Ames, Iowa – Iowa State University Faculty Athletics Representative Tim Day has been elected to a one-year term as President of the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association (FARA), the national organization announced Thursday. Day, who has served as ISU's Faculty Athletics Representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Big 12 Conference since 2010, has been a Professor of Molecular Pharmacology in the department of Biomedical Sciences within Iowa State's College of Veterinary Medicine since 2000.
According to its web site, FARA is the professional association for faculty athletics representatives (FARs), individuals who report directly to their respective campus' President or Chancellor. FARA is the collective voice of faculty athletics representatives in all three NCAA divisions. It is FARA's role to advocate for faculty athletics representatives and to represent their concerns at the national level. All NCAA FARs are automatically enrolled as members of FARA.
"Tim Day has excellent perspective on intercollegiate athletics and the role that they play on college campuses," said Iowa State Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard. "I believe he will do a tremendous job leading the Faculty Athletics Representatives Association over the next year. Intercollegiate athletics is in the midst of transformational change, and it is important that the voice of the FAR be heard at this critical time within our industry."
Day, only the eighth individual to serve as Iowa State's FAR, has been active in the campus community since his arrival in Ames more than 20 years ago. He has had more than 50 committee/council appointments during his Iowa State career, including service as President of ISU's Faculty Senate during the 2017-18 academic year. Day has served as the Big 12's representative to the NCAA Council, and was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner's search committee, too.
A 1988 graduate of Kansas State University with a bachelor of science degree in Biology, Day went on to earn three degrees from Michigan State University—a bachelor of science in Education and a master of science in Zoology, both in 1990, and a PhD in Pharmacology & Toxicology and Neuroscience in 1993.
