Academic Planning Committee Meeting
Minutes for 12/17/15, 11:00 AM, 2200 Centennial Hall
Present: Melissa Bingham, Tracy Caravella, Gerald Iguchi, Sergey Komissarov, Stephen Mann,
Chia-Chen Yu
Excused: Eric Barnes, David Howard, Huiya Yan
Guests: Sandy Grunwald, Penny Tiedt, Kuang Wei Wen,
1. Minutes from 12/07/15 meeting approved. – M/S/P 6/0/0
2. Review of Health Information Management and Technology Program (pre-authorization
stage) – Representative Kuang Wei Wen from Information Systems presented an overview of
the proposal and answered questions from committee members. A question arose from Sandy
Grunwald and Penny Tiedt (Continuing Education and Extension) about whether APC could preapprove the authorization stage at this time, as well, pending no Faculty Senate or System
concerns. Sandy Grunwald explained that this was a unique case, because the program already
exists and all of the documentation for both stages is, therefore, already ready.
Motion to approve both the pre-authorization and the authorization stage pending no concerns
from UW System or Faculty Senate. – M/S/P 6/0/0
3. Continued discussion of additions to APC’s Procedures and Guidelines document regarding
proposal preparation for new minors/concentrations/emphases and centers/institutes. Two
changes were suggested to the revised document prepared by Melissa Bingham:
• To the new section on institutes and centers: A description of the mission/purpose of
the proposed Institute or Center and its anticipated activities, “highlighting any unique
benefits to the UW-L and/or the greater communities”
• Throughout the document: Change “release time” to “reassignment time” to align more
closely with UW-L and System preferred terminology
Motion to approve the new APC Procedures and Guidelines document with the two suggested
changes. M/S/P 6/0/0
4. Discussed possible meeting times for the spring semester. Alternating 4pm Monday and
10am Friday should still work for most committee members, but Melissa Bingham will confirm
with absent committee members.
5. Melissa Bingham will ask Brad Seebach for a replacement committee member for next
semester to fill David Howard’s vacated seat.
6. Meeting adjourned at 11:32 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen L. Mann