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Approved MINUTES
2013/2014 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, May 6, 2:15 p.m.
University Center UC275B
http://www.uww.edu/facsenate
1. Call to Order Meeting called to order at 2:50 PM.
2. Roll Call
1. Senators present: Ahmadi, Ambrose, Barger, Brady, Bren, Chung, Ciganek, Compas,
Dugan, Gapinski, Ghavamshahidi, Gulig, Hartwick, House, Kopf, Mandell, Munro, Nawash,
Ossers, Porter, Portman, Tillett, Tourigny, Weston, Winchell, Zhao, Zhou, Zimmerman
2. Senators absent: (*informed Secretary) Albrechtsen, Chen, Emrey, Nam, Neimeier*,
Schneider, Toms*,
3. Approval of Minutes:
1. Minutes of the 2013-2014 Faculty Senate Meeting, March 11, 2014.
(attached)
2. Minutes of the 2013-2014 Faculty Senate Meeting, April 8, 2014.
(attached)
Both sets of minutes approved on a Gulig/Portman motion, FS 1314-38
4. Reports of Committees:
1. Faculty Senate Executive Committee:
A. 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.
Approved on an Ahmadi/Tourigny motion. FS 1314-39
B. Report on Special faculty meeting Thursday April 24, 2014
Changes to the Audit and Review Committee structure were approved to go into effect
during the 2015/16 academic year. The size of the committee is enlarged and
subcommittees will have faculty majorities.
2. University Curriculum Committee:
a. Transmittal of actions of the University Curriculum Committee (action
Item) Attachments for each
March 7, 2014
March 21, 2014
April 11, 2014
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April 25, 2014
All UCC transmittals were approved on a
Ghavamshahidi/Mandell motion. FS 1314-40
AVC Cook drew to the Senate’s attention the April 25, 2014
change in how the UCC will deal with “information only items”
in future. Except for Travel / Special Courses / Administrative
Actions, all items submitted to UCC will become “action items”.
This change allows for more input from other departments which
may be affected by a proposed curricular change. The Graduate
Council has approved a parallel change to their rules.
5. Old Business:
None
6. New Business:
1. Possible compression compensation payment plan (Information
only)
Chancellor Telfer reviewed previous campus efforts to deal with
compression. He is in discussion with various campus bodies
about different ways to deal with compression, but is concerned
about not creating long-term structural deficits. With the
concurrence of the Salary Committee, he has authorized a nonbase, one-time longevity payment using 1993-94 salaries and
projecting them forward to identify faculty who are less than 85%
or 85-90% of comparable salary. The maximum amount for those
under 85% will be $4000; 85-90% maximum is $2000.
Approximately 52% of the faculty will fall into one of the two
groupings. Current faculty who previously held academic staff
appointments will be counted as faculty. Faculty will be sent
information about the amounts they will receive in their next
paycheck.
2. Personnel rules changes - Faculty Personnel Rules Committee:
(Action item) FS 1314-41
Portman/Gulig moved acceptance of the document from FPRC.
There was a question of when the changes would go into effect
and whether the Board of Regents would need to approve. The
Chancellor stated that the BOR would not need to approve and the
changes would be in effect as soon as he signs off on them.
Hartwick called for the question; approved. The main motion
passed.
3. Resolution of congratulations to athletic teams (Action item)
Hartwick/Ghavamshahidi moved for approval. Several friendly
amendments were offered and accepted. The final motion, as
passed, reads: FS 1314-42
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Resolution of congratulations to athletic teams
Whereas, many of the UW-Whitewater Warhawk athletics programs have
achieved many outstanding achievements over this school year including but not
limited to the following;
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2014 NCGA Gymnastics Champions
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2014 NWBA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Champions
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2014 NWBA Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Champions
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2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Champions
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2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Football Champions
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2014 2nd place NCAA Division III Wrestling
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2014 3rd place NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball
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2014 3rd place NCAA Women’s Bowling
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Currently being in second place in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup
standings, the highest ranking ever in school history.
Be it resolved that, the members of the faculty senate are proud of Warhawks for
their stellar athletic achievements over the last several years. The faculty senate
extends warm congratulations to the athletes, director, coaches, assistant coaches
and athletic department staff for their contributions on these remarkable
achievements. The faculty senate also wishes to recognize and congratulate all of
our Division III and club sport athletes for their dedication to Warhawk athletics
and their hard work at their individual sports.
4. Academic Calendar (Action item) Jodi Hare
Registrar Hare asked that we approve the proposed calendars
through 2019-2020. The calendars will be reviewed after the new
fall orientation schedule has been tried. She also asked that we
note the extra time in 2017/18 due the date of the Martin Luther
King holiday. Brady/Nