University of Wisconsin--Madison
shared governance document
March 5, 2012
Professor Emeritus Emmett L. Bennett Jr. faculty document 2320Professor Emeritus Richard C. Berry. faculty document 2321Professor Emeritus Francesco Cerrina. faculty document 2322Professor Emeritus Bernard Harris. faculty document 2323Professor Emeritus Ronald H. Laessig. faculty document 2324Professor Emeritus William Stilwell. faculty document 2325
Professor Ann Hoyt reported to the senate about the Great People Scholarship campaign and the contributions made to it by the University Book Store. A member of the book store’s board presented Chancellor Ward with a $50,000 check as an additional contribution for the scholarship program.Professor Brad Barham spoke about the PROFS handout that was distributed at the door and about proposed legislation that would affect the Wisconsin Retirement System.
There were no questions.
There were no questions.
Arts and Humanities Division
Professor Ivy Corfis, Spanish and Portuguese (District 73)
Professor Paula Gottlieb, Philosophy (District 66)
Biological Sciences Division
Professor Bruce Thomadsen, Medical Physics (District 88)
Professor William Tracy, Agronomy (District 4)
There were no additional nominations from the floor.
Chancellor Ward declared the nominations closed. Electronic balloting information will be distributed to the senators in late March.
There were several comments.
Assistant Professor Noah Feinstein (District 27) moved to amend the motion by adding the following language: “The chair shall be chosen by the committee from among the faculty members appointed pursuant to section A.1. The committee may also, at its discretion, appoint a student or academic staff member appointed pursuant to A.2. and A.3. to serve as co-chair.”The motion to amend was seconded.The motion to amend passed by voice vote.The amended motion passed by voice vote.