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AGENDA
2015- 2016 Faculty Senate
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Tuesday, May 3, 2016 @ 2:15 p.m.
UC 259
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
1. Senators present
2. Senators absent (*informed Secretary)
3. Approval of Minutes
1. Minutes of the 2015-2016 Faculty Senate Meeting, April 12, 2016 (attached)
4. Announcements:
1. Welcome to Provost Susan Elrod
2. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee has Appointed Karen Weston as the Faculty Representative on
the UWW Sesquicentennial Committee (action item)
3. Official Response from the Chancellor (4/22/16), regarding Base Salary Adjustment Fund Distribution (FS
1516-13) (attached)
5. Old Business:
6. New Business:
1.
University Curriculum Committee:
a. Transmittal of actions of the University Curriculum Committee April 8, 2016 (action item,
attached) (For more information refer to: http://www.uww.edu/acadaff/facstaff/ucc)
b. Transmittal of actions of the University Curriculum Committee April 22, 2016 (action item,
attached) (For more information refer to: http://www.uww.edu/acadaff/facstaff/ucc)
2.
Department Standards
a. Mathematics Tenure and Promotion Standards (action item, attached)
3.
Resolution of Appreciation for the Exceptional Work of the Grounds Crew (action item, attached) – Tony
Gulig
4.
Resolutions Conferring Emeritus Status (action items: attached)
a. Ray Baus – Communication
b. Zohreh Ghavamshahidi – Political Science
c. Patricia Shaw – Curriculum and Instruction
d. Wallace Sherlock – Curriculum and Instruction
e. William Skelly – Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Coaching
f. David Van Doren – Counselor Education
5.
Seniority Policy (Unofficial straw poll)
6.
Proposed Faculty Personnel Rule Change (action item, attached) – Penny Portman
a. Change in timeline for faculty reviews
7.
Faculty Senate Statement on Tobacco-Free Campus Task Force Draft Policy (action item, attached)
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Faculty Senate Statement Regarding WSG Action on Gender-Inclusivity (action item, attached)
9.
Hate /Biased Incident Reporting Form (action item)
a. https://publicdocs.maxient.com/reportingform.php?UnivofWisconsinWhitewater&layout_id=2
b. Campus Culture website: http://www.uww.edu/campus-culture
10. Strategic Plan – Report from Ad Hoc Strategic Plan Committee Chair – John Stone
7. Reports of Committees:
1. Committee Reports: Continue this year with summary reports and calls for potential actions by Faculty
Senate Committees (See: http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/committees)
a. Report of the Budget Committee
8. Announcements and Information (no action unless noted otherwise)
1. Chancellor’s Report
2. Report of Provost
3. Report of the Faculty Senate Chair
a. Faculty Senate meeting schedule for 2016-17 provided below – Change of start time to 2pm.
b. Campus Culture Working Group Update – Handout from Tom Rios
c. Potential no confidence vote of UW System President Ray Cross
i.
The UW-Madison Faculty Senate will take up a resolution on 5.3.16 of No Confidence in President
Ray Cross and the Board of Regents (see: attachment)
ii.
Back ground info: March 10, 2016 BoR meeting
http://ics.webcast.uwex.edu/Mediasite7/Play/7e7b2079c31d47d494667090c5158b901d
9. For the Good of the Order – Please share ideas that you recommend we address at a future Faculty Senate meeting.
Please also feel free to contact me or a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to suggest agenda items.
10. Senate, Executive Committee, and All-Faculty Meeting Dates and Times
The schedule for the remaining Faculty Senate and Faculty Senate Executive Committee meetings are provided
below.
Meetings for 2015-16 (Also found at: http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/meeting-dates )
 Faculty Senate Meetings: 5/3 (UC 259)
o Faculty Senate: Meetings begin at 2:15 p.m. Faculty Senate meetings continue until business is finished,
potentially 5 PM or later.
 Faculty Senate Executive Meeting: 4/19 (Hyland 3303, 2:15-4:15)
The Faculty Senate, Faculty Senate Executive Committee, and the All-Faculty meeting schedules for 2016-17 are
provided below.
Meetings for 2016-17 (Also found at: http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/meeting-dates )
 Faculty Senate Executive Retreat: 8/23/Tues. (Hyland 3303; 9:00am-2:00pm)
 Faculty Senate Governance Reception 8/29 Mon. 12:00-1:00pm (Young Auditorium, Fern Young Terrace)
 Faculty Senate Meetings: 9/13 (259 UC), 10/11 (259 UC), 11/8 (259 UC), 12/13 (259 UC),
2/14 (TBD), 3/14 (TBD), 4/11 (TBD), 5/2 (TBD)
o Faculty Senate: Meetings begin at 2:00 p.m. Faculty Senate meetings continue until business is finished,
potentially 5 PM or later.
 Faculty Senate Executive Meeting: 9/27, 10/25, 11/29, 1/31, 2/28, 3/28, 4/18 (Hyland 3303, 2:00-4:30)
 Fall Faculty Meeting 10/18 @ 3:30-5:00 (275b UC)
 Spring Faculty Meeting 2/21 @ 3:30-5:00 (TBD)
11. Adjournment