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Approved MINUTES
2013/2014 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, April 8, 2:15 p.m.
University Center UC164
http://www.uww.edu/facsenate
1. Call to Order Meeting called to order at 2:18PM by Chair Munro.
2. Roll Call
1. Senators present: Ahmadi, Albrechtsen, Ambrose, Barger, Bren, Ciganek, Emery,
Hohenshell, House, Kopf, Munro, Nawash, Niemeier, Ossers, Porter, Portman, Schneider,
Tillet, Tourigny, Weston, Winchell, Zimmerman
2. Senators absent: (*informed Secretary) Brady, Chen, Chung, Compas, Dugan,
Ghavamshahidi*, Gulig*, Hartwick, Mandell*, Nam, Toms*, Zhao, Zhou
A quorum was lacking, so no official votes could be taken.
3. Approval of Minutes:
1. Minutes of the 2013-2014 Faculty Senate Meeting, March 11, 2014.
(attached) Postponed.
4. Reports of Committees:
1. Faculty Senate Executive Committee:
A. Faculty Senate Chair Election process (information item). Chair Munro distributed a
handout on procedures.
B. Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Graduation Resolution. (action item)
Resolved that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recommends
to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents that the University of WisconsinWhitewater students who have applied for graduation in May 2014 and who have been
certified by the University Registrar to have met all academic requirements and completed
all of their courses of study be granted their degrees at the May 2014 University of
Wisconsin-Whitewater commencement exercises. Postponed, Executive Committee will
approve if a quorum is lacking at the May meeting.
C. Report on the Spring Faculty meeting Chair Munro reported that it was well-attended
and lively. The proposed changes to the Audit and Review Committee were discussed
at length, with the document returned to the Organization Committee for further
consideration. A special meeting of the Organization Committee was held the week of
March 31 for additional input.
D. Announcement of Special faculty meeting Thursday April 24, 2014 4:00 PM in UC 68.
2. University Curriculum Committee:
a. Transmittal of actions of the University Curriculum Committee (action
Item ) Attachments for each
March 7, 2014
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March 21, 2014
Postponed. It was noted that the final diversity guidelines were
approved by the UCC on March 21, 2014.
5. Old Business:
None
6. New Business:
1. Resolution of congratulations to athletic teams (Action item) A
copy of the proposed resolution was distributed; action postponed.
2. Financial Aid-Unofficial Withdrawals (information item – no
action) Jodi Hare and Matt Aschenbrener
Due to results of a Legislative Bureau audit of official and
unofficial withdrawals and the need for accurate reporting of L
and F grades for Federal financial aid reports, the Registrar and the
Office of Financial Aid are putting together an action plan.
The Registrar will be changing the grades scale next fall to FS and
FX to replace L and F; both will appear as F on a transcript. FX
will be reported for students who never show and FS for unofficial
drops – a handout with examples will be distributed. They will be
working with D2L to make sure of smooth interface with WINS.
Financial Aid will contact students with FX and FS grades. The
students will then have the responsibility to contact their
professors for a verification of the student’s class activity and
attendance. The Office will have a web page to explain
procedures.
In addition, they reported that the Courseleaf implementation is
going well.
3. Personnel rules changes - Faculty Personnel Rules Committee:
(Action item - Attached) FPRC Chair Portman reported that they
are trying to incorporate comments they have received and
working through some formatting issues. They plan to meet with
the Chancellor and Provost to discuss several issues.
7. Announcements and Information (no action unless noted otherwise)
1. Report of the Chancellor: None
2. Report of Provost: Dr. Kopper distributed the chart UWS has asked the campuses to use
to answer Representative Robin Voss’s request concerning faculty workload. Only
statistics for full-time faculty and academic instructional staff from Fall 2012/Spring 2013
will be included in the first set of responses. The document is due May 23 and campuses
are allowed to add up to three narratives that speak to overall workload and outliers.
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3. Report of the Senate Chair: Chair Munro reported that the Faculty Representatives also
discussed the Voss request. The UWS Committee on Faculty Workload and
Compensation is to report at the next BOR meeting. The remediation committee is
looking at proposing a uniform cut-off for required remedial work across the UW system;
it currently varies by campus. Applications for admission are down across the System.
System is trying to identify a coherent 30-credit general education transfer.
8. Senate Meeting Dates and Times
1.Faculty Senate: Meetings begin at 2:15 p.m. Faculty Senate meetings continue until business is finished,
potentially 5 PM or later. The location(s)of the Senate meetings for Spring-2014 have not yet been
determined.2013-2014 Faculty Senate meeting dates: Sept. 10, 2013; Oct 8, 2013; Nov 12, 2013; Dec 10,
2013; Feb 11, 2014; Mar 11, 2014; Apr8, 2014; May 6, 2014
2.Faculty Senate Executive Committee: Meetings of the Executive Committee are typically at 2:15 on
Tuesdays two weeks before Senate meetings and as needed. The location(s) of the Senate Executive
Committee meetings for 2013-2014 is Hyland Hall Room 4300A 2013-2014 Faculty Senate Executive
meeting dates: Aug.27, 2013; Sept. 24, 2013; Oct. 22, 2013; Nov. 26, 2013; Jan. 28, 2014; Feb. 25, 2014;
Mar. 25, 2014; Apr. 20, 2014
9. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 3:18 PM.