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Faculty Senate Minutes 2019-12-02

Minutes approved 02-03, 2020

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Chancellor Rebecca Blank called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. with 151 voting members present (111 needed for quorum). Memorial resolutions were offered for Professor Emeritus Tom Carpenter (Fac Doc 2854) and Professor Emeritus Robert D. Lorenz (Fac Doc 2855)

Chancellor Blank ceded the chair to Provost Karl Scholz for the balance of the meeting. He noted that the campus mourns the sudden death of Professor Teju Olaniyan, Professor of English. Scholz commented on UW-Madison’s proposal to adapt the Board of Regents policy for non-resident enrollment to include transfer, off-cycle, and Minnesota compact students (who pay in state tuition); he extended congratulations to the three Rhodes Scholar finalists. He also reinforced the university’s commitment to the hostile and intimidating behavior (HIB) policy, and cited some tools the campus community can use to address problems, such as training, reporting, and exploring best practices (e.g. the College of Engineering efforts). University Committee chair Terry Warfield asked everyone to take a moment to reflect on one sentence of the Our Shared Future plaque at each senate meeting. He also commented on the UC’s involvement in implementing the HIB policy, and reminded faculty to be involved in department discussions to roll out the Title and Total Compensation (TTC) project.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Lori Reesor, gave an update on activities in her office, such as monthly meetings on diversity by student leaders; the very successful voter registration drive; a field trip to the Smithsonian Museums in Washington D.C.; awards of a student leadership certificate; and events around Human Rights Week at the Wisconsin Union. Challenges for campus include addressing mental health needs; diversity, equity, and inclusion to increase cultural competency; the American Association of Universities (AAU) sexual assault survey reporting that 1 in 4 undergraduate women experience sexual violence—there is still much there to improve.

Susan Fuszard, from the Employee Assistance Office (EAO) highlighted trends in who uses their services and how the EAO can help with work and home life challenges. A new service, LifeMatters, provides 24/7 advice and information on a variety of topics: legal consultation (e.g., setting up power of attorney or dealing with identity theft), convenience services (finding the perfect exercise class or childcare or house; a list of gluten-free restaurants for a cross-country road trip).

The Faculty Senate Minutes 2019-11-04 were approved.

Dean Bill Karpus presented the annual reports of the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) (Fac doc 2856) and Graduate School (Fac doc 2857); Professor David Noyce presented information about the Discontinuation of the Department of Engineering Professional Development (Fac doc 2858) and Professor Nasia Safdar presented the Campus Diversity & Climate Committee (CDCC) annual report (Fac doc 2859). Safdar moved to add a postdoctoral scholar to the CDCC membership. The motion was seconded and passed by voice vote without dissent (Fac doc 2160).

Professor Warfield presented a Resolution in Objecting to the Composition of the University of Wisconsin System President Search and Screen Committee (Fac doc 2861), which passed by voice vote without dissent. Professor Warfield also presented Faculty document 2862, a Resolution Endorsing the Wiscard Emergency Contact Resolution Passed by the Associated Students of Madison

Professor Warfield moved to convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c) and (f) to consider the recommendation of the Committee on Honorary Degrees. The motion was seconded and passed at 4:39 p.m. Professor Dietram Scheufele (Department of Life Sciences & Communication and chair, Committee on Honorary Degrees) presented background information on the honorary degree nominees. Senators voted by paper and electronic ballot whether to award the degrees. Both candidates were approved with 130 votes cast. Professor Steve Ventura (University Committee, District 120) moved to reconvene in open session. The motion was seconded and passed at 4:46 p.m., at which point Provost Scholz adjourned the meeting.

