Students for Academic Integrity

The Senate of College Council’s Students for Academic Integrity (SFAI) committee was created in 2003 to integrate honor, responsibility, and ethics into the everyday lives of the students, faculty, and staff at the University of Texas at Austin. We charge ourselves with the responsibility of helping students embrace the core values of the University—learning, discovery, freedom, leadership, individual opportunity and responsibility.

In 2004, the SFAI committee played an integral role in creating and implementing the University’s Honor Code. Since then, the SFAI committee has further addressed the challenge issued by the Commission of 125 and currently aims to assimilate the Honor Code into the culture of the campus.

For nearly three years, the Committee’s sole priority has been to increase student awareness of the Honor Code and University values through events such as Integrity Week and Integrity Panels held during the fall and spring semesters. During past events, the Committee has hosted President Powers, Admiral Bobby R. Inman (former Dean of the LBJ School of Public Affairs), and other distinguished members of the UT community to speak about and discuss issues relating to integrity, honor, and ethics in everyday life.

The Committee has also worked to make the Honor Code more visible to students in their academic lives. In the spring 2006 semester, the SFAI committee, with the help of the University’s Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment, successfully posted the Honor Code on the Blackboard system login page, on eGradebook, and on scantron test sheets. Now, thousands of faculty and students see the Honor Code when they use these tools.

Students for Academic Integrity Co-chairs:
Stephen Myers, stevemyers@mail.utexas.edu

Presidents Committee

The Presidents’ Committee is composed of the Senate Chair and the presidents of the various college councils. The committee’s focus is primarily on matters of general academic policy, tuition policy, and administrative issues within Senate and the individual councils. The committee meets bi-weekly and reports regularly to the Senate assembly.

Presidents Committee Chair:
Kate Nanney, Katenanney@mail.utexas.edu

Finance Committee

The Financial Committee is made up of the financial director of each council and the Senate Financial Director. The Committee appropriates $10,000 annually to registered student organizations and acts as a forum of communication on financial matters pertaining to each individual college council. The Committee also advises the Executive Board on budgetary decisions regarding council allocations and is the originator of spending bills and amendments to the Senate Internal Spending Rules.

Finance Committee Chair:
Stephen Myers, stevemyers@mail.utexas.edu

Faculty Relations Committee

The Faculty Relations Committee is responsible for creating and implementing Senate programs for improving student-faculty relations. Current Senate sponsored student-faculty dinner events are under the Faculty Relations Committee. Also, the Faculty Relations Committee will be responsible for discussing and producing responses to faculty relations related issues for the Senate of College Councils.

Faculty Relations Committee Chair:
Trace Klien, trace.klein@bba05.mccombs.utexas.edu

Recruitment and Registration

The Recruitment and Registration Committee is responsible for creating and implementing Senate programs for admissions related events, such as recruiting and welcoming incoming students. Senate’s current Longhorn School Bus program is under the Recruitment and Registration Committee.

Recruitment & Registration Chair:
Laura Fischer, tlilyfish24@aol.com

Graduate Committee

The Graduate Committee consists of Graduate Students and will be responsible for creating and implementing Senate programs for the graduate schools.

Graduate Committee Chairs:
Jack Ternan, jackternan@mail.utexas.edu
Mary Williams, mkwill@mail.utexas.edu

Senate Leadership Committee (SLiCk)

The Senate Leadership Committee, also known as SLiCk, was created to provide At-Larges with a more direct way to effect Senate policy and programs, while at the same time allowing them to become better acquainted with the other At-Larges. SLiCk is involved in writing legislation throughout the year, giving input to the councils on proposed legislation, and creating a service project each spring.

Senate Leadership Committee Chairs:
Russell van Kraayenburg, techdirector.senate@gmail.com
Miriam Estrin, miriam.estrin@mail.utexas.edu

Multimedia & Publicity

The Multimedia & Publicity committee is responsible for the recording Senate's activites, providing support for the website and representing Senate, its activites and its various programs to the University of Texas student body.

Multimedia & Publicity Chairs:
Russell van Kraayenburg, techdirector.senate@gmail.com
Drew Jacoby, dwja18@mail.utexas.edu