UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 8
October 24, 1996
NCAA review team to visit campus

     A National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I
Athletics Certification Program Peer Review Team will visit the
campus from Oct. 28-31.
     During the visit, the review team will interview members of
the faculty, athletics administration and staff and student-
athletes, to verify information submitted by the University to
the NCAA Athletics Certification Self-Study Report conducted this
past year.
     The NCAA Division I Certification Program began in 1994 to
ensure the organization's commitment to integrity in
intercollegiate athletics. Among the topics reviewed are
governance and commitment to rules compliance, academic and
fiscal integrity and commitment to equity. The NCAA has set
standards in each area that must be met in order for institutions
to be certified.
     The six-person visiting committee will consist of
chairperson Hanley Funderburk, president of Eastern Kentucky
University; Chuck Burch, director of athletics, Liberty
University; Phillip Dane, vice chancellor for business and
finance, University of Tennessee-Martin; M. Louis Phillips,
registrar, Southwest Texas State University; Carl Ullrich,
director of athletics, St. Andrew's Presbyterian College; and
Richard Thomas, NCAA staff liaison.