{"590651":{"#nid":"590651","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Nominations Sought for Faculty Athletics Representative","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe recent announcement Professor Reginald DesRoches has been \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/news\/school-chair-reginald-desroches-named-dean-engineering-rice-university\u0022\u003Enamed dean of engineering at Rice University\u003C\/a\u003E will leave more than one faculty leadership vacancy at Georgia Tech. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to his role as chair for the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, DesRoches also served since 2014 as Tech\u0026rsquo;s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR). The Office of the President invites interested faculty to apply. Nominations, including self-nominations, should be directed to Assistant Vice President Lynn Durham (\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lynn.durham@carnegie.gatech.edu?subject=Faculty%20Athletics%20Representative\u0022\u003Elynn.durham@carnegie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E) by Friday, April 28.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs the faculty\u0026rsquo;s representative on athletic matters, the FAR serve as the liaison between the Institute and the Athletics Association on issues regarding rules compliance activities, new developments at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and activities related to the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) membership.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPrimary responsibilities of the FAR are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERepresenting the Institute as the FAR with the ACC and the NCAA,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServing as vice chair of the Georgia Tech Athletic Association (GTAA) Board of Trustees and as vice chair of the Alexander-Tharp Fund Board of Directors,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServing as senior advisor outside of the athletics department to Tech\u0026rsquo;s president on matters related to intercollegiate athletics,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ERecommending and formulating institutional positions, along with the athletics director, on NCAA legislation and other matters affecting or related to intercollegiate athletics on campus,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServing as a member of the Institute Admissions Appeals Committee (IAAC) and the GTAA Academic Committee,\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServing as chair of both the Student-Athlete Grievance Committee and the New Transfer Appeals Committee, and\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EServing as a member of Tech\u0026rsquo;s NCAA Eligibility Certification Team, primarily responsible for evaluating the processes used.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe role\u0026nbsp;is also detailed in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.policylibrary.gatech.edu\/faculty-handbook\/5.3-intercollegiate-athletics-governance\u0022\u003Esection 5.3\u003C\/a\u003E of the Faculty Handbook.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Office of the President invites interested faculty to apply for upcoming vacancy"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2017-04-19 18:19:50","changed_gmt":"2017-04-19 18:20:18","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELynn Durham\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOffice of the President\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lynn.durham@carnegie.gatech.edu?subject=Faculty%20Athletics%20Representative\u0022\u003Elynn.durham@carnegie.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}