University of Wisconsin--Madison
shared governance document
April 12, 2010
The recipients are: Arts and Humanities Division: Stephen E. Lucas (Communication Arts); Biological Sciences Division: Ann C. Palmenberg (Biochemistry); Physical Sciences Division: F. Fleming Crim (Chemistry); Social Studies Division: Bruce E. Wampold (Counseling Psychology)
Chancellor Martin spoke briefly about her recent trip to China and the UW System’s Task Force on a Competitive Workforce.Professor William Tracy announced that the secure web-based elections for elected faculty committees would remain open through Friday, 16 April and urged senators to encourage their departmental faculty to vote. He also spoke about the University Committee’s budget initiative regarding graduate student funding and that PROFS is working to have Senate Bill 523, which addresses issues regarding collective bargaining, amended to ensure that it does not limit academic freedom.
There were no questions.
There were no questions.
There were two comments.
There were three questions.The motion passed without negative vote.
The motion was seconded.
Professor Ian Dobson (District 36) moved to amend the motion to have people with proper legal training incorporate language that addresses his concern as to whether one must identify explicitly whether the subject about which one is speaking is or is not within one’s area of expertise.
The motion to amend was seconded.There were two comments.The motion to amend failed by voice vote.Associate Professor Kurt Feigl (District 58) moved to amend the motion by deleting its second paragraph.The motion to amend was seconded.There were two comments.The motion to amend failed, 62 yes, 67 no.There was continued discussion.Associate Professor Benjamin Singer (District 49) moved to amend the second paragraph by ending the first sentence after the word “obligations” and replacing the remainder of the paragraph with “It is recognized that speech by faculty does not necessarily reflect the views of the institution as a whole.”The motion to amend was seconded.There were several comments.The motion to amend failed, 34 yes, 90 no.The previous question was moved and seconded, and passed by voice vote.
The original motion passed without negative vote.