MINUTES
University Athletics
Committee Meeting
26 January 2007
Pat Draughan Room
- Called
to Order at 2 p.m. Attending: Steve
Estes, Chair; Marty Schultz, Doug Coonrad, Tim
Metcalf, Mike Felts, David Dosser, Don Joyner,
Terry Holland, Joseph Thomas, Jim Bass, Nick Floyd, Rosina Chia, Robert Kulesher, Alta
Andrews.
- Approved
Minutes of the 11 December 2006 meeting.
- Faculty
Athletic Representative Report:
David Dosser
- Dr. Dosser reviewed the benefits he has recently received
as FAR. These include: hotel room for Bowl game, 2 tickets to
banquet. Dr. Dosser
makes a monetary donation to the Pirates Club which equals the benefits
he receives.
- There
are still some difficulties with faculty adherence to the university
attendance policy. Dr. Dosser shared a recent example and received
confirmation by the Committee that this is indeed a violation. Dr. Dosser
will advise the student to negotiate with the faculty; if the student is
unable to resolve it, Dr. Dosser will intervene
on the student-athlete’s behalf.
- Conference
USA Academic First Program—Dr. Dosser shared
more information about this program which is a package of ways to
strengthen educational success of student athletes and hold university’s
accountable. He shared with the
committee that ECU is leading the way with efforts toward minimal missed
class time by student athletes.
- Athletics
Department Report: Terry Holland
and Nick Floyd
- Mr.
Holland continues to emphasize to the Athletic Directors at their
meetings that the minimization of missed class time for student athletes
must be a top priority. He is
offering to schedule Saturday/Sunday back-to-back games with Houston/Rice
in order to minimize missed class time.
- Our
basketball team is working hard on and off the court and needs all Pirate
family support right now.
- Mr.
Holland shared an idea about the possible implementation of a leadership
training course for student athletes.
Lt. Col. Donaldson, who is retiring from the ROTC program, has
expressed an interest in teaching this sort of class. The committee suggested that Lt. Col.
Donaldson come to our next meeting and the Committee will offer some
assistance in preparing the course proposal to enter the University
channels for approval. After
reviewing the proposal, the Committee will offer suggestions as to the
appropriate departmental home for the course.
- Mr.
Floyd asked to have the student fees placed on the February agenda.
- Review
of Student Development Office Report:
David Dosser for Nita Boyce
- Committee
reviewed and discussed the proposal of critical needs of the student
development office.
- The
report was approved by the Committee and forwarded to Mr. Holland for his
use. Dr. Dosser
will prepare a cover letter for the proposal forward it to Mr. Holland.
- DE
conveniences through the Web: Steve
Estes
- Dr.
Estes asked for clarification of current resources for student athletes
in relation to DE conveniences.
Currently there is visiting student access for library and
computer labs in place. The
Student Development Office has some laptops students can check out when
they are going out of town. Doug Coonrad offered to check to see what the current
usage is and whether additional laptops are needed. He will report back to the Committee on
his findings.
- Items
for the good of the order:
- The
Committee moved to commend and support the Chancellor in the extension
of Terry Holland’s contract.
- For
information purposes: There will
be a compliance review by an external agency on February 21 and 22. This is recommended and paid for by
Conference USA. Findings will be
shared with the Committee at a later date.
- The
University Athletic Committee adjourned at 3:15 p.m.
- The
Academic Integrity Subcommittee convened at 3:20 p.m.
·
Each athlete’s academic progress for Spring 2006
and Fall 2006 was
reviewed. Team averages and
trends were reviewed and discussed.
·
The Committee discussed issuing an invitation to
some of our coaches to get their perspective on scheduling issues and how to
deal with missed class time.
·
The Committee discussed how to build more
faculty support for the grade reports process.
·
Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Alta Andrews, Secretary
University Athletic Committee