Welcome to the SBS College Council Homepage

      The well-being of each of the six academic Colleges at UTPA is dependent upon shared responsibilities for governance and decision-making among the Deans, faculty, non-faculty administrators, staff, and students.

       Faculty represent the academic heart and conscience of the college. In contributing to the intellectual life of the college, faculty represent the best values of the profession in scholarship, teaching, and service in relation to non-faculty administrators, staff, and students, as well as to faculty colleagues.

      The College Council provides a public forum for ensuring joint decision making among the Dean, faculty, non-faculty administrators, staff, and students regarding those issues pertaining to the college as a whole. The College Council does not displace the formal authority of the Dean but ensures explicit and ongoing consultation with faculty, non-faculty administrators, staff, and students and consideration of their advice, recommendations, and actions.

       During the academic year 2008-09 the SBS College Council reviewed, considered and debated many issues, some of the more important are listed below:

• College computer lab – now located on the 3rd Floor of SBS
• Teaching Evaluations for classes with less than five students
• Recommended creation of College Awards Committee
• Recommended Communication Initiative Supported
• Faculty Senate recommendation on Drop/Incomplete policy
• Participated in College Conference on Research and Teaching
• Revised College By-Laws