Fiscal Year 2017

Point of Contact: Richard Oliver roliver@nmsu.edu 

E-mail: roliver@nmsu.edu 

Established Date: 08/2004

Office Providing Administrative Support: ICT and IIQ

Authorizing Body or Offical: Provost

Type of Board: Standing

Scope of Impact: System

Process for Selecting Chair: 

The standard nomination and voting process is used in the
committee.

Position appointment description:

Faculty members who have completed their term may provide
a recommendation or nomination for a replacement.
Nominations can be made by the faculty’s respective college
through the dean, department head, or FACT member.
Nominations from others not listed can also be submitted to
FACT for consideration. Upon term completion or vacancy, the
FACT Chair emails the necessary college Dean to request a
new member.

Members appointed by: Position

Chair: Richard Oliver roliver@nmsu.edu 

Voting Members:

Richard Oliver

Connie Deblieck

Ann Bock

Donna Alden

Julia Parra

Zhen Chai 

Joe Song

Igor Dolgov

Ahmed Elaksher

Ex-Officio / Non-voting:

Richard Stupka

Norma Grijalva

Robbie Grant

Michelle Lebsock

Greg Fant

Christopher Brown

Araceli Hernandez

John Roberts

What are the requirements for the number of meetings to be held annually?

Monthly during Fall and Spring semesters. Joint meetings with
STAC three times per semester.

Was the requirement for the number of meetings met? No

Purpose:

FACT is comprised of faculty including community college
members. The focus of the committee is to identify classroom
and web technology needs at the institutional level. The
committee and ex-officio members provide input about
current technology topics and recommend significant
technology initiatives. The members of the committee ensure
that a faculty voice contributes to the decision making process
about technologies while also ensuring that the goals of the
University are met.
Of note: FACT has started publishing a newsletter at
http://fact.nmsu.edu.

Authority:

Advisory to the Office of the Provost

Major Accomplishment:

The FACT committee consults with faculty, staff, student and
administrative representatives on a large variety of important
issues including: HLC Accreditation, CRM Advise, NMSU Policy
Rule 6.55, Team 3, TIG External Review, Cyber Infrastructure
Architect issues, College Scheduler, VDI Rollout, Student
Printing, Bicycle Sharing on Campus, Basic Online Course
Check, Canvas Announcement Policies, REDCap Evaluation,
Provost's Syllabus Tool, Academic Originality Checkers, Canvas
Updates and Roadmap, new Adobe Connect LTI, Banner XE
Rollout, Digital Signage, Aggie Innovation Space and Local
Video Recording Storage Management Policies. An important
role that the faculty members of the FACT committee serve is
to report current technology related events and alerts back to
each of their academic units. Additionally, the members of the
FACT committee report concerns from their business units
that are either addressed by the committee or forwarded on
to the appropriate campus units.