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

2 Faculty Athletics Representative General Responsibilities Student-Athlete Welfare Institutional Control Academic Integrity NCAA A member institution shall designate an individual to serve as faculty athletics representative.

3 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 Faculty Athletics Representative Duties

4 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee 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 Students Kathryn Edmunds, Student Government President Carnesha Thompson, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee President Office of the Provost Michele Hawkins Financial Affairs Stacey Semmel Office of the General Counsel Daniel Jones Office of Undergraduate Admissions Jessica Lopez-Acevedo Presidential Appointees Eric Shaw Dennis Crudele

5 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Fall 2015 Agenda Full Committee – September 2015 –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 Institutional Control Subcommittee – October 2015 –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 –Landscape of Collegiate Athletics –Agreed Upon Procedures Report –Budget and Financial Results

6 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Fall 2015 Agenda Academic Performance Subcommittee – November 2015 –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 Well-Being Subcommittee – November 2015 –Student-Athlete Handbook –Exit Interviews –Student Athlete Advisory Council Recommendations –Agenda Spring 2016 Full Committee – December 2015 –Subcommittee Reports –Agenda for Spring 2016

7 Student-Athlete Fall 2015 Academic Report Average Overall GPA – % of Student-Athletes Achieved a GPA of at least 3.0 Annual Progress Rate for all teams exceed NCAA criteria Federal Graduation Rates ( Freshman- Cohort) –All FAU Students – 41% –Student-Athletes – 58%

8 Student-Athlete GPA Conference – USA vs. FAU

9 Student-Athlete Missed Class Days Conference – USA vs. FAU

10 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.

11 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 Student- Athlete Center for Academic Excellence or Faculty Athletics Representative. Contact the NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative (Dr. Kim Dunn, or with questions or

12 Compliance Education 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: 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

13 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.

14 Shalom Ogbonda ’14 BBA Undergraduate degree in three years Defensive Lineman/Red-shirt Junior Master of Health Administration Student Career Goal: Hospital Administrator

15 Michael Sylvestri ‘13 BBA FAU Accounting Scholar Pitcher Washington Nationals Pitcher CBIZ Accountant

16 FAR Observations Reflections –Demands on student- athletes –Commitment to student- athletes success by coaches and staff –Student-Athlete Academic Center dedicated to student- athletes Future –Increase communication, understanding, and interaction between athletics & academics –Adopt C-USA FAR best practices –Further relations with student-athletes, staff, and faculty

17 GO OWLS!