January 23, 2012 Dear Voting Members of the General Faculty, The Faculty Council Executive Committee requests nominations from the voting members of the General Faculty to serve on the Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee, which is composed of seventeen members (fifteen voting members) as described below: the dean and associate dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies, who serve as non-voting members, five representatives from the schools and colleges with the largest undergraduate populations (associate deans who are faculty members, chosen by the respective deans of Liberal Arts, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Business, and Communication), one representative from one of the remaining schools and colleges offering undergraduate degrees (an associate dean who is a faculty member, appointed to a two-year term by the dean of that school or college; every two years UGSAC selects the school or college to be represented), six members of the General Faculty at large, elected by the Faculty Council (two elected each year to three-year terms) from six different schools and colleges. one member of the general faculty appointed annually by the chair of the Faculty Council as a liaison with the Educational Policy Committee, two student members (the heads of the Student Government and the Senate of Student Councils). In 2012-13, faculty members from the College of Communication, the College of Education, the College of Fine Arts, and the School of Social Work are continuing as UGSAC members. Therefore we are soliciting nominees from the following schools: * School of Architecture * Cockrell School of Engineering * School of Information * College of Liberal Arts * College of Natural Sciences * College of Pharmacy * Jackson School of Geosciences * Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs * McCombs School of Business * School of Law * School of Nursing All voting members of the General Faculty from these colleges and schools are eligible for nomination. Nominations may be made by any voting member of the General Faculty. This includes: All professors, associate professors, and assistant professors. All instructors and lecturers who have had a total of four or more long session semesters of service at these ranks at The University of Texas at Austin. Beginning today, January 23 through February 10, you can submit nominations via the online electronic election system. If you have any questions about the Undergraduate Studies Advisory Committee, please contact Dean Paul Woodruff or Associate Dean Larry Abraham in the School of Undergraduate Studies. More information about the governance of the School of Undergraduate Studies is provided at http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/about/governance. Thanks. Sue Alexander Greninger, Ph.D., CFP® Secretary of the General Faculty and Faculty Council Office of the General Faculty and Faculty Council The University of Texas at Austin West Mall Building, Room 2.102 P. O. Box 7816 Austin, TX 78713-7816 __________________________________ Office: (512) 471-5934 FAX (512) 471-5984 Email: fc@austin.utexas.edu URL: http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/