Faculty Senate Minutes 2011-02-07
University of Wisconsin--Madison
shared governance documentFebruary 7, 2011
Audio Recording
The meeting was called to order by Chancellor Biddy Martin at 3:31 p.m. with 147 voting members present.
1. Memorial resolutions were presented for:
Professor Emeritus John Alexander Armstrong Jr.2232Professor Jeanne Boydston. faculty document 2233Professor Emeritus Phillip A. Hart. faculty document 2234Professor Emeritus Ulfert Hornemann. faculty document 2235Professor Emeritus Walter Rudin. faculty document 2236Professor Emeritus Dennis P. Stimart. faculty document 2237Professor Emeritus Charles E. Yale. faculty document 2238
2. Announcements/Informational Items.
Chancellor Martin spoke about the state’s budget repair bill for the current year and the governor’s 2011-2013 biennial budget bill. She anticipated that the new biennial budget bill will contain base budget cuts for all state agencies and that contributions by state employees to their pensions and health benefits were expected to be on the governor’s agenda. The chancellor was hopeful that greater flexibility for the university, as proposed in the New Badger Partnership, would be granted. Chancellor Martin concluded with a brief presentation on how the university’s funding sources have changed since 1974.Chancellor Martin responded to several questions regarding anticipated budget cuts and the New Badger Partnership.
3. Question Period.
There were no questions.
AUTOMATIC CONSENT BUSINESS
4. The minutes of 6 December 2010 were approved as distributed.
REPORTS
5. Professor Peter Vranas submitted for informational purposes the Archives Committee Annual Report for 2009-2010. faculty document 2239
There were no questions or comments.
6. Provost Paul DeLuca submitted for informational purposes the Campus Planning Committee Annual Report for 2009-2010. faculty document 2240
There were no questions or comments.
7. Professor Beth Graue, chair of the Committee on Committees, presented the slates of candidates for faculty-elected committees from the Committee on Committees. faculty document 2241 The slates of nominees are:
Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits
Jeffrey Beneker, Classics (L&S), arts and humanities; non-tenuredJo Ellen Fair, Journalism and Mass Communication (L&S), arts and humanitiesDarian Ibrahim, Law (LAW), social studies; non-tenuredMary Triana, Business (BUS), social studies; non-tenuredChess Adams, Surgical Sciences (VET), biological sciences, who was listed in the COC report hassince withdrawn his name from the ballot.There were no nominations from the floor.Two additional nominees will be announced at the 7 March Faculty Senate meeting.
Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Jean Bahr, Geoscience (L&S), physical sciencesBernadette Baker, Curriculum and Instruction (EDUC), social studiesWilliam Boissonnault, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation (SMPH), biological sciencesEric Raimy, English (L&S), arts and humanitiesMajid Sarmadi, Human Ecology (SOHE), physical sciencesThere were no nominations from the floor.Three additional nominees will be announced at the 7 March Faculty Senate meeting.
Library Committee
Hans Adler, German (L&S), arts and humanitiesKaren Britland, English (L&S), arts and humanitiesKarl Broman, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (SMPH), biological sciencesWarren Porter, Zoology (L&S), biological sciencesThere were no nominations from the floor.
University Committee
Michael Bernard-Donals, English (L&S), arts and humanitiesMark Cook, Animal Sciences (CALS), biological sciencesIvy Corfis, Spanish and Portuguese (L&S), arts and humanitiesDietram Scheufele, Life Sciences Communication, social studiesThere were no nominations from the floor.
8. Professor Katrina Forest submitted for informational purposes the Informational Technology Committee Annual Report for 2009-2010. faculty document 2242
There were no questions or comments.
9. Professor David Nelson submitted for informational purposes the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report for 2009-2010. faculty document 2243
There were no questions or comments.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
10. Professor Judith Burstyn moved to adopt the University Committee Recommendation to Amend Faculty Policies and Procedures to Create the Research, Safety and Compliance Oversight Committee. faculty document 2225
There were a number of questions and comments.The motion passed by voice vote.
NEW BUSINESS
11. Professor Burstyn moved to adopt the Principles for the New Badger Partnership. faculty document 2244b
There were no questions or comments.The motion passed by voice vote.
12. Professor Richard Moss presented for discussion the Recommendation to Create the Department of Cell and Regenerative Biology and the Department of Neuroscience in the School of Medicine and Public Health. faculty document 2245
There was one question and two comments.
13. Professor Burstyn moved to amend the University of Wisconsin-Madison Statement on Consensual Relationships. faculty document 940a
There was one comment.The previous question was moved and seconded, and passed by voice vote.The motion to amend passed by voice vote.
The meeting adjourned at 4:57 p.m.
David Musolf
Secretary of the Faculty
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