 

Jane M. Richard
Interim Secretary of the Faculty

University of Wisconsin-Madison Secretary of the Faculty 133 Bascom Hall FACULTY SENATE MEETING AGENDA MATERIALS for 2 December 201 9 The University Committee encourages senators to discuss the agenda with their departmental faculty prior to meeting. FACULTY SE NATE AGENDAS, MINUTES, RECORDINGS, TRANSCRIPTIONS AND FACULTY DOCUMENTS, I NCLUDING FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES, ARE AVAILABLE: secfac.wisc.edu/governance/faculty-senate/ University of Wisconsin Madison FACULTY SENATE MEETING Monday, December 2 2019 - 3:30 p.m. 272 Bascom Hall AG E N D A 1.Memorial Resolutions for: Professor Emeritus Tom Carpenter (Fac Doc 2854) Professor Emeritus Robert D. Lorenz (Fac Doc 2855) 2.Announcements/Information Items UW-Madison Student Affairs Update (Lori Reesor) Employee Assistance Office update including LifeMatters (Susan Fuszard) 3.Question period. 4.Minutes of November 4 meeting. (consent). 5.Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) Annual Report for 2018-2019 (Fac doc 2856) 6.Graduate School Annual Report for 2018-2019 (Fac doc 2857) 7.Discontinuation of the Department of Engineering Professional Development (Fac doc 2858) 8.Campus Diversity & Climate Committee Annual Report, 2018-2019 (Fac doc 2859) 9.Proposal to Update Faculty Policies & Procedures 627.A., Campus Diversity & Climate Committee Membership (Fac doc 2860) (vote) 10.Resolution in Objecting to the Composition of the University of Wisconsin System President Search and Screen Committee. (Fac doc 2861) (vote) 11.Resolution Endorsing the Wiscard Emergency Contact Resolution Passed by the Associated Students of Madison. (Fac doc 2862) (vote) 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) Upcoming Faculty Senate Meetings – 3:30 p.m., 272 Bascom Hall February 3, March 2, April 6, May 4, 2020 Page 1 of 34 Faculty Document 2854 2 December 2019 Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison On the Death of Professor Emeritus Thomas Phelps Carpenter Thomas P. Carpenter, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, passed away on August 7, 2018 at the age of 78. He was born on July 5, 1940 in Galesburg, IL, and he spent his childhood living in California and New York, following his father's career moves. He then spent most of his married life in Wisconsin, and always considered Wisconsin “home.” Tom earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Stanford University in 1962, his master's degree in Mathematics from San Diego State University in 1968, and his doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1971. Tom had a long and distinguished career in education, serving first as a high school mathematics teacher and then as a university faculty member at Boston University and San Diego State University before spending the majority of his career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He spent almost 30 years as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and more than 10 additional years as a principal investigator on research projects at the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research. In 2004, Tom was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, reflecting his contributions as an intellectual giant in the field of mathematics education. He leaves behind an immense record of research that has deeply influenced the field on theoretical, practical, and policy levels. He also served in numerous leadership roles, such as editing the field's flagship research journal (“Journal for Research in Mathematics Education”), designing items and interpreting results for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and directing two national centers—the National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA) and the Diversity in Mathematics Education Center for Learning and Teaching (DiME). Tom was a pioneer in attending to young children's mathematical thinking, and he was especially known for his role in developing Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI). This research and professional development project led to the creation of an intellectual and professional community of elementary school teachers and researchers that is still thriving today, more than 30 years after its inception. Central to CGI is research-based knowledge ab>> I believe we have a quorum present, so I'm going to call the meeting to order and ask everyone to rise as you are able, for the reading of memorial resolutions. [ Ambient Noise ] Let me recognize Professor Amy Bellmore to present the memorial resolution for Professor Emeritus, Frank Baker, Amy. >> Dr. Frank Baker, scholar, statistician, distinguished combat veteran, and avid skier and flyer, died on November 9, 2018, just days before his 91st birthday. Born and raised in Minnesota, Dr. Baker earned undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Minnesota, before joining the university's Department of Educational Psychology in 1951. He retired 37 years later, after a distinguished record of research, community, and scholarly service. Dr. Baker authored over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and three books on various aspects of educational measurement, especially item response theory. