NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative Report
Presented by:
Kimberly A. Dunn, Ph.D.
NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
Associate Professor, School of Accounting
Report to Faculty Assemblies
2015-2016
Faculty Athletics Representative
General Responsibilities
NCAA 6.1.3
A member institution
shall designate an
individual to serve as
faculty athletics
representative.
Academic
Integrity
Institutional
Control
Student-Athlete
Welfare
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Faculty Athletics Representative Duties
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Report to President & Faculty Senate
Advise senior leadership in athletics
Serve as liaison between faculty and athletics
Support student-athletes
Represent FAU to the NCAA & Conference-USA
Chair Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
Monitor
– Student-athlete academic progress
– Eligibility certification process
– Compliance
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Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
2015-2016 Members
Faculty
• Bruce Arneklev, Design and Social Inquiry
• Armin Fuchs, Science
• Sareen Gropper, Nursing
• Javad Hashemi, Engineering & Computer Science
• Charles Hennekens, Medicine
• Julia Higgs, Business
• Mark Kohlbeck, Business
• Lynn McNutt, Arts & Letters
• Jim Riordan, Business
• Michael Zourdos, Education
Office of the Provost
• Michele Hawkins
Financial Affairs
• Stacey Semmel
Office of the General Counsel
• Daniel Jones
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
• Jessica Lopez-Acevedo
Students
• Kathryn Edmunds, Student Government President
• Carnesha Thompson, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President
Presidential Appointees
• Eric Shaw
• Dennis Crudele
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Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
Fall 2015 Agenda
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Full Committee – September 2015
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Institutional Control Subcommittee – October 2015
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Athletics Director Report – Pat Chun, Athletic Director
Review of Concussion Protocol – John Burnside, Head Athletic Trainer
Student-Athlete Academic Performance – Marlon Dechausay, Director of Student-Athlete Center for Academic Excellence
Faculty and Staff Appreciation Games
Subcommittee Signup
Athletics Department Organizational Chart
• Eligibility Certification Process
• Financial Aid Process
Compliance Educational Programs
Violations Report
Upcoming Outside Compliance Review
Finance and Facilities Subcommittee – October 2015
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Landscape of Collegiate Athletics
Agreed Upon Procedures Report
Budget and Financial Results
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Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
Fall 2015 Agenda
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Academic Performance Subcommittee – November 2015
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Student-Athlete Well-Being Subcommittee – November 2015
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Clustering of Student-Athletes in Majors/Courses
Return to Learn Concussion Protocol
Incoming Student-Athlete Profile
University Approved Travel Policy
Agenda for Spring 2016
Student-Athlete Handbook
Exit Interviews
Student Athlete Advisory Council Recommendations
Agenda Spring 2016
Full Committee – December 2015
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Subcommittee Reports
Agenda for Spring 2016
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Student-Athlete Fall 2015 Academic Report
• Average Overall GPA – 3.01
• 55% of Student-Athletes Achieved a GPA of at least
3.0
• Annual Progress Rate for all teams exceed NCAA
criteria
• Federal Graduation Rates (2007-2008 FreshmanCohort)
– All FAU Students – 41%
– Student-Athletes – 58%
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Student-Athlete GPA
Conference – USA vs. FAU
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Student-Athlete Missed Class Days
Conference – USA vs. FAU
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Compliance Education
10.1 Unethical Conduct.
• (b) Knowing involvement in arranging for
fraudulent academic credit or false transcripts for
a prospective or an enrolled student-athlete;
– FAR Interpretation: Student-athletes should be held
to the same academic rigor as all other students.
They should not receive anything not available to all
students.
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Compliance Education
• Coaches are not permitted to call faculty members
or other instructional personnel to ask about
student-athlete performance in a class.
• Contact, if needed, should come from StudentAthlete Center for Academic Excellence or Faculty
Athletics Representative.
• Contact the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative
(Dr. Kim Dunn, 561.297.4177 or kdunn@fau.edu)
with questions or concerns.
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Compliance Education
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Do not provide extra benefits of any kind to a prospect, an enrolled student-athlete, or their
relatives and friends. Examples of such benefits include, but are not limited to:
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Provide financial aid or support in any form
Make employment arrangements for relatives
Offer or give any clothing or equipment
Co-sign or provide loans
Offer or give any tangible items or merchandise (e.g. gifts)
Offer or provide free or reduced-cost services rentals or purchases
Offer or provide free or reduced-cost housing
If there is something that you would like to possibly do, please contact the Compliance Office
at 561-297-4547
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University Approved Absences
Students are responsible for arranging to make up
work missed because of….participating on an
athletic or scholastic team…It is the student’s
responsibility to give the instructor notice …..
Instructors must allow each student who is
absent for a University-approved reason the
opportunity to make up work missed without
any reduction in the student’s final course
grade as a direct result of such absence.
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Shalom Ogbonda ’14 BBA
• Undergraduate degree
in three years
• Defensive
Lineman/Red-shirt
Junior
• Master of Health
Administration Student
• Career Goal: Hospital
Administrator
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Michael Sylvestri ‘13 BBA
FAU
Accounting Scholar
Pitcher
Washington Nationals
Pitcher
CBIZ
Accountant
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FAR Observations
• Reflections
– Demands on studentathletes
– Commitment to studentathletes success by
coaches and staff
– Student-Athlete
Academic Center
dedicated to studentathletes
• Future
– Increase communication,
understanding, and
interaction between
athletics & academics
– Adopt C-USA FAR best
practices
– Further relations with
student-athletes, staff,
and faculty
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GO OWLS!
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