TYPE C: INSTITUTIONAL POLICY OR GOVERNANCE
C-10 Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair: Geraldine Henderson Vice Chair: Cherise Smith Chair Elect: Cherise Smith Minutes (PDF): To be posted following first meeting. Member E-mail Address Book (comma delimited) Member E-mail Address Book (semi-colon delimited)
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 advisor 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, 2009-10:
	Brown, Carolyn M.	2009-2010	professor, pharmacy
	Fernandez, Edward L.	ex officio	learning specialist IV, UT Learning Center
	Henderson, Geraldine	2009-2011	associate professor, advertising
	Longoria, Raul G.	2008-2010	professor, mechanical engineering
	Maxwell, Madeline	2009-2011	professor, communication studies, departmental faculty minority liaison officer
	Wheat, Harovel	2009-2011	associate professor, mechanical engineering
Faculty Council Appointees:
	Gilbert, Robert B.	2009-2010	professor, civil, architectural, and environmental engineering
	Smith, Cherise	2009-2010	assistant professor, art and art history
Two Staff:
	Charles, Robiaun L.	2009-2010	director, development
	Smith, Jennifer L.	2009-2011	student affairs administrator, natural sciences
Three Members of Administration (with vote):
	Chen , Ge	2009-2010	assistant vice president, diversity and community engagement
	Dalton, John D.	2009-2010	assistant dean, graduate studies
	Garza, Augustine	2009-2010	deputy director, admissions
Four Students:
	Barrera, Rachel E.	2009-2010	Graduate Student Assembly representative
	Lopez, Cecilia	2009-2010	Student Government representative
	Medellin, Berenice	2009-2010	Student Government representative
	Stanton, Chad V.	2009-2010	Student Government representative
Administrative Advisors:
	DeLeon, Benjamin S.	ex officio	Hispanic Alumni Association representative
	Gibson, Machree G.	ex officio	Black Alumni Association representative
	Vincent, Gregory J.	ex officio	vice president for inclusion and cross cultural effectiveness