1. Memorial Resolutions for:
Professor Emeritus Roswell Boutwell (Fac doc 2743)
Professor Emerita Joan Hazel Carter (Fac doc 2744)
Professor Emeritus Matthew Davis (Fac doc 2745)
Professor Emeritus Frank Groves (Fac doc 2746)
Professor Patricia Keely (Fac doc 2747)
Professor Emeritus Daniel Kunene (Fac doc 2748)
Professor Emeritus Alexander Skinner (Fac doc 2749)

2. Announcements/Information Items.

3. Question Period.

4. Minutes of April 2. (automatic consent)

5. Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions and Financial Aid (CURAFA) Annual Report for 2014-2017, and CURAFA Statement on Bucky’s Tuition Promise. (Fac doc 2750)

6. Recreational Sports Board Annual Reports for 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. (Fac doc 2751)

7. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (GLBTQ) People in the University Annual Report, 2015-2017. (Fac doc 2752)

8. Committee on Women in the University Annual Report, 2016-2017. (Fac doc 2753)

9. Proposal to Restructure the UW-Madison Linguistics Department into the Language Sciences Program. (Fac doc 2754)

10. Tenure at University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Wisconsin Extension: Concepts and Pathways for Integration: Report of the Tenure Working Group of Madison-Extension Governance Integration Committee. (Fac doc 2755)

11. Proposal to Clarify Faculty Policies and Procedures 3.05.H. Regarding the Policy on Academic Staff as Advisors (Fac doc 2700)(vote)

12. Proposal to Create the Immigration and International Issues Committee in Faculty Policies and Procedures, Incorporating the Advisory Council on Immigration and International Student Issues. (Fac doc 2732 (vote)

13. Proposed changes to Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 7 Based on the Report from the Ad Hoc Committee on 7th-year Reviews. (Fac doc 2741) (vote)

14. Resolution on Payment of Mandatory Fees by Graduate Assistants. (Fac doc 2756)

Faculty Senate Minutes 2018-05-07

1. Memorial Resolutions for:
Professor Emeritus Mark Brownfield. (Fac doc 2735)
Professor Emeritus Truman Graf. (Fac doc 2736)
Professor Emeritus Philip E. Harris (Fac doc 2742) 
Professor Emeritus William Reddan. (Fac doc 2737)

2. Presentation of the 2018 Hilldale Awards to:
Arts and Humanities Division: Professor Leslie Bow, Department of English.
Biological Sciences Division: Professor Rick Gourse, Department of Bacteriology.
Physical Sciences Division: Professor Guri Sohi, Department of Computer Sciences.
Social Sciences Division: Professor Mark Kenoyer, Department of Anthropology

3. Announcements/Information Items. UW-Madison Cybersecurity Risk Management Policy. (Fac doc 2738 and Fac doc 2739)

4. Question Period.

5. Minutes of March 5. (consent)

6. Proposed changes to Campus Diversity and Climate Committee (CDCC) Faculty Policies and Procedures 6.27. (Fac doc 2728) (vote)

7. Proposal to Create the Committee on Disability Access and Inclusion (CDAI). Faculty Policies and Procedures 6.31. (Fac doc 2729). (vote)

8. Retirement of the Advisory Committee for the Office for Equity and Diversity (OED), the Disabilities Accommodation Advisory Committee (DAAC), and the Committee on Access and Accommodation in Instruction (CAAI). (Fac doc 2740) (vote)

9. Proposed updates to Faculty Policies and Procedures: 6.01., 6.02., 6.03., 6.04., 6.07., 6.09., 6.10., 6.11., 6.12., and 6.49. (Fac doc 2733) (vote)

10. Proposed changes to Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 7 based on the report from the Ad Hoc Committee on 7th-year Reviews. (Fac doc 2741). (first reading)

Faculty Senate Minutes 2018-04-02

1. Announcements/Information Items.
State of Diversity and Inclusion (Fac doc 2725)

2. Question Period.

3. Minutes of February 5 (consent).

4.Ombuds Office Annual Report for 2017. (Fac doc 2726)

5. Employee Assistance Office Annual Report for 2016-2017. (Fac doc 2727)

6. Recommended changes to Campus Diversity and Climate Committee Faculty Policies and Procedures 6.27. (Fac doc 2728) (first reading) 

7. Proposal to Create the Committee on Disability Access and Inclusion (CDAI). (Fac doc 2729) (first reading)

8. Report of the Nominations for Election for Divisional Executive Committees, and the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee. (Fac doc 2730)

9. Faculty Senate Districts and Apportionment for Academic Years 2018-2019, 2019-2020, and 2020-2021. (Fac doc 2731)

10. Proposal to Clarify Faculty Policies and Procedures 3.05.H. Regarding the Policy on Academic Staff as Advisors. (Fac doc 2700) (first reading)

11. Proposal to update Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 4 (The Faculty Divisions) (Fac doc 2723) (vote)

12. Proposal to Create Immigration and International Issues Committee. (Fac doc 2732) (first reading)

13. Proposed updates to Faculty Policies and Procedures: 6.01., 6.02., 6.03., 6.04., 6.07., 6.09., 6.10., 6.11., 6.12., and 6.49. (Fac doc 2733) (first reading)

14. Resolution calling on President Ray Cross to reaffirm commitment to shared governance (Fac doc 2734) 

Faculty Senate Minutes 2018-03-05 

1. Memorial Resolutions for:

Professor Emeritus Burr Fontaine (Fac doc 2717)

Professor Emeritus Stephen Nelsen (Fac doc 2718)

Professor Emeritus Edwin Vedejs (Fac doc 2719)

Professor Emeritus Howard Whitlock, Jr. (Fac doc 2720)

2. Announcements/Information Items.

3. Question period.

4. Minutes of December 4 meeting. (consent)

5. Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report 2017-2018. (Fac doc 2721)

6. Committee on Committees Annual Report for 2018: Nominations for Faculty-Elected Committees. (Fac doc 2722)

7. Report of the Nominations for Election to the Committee on Committees. 

The following faculty members are nominated for election by the Faculty Senate to fill a vacancy on the Committee on Committees in the Biological Sciences Division for a 4-year term: 

• Lisa Forrest (Professor, VetMed, Surgical Sciences, District 114)

• Christine Seroogy (Associate Professor, SMPH, Pediatrics, District 96)

8. Proposal to Create Faculty Policies and Procedures 4.40. Divisional Committee Review Council. (Fac doc 2715) (vote)

9. Proposal to Retire the Research, Safety, and Compliance Oversight Committee and Merge its Functions into the University Research Council. (Fac doc 2716) (vote)

10. Proposal to update Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 4 ("The Faculty Divisions"). (Fac doc 2723) (first reading)

11. Proposed Academic Calendar for 2021-2022 through 2025-2026. (Fac doc 2724) (vote)

Faculty Senate Minutes 2018-02-05