May 6, 2024, 3:30 pm 

1. Memorial Resolutions for:
Professor Emeritus Robert Thaddeus Aubey (Fac doc 3164)
Professor Emeritus Ernest I. Hanson (Fac doc 3165)
Professor Emeritus Kenneth Waterman Ragland (Fac doc 3166)
Professor Emeritus Joachim von Elbe (Fac doc 3167)

2. Announcements/Information Items

3. Budget Approach Update

4. Question Period

Consent Agenda

5. Minutes of April 1, 2024 Meeting (consent)

Reports

6. Officer Education Committee Annual Report for 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 (Fac doc 3168)

7. Recreation and Wellbeing Advisory Board Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3169)

8. Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid Annual Report for 2023-2024 (Fac doc 3170)

9. Rename the Department of Soil Science to the Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences (Fac doc 3171)

10. Faculty Committees General Election Spring 2024 Results (Fac doc 3172)

Old Business

11. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 1.03 Academic Staff to Clarify Military Officer Ranks with University Faculty Status (Fac doc 3160) (vote)

12. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 2.04 Selection and Terms of Senators, 2.07 Notice to the Faculty of Senate Meetings, 2.08 Agenda for Senate Meetings, and 2.12 Question Period to Clarify Deadlines (Fac doc 3161) (vote)

13. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.04 Other Committees Concerned with Academic and Educational Activities to Clarify the Scope of Search and Screen Committees (Fac doc 3162) (vote)

14. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.28 Campus Planning Committee, 6.32 Committee on Committees, 6.41 Committee on Honorary Degrees, 6.43 Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee, 6.44 Lectures Committee, 6.52 University Academic Planning Council, 6.59 University Research Council to Change the Faculty Seat Appointing Authorities (Fac doc 3163) (vote)

Faculty Senate Minutes 2024-05-06

April 1, 2024, 3:30 pm

1. Memorial Resolutions for:
Professor Emerita Margaret Andreasen (Fac doc 3150)
Professor Emeritus Marshall Cook (Fac doc 3151)
Professor Emerita Jeanette Ross (Fac doc 3152)
Professor Emeritus Blair deWillis Savage (Fac doc 3153)
Professor Emeritus Harold Scheub (Fac doc 3154)

2. Presentation of the 2024 Hilldale Awards
Arts and Humanities Division: Professor Anja Wanner, Department of English
Biological Sciences Division: Professor Robert Landick, Department of Biochemistry
Physical Sciences Division: Professor Robert Hamers, Department of Chemistry
Social Sciences Division: Professor Dietram Scheufele, Department of Life Sciences Communication

3. Announcements/Information Items

4. Question Period

Consent Agenda

5. Minutes of March 4, 2024 Meeting (consent)

6. Proposal to Standardize Membership Information in Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 6 Committees: FPP 6.28 Campus Planning Committee (Fac doc 3155) (consent)

7. Proposal to Standardize Membership Information in Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 6 Committees: FPP 6.59 University Research Council (Fac doc 3156) (consent)

8. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.47 Officer Education Committee to Allow a Designee for the Provost and to Clarify the Ex Officio Seats (Fac doc 3157) (consent)

Reports

9. Immigration and International Issues Committee Annual Report for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3158)

Old Business

10. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 1.02 University Faculty to Clarify the Instructor Rank (Fac doc 3149) (vote) 

New Business

11. Resolution in Recognition of the 175th Anniversary of the University of Wisconsin - Madison (Fac doc 3159) (vote)

12. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 1.03 Academic Staff to Clarify Military Officer Ranks with University Faculty Status (Fac doc 3160) (first reading) 

13. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 2.04 Selection and Terms of Senators, 2.07 Notice to the Faculty of Senate Meetings, 2.08 Agenda for Senate Meetings, and 2.12 Question Period to Clarify Deadlines (Fac doc 3161) (first reading) 

14. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.04 Other Committees Concerned with Academic and Educational Activities to Clarify the Scope of Search and Screen Committees (Fac doc 3162) (first reading)

15. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.28 Campus Planning Committee, 6.32 Committee on Committees, 6.41 Committee on Honorary Degrees, 6.43 Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee, 6.44 Lectures Committee, 6.52 University Academic Planning Council, 6.59 University Research Council to Change the Faculty Seat Appointing Authorities (Fac doc 3163) (first reading) 

