Approved 03-28-24

ASEC Minutes

1:55 – 4:15 p.m. Thursday, March 21, 2024

53 Bascom Hall

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Members Present: Donna Cole; Alissa Ewer; Julie Hunt Johnson; Stephanie Jones; Terry Paape; Lindsey Stoddard Cameron; Nola Walker

Guests: Jenny Dahlberg; Lucien Gerondeau; Karen Massetti-Moran; Jennifer Mnookin; Jennifer Noyes; Emily Reynolds; Annie Studer; Scott Wildman

The meeting was called to order at 1:56 p.m.

The minutes of March 7 were approved.

Guest: Jennifer Mnookin

Chancellor Mnooking discussed the recently announced sustainability initiative, which is structured around five ambitious goals. She hopes the initiative will spur ideas to make campus a living lab.

Another initiative the chancellor’s office is working on is focused on entrepreneurship. The chancellor convened a small working group to understand our current entrepreneurship ecosystem in more detail. The working group will present their findings and recommendation to the chancellor later this spring. Additional topics of interest to the chancellor are flourishing and engaging across difference.

General Reports

Lesley Fisher, Interim Secretary of the Academic Staff, reported that she sent the call for nominations for the dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health Search and Screen Committee to all academic staff. The University Committee will appoint two faculty members to the Ad Hoc Working Group on Researchers and Scientists, after which Lesley will schedule their first meeting. Lesley and Lindsey Stoddard Cameron are discussing the Ad Hoc Committees on Academic Staff Professorial Titles draft charge with the Provost Office and the Office of Human Resources (OHR). The Ad Hoc Committee on Age in the Workplace will meet for the first time in early April.

Liaison Reports

Alissa Ewer reported that the Wisconsin Public Media CASI discussed compensation at their recent meeting. The School of Education CASI is working on updating their bylaws. The Compensation and Economic Benefits Committee is working on a job security document and discussed salary quartiles.

Lindsey Stoddard Cameron reported that the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences CASI discussed the recently announced central compensation fund exercise, career growth and tracking, and department mergers.

Nola Walker reported that the Librarians’ Assembly is thinking about engagement opportunities.

Donna Cole reported that the Big 10 Collaboration of Staff Advocacy discussed professional development at their recent meeting.

Guest: Karen Massetti-Moran, Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer, Office of Human Resources

Karen reported that the central compensation fund exercise was published last week. Base adjustments must be made between March 24 and May 5 and bonus funds must be distributed by the end of the fiscal year. The Compensation Center of Excellence did market analyses for equity, parity, and compression and met with every division to discuss the results.

The salary structure update will occur in July, as the human resources and finance communities need time to prepare. OHR also worked with Universities of Wisconsin Shared Services to determine when the update would occur.

It is anticipated that more information about paid parental leave will be available this spring. OHR has been collaborating with Universities of Wisconsin on this initiative.

With the implementation of Workday next July, we’ll be moving to a fiscal year timeline for performance management. OHR is working with units that are not currently conducting performance reviews on a fiscal year timeline to prepare them for the transition.

Recessed at 3:27pm.

Reconvened at 3:35pm.

Business

• April Assembly Agenda

ASEC viewed an updated version of the Resolution in Recognition of the 175th Anniversary of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They will vote on the agenda at their next meeting.

• Topics for Guests

Provost: strategy for AI implementation on campus and policies around AI use; educating students as critical consumers of the digital world; teaching component of RISE; forecasted graduate stipends and impacts on academic staff

VCR: update on external review of RSP; infrastructure needs related to RISE

Meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Lesley Fisher, Interim Secretary of the Academic Staff