Faculty Senate Meeting Information Home - Current Year
Current academic year is shown (July 2026 to June 2027), previous years are linked at the bottom. Meetings minutes are linked from each agenda once approved. Faculty Senate meetings are held on the first Monday of the following months, from 3:30pm-5:30pm, in 272 Bascom Hall: October, November, December, February, March, April, and May. Contact julie.scharm@wisc.edu for more information.
October 5, 2026
Monday, October 5, 2026, 3:30 pm, 272 Bascom Hall
Agenda
1. Memorial Resolutions for:
Professor Emeritus Robert Byron Bird (Fac doc 3322)
Professor Emerita Mary Ann Test (Fac doc 3323)
Professor Emeritus John E. Johnson (Fac doc 3324)
Professor Emeritus Michael J. Smith (Fac doc 3325)
Dean Emeritus Leo Marcellus Walsh (Fac doc 3326)
2. Announcements/Information Items
3. State of the University
4. Question Period
Consent Agenda
5. Minutes of May 4, 2026 Meeting (consent)
6. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.41 Committee on Honorary Degrees to Change Appointment Terms to the Standard Academic Year (Fac doc 3327) (consent) - Coversheet
7. Proposal to Amend Access for Students with Disabilities (UW-855) to Update Grievance Policy Language (Fac doc 3328) (consent) - Coversheet
Reports
8. Budget Committee Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3329) (record)
9. Campus Diversity and Climate Committee Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3330) (record)
10. Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3331) (record)
11. Committee for Women in the University Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3332) (record)
12. Immigration and International Issues Committee Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3333) (record)
13. Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3334) (record)
14. LGBTQ+ Committee Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3335) (record)
15. University Curriculum Committee Annual Report for 2025-2026 (Fac doc 3336) (record)
New Business
16. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.06 Election of Faculty to Committees and 6.32 Committee on Committees to Update the Election Process, Move Election Procedures to the Correct Section, and Update Committee Functions (Fac doc 3337) (first reading) - Coversheet
17. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.27 Campus Diversity and Climate Committee to Update Membership (Fac doc 3338) (first reading) - Coversheet
18. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.47 Officer Education Committee to Update Membership (Fac doc 3339) (first reading) - Coversheet
19. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.51 Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid to Update Membership (Fac doc 3340) (first reading) - Coversheet
20. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 6.56 Committee for Women in the University to Update Membership (Fac doc 3341) (first reading) - Coversheet
21. Proposal to Create a Student Feedback on Teaching and Learning Policy (Fac doc 3310 rev 2) (vote) - Coversheet
SPECIAL ORDER—NO LATER THAN 4:45 PM
22. 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
Archive of Previous Years
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2024-2025
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2023-2024
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2022-2023
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2021-2022
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2020-2021
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2019-2020
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2018-2019
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2017-2018
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2016-2017
Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes for Academic Year 2015-2016
Faculty Senate Minutes list with links to documents, 2010-2015
