Academic Advising Committee
Members
Roster Year
2023-24
Chair
Members
- Ming-Yuan Chih, Chair, 2026
- Yanira Paz, Member, 2024
- Susan Cantrell, Member, 2026
- Caroline Devine, Student, 2024
- Corey Moore, Ex-Officio, 2024
- Brooke Kerzi, Advisor, 2026
- Jaime Wainscott, Advisor, 2024
- Jennifer Garlin, Advisor, 2025
Meetings & Agendas
Charge
Charter
Senate Rules 1.4.2.18
The committee shall:
- Regularly review the effectiveness and accountability of academic advising throughout the University
- Recommend standards for the quality of academic advising
- Make recommendations regarding academic advising
- Review and recommend proposals regarding academic advising. [4/10/2000]
The SAAC is not required to be chaired by an elected faculty senator nor is it required to be composed of more than one-half of members who are elected faculty senators. The SACAC shall be composed of voting faculty members, voting student members, and ex officio nonvoting members.
Resources
Current Items for Review
- Request from Senate Council - In terms of the specific request to the Senate's Academic Advising Committee, the SC was concerned about the overall issue of dual degrees versus a single degree with two majors, noting that it was relatively common for SC to be asked to rescind a single degree with two majors in order to confer two degrees with two majors. The SC moved a motion to ask the Academic Advising Committee to consider the larger issue of degree approval and advising and to offer advice to the SC. The specific issue pertains to situations in which a student is eligible to receive two degrees, but for some reason (advisor error or student error) the student ends up with a single degree with two majors instead of two degrees with a single major, each.