University Council
Purpose
University Council (UC) shall be the SGS committee that will make final recommendations to the university president. Recommendations will come to the UC from the Secondary SGS committees.
The UC may forward proposals with a recommendation to approve, a recommendation to amend, or a recommendation to disapprove the proposal. The President may accept the proposal as presented, accept the amendment, or reject the proposal with comments. All matters forwarded by UC constitute recommendations to the president. All final decisions on any such changes remain within the purview of the president.
The bylaws of the University Council (UC) are detailed within the University Shared Governance Policy (MAP 01.A.06).
Committee Structure and Voting Members
Membership. The University Council (UC) shall have representatives of the administration, faculty, staff students, and alumni. The UC chair is the president. The UC voting membership is as follows and non-voting members may be added to University Council at the discretion of the president:
President:
Richard Walker – Chair
Senior VP, Academic Affairs and Provost:
Christopher Maynard
VP, President for Administration and Finance/Chief Financial Officer:
Terry Hanson
Vice Provost, Academic Affairs:
Kathryn Matthew
AVP, Student Success & Initiatives:
Tim Richardson
Vice President, Student Affairs:
Tina Powellson
Vice President, University Advancement:
Joseph Staley
Vice President, Strategic Enrollment Management:
Ann Theodori
AVP, Human Resources:
Yolanda Nicole Edmond
AVP, Business Operations:
Vacant
AVP, Facilities Management and Construction:
Douglas Wells
CIO/AVP, Information Technology:
LeeBrian Gaskins
AVP, Student Engagement
Andrew Wiemer
AVP/COO, UHCL at Pearland:
Beth Lewis
Academic Deans (4):
- Jennifer Irvin (CSE)
- Kim Martin-Long (COE)
- Glenn Sanford (HSH)
- Edward Waller (BUS)
Faculty Senate Executive Committee (8):
- Stephen Cotten
- Christine Walther
- Renee Lastrapes
- Ivelina Pavlova-Stout
- Sheila Baker
- Neal Dugre
- Daniel Imrecke
- Kathleen Garland
Shared Governance Committee Chairs:
- Rebecca Huss-Keeler (FSSC)
- Anne Gessler (ULC)
- Nick Kelling (PBC)
University Staff Association (USA) President:
Michelle Mirpuri
University Staff Association (USA) Vice President:
Daniela Valenzuela
Student Government Association President:
Zachary Sheriff
Non-Voting Members
- David Brittain, Title IX/Equal Opportunity Officer
- Allison Gillespie, Chief of Staff/Strategy Officer
- Laquala C. Dixon, AVP/Dean of Students
- Lee Hilyer, Executive Director, Neumann Library
- Yolanda Nimmer-Williams, Director, University Compliance
- Natalie Pecknold, Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships
- Daniel Ramirez, Associate VP, Marketing & Communications
- Georgeann Smith, Interim Director, Planning and Budget
- Kanch Weerasinghe, Alumni Association, Executive Council
Contact Information
Chair:
Dr. Richard Walker
Staff Support:
April Harris, Executive Assistant to the President
Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held once a month on the fourth Thursday of the month 2-3:30 p.m. Virtual/Forest Room. No meetings in December, June, July, and August.
Meeting Minutes
University Council (UC)
2024-2025
- September 2024
- October 2024
- November 2024
- December 2024
- January 2025
- February 2025
- March 2025
- April 2025
- May 2025
2023-2024
- September 7, 2023
- September 28, 2023
- October 26, 2023
- November 23, 2023
- January 25, 2024
- February 29, 2024
- March 28, 2024
- April 25, 2024
- May 9, 2024
2022-2023
- September 8, 2022
- October 13, 2022
- November 10, 2022
- December 8, 2022
- February 9, 2023
- March 9, 2023
- April 13, 2023
- May 11, 2023
2021-2022
- September 2021
- October 2021*
- November 2021
- December 2021*
- February 2022
- March 2022
- April 2022
- May 2022
2020-2021
- September 2020
- October 2020
- November 2020
- December 2020
- February 2021
- March 2021
- April 2021
- May 2021
2019-2020
- September 2019
- October 2019*
- November 2019
- December 2019
- February 2020
- March 2020*
- April 2020
- May 2019
2018-2019
- September 2018*
- October 2018
- November 2018
- December 2018
- February 2019
- March 2019
- April 11, 2019
- May 2019*
* = no meeting held