University of Texas at Dallas Athletics

We are committed to the academic excellence and well-being of our student-athletes. Through connecting student-athletes with academic resources here at The University of Texas at Dallas, it is our goal that student-athletes not only graduate, but get the most out of their academic experience. Student-athletes face unique academic challenges, and our office is here to assist with those challenges by forging relationships with support offices around campus to help better connect our students with the UTD community.
 
Staff:
Jordan Anchundia
Academic Advisor
Jordan.Anchundia@utdallas.edu
972-883-5949
 
Academic Services:
Academic Advising: All student-athletes have a primary campus academic advisor who assists with registration for courses and degree planning. The athletic academic advisor at UT Dallas serves as a secondary advisor, assisting with scheduling, interactions with university staff/faculty, and connecting student-athletes to campus resources. Here are links to the advising offices on campus:

BAHT Advising
BBS Advising
EPPS Advising
ECS Advising
IS Advising
JSOM Advising
NSM Advising
Undeclared/Exploratory Advising

There also exists advising offices outside of the schools that can provide tailored support for specific needs, such as graduate school applications, exploration of specific career paths, or additional academic support:

Advising - Hobson Wildenthal Honors College | UT Dallas
Contact | Health Professions Advising Center | UT Dallas
Pre-Law Advising Center
Contact SOAR | The University of Texas at Dallas
Contact Us - Teacher Development Center | The University of Texas at Dallas
 
Tutoring: There exists a multitude of tutoring services on campus that we help directly connect our student-athletes to. T These services include:

• The UTD Student Success Center: https://studentsuccess.utdallas.edu/programs/
• JSOM Labs: https://jindal.utdallas.edu/student-resources/labs/
• Computer Science Mentor Center: https://csmc.utdallas.edu/
• Economics Lab: https://epps.utdallas.edu/about/programs/economics/economics-lab/
• IEEE Tutoring Lab: https://www.ieeeutd.org/tutoring

Other Campus Resources: Below are some resources on campus that we help connect our student-athletes with:

• AccessAbility Resource Center: https://accessability.utdallas.edu/
• Teacher Development Center: https://teach.utdallas.edu/
• University Career Center: https://career.utdallas.edu/
• JSOM Career Management Center: https://jindal.utdallas.edu/career-management-center/
• The Testing Center: https://ets.utdallas.edu/testing-center/

Excused Absence Policy:
Pursuant to UTDSP5018 (https://policy.utdallas.edu/utdsp5018), students participating in University-Sanctioned activities that follow the respective department's requirements have the right to receive, and the instructor has the responsibility to provide, academic accommodations. These requirements will vary across units, but notice to each of the student's course instructors must be given by the student as early as possible at the beginning of the semester to provide enough planning for the faculty and student. In instances where travel dates are determined during the semester or as part of post-season competition, students should notify the faculty member within 7 days, or more, if practical, from when the conflict with a course is determined. 
 
It is the responsibility of student-athletes at UTD to properly notify professors that they may miss certain assignments, examinations, and class attendance while representing UTD in a university-sanctioned intercollegiate competition.

For each class, a student-athlete is required to meet with their professors (virtually or in-person) during the first two weeks of the semester to introduce themselves.
Student-athletes are also asked to reach out one week before each of these anticipated missed classes to remind their professor(s) of their absence and to make sure they are properly making up their missed assignments.

Student-athletes must never ask for an excused absence due to practice.

If student-athletes do not follow the guidelines listed above, they risk not being accommodated for their absences, which can negatively impact their GPA and potential future athletic eligibility.

Chi Alpha Sigma


Chi Alpha Sigma at UT Dallas

Chi Alpha Sigma (CAS) is a national nonprofit organization that was established to recognize four-year college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition. The UT Dallas Rho Chapter of CAS is committed to promoting academic success among student-athletes.

CAS is composed of a president and student-athlete members who possess at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA, at least junior academic standing after their fourth full-time semester, and an endorsement from the head coach of his/her sport(s). Transfer students who are at junior academic standing may be eligible for induction if they meet the above criteria and have been at UTD for one academic year, and transfer students who are in senior academic standing may be eligible for induction after one full time semester. Graduate students are not eligible for induction.

For more information, please reach out to the athletics academic advisor or visit the Chi Alpha Sigma website: https://www.chialphasigma.org/