ASEC Agenda

Thursday, August 28, 2025

1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

260 Bascom Hall

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1:00       Call to Order/Agenda Review

1:01       Automatic Consent Business

Approval of ASEC minutes of Thursday, July 24, 2025 and Thursday, August 14, 2025

1:02       Announcements and Good Works

1:05       General Reports

• Chair – Alissa Ewer
• Secretary of the Academic Staff – Mallory Musolf

1:15       Liaison Reports

1:30       Guest: John Zumbrunnen, Interim Provost

2:00       Guest: Rob Cramer, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration

2:30       Convene in Closed Session Pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c), and (f) to discuss nominations to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search and Screen Committee

2:45       Business

• Nominations – for vote
• September Assembly Agenda – for vote
• Draft academic staff governance letter
• Topics for ASEC meeting (September 4) guests: John Zumbrunnen, Interim Provost; J.J. Andrews, member of the Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions & Financial Aid (CURAFA)

3:00       Guests: Ralph Grunewald, Chair, Ad Hoc Student Evaluation of Teaching Policy Committee; Nick Curtis, Assessment Director, Division for Teaching and Learning

3:30       Adjourn

Current Academic Staff Committees and Chairs

• Communications Committee – Faye Lux/Miranda Winkleman
• Compensation and Economic Benefits Committee (CEBC) – Cori Splain/Mike Watters
• Districting and Representation Committee (DRC) – Becky Beebe/Taryn Conaway
• Mentoring Committee – Vanessa Taulbee
• Nominating Committee – Kelly Krein/Brady Minter
• Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee (PPPC) – Toni Gunnison/Jason Jankoski
• Professional Development and Recognition Committee (PDRC) – Abbie Hartzell/Carrie Welsh