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Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2015-2016
May 17, 2016
Special Meeting
1. Announcements/Information Items.
2. Question Period.
3. Ombuds and Employee Assistance Office annual reports (Fac doc 2620, revised).
4. Archives Committee annual report, 2014-2016 (Fac doc 2625).
5. University Committee annual report, 2015-2016 (Fac doc 2626).
6. Report of elections to UW-Madison faculty committees for 2016-2017 (Fac doc 2627)
7. Advisory Committee for the Office of Equity and Diversity annual report, 2014-2015 (Fac doc 2619).
8. University Research Council and related Policies and Procedures changes (for vote) (Fac doc 2615).
9. Budget Committee and related Faculty Policies and Procedures changes (for vote) (Fac doc 2616, revised).
10. Recommendations on the academic calendar (first reading) (Fac doc 2632).
11. Revised Shared Governance Values statement (for vote) (Fac doc 2617, revised)
Faculty Senate Minutes 2016-05-17
May 2, 2016
2. Announcements/Information Items.
3. Question Period.
4. Minutes of April 4 (consent).
5. Advisory Committee for the Office of Equity and Diversity annual report, 2014-2015 (Fac doc 2619)
6. Ombuds and Employees Assistance Office annual reports (Fac doc 2620, revised).
7. Archives Committee annual report, 2014-2016 (Fac doc 2625).
8. University Committee annual report, 2015-2016 (Fac doc 2626).
9. Report of elections to UW-Madison faculty committees for 2016-2017 (Fac doc 2627).
10. Resolution on cultural competency (for vote) (Fac doc 2628).
11. Resolution on solidarity with Muslim students, staff, and faculty (for vote) (Fac doc 2629).
12. Resolution on actions by UW System and Board of Regents (for vote) (Fac doc 2630).
13. University Research Council incorporation into Faculty Policies and Procedures (for vote) (Fac doc 2615).
14. Budget Committee and related Faculty Policies and Procedures changes (for vote) (Fac doc 2616, revised).
15. Course evaluations based around the UW Essential Learning Outcomes (first reading) (Fac doc 2631).
16. Recommendations on the academic calendar (first reading) (Fac doc 2632)
Faculty Senate minutes 2016-05-02April 4, 2016
2. Presentation of the 2015-2016 Hilldale Awards to:
Arts and Humanities Division: Professor Steve Stern (History)
Biological Sciences Division: Professor Paul Ahlquist (Plant Pathology)
Physical Sciences Division: Professor Laura Kiessling (Chemistry)
Social Studies Division: Professor Michael Apple (Curriculum and Instruction)
3. Announcement/Information Items.
State of Research Enterprise.
Diversity Update.
4. Question Period.
5. Approval of Minutes of March 7.
6. Advisory Committee for the Office of Equity and Diversity Annual Report, 2014-2015. (Fac doc 2619)
7. Ombuds and Employee Assistance Office Annual Reports. (Fac doc 2620)
8. Open-Access Policy Recommendation (Fac doc 2612)
9. University Research Council and Related Faculty Policies and Procedures Changes. (Fac doc 2615, revised)
10. Values Statement on Shared Governance at UW-Madison (Fac doc 2617)
11. Proposal to Add to Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 6: Budget Advisory Committee (first reading) (Fac doc 2616, revised)
March 7, 2016
2. Announcements/Information Items.
3. Question Period.
Automatic Consent Business
4. Minutes of February 2.
Old Business
5. Update: Faculty Senate Districts and Apportionment for Academic Years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. (Fac doc 2610)
Center for Jewish Studies and Department of Linguistics will join German, Nordic, and Slavic in Faculty Senate District 59, retiring districts 80 and 81.
New Business
6. University Library Committee Resolution in support of an Open Access Policy for the University of Wisconsin-Madison (Fac doc 2612)
7. Children in the Workplace Policy (Fac doc 2613)
8. Committee on Women in the University Proposed Updates to Faculty Policies and Procedures 6.56, Membership and Functions (Fac doc 2614)
9. University Research Council and Related Faculty Policies and Procedures Changes (first reading) (Fac doc 2615)
10. Proposal to Add to Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 6: Budget Advisory Committee Proposed (first reading) (Fac doc 2616)
