Accreditation Visit Nov. 2-5, 1997

On Campus Story, Oct. 13,1997

By Wayne Danielson

A visiting committee of 22 distinguished faculty members and administrators from around the country will be on The University of Texas at Austin campus Nov. 2 -5 in connection with accreditation of the University by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the University's overall accrediting body.

The University's accredited status is reevaluated every 10 years by SACS.

Part of the committee will also examine the University's athletics programs under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Wayne Danielson, director of accreditation studies for the University, urged deans, department chairs, faculty members and students to be available during the Nov. 2-5 period for visits from the accreditors.

"Our visitors are on campus for only a few days," Danielson said, "and we want to be as helpful to them as we can be."

The visiting committee will be led by Joseph E. Johnson, president of the University of Tennessee.

The three accreditation reports that the committee members will consider - Report on Compliance, Information Technology and the Future of the University , and the Report on Athletics- are available on Utnet.

Faculty members who will visit UT Austin for SACS and the NCAA are:

• Joseph E. Johnson, President, University of Tennessee, Chair

Information Technology

• Carole Barone, Associate Vice Chancellor of Information Technology,
• University of California-Davis
• Peter Freeman, Dean, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Paul Gherman, University Librarian, Vanderbilt University
• Robert C. (Bob) Heterick, Jr., President and CEO of EDUCOM, Vice President Emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Information Technology Chair
• Donald Z. Spicer, Vanderbilt, Assistant Provost, Information Technology
  

Compliance

• Lloyd Armstrong, Jr., Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Southern California
• William W. Harmon, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Virginia
• Karen Helm, Director, University Planning and Analysi s, North Carolina State University
• Laura Lindsay, Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, Louisiana State University
• Catherine Maley, Professor, Romance Languages, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, Compliance Co-Chair with Dr. Johnson
• Susan K. Nutter, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, North Carolina State University
• Farris Womack, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• Stephen J. Wright, Director of Distance Education Programs, Penn State University
  

Athletics (NCAA/SACS Committee)

• Richard Eakin, Chancellor, East Carolina University, Athletics Chair
• Christine Grant, Associate Professor, Sports, Health, Leisure and Physical Studies, University of Iowa
• Brian Mand, Compliance Coordinator, Florida State University
• David Williams II, Vice President for Student Affairs, Ohio State University
  

Official Visitor

• W. David Conn, Professor and Special Assistant to the Provost, Self-Study Director, Virginia Polytechnic and State University
  

SACS and NCAA Staff Members

• Jack Allen, Associate Executive Director, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
• Keith Gill, NCAA Representative
  

University of Texas at Austin Accreditation Staff

• Wayne A. Danielson, Director of Accreditation Studies and Chair, Steering and Information Technology Committees
• Elaine N. Ward, Research Director
• William F. Lasher, Chair, Compliance Committee
• Waneen W. Spirduso, Chair, Athletics Steering Committee
  

Individuals with additional questions may reach Danielson at (512) 471-1996 or write: wayne@mail.utexas.edu

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