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Staff Responsibilities by Function


Function/Responsibility Staff Member
Academic advising for Maymester and undergraduate awards Please contact International Office
Academic advising liaison Gretchen Ritter / Daniel Slesnick
Academic budgets Kathy Foster / Daniel Slesnick
Academic open records requests Michael Kerker / Daniel Slesnick
Academy of Distinguished Teachers Gretchen Ritter
Account transfers Kathy Foster / Cherye West-Tucker
Accountability
  • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  • UT System
 Neal Armstrong / Kristi Fisher / Linda Dickens
Accreditation-SACS-COC Neal Armstrong
Accreditation Expenses Kathy Foster / Cindy Cruz
Administrative structure (new units, name changes) Gretchen Ritter
Alcohol use authorization Michael Kerker
Appointments (also see Faculty)
  • administrative & professional (code 1000)
 Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • layoffs due to loss of funds or reorganization/non-renewals
 Renee Wallace
  • units reporting to Provost
 Renee Wallace
Assessment Neal Armstrong / Linda Dickens
Assistance for non-academic departments that report to the Provost Kathy Foster
Astronaut Scholarship Award Neal Armstrong
Authorization of Professional Services (APS) Michael Kerker
Awards for undergraduate students Gretchen Ritter
Compliance reporting - System Michael Kerker
Continuing and Extended Education contracts/service agreements, Division of Daniel Slesnick / Kathy Foster
Financial Affairs (Debra Stevens)
Co-op GOES Scholarships Janet Ellzey
Coordinating Board:
  • issues
 Kristi Fisher
  • liaison
 Kristi Fisher
Courses:
  • distance learning
 Kristi Fisher
  • off campus (Texas)
 Daniel Slesnick
  • out-of-state and foreign
 Kristi Fisher
  • shortened format (initial request)
 Daniel Slesnick
  • 12th class day reports
 Kristi Fisher
  • university extension
 Daniel Slesnick
Cross-Cultural Course Resource See School of Undergraduate Studies
Data analysis for planning and budgeting Michael Kerker / John Dollard
Dean selection/review committees John Dollard
Degree program approvals (substantive and nonsubstantive changes) Gretchen Ritter
Department chairs and academic program directors:
  • appointments and review
 Daniel Slesnick
  • workshop for department chairs
 Cathy Ngo / Renee Wallace
Department System Administrator Renee Wallace
Departmental governance structure authorization Daniel Slesnick
Digital measures Renee Wallace
Educational Experience Affiliation Agreements Michael Kerker
Endowed positions (See Faculty for endowed position appointments) Renee Wallace / Dorothy Harris
Entertainment expenses authorization Kathy Foster / Daniel Slesnick
EUREKA! See School of Undergraduate Studies
Faculty:
  • annual reports
 Dorothy Harris / Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • appointments
 Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • Child Care Slots for faculty recruiting/retention
 Neal Armstrong / Cindy Cruz
  • credentialing
 Neal Armstrong / Carmen Shockley / Cindy Cruz
  • database generation, tables, screens, reports
 Cheryl Fuller
  • EID administration
 Carmen Shockley / Dorothy Harris
  • election system
 Cheryl Fuller
  • emeritus requests/approval
 Carmen Shockley / Neal Armstrong
  • endowed position appointments
 Carmen Shockley / Dorothy Harris
  • FICE and CIP Code administration
 Carmen Shockley
  • grievances
 Michael Kerker
Cheryl Kaufman / Renee Wallace
  • modified instructional duties policy
 Renee Wallace / Dorothy Harris
  • new position authorization, recruitment, and retention
 Daniel Slesnick
  • phased retirement contracts
 Renee Wallace
  • post-tenure review
 Daniel Slesnick / Cheryl Kaufman
  • prior approval requests (PARs), including training
 Renee Wallace / Carmen Shockley
  • probationary period extensions
 Renee Wallace
  • promotion/tenure process
 Renee Wallace / Dorothy Harris
Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • requests for leave/approval
 Tinley Hald / Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace / Neal Armstrong
  • retention and counteroffers
 Janet Hart
  • resignations/retirement
 Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • roster (non - tenure track)
 Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • sick leave
 Tinley Hald / Carmen Shockley / Renee Wallace
  • summer session courseload issues
 Daniel Slesnick
  • teaching awards
 Gretchen Ritter
  • workload reports
 Neal Armstrong / Kristi Fisher
Faculty Council and catalog legislation Gretchen Ritter
Foreign travel approval for faculty and research staff Daniel Slesnick
Freshman Seminars Program See School of Undergraduate Studies
Fulbright Program Please contact International Office
Funding Commitments Kathy Foster
Gender Equity Janet Ellzey
Graduate Studies Judith Langlois
Harrington Fellows Kathy Foster / Julie Ewald
HRMS Document Approval Tinley Hald
Human Resources contact-Provost's Office Cheryl Kaufman
Imaging Coordinator-Provost's Office Cherye West-Tucker
Information Management and Analysis, Office of Kristi Fisher
Information Technology (IT) Coordinator-Provost's Office Cherye West-Tucker
Institutional effectiveness Linda Dickens
Institutional memberships Kathy Foster / Janice Hejl
Interdisciplinary Programs Gretchen Ritter
International Programs Janet Ellzey
Layoffs due to lack of funds or reorganization/ non-renewals Renee Wallace
Legislative requests Michael Kerker
Mezes Committee-liaison Cindy Cruz
Non-departmentalized schools/colleges approvals Neal Armstrong
Non-standard or shortened format course requests handled at departmental level
Off-Campus Housing website Cheryl Kaufman / Tim McGovern
Option II and Option III program Daniel Slesnick / Kathy Foster
Outside employment Gretchen Ritter
PAR interface with appointment and EID generation Cheryl Fuller
Payment document processing Janice Hejl
Personnel officer for units reporting to the Provost Renee Wallace
Project Information Quest (IQ) - data warehouse Renee Wallace
Provost mail/e-mail facilitation Janet Hart
Provost Office Manager Janet Hart
Receptionist Janice Hejl
Renovations requests, facilities Daniel Slesnick
Requests for use of University facilities by outside groups Michael Kerker
SACS Accreditation Neal Armstrong
Scheduling for MAIN 210 and 212 Janice Hejl
Scheduling for Provost Leslie Janet Hart
Scheduling for Dr. Armstrong Cindy Cruz
Scheduling for Dr. Ellzey Candace Shye
Scheduling for Dr. Langlois Diana Hernandez
Scheduling for Dr. Ritter Amelia Rey-Shannon
Scheduling for Dr. Slesnick Cherye West-Tucker
Service Learning Gretchen Ritter
Software development and data analysis for faculty and academic personnel Cheryl Fuller
Space requests Daniel Slesnick
Spousal hires Daniel Slesnick / Kathy Foster / Judy Langlois
Staff Excellence Awards-academic units Kathy Foster / Daniel Slesnick
Staff grievances / open record requests Michael Kerker
STARS Funding Daniel Slesnick
TA/AI Tuition Assistance Kathy Foster
Textbook authorizations Gretchen Ritter
TracDat Access Cindy Cruz
Travel requests for Deans Kathy Foster
Tuition Policy Advisory Committee Daniel Slesnick
Tuition Rebate Program ($1,000) Cheryl Kaufman
Tuition waiver allocations Daniel Slesnick
Texas Success Initiative (TSI) See School of Undergraduate Studies
George H. Mitchell Undergraduate Awards for Academic Excellence Gretchen Ritter
University Standing Committees Gretchen Ritter
University-wide Teaching Awards Amelia Rey-Shannon
UT Cares Neal Armstrong / Cindy Cruz
UT in DC Program See Undergraduate Studies
UT Remembers Cathy Ngo
Web page-Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost Cheryl Kaufman / Tim McGovern
Workshop for Department Chairs / Organized Research Unit Directors Cathy Ngo / Renee Wallace
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