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, two children, and two grandchildren. >> Thank you, and I want to recognize that Professor Baker's daughter, Anne Marie Baker, is here. Thank you for coming. [ Applause ] Let me recognize Professor Stephen [inaudible] to present the memorial resolution for Professor Emeritus, Fred Madison. >> Professor Fred Madison was passionate about protecting natural resources through education, research, and advocacy, throughout his career. After receiving UW Madison degrees in geology and soil science, Fred was appointed by the first Peace Corp director, Sergeant Shriver, as a Director of Recruiting. He then served as legislative assistant to Senator Gaylord Nelson, where he helped create the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. In 1978 he was appointed as an assistant professor in soil science, and as an extension state specialist, with the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. Highlights of his university research and outreach career include; evaluation of seepage from earth and live animal waste storage pits, establishment of routine county drinking water inventories, and co-founder of University of Wisconsin Extension Discovery Farms. Fred was one of a kind. He passed June 3, 2019. >> Thank you Steve, and let me recognize that Professor Madison's wife, Tracy, is in the back of the room, thank you for coming. [ Applause ] That concludes the memorial resolutions, please be seated. [ Ambient Noise ] Welcome to the middle of the semester, it's always that time when you can't quite believe it's already the first week of November. I've got a number of things that I'm going to run through relatively quickly so we can get to business. I'm actually going to go backwards here, I often start with good news, but I'm going to start with some more difficult news and move to the good news at the end. And let me start with our policies on hostile and intimidating behavior. I know many of you have seen the recent state journal articles about the student death in the College of Engineering. It is a tragic story and it's a concerning one. I want to state clearly, at UW Madison, we are committed to maintaining a supportive climate of collegiality in which all members of our community treat each other with respect. Indeed, effective education cannot occur outside such a climate. Hostile or intimidating behavior should not be tolerated. This body and the other governance bodies passed a hostile and intimidating behavior policy, I think that was finally passed through everything in 2016, and in 2017 we were just in the process of setting this up. We've worked to establish campus wide policies and training around hostile and intimidating behavior in the workplace and that's rooted in our commitment and fundamental obligation to provide safe and supportive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. The case that has been highlighted in the state journal is exactly the type of case that our hostile and intimidating behavior policy is meant to address. And I want to call on every member of the campus community to be a partner in identifying, addressing, and confronting incidences of hostile and intimidating behavior. For too long, as many of us know, these sorts of interactions have existed in the shadows, they've been discounted as this is just the way someone is, and those dynamics are even further exasperated when you're in a situation of a power imbalance, an advisor or student, a supervisor or an employee. But for this policy to work, it needs buy-in from students, faculty and staff, to take a paFaculty Document 2854 2 December 2019 Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison On the Death of Professor Emeritus Thomas Phelps Carpenter Thomas P. Carpenter, Professor Emeritus of Curriculum and Instruction, passed away on August 7, 2018 at the age of 78. He was born on July 5, 1940 in Galesburg, IL, and he spent his childhood living in California and New York, following his father's career moves. He then spent most of his married life in Wisconsin, and always considered Wisconsin “home.” Tom earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Stanford University in 1962, his master's degree in Mathematics from San Diego State University in 1968, and his doctoral degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1971. Tom had a long and distinguished career in education, serving first as a high school mathematics teacher and then as a university faculty member at Boston University and San Diego State University before spending the majority of his career at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He spent almost 30 years as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and more than 10 additional years as a principal investigator on research projects at the Wisconsin Center for Educational Research. In 2004, Tom was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, reflecting his contributions as an intellectual giant in the field of mathematics education. He leaves behind an immense record of research that has deeply influenced the field on theoretical, practical, and policy levels. He also served in numerous leadership roles, such as editing the field's flagship research journal (“Journal for Research in Mathematics Education”), designing items and interpreting results for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), and directing two national centers—the National Center for Improving Student Learning and Achievement in Mathematics and Science (NCISLA) and the Diversity in Mathematics Education Center for Learning and Teaching (DiME). Tom was a pioneer in attending to young children's