommendations about its academic and fiscal integrity; gender equity, diversity and student athlete welfare; and athletics governance
To monitor adherence to approved Athletics Department gender equity and diversity plans
To serve as a liaison and provide faculty oversight of intercollegiate athletics and to report annually to Academic Council
To review and recommend guidelines regarding participation in and scheduling of intercollegiate athletics contests
To review and recommend general institutional guidelines for awarding, reducing, and terminating grants-in-aid
To review and make recommendations regarding the University’s athletics conference and to advise the Faculty Athletics Representative concerning institutional positions on NCAA and conference legislative matters
To review annually the Athletics Department’s progress toward meeting its established priorities and to advise the Athletics Director regarding priorities