11. Values Statement on Shared Governance at UW-Madison (first reading) (Fac doc 2617)
Faculty Senate Minutes 2016-03-07February 1, 2016
2. Announcements/Information Items.
3. Question Period.
Automatic Consent Business
4. Minutes of December 7.
5. 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 Arts and Humanities Division for a 4-year term:
Ivy Corfis, district 73, L&S/Spanish and Portuguese
Venkat Mani, district 59, L&S/German
6. Committee on Committees Annual Report for 2016: Nominations for Faculty-Elected Committees. (Fac Doc 2600)
7. Recreational Sports Board Annual Report, 2014-2015. (Fac Doc 2601)
8. Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report. (Fac Doc 2602)
9. AAU Climate Survey on Sexual Assault. (Fac Doc 2603)
10. Resolution of the Committee on Women in the University: Regarding the UW-Madison Sexual Assault Climate Survey Task Force Report and Recommendations. (Fac Doc 2604)
11. Recommendation to Change the Name of the Department of African Languages and Literature to the Department of African Cultural Studies, College of Letters and Science. (Fac Doc 2605)
12. Recommendation to Merge the Departments of German, Scandinavian Studies, and Slavic Languages and Literature to become the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic. (Fac Doc 2606)
13. Recommendation to Merge the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature and the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia to become the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures. (Fac Doc 2607)
14. Recommendation to Change the Name of the School of Music to the Mead Witter School of Music, College of Letters and Science. (Fac Doc 2608)
15. Proposed Revision to Faculty Policies and Procedures, Chapter 6: Addition of the Committee for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer People in the University. (Fac Doc 2609)
16. Faculty Senate Districts and Apportionment for Academic Years 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. (Fac Doc 2610)Faculty Senate Minutes 2016-02-01
December 7, 2015
2. Announcements/Information Items.
3. Question Period.
Automatic Consent Business
4. Minutes of November 2.
Reports
5. PROFS, Inc. Annual Report for 2013-2014. (Fac Doc 2591)
6. Committee on Women in the University Annual Report for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. (Fac Doc 2592)
7. University Curriculum Committee Annual Reports for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. (Fac Doc 2593)
Old Business
8. Proposed Revisions to Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 7 (Post-Tenure Review policy). (Fac Doc 2583a)
New Business
9. Report and Recommendations, Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits. (Fac Doc 2594)
SPECIAL ORDER: NO LATER THAN 4:45 PM
10. Executive Session of the Faculty Senate to Receive the Confidential Report of the Committee on Honorary Degrees.
Faculty Senate Minutes 2015-12-07
November 2, 2015
2. Announcements/Information Items.
3. Question Period.
Automatic Consent Business
4. Minutes of October 5.
Confirmation of Committee Appointment
5. Professor David Vanness (Department of Population Health Sciences) to serve on the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities for spring semester 2016, replacing Susan Lederer who is on sabbatical.
Reports
6. University Academic Planning Council Annual Report for 2014-2015. (Fac doc 2580)
Old Business
7. Proposed Revisions to Faculty Policies and Procedures on Layoff and Termination (Fac doc 2569a)
New Business
8. UW-Madison Faculty Senate Resolution on Concealed Carry. (Fac doc 2581)
9. UW-Madison Faculty Senate Resolution on Restrictions on Fetal Tissue Research. (Fac doc 2582)
10. Proposed Revisions to Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 7 (Post-Tenure Review Policy). (first reading) (Fac doc 2583)
11. Revisions to University Curriculum Committee Membership. (Fac doc 2584)
12. Statement of Support for the Faculty Senate of the University of Iowa. (Fac doc 2585)
13. UW-Madison Faculty Senate Resolution on AFT-Wisconsin Higher Education Council Statement on Tenure and Indefinite Status. (Fac doc 2586)
Faculty Senate Minutes 2015-11-02October 5, 2015
2. State of the University.
3. Announcements/Information Items.
4. Question Period.
Automatic Consent Busines
5. Minutes of 4 May.
6. Minutes of 9 June.
7. Highlights of Faculty Legislation and Faculty Senate Business for 2014-2015 (Fac doc 2568)
Confirmation of Committee Appointments
8. Professor Jean Bahr (Department of Geoscience) to serve on the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities for 2015-2016, replacing Nancy Kendall who is on sabbatical.
9. Professor Jin-Wen Yu (Department of Dance) to serve on the Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities for 2015-2016, replacing J. Michael Collins who is on sabbatical.
10. Professor Linda Graham (Department of Botany) to serve on the Library Committee for 2015-2016, replacing Cecile Ane who is on sabbatical.
11. Professor Neil Kodesh (Department of History) to serve on the Library Committee for 2015-2016, replacing Larry Nesper who resigned.
New Business
12. Faculty Policies and Procedures Chapter 10 Proposed Revision: Program Discontinuance, Curtailment, Modification, or Redirection (first reading). (Fac doc 2569)
13. Proposed changes to the Academic Calendar, 2016-2021. (Fac doc 2570)
14. Modification of Workflow for Tenure Clock Extension Requests. (Fac doc 2571)
15. Division of International Studies Name Change to The International Division. (Fac doc 2572)
16. AFT-Wisconsin Higher Education Council Statement on Tenure and Indefinite Status. (Fac doc 2573)