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Current academic year is shown (July 2025 to June 2026), 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.

December 1, 2025

Monday, December 1, 2025, 3:30 pm, 272 Bascom Hall

All Agenda Documents

    Agenda

      1. Memorial Resolutions for:
      Professor Emeritus I. Martin Isaacs (Fac doc 3270)
      Professor Emeritus Richard Newman Ringler (Fac doc 3271)
      Professor Emeritus Bert Newton Adams (Fac doc 3272)
      Professor Emeritus Joseph Walter Elder (Fac doc 3273)
      Professor Emeritus William Franklin Dove (Fac doc 3274)

      2. Announcements/Information Items

      3. Student Affairs Update

      4. Question Period

      Consent Agenda

      5. Minutes of November 3, 2025 Meeting (consent)

      Reports

        6. Campus Planning Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3275)

        7. University Academic Planning Council Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3276)

        8. Information Technology Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3277)

        9. PROFS Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3278)

        10. Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3254)

        Old Business

        11. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 3.06 and 3.07 Meetings of the Graduate Faculty and 3.07 Graduate Faculty Executive Committee to Clarify Deadlines and Update Committee Language (Fac doc 3266) (vote) - Coversheet

        12. Resolution Concerning any Potential Agreement between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Federal Government (Fac doc 3267) (vote) - Coversheet

        13. Resolution Regarding Regents Policy on General Education Requirements (Fac doc 3268) (vote) Coversheet

        14. Resolution Reaffirming UW–Madison’s Commitment to the Ethnic Studies Requirement and Shared Governance (Fac doc 3269) (vote) - Coversheet

        November 3, 2025

        Monday, November 3, 2025, 3:30 pm, 272 Bascom Hall

        All Agenda Documents

          Agenda

            1. Memorial Resolutions for:
            Professor Emeritus Andrew D. Weiner (Fac doc 3257)
            Professor Emeritus Christen D. Upper (Fac doc 3258)
            Professor Emeritus Thomas L. German (Fac doc 3259)
            Professor Emeritus Robert Joseph Rodini (Fac doc 3260)
            Professor Emerita Sara G. Tarver (Fac doc 3261)

            2. Announcements/Information Items

            3. Question Period

            4. Proposed School/College in Computing and Data Science

            Consent Agenda

            5. Minutes of October 6, 2025 Meeting (consent)

            Reports

              6. Dean of Students Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2023-2025 (Fac doc 3233)

              7. Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3253)

              8. Budget Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3262)

              9. Immigration and International Issues Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3263)

              10. Lectures Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3264)

              11. University Curriculum Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3265)

              Old Business

              12. Proposal to Amend Faculty Legislation II-314 Misconduct in Scholarly Research (UW-869) to Align with Federal Changes (Fac doc 3256) (vote) - Coversheet

              New Business

              13. Proposal to Amend Faculty Policies & Procedures 3.06 and 3.07 Meetings of the Graduate Faculty and 3.07 Graduate Faculty Executive Committee to Clarify Deadlines and Update Committee Language (Fac doc 3266) (first reading) - Coversheet

              14. Resolution Concerning any Potential Agreement between the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Federal Government (Fac doc 3267) (first reading) - Coversheet

              15. Resolution Regarding Regents Policy on General Education Requirements (Fac doc 3268) (first reading) Coversheet

              16. Resolution Reaffirming UW–Madison’s Commitment to the Ethnic Studies Requirement and Shared Governance (Fac doc 3269) (first reading) - Coversheet

              October 6, 2025

              Monday, October 6, 2025, 3:30 pm, 272 Bascom Hall

                Agenda

                  1. Memorial Resolutions for:
                  Professor Emeritus Richard D. Durbin (Fac doc 3250)
                  Professor Emeritus Albert H. Ellingboe (Fac doc 3251)
                  Professor Emeritus Luis Sequeira (Fac doc 3252)
                  2. Announcements/Information Items
                  3. State of the University
                  4. Question Period
                  5. Proposed School/College in Computing and Data Science

                  Consent Agenda

                  6. Minutes of May 5, 2025 Meeting (consent)

                  Reports

                    7. Dean of Students Advisory Committee Annual Report for 2023-2025 (Fac doc 3233)
                    8. Committee on Undergraduate Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3253)
                    9. Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Committee Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3254)
                    10. University Committee and Faculty Senate Annual Report for 2024-2025 (Fac doc 3255)

                    New Business

                    11. Proposal to Amend Faculty Legislation II-314 Misconduct in Scholarly Research (UW-869) to Align with Federal Changes (Fac doc 3256) (first reading

                    SPECIAL ORDER—NO LATER THAN 4:45 PM

                    12. 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 2025-10-06

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