1. CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE UW MILWAUKEE ATHLETICS UPDATE

2. SPORT RESPONSIBILITIES Kelly Diener : Women’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis, Men’s Track and Field, Women’s Volleyball Nicole McCoy : Baseball, Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving, Women’s Track and Field Chris Hill : Men’s Basketball

3. SPRING 2012 CERTIFICATION Updated Form Added a column for course grade requirement Added a question (7) regarding intended major change Improved Accuracy Holds/Service Indicators Process Athletics completes the student-athlete information and classes Athletics provides transcripts and certification forms to each college’s advising department Advisors complete the certification forms and sends them to Athletics or notifies Athletics for the pick-up Athletics follows-up with advising departments to collect completed forms

4. CERTIFICATION TIMELINE April 2, Certification forms will be prepared by Athletics for each student-athlete May 1, Athletics will distribute certification forms to advisors May 11, A hold is placed on all registered student- athlete’s PAWS accounts May 23, Due date for Certification Forms May 29, First day of Summer Session I

5. HOLDS/SERVICE INDICATORS Purpose: Disallow unguided changes to student- athletes’ schedules Goals: 1.Encourage advising and registration 2.Improve certification process 3.Decrease number of student-athletes with Progress Toward Degree issues 4.Increase graduation and retention rates

6. PRE-CERTIFICATION FALL 2012 Proactive approach to certification Allows us to certify the current classes as well as the chosen classes Timeline for Certification: Fall Final Exams through the week before classes resume in January (roughly 5 weeks) January 2013, certification for Fall 2012 and Spring 2013 May 2013, certification for Fall 2013

7. HOLDS/SERVICE INDICATORS CONT. Who has the power to place or lift the student-athlete hold? -DES -Academic Advisors -Athletic Advisors -Athletic Compliance Officer When will the hold on student-athletes’ accounts be lifted? -The hold will be lifted prior to registration and re- activated the first week of final exams.

8. NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION Athletics Involvement in NSO 2012: Meet with incoming student-athletes prior to registration Provide practice schedules, competition reminders, and permission code for Ed Psy 101 for student-athletes Provide athletic administrators’ contact information Review student-athlete’s schedules and place the administrative hold

9. QUESTIONS/CONCERNS