Committees and Councils

Purpose or Function: The Committee coordinates academic ceremonies such as graduation, academic honors, dean investitures, and other academic ceremonies and makes recommendations concerning the program, speaker, processional, and general pomp and circumstance of the occasion.

Membership: Administrative Assistant to the President, the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, representatives from the Provost’s Office and the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Director of Admissions, Registrar, Assistant Director of Admissions and Records, the University Band Director, one representative selected by the Faculty Senate, and one representative from each of the following: Disability Services, Student Activities, Student Affairs, the College Deans’ Council, and Physical Plant, and other relevant university units as determined by the Provost.

Chair: Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Name	Reason for Membership	Term, if applicable
Billeaux, David                 Chair	Associate VP for Academic Affairs
Cantú, Norma Jean	Provost’s Office
Duncan, Kim	Student Affairs
English, Evon	Institutional Advancement
Fischbach, Laurence	Physical Plant
Fleming, Christopher	Director of Admissions
Fonseca, Maria	Assistant Director, Admissions & Records
Griffith, Brian	Barnes and Noble representative
Gutierrez, Alan	President’s Office designee (Chief of Police)
Haswell, Jan	Faculty representative	Term ends 5/10
Jasso, Alicia	Assistant to the President
Joffray, Julie	Disability Services
Perez, Lisa O.	Student Affairs
Rendon, Michael	Registrar
Smith, Shawn	University Band Director
Williams, Danette	Office of Associate VP for Academic Affairs
	College Deans’ Council representative