NCAA Mandatory Steering Committee Members:

Dr. Stephen G. Jennings, President
Dr. John W. Byrd, Chair, Executive Vice President
Dr. James L. MacLeod, NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative, Associate Professor of History
Mr. William P. McGillis, Director of Athletics
Ms. Sarah Solinsky, Senior Woman Administrator, Associate Athletics Director

Appointed Committee Members:

Dr. Jean Beckman, Dean of Arts & Sciences
Ms. Robiaun Charles, Assistant Director of Gift Planning
Ms. Dana Clayton, Dean of Students
Mr. Jean-Yves Fankam, Men's Soccer Player
Mr. Michael Hinton, Board of Trustees, Athletics Committee Chair
Mr. Kirk Kleinfeld, Student Government Association Representative
Dr. Lynn Penland, Dean of Education & Health Science
Reverend Larry Rascoe, Senior Pastor, Nazarene Baptist Church
Dr. James Schaefer, Associate Professor of Accounting
Ms. Heidi Seltzer, Women’s Basketball Player
Ms. Patty Viverito, Missouri Valley Conference Representative, Ex-Officio Member
Mr. Jeff Wolf, VP Fiscal Affairs and Administration

University of Evansville NCAA Campus Liaison: Ms. Patti Lippert

NCAA Certification Self-study Report Writer: Dr. James Macleod

Steering Committee Minutes (Microsoft Word Doc.)

Responsibilities of the Steering Committee during the actual period of self-study include:

1. Collecting and organizing pertinent data.

   The institution should gather data by making use of the individuals best suited to the job. Staff members in the offices of admissions and registration, for example, will be able to report on the demographics, and the academic preparation and performance of the general student body. Similarly, athletics department staff members (e.g., business managers, academic advisors,) may serve as key sources of information regarding student-athletes.

2. Coordinating activities of the subcommittees and monitoring progress of the self-study.

   The steering committee is expected to help ensure that subcommittee and steering committee reports are developed with:

   • Opportunities for input from appropriate campus constituent groups.
   • Appropriate involvement of all members of the steering committed or of a given subcommittee in the preparation of particular reports

   Reviewing reports of the institution, the peer-review team and the NCAA Division I committee on Athletics Certification in relation to the institution's previous self-study.

   This review will help the institution to judge its progress in addressing past problems. It also will assist the institution in preparing its response to specific requests of the second cycle self-study that reference first-cycle issues.

3. Reviewing the reports of the steering committee and the various subcommittees.

4. Maintaining a written record of:

   • Dates on which subcommittee and steering committee meetings were conducted, and the individuals in attendance at those meetings.
   • Individual(s) responsible for writing each section of the self-study report.
   • Invitations extended to members of the subcommittees and steering committee to comment on subcommittee and steering committee draft reports, including the approximate dates on which those invitations were extended.

   The peer-review team will consider these records as part of its evaluation of the institution's self-study process and the extent to which that process reflected campus-wide participation.

   In their review of the institution's self-study process, peer-review teams and the NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification will be guided more by the opportunities provided for comment and the quality of discussion than by the number of meetings.

5. Producing and distributing the final self-study report.