A Finding Aid for the Athletic Advisory Committee Records
1960-1992; 2002-2006
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Athletic Advisory Committee Records
Creator: Ferris State University. Athletic Advisory Committee.
Dates: 1960-1992; 2002-2006
Abstract: The Athletic Advisory Committee is a faculty based committee providing assistance, guidance and support to the athletic programs at Ferris State University. The records in the collection consist of agendas, correspondence, eligibility lists, minutes and other records relating to the meetings.
Language: English
Quantity: 0.2 cubic feet; 1 half records center box
Identification: UA 31.4.6
Repository: Ferris State University Archives and Records Management Program
Historical Note
Few faculty committees predate the creation of the Representative Faculty Advisory Council in 1958. The RFAC was created in 1958 to address accreditation concerns about a lack of faculty governance. However, the Athletic Advisory Committee was one of those committees that already existed. It is first listed within the Ferris Institute catalog for the 1954-1955 school year. In a letter to the committee written in September 1963, President Victor F. Spathelf stated that he considered the purpose of the committee was to act in an advisory capacity to the athletic director and the coaching staff. The committee also acted as the advisory body to the President as he made decisions concerning the athletic program.
Early responsibilities of the committee included athletic eligibility determination, approving schedules and the occasional policy. The committee had a remarkable stability in membership, with chairs usually serving between five and 10 years. The committee in its current format consists of representatives from each college, a faculty athlete representative, a student representative, the registrar's office, the athletic director and the sports information coordinator. The athletic advisory committee reports to the Academic Senate. It has consistently served as the arbiter of policies concerning athletics and schedules.
Among the other types of project undertaken by the committee at various periods are such subjects as academic standards for athletes, awards, class excuses, tuition remission or accreditation/compliance studies for such organizations as the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA), the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Divisions I and II). They also support athletic events and handle such activities as the marking of lines.
Chairs of the Athletic Advisory Committee
| 1954-1955 | Frederick Broemer | ||||||||||
| 1955-1960 | Clark A. Andreson | ||||||||||
| 1960-1962 | Dean W. Rumbold | ||||||||||
| 1962-1963 | Kenneth O. McManus | ||||||||||
| 1963-1964 | John Standen | ||||||||||
| 1964-1975 | Nicholas Musselman | ||||||||||
| 1975-1981 | Robert Kosanovich | ||||||||||
| 1981-1987 | Stanley Jungck | ||||||||||
| 1987-1988 | Mark Kosciuszko | ||||||||||
| 1988-1991 | Unknown | ||||||||||
| 1991-1992 | Rachel Snyder | ||||||||||
| 1993-1998 | Unknown | ||||||||||
| 1998-1999 | Richard Perrin | ||||||||||
| 1999-2003 | Lee Templin | ||||||||||
| 2003-2004 | Lon Green | ||||||||||
| 2004-2006 | Robert Krueger | ||||||||||
| 2006-2007 | David Scott | ||||||||||
| 2007-2009 | Tracey Boncher | ||||||||||
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Scope and Content Note
The Athletic Advisory committee serves as a faculty contact point for the athletic programs at Ferris State University. These programs include intramural programs, Division II athletic teams and the Division I hockey team. The committee also acts as a liaison and advocate to the greater Ferris community concerning sports teams.
The records are arranged in a single series. This collection is actually a split collection- with both electronic and paper files being available. Records after 2001 are only available through the institutional repository in a pdf format. Within the paper chronological files of earlier years are the basic records of the committee by year- agendas, correspondence, publicity and minutes when available. Electronic records contain only minutes. All records deal with similar topics- scheduling, rules, policies and special projects. The records from the 1960s also contain several eligibility lists. Eligibility related records are not found in the record after the 1970s.
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Arrangement
The papers are divided into a single series.
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Access Information
Conditions of Access
The Athletic Advisory Committee Records are open for research to all users in accordance with University Archives and Records Management access policies. It is available in the reading room of the Ferris State University Archives.
Conditions of Use
Requests for permission to publish material should be directed to the University Archivist. It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.
Copyright interests for this collection have been transferred to Ferris State University. For more information, contact the University Archivist.
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Subject Headings
Below are a list of names, organizations and subjects relating to the collection. Names have been taken from Library of Congress Authority headings whenever possible.
College athletics
Ferris State College (Big Rapids, Mich.)- Athletic Advisory Committee
Ferris State College (Big Rapids, Mich.)- History- 1963-2006
Ferris State University (Big Rapids, Mich)-Athletic Advisory Committee
Universities and colleges-Faculty
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Related Materials
None specified.
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Administrative Information
Citations
Footnotes and bibliographic references should use the following format:
[Item], Folder, Box. Athletic Advisory Committee Records. Ferris State University Archives. Big Rapids, Michigan.
Provenance (Acquisition Information)
These records were donated in several segments. Segments were donated by Glendon Hynes, a former Representative Faculty Advisory Council official in 1991 and by Deans of Student Life, Donald Rankin and Edward Linta, at some date prior to 1980. Electronic files were taken both from the committee website, and provided by committee member David Scott in July 2006.
Processing Information
The Athletic Advisory Committee Records were processed to the folder level by Melinda McMartin Isler in July 2006. Additional records were added by Kelly Jezierski in April 2009. A finding aid was prepared in a word processing format and converted to EAD 1.0. A collection level MARC-21 record was prepared and placed in the library online public access catalog. Description based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2004).
Separated Materials
Most records were retrieved out of the RFAC files, files from Student Life and the committee website. Any duplicate material was removed from the collection.
Technical Requirements
This collection consists of typed and handwritten papers for materials prior to 2002. There is no specialized software required for viewing. Records for 2002 and later are stored in a pdf format on the university's institutional repository as part of the Academic Senate community. The repository was created using an open-source software called dSpace and can be viewed through a web- based browser.
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Content Listing
Series 1. Subject Records. 1960-1992; 2002-2006.
The majority of this series consists of minutes from committee meetings. The earlier paper records from the sixties also include supporting documentation such as agendas, correspondence, reports and eligibility lists.
The paper records are arranged chronologically by meeting date. The electronic files are part of the Athletic Advisory Collection, which is a part of the Academic Senate Community within the Ferris Institutional Repository (FIR).
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Chronological files. July-December 1960. | |||||||||
| 2 | Chronological files. January-December 1961. | ||||||||||
| 3 | Chronological files. January-December 1962. | ||||||||||
| 4 | Chronological files. January-December 1963. | 5 | Chronological files. January-December 1964. | ||||||||
| 6 | Chronological files. January 1965-December 1965. | ||||||||||
| 7 | Chronological files. January 1966-December 1966. | ||||||||||
| 8 | Chronological files. January 1967-December 1967. | ||||||||||
| 9 | Chronological files. January 1968-December 1968. | ||||||||||
| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Chronological files. January-December 1969. | |||||||||
| 2 | Chronological files. January-December 1970. | 3 | Chronological files. January-December 1971. | ||||||||
| 4 | Chronological files. January-December 1972. | ||||||||||
| 5 | Chronological files. January-December 1973. | ||||||||||
| 6 | Chronological files. January 1974-December 1975. | ||||||||||
| 7 | Chronological files. January 1976-December 1977. | ||||||||||
| 8 | Chronological files. January 1978-December 1979. | ||||||||||
| 9 | Chronological files. January 1980-April 1985. | ||||||||||
| 10 | Chronological files. October 1987-March 1988; 1992. | ||||||||||
| FIR | Minutes. 2002-2006. | ||||||||||
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