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
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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.
AUTOMATIC CONSENT BUSINESS
REPORTS
5. Professor Peter Vranas submitted for informational purposes the Archives Committee Annual Report for 2009-2010. faculty document
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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
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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-tenured
Jo Ellen Fair, Journalism and Mass Communication (L&S), arts and humanities
Darian Ibrahim, Law (LAW), social studies; non-tenured
Mary Triana, Business (BUS), social studies; non-tenured
Chess Adams, Surgical Sciences (VET), biological sciences, who was listed in the COC report has
since withdrawn his name from the ballot.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 sciences
Bernadette Baker, Curriculum and Instruction (EDUC), social studies
William Boissonnault, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation (SMPH), biological sciences
Eric Raimy, English (L&S), arts and humanities
Majid Sarmadi, Human Ecology (SOHE), physical sciences
There were no nominations from the floor.
Three additional nominees will be announced at the 7 March Faculty Senate meeting.
Hans Adler, German (L&S), arts and humanities
Karen Britland, English (L&S), arts and humanities
Karl Broman, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (SMPH), biological sciences
Warren Porter, Zoology (L&S), biological sciences
There were no nominations from the floor.
Michael Bernard-Donals, English (L&S), arts and humanities
Mark Cook, Animal Sciences (CALS), biological sciences
Ivy Corfis, Spanish and Portuguese (L&S), arts and humanities
Dietram Scheufele, Life Sciences Communication, social studies
There 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
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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
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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
2244bThere 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
2245There was one question and two comments.
13. Professor Burstyn
moved to amend the University of Wisconsin-Madison Statement on Consensual Relationships. faculty document
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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