TYPE C: INSTITUTIONAL POLICY OR GOVERNANCE
C-10 Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair: Lisa Bedore Vice Chair: Deborah A. Paredez Chair Elect: Lisa Bedore Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited) Member E-mail Address Book (semi-colon delimited) 2006-2007 Annual Report
FUNCTION: To address the matter of recruitment and retention of minority students and to advise the Faculty Council and the president on constructive solutions to alleviate the problems of recruitment and retention. COMPOSITION: Four members of the General Faculty, one departmental faculty minority liaison officer (appointed by the president), two University staff members (at least one of whom shall be an academic adviser or graduate coordinator), four students (student members shall be appointed by the president in the fall from a panel of names submitted by the Student Government and the Graduate Student Assembly and shall include at least one graduate student), coordinator of the UT Learning Center, and three members of the administration. In addition, every year the chair of the Faculty Council shall appoint two members of the Faculty Council for one-year terms as members of the committee. The vice president for community and school relations, the vice provost for inclusion and cross cultural effectiveness, a representative from the Black Alumni Association, and a representative from the Hispanic Alumni Association will serve as ex officio members without votes. The committee shall elect its own chair and vice chair, who shall be members of the General Faculty.
Members, 2007-2008:
	Bedore, Lisa	2007-2009	associate professor, communication sciences and disorders
	Brown, Carolyn M.	2007-2009	associate professor, pharmacy
	Fernandez, Edward L.	ex officio	learning specialist IV, UT Learning Center
	Jones, Meta D.	2007-2009	assistant professor, English
	Maxwell, Madeline M.	2007-2009	professor, communication studies, departmental faculty minority liaison officer
	Paredez, Deborah A.	2006-2008	assistant professor, theatre and dance
Faculty Council Appointees:
	Boas, Hans C.	2007-2008	assistant professor, Germanic studies
	Speed, Shannon	2007-2008	assistant professor, anthropology
Two Staff:
	Guerrero, Philip A.	2006-2008	graduate program coord. II, geological sciences
	McQueary, Kelly J.	2007-2009	academic advisor II, chemical engineering
Three Members of Administration (with vote):
	Chen , Ge	2007-2008	special assistant to the vice president, diversity and community engagement
	Garza, Augustine	2007-2008	deputy director, admissions
	Grant, Darlene	2007-2008	associate dean, graduate school
Four Students:
	Jones, Natalie	2007-2008	Graduate Student Assembly representative
	Martinez, Diana	2007-2008	Student Government representative
	Rodriguez, Melessa	2007-2008	Student Government representative
	Villa, Vanessa	2007-2008	Student Government representative
Administrative Advisors:
	Vincent, Gregory J.	ex officio	vice president for inclusion and cross cultural effectiveness
	TBD	ex officio	Hispanic Alumni Association representative
	TBD	ex officio	Black Alumni Association representative