Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2017-2018
2017-2018 academic year, July 2017-June 2018, is shown. Meetings minutes are linked from each agenda.
May 7, 2018
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)
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)
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)
7. PROFS Annual Report for 2016-2017. (Fac doc 2713)
8. Restructure the UW-Madison Arts Institute and Change its Name to the UW-Madison Division of the Arts. (Fac doc 2714)
9. Proposal to Create Faculty Policies and Procedures 4.40. Divisional Committee Review Council. (Fac doc 2715) (first reading)
10. Proposal to Retire the Research, Safety, and Compliance Oversight Committee and Merge its Functions into the University Research Council. (Fac doc 2716) (first reading)
11. Proposal to update Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 11 (Fac doc 2707) (vote)
12. Endorsement of the Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Policy. (Fac doc 2709) (vote)
13. Change to Faculty Legislation II-303 and Renaming to Protected and Unprotected Expression in a Work-Related Setting. (Fac doc 2708) (vote)
Professor Emeritus Charles R. Bentley (Fac doc 2691)
Professor Emerita Birut Ciplijauskait (Fac doc 2692)
Professor Emeritus Donn Alessio (Fac doc 2693)
Professor Emeritus Jack Fowler (Fac doc 2694)
Professor Emeritus Milton Sunde (Fac doc 2695)
2. State of the University. (Fac doc 2696)
University Committee Report.
3. Question Period.
4. Minutes of May 1. (consent)
5. Highlights of Faculty Legislation, 2016-2017. (Fac doc 2697)
6. Update on Resolution Calling for Fair and Equitable Pay for Faculty Assistants. (Fac doc 2677)
7. Confirmation of committee appointment: Jo Ellen Fair, African Cultural Studies, to serve on the Committee on Committees for the spring semester 2018, replacing Ivy Corfis who will be on sabbatical. (for vote)
8. Confirmation of committee appointment: Lisa Bratzke, Nursing, to serve on the University Library Committee for 3 years, replacing Leema Berland who resigned from the committee. (for vote)
9. University Academic Planning Council (UAPC) Annual Report for 2016-2017. (Fac doc 2698)
10. Resolution Calling for the Creation and Implementation of a Campus-wide Climate Action Plan. (Fac doc 2699) (first reading)
11. Proposal to Clarify Faculty Policies and Procedures 3.05.H. regarding the policy on academic staff as advisors. (Fac doc 2700) (first reading)
