Approved July 24, 2025                                                                                                                                                                             

ASEC Minutes

1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 2025

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Members Present: Hanna Blazel, Aaron Crandall, Alissa Ewer (chair), Albert Muniz, Terry Paape, Nicole Senter, Diane Stojanovich

Members Absent: Richard Barajas and Nola Walker

Guests: Baret Elward, Dan Fitch, Sushmita Lotlikar

The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.

The minutes of June 26 were approved.

General Reports

Alissa Ewer, ASEC Chair, reported on the recent meeting between ASEC leadership and Chief Human Resources Officer, Patrick Sheehan. There were no major issues with the Workday launch. OHR has received positive feedback from users of the tool. OHR is currently updating their website, particularly on pages outlining resources for staff. 

Mallory Musolf, Secretary of the Academic Staff, reported that the Compensation and Economic Benefits Committee will discuss updating a plain language document to assist academic staff who have received a layoff letter at their next meeting. Kristina Flores is unable to serve on the Protest Administrative Review Team (PART). The appointment to PART will be on ASEC’s agenda at its meeting on July 24.

ASEC Orientation

Mallory gave an orientation on ASEC duties, processes and procedures, and meeting expectations.

Recessed at 2:19 p.m.

Reconvened at 2:29 p.m.

Business

• Liaison Assignments

ASEC discussed expectations of liaison roles and reviewed open liaison assignments for 2025-26. ASEC plans to finalize liaison assignments at its meeting on July 24.

• Topics for Guests

Interim Provost: next steps for the Undergraduate Student Experience Working Group recommendations; special advisor for access and community role; DDEEA restructuring

VCFA: status of budget cuts and meetings with schools, colleges and academic divisions; LinkUW; centralization of IT; purchasing cards; Universities of Wisconsin 5% increase for tuition; layoff impacts; progress update of Deloitte activities

Meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Mallory Musolf, Secretary of the Academic Staff