mathematical thinking, and he was especially known for his role in developing Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI). This research and professional development project led to the creation of an intellectual and professional community of elementary school teachers and researchers that is still thriving today, more than 30 years after its inception. Central to CGI is research-based knowledge about how young children intuitively think about mathematics and how teaching involves listening to and building on children's thinking. This work emphasizes children's sense making and conceptual understanding because Tom believed that understanding mathematics is a basic human right. He worked tirelessly to increase access to high-level mathematics for all children— particularly children traditionally underserved by U.S. schools because of their economic, linguistic, or racial backgrounds. He viewed teachers as skilled professionals who were the centerpiece for achieving this goal, and thus he engaged in long-term collaborations with teachers and fought mandates that dictated teaching practices and constrained teachers' decision-making. Further, CGI has been one of the most long-lasting and influential projects in the history of mathematics education, and as such, Tom has helped to transform the teaching of thousands of teachers thereby influencing the learning of hundreds of thousands of children. Tom will continue to influence future generations through his prolific writings that were targeted to a variety of audiences. His publications for researchers included not only the immense collection of empirical research studies on CGI but also two landmark Handbook chapters. The first was published in 1986 in the Handbook of Research on Teaching (3 rd ed.), and this innovative chapter pushed the field to integrate two previously separate disciplines of scientific inquiry—research on teaching and research on learning—and this integration was foundational to many research and professional development projects in the subsequent national reform movement. The second was published in 1992 in the Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and this noteworthy chapter presented a powerful framework for examining issues of understanding in relation to both the teacFaculty Document 2855 2 December 2019 Memorial Resolution of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison On the Death of Professor Emeritus Robert D. Lorenz Professor Emeritus Robert D. Lorenz, age 72, died in hospice care in Madison surrounded by members of his loving family on January 27, 2019. Bob was born on March 31, 1946, in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. After receiving his BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering at UW-Madison, Bob served two years as a Systems Test Engineer in the US Army at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. He spent the next 10 years working as a Senior Research Staff Engineer at Gleason Works in Rochester, New York, where his expertise as a control engineer grew rapidly, foreshadowing his life-work at UW- Madison. Among his many significant contributions at Gleason was his leadership in introducing computer control technologies into advanced gear manufacturing equipment. Despite having earned an MBA in 1980, Bob turned down engineering management opportunities at Gleason to return to UW-Madison in 1982 to pursue his PhD in ME under the supervision of Prof. John Bollinger. After completing his PhD in only two years, Bob joined the ME faculty at UW-Madison as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Soon after, he was recruited by Prof. Donald Novotny in the Department of Electrical Engineering to take on the role of Associate Director in the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC), a then-new industry/academic partnership that continues to thrive today. Bob's defining relationship with WEMPEC continued throughout his 35-year career, including 22 years of leadership service as WEMPEC Co-Director. Bob left an indelible imprint on WEMPEC which, over the ensuing years, developed an international reputation as one of the foremost academic programs in its field on a global basis. During his illustrious career, Bob held two chaired professorships at UW-Madison, the Mead Witter Foundation Consolidated Papers Professor of Controls Engineering, and the Elmer R. and Janet A. Kaiser Chair. Bob pioneered many significant new developments in the fields of electric machines and power electronics controls during his 33 years as a UW-Madison faculty member. In particular, Bob became an international leader in the development of methods for eliminating speed and position sensors from motor controllers by utilizing characteristics of the machines themselves, often in combination with high- frequency signal injection techniques. He is recognized globally as one of the foremost authorities in this field based on the depth and breadth of his technical achievements. Several of these self-sensing techniques have been successfully adopted in commercial machine drive products. In the early 1990's, Bob was at the forefront of international efforts to develop advanced motor control methods utilizing state observers that were implemented in emerging digital motor controls. These techniques further enhanced his work in self-sensing controls and led to the development of an entirely new and innovative method of high-performance motor control which