Approved 06-26-25

ASEC Minutes

1:00 – 3:30 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2025

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Members Present: Richard Barajas, Aaron Crandall, Alissa Ewer, Andrew Lokuta, Albert Muniz (chair), Terry Paape, Nicole Senter, Diane Stojanovich, Nola Walker

Guests: Dan Fitch, Lucien Gerondeau, Diana Harvey, Brian Lucas, Karen Massetti-Moran, Patrick Sheehan, Kent Weigel

The meeting was called to order at 1:00 p.m.

The minutes of May 22 were approved.

General Reports

Mallory Musolf, Secretary of the Academic Staff, reported that Provost Isbell was recently named chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and vice president of the University of Illinois System. Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning John Zumbrunnen will serve as interim provost.

Liaison Reports

Nicole Senter reported that the Engineering Committee on Academic Staff Issues (CASI) discussed the CASI Coalition Letter meeting, career progression and the CASI election.

Guest: Kent Weigel, Vice Provost for Faculty and Staff Affairs (VPFSA)

ASEC discussed the recent CASI Coalition Letter meeting with VPFSA Weigel who also attended the meeting. VPFSA Weigel also spoke about his role in helping campus work better for faculty and staff, including advancing policies supportive of faculty and staff as well as being a strategic facilitator to advocate for big picture resources.

Guest: Diana Harvey, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communication

The Office of Strategic Communication meets with the Dean’s Council fairly regularly to update the schools and colleges on major announcements. The goal of these engagements is to build relationships with the deans and to do communication more effectively. The Research Moves Us Forward website (news.wisc.edu/research-impact/) was launched to demonstrate campus’ impact in response to federal research cuts. The website also includes guidance on advocacy, developed in partnership with the Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association. Vice Chancellor Harvey thanked ASEC for making her aware of the System-wide Faculty and Instructional Academic Staff Survey on Freedom of Expression, Academic Freedom, Viewpoint Diversity, and Civil Discourse and encouraged shared governance groups on campus to take advantage of the opportunities to provide input.

Guests: Patrick Sheehan, Chief Human Resources Officer and Karen Massetti-Moran, Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer, Office of Human Resources (OHR)

OHR leadership expressed appreciation for the collaboration and thoughtful dialogue at the CASI Coalition Letter meeting. It was a productive meeting to discuss compensation, staff titling, and professional development resources. Following the meeting, OHR provided HR leads with resources shared at the meeting and encouraged them to share with their stakeholders. They also highlighted awareness of CASIs and encouraged engagement with CASIs. Workday training continues and all are encouraged to complete it. The training is designed to be impactful and time efficient. HR guides are available on the OHR website to further support the HR community. Post Workday go-live, a HR hyper care team will be available to support and help address questions. Beginning July 7, Remote Work Agreements will be known as Flexible Work Arrangement in Workday. My Insurance Benefits, an online benefits administration system, will launch this summer.

Recessed at 2:59 p.m.

Reconvened at 3:07 p.m.

Motion to convene in closed session pursuant to pursuant to Wis. Stats. 19.85(1)(c), and (f) to discuss appointments to the Personnel Policies and Procedures Committee (Crandall). Seconded. Approved.

Motion to reconvene in open session (Crandall). Seconded. Approved.

Business

• Letter regarding survey delay

ASEC revised a draft letter that the secretary of the academic staff will forward to the secretary of the faculty for the University Committee to review.

• Topics for Guests

Provost: transition; impacts for incoming international students

Meeting adjourned at 3:29 p.m.

Minutes submitted by Mallory Musolf, Secretary of the Academic Staff