Approved 02-20-25

ASEC Minutes

1:00 – 3:15 p.m. Thursday, February 6, 2025

https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94062364316

Members Present: Richard Barajas, Aaron Crandall, Alissa Ewer, Andrew Lokuta, Albert Muniz (chair), Terry Paape, Nicole Senter, Diane Stojanovich, Nola Walker

Guests: Nick Curtis, Jenny Dahlberg, Lucien Gerondeau, Eric MacKay, Karen Massetti-Moran, Emily Reynolds, Patrick Sheehan, Scott Wildman

The meeting was called to order at 1:01 p.m.

The minutes of January 30 were approved.

General Reports

Albert Muniz, ASEC Chair, reported on the shared governance group meeting. The group discussed plans to send a letter to campus leadership emphasizing the importance of shared governance and outline opportunities for enhanced engagement. They also discussed the possibility of meeting with the chancellor.

Mallory Musolf reported that the student evaluation of teaching committee had its first meeting to review the committee charge and discuss a summary of findings on course evaluations of peer institutions.

Liaison Reports

Nicole Senter reported that the Engineering Committee Advocating for Staff Interests (CASI) determined to not move forward with a treasurer position and instead have budget management listed as an assigned duty to the chair role. They also discussed the CASI coalition letter and decided not to sign the letter.

Andrew Lokuta reported that the Law School CASI was considering the CASI coalition letter.

Alissa Ewer reported at the UW System shared governance meeting, UW System Administration’s Interim Associate Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Kelly Cook, presented the communication plan for Workday activities. Workday training is launching in two phases. The first phase focuses on training for employees with security roles and will launch on March 3, 2025. Phase two is for end-user (employee self-service and manager self-service) training and will begin in May 2025. Academic staff representatives discussed UW System Administrative Policy 15.01 regarding Limited Appointments.

Business

• March Assembly Agenda

ASEC reviewed the Assembly agenda.

• Topics for Guests

Provost: Dean’s five-year review; BoR meeting; Visioning committee update

VCFA: Update on DEI audit and remote work audit; BoR meeting; Federal grant activities and impacts to RISE and campus operations

Guests: Nick Curtis, Assessment Director, Division for Teaching and Learning; Eric MacKay, Academic Project Manager, Division of Information Technology (DoIT)

Nick and Eric provided an update on the implementation plan for the course evaluation/student evaluation of teaching tool.

Guests: Patrick Sheehan, Chief Human Resources Officer; Karen Massetti-Moran, Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer

Vice Chancellor for University Relations, Craig Thompson, convened several offices, including the Office of Human Resources (OHR), to form a working group to monitor federal activities. This model is also being utilized among several AAU and Big Ten peers. With the uncertainty of federal impacts, campus resources such as the Employee Assistance Office and Life Matters are available to support employees. Karen provided a Workday update, including the upcoming trainings for all employees and those with security roles. HR and finance teams are viewing the trainings in advance in order to provide supplemental resources to support employees with security roles. A Workday website is being built to feature personas (e.g., manager, PI, etc.) to help guide the trainings and resources one may need given their role.

Meeting adjourned at 3:11 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Mallory Musolf, Secretary of the Academic Staff