Bob named Deadbeat Direct Torque and Flux Control (DB-DTFC). This control methodology, first described in a 2001 paper, delivers a new level of performance surpassing conventional field-oriented control, and is in the process of being adopted by industry for use in new high-performance machine drives. Other areas where Bob made pioneering technical contributions include: 1) new methods of flux manipulation and control in permanent magnet electric machines, both in their electromagnetic design as well as in active control of their magnetization state; and 2) new contributions to the design and control of power electronic power modules, including the integration of point magnetic field detector arrays to achieve non-invasive current sensing with ultra-high bandwidth. This impressive body of technical work has been documented in more than 400 published papers in leading archival technical publications, earning Bob and his students more than 35 prize paper awards from highly-respected international conferences and professional societies. He was responsible for more than 45 US patent awards and applications. Bob had a well-deserved reputation during his academic career for his tireless dedication to student education both as a course instructor and graduate-level research supervisor. Bob was well known by -2-DATE: 9 September 2019 TO: University Com mittee FROM: William J. Karpus Dean Chair, GFEC RE: Report of GFEC action AY2018-19 I am pleased to report on the actions of the Graduate Faculty Executive Committee (GFEC) for academic year 2018- 19. This is a brief summary of 2018- 19 approvals and reviews. Further information is included in the following pages. GFEC Approvals •Approved 6 notices of intent to create new graduate programs •Established 2 master's degree programs, 1 doctoral minor, 17 named options, 1 graduate/professional certificate and 1 capstone certificate •Renamed 2 master's and 1 PhD degree programs •Restructured 2 master's degree programs, 1 doctoral minor, and 2 capstone certificates •Changed admitting status of 1 master's degree program •Suspended admissions to 1 master's degree program, 2 PhD programs, 2 named options and 1 graduate/professional certificate •Discontinued 2 master's degree programs, 1 PhD program, 1 named option, 2 doctoral minors, 4 graduate/professional certificates, and 3 capstone certificates GFEC Reviews •Program reviews of 14 programs •Review updates of 8 programs Office of the Dean 217 Bascom Hall 500 Lincoln Drive Madison, WI 53706- 1380 grad.wisc.edu Email: GraduateSchoolDean@grad.wisc.edu; Phone: (608) 263-1353; Fax: (608) 265-9505 Faculty Document 2856 2 December 2019 Graduate Faculty Executive Commit tee (GFEC) Annual Report for 2018-2019 Notices of Intent •Notice of Intent to establish a Master of Science in Applied Biotechnology from the School of Medicine and Public Health. (GFEC November 2018) •Notice of Intent to establish a Master of Science in Athletic Training from the Department of Kinesiology in the School of Education. (GFEC December 2018) •Notice of Intent to establish a Master of Science in Business Analytics from the School of Business. (GFEC March 2019) •Notice of Intent to establish a Master of Science in Clinical and Health Informatics from the School of Medicine and Public Health. (GFEC March 2019) •Notice of Intent to establish a Master of Science in Design + Innovation from the College of Engineering. (GFEC December 2018) •Notice of Intent to establish a Master of Science in Information from the Information School in the College of Letters & Science. (GFEC December 2018) Established Master's Degrees •Master of Science in Design + Innovation effective Summer 2020. (GFEC April 2019) •Master of Science in Applied Biotechnology effective Fall 2019. (GFEC December 2018) Doctoral Minors •Doctoral Minor in Community-Engaged Scholarship. Effective Fall 2019. (GFEC December 2018) Named Options •Agricultural and Applied Economics MS Named Option “Professional Option”. Effective Fall 2019. (GFEC October 2018) Biomedical Engineering MS Named Option “Accelerated Program”. Effective Fall 2019. (GFEC October 2018) •Biomedical Engineering MS Named Option “Biomedical Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship”. Effective Fall 2019. (GFEC October 2018) •Business: Operations and Technology Management MS Named Option “Business Analytics”. Effective Fall 2019. (GFEC January 2019) •Business: Real Estate and Urban Land Economics MS Named Option “Real Estate”. Effective Fall 2019. (GFEC January 2019) •Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis MS Named Option "Educational Policy Analysis & Evaluation". Effective Fall 2020. (GFEC May 2019) •Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis PhD Named Option "Educational Policy Analysis & Evaluation". Effective Fall 2020. (GFEC May 2019) •Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis MS Named Option "Higher Education". Effective Fall 2020. (GFEC May 2019) •Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis PhD Named Option "Higher Education". Effective Fall 2020. (GFEC May 2019) •Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis MS Named Option "K-12 Leadership". Effective Fall 2020. (GFEC May 2019) •Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis PhD Named Option "K-12 Leadership". Effective Fall 2020. (GFEC May 2019) BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB 8:0DGLVRQ)DF'RF


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