Faculty Senate Minutes 2024-04-01

March 4, 2024, 3:30 pm

1. Memorial Resolution for Professor Emerita Bernice Durand (Fac doc 3144)

2. Announcements/Information Items

3. State of Diversity

4. Budget Approach Update

5. Question Period

7. Ombuds Office Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3145)

8. Retirement Issues Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3146)

9. Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report for 2023-2024 (Fac doc 3147)

10. Committee on Disability Access and Inclusion Annual Report for 2023-2024 (Fac doc 3148)

2. Announcements/Information Items

3. Question Period

Consent Agenda

4. Minutes of December 4, 2023 Meeting (consent)

5. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.42 Information Technology Committee to Delegate the Committee Chair Appointment to the Committee (Fac doc 3135) (consent) 

6. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.50 Retirement Issues Committee to Modify the Term Length of the UWMadison Retirement Association Members and Delegate the Committee Chair Appointment to the Committee (Fac doc 3136) (consent) 

7. Report from the Office of the Secretary of the Faculty on the Apportionment of the UWMadison Faulty Senate for Academic Years 2024-2025, 2025-2026, 2026-2027 (Fac doc 3137) (consent)

Reports

8. Budget Committee Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3138)

9. Athletic Board Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3139)

10. PROFS Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3140)

11. Candidates for the Faculty-Elected Committees, Spring 2024 (Fac doc 3141)

Old Business

New Business

13. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.60 Health Care Advisory Committee to Update the Nonvoting Seats (Fac doc 3142) (vote) 

14. Academic Calendar for 2028-2029 (Fac doc 3143) (first reading) 

SPECIAL ORDER NO LATER THAN 4:30 PM

15. Executive Session of the Faculty Senate to Receive the Confidential Report of the Committee on Honorary Degrees* (vote)

*Closed session pursuant to Wisconsin State Statutes 19.85(1)(c) and (f) to discuss personnel action.

Faculty Senate Minutes 2024-02-05

December 4, 2023, 3:30 pm

1. Memorial Resolutions for:
   Professor Emeritus William B. Blankenburg (Fac doc 3123)
   Professor Emeritus Glenn Hamel Bowen (Fac doc 3124)
   Professor Emeritus Thomas J. McCormick (Fac doc 3125)
   Professor Emeritus Richard Herbert Sewell (Fac doc 3126)
   Professor Emeritus John Uicker, Jr. (Fac doc 3127)

2. Announcements/Information Items

3. Update on Student Affairs

4. Question Period

Consent Agenda

5. Minutes of November 6, 2023 meeting (consent)

Reports

6. Committee for Women in the University Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3128)

7. Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions and Financial Aid Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3129)

8. Lectures Committee Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3130)

9. Information Technology Committee Annual Report for 2022-2023 (Fac doc 3131)

Old Business

10. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 3.05 The Graduate School, 6.31 Committee on Disability Access and Inclusion, 6.59 University Research Council and 9.05 Action by Provost on Complaints as a Result of Removing the Dean of the Graduate School Reporting Line from the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education and Renaming the VCRGE to the Vice Chancellor for Research (Fac doc 3122) (vote)

New Business

11. Proposal to Amend the Academic Calendar Spring Recess Scheduling Parameters (Fac doc 3132) (first reading)

Faculty Senate Minutes 2023-12-04

11. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies and Procedures 7.20 Leave of Absence to Add References to Other Leave Rules (Fac doc 3119) (vote)

8. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.28 Campus Planning Committee to Allow the Arboretum to be Represented by the Director or Designee and to Remove Faculty Senate Confirmation of the Environmental Concerns Seat (Fac doc 3106) (vote)

9. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies and Procedures 6.41 Committee on Honorary Degrees to Reduce the Membership Size (Fac doc 3107) (vote)

10. Proposal to Amend Faculty Legislation II-323 (UW-870) Policies and Procedures Governing Access to Electronic Files to Update Language (Fac doc 3108) (first reading)

11. Proposal to Add Faculty Policies and Procedures 7.21 Leave of Absence Under State or Federal Family and Medical Leave Acts (Fac doc 3109) (first reading)

Faculty Senate Minutes 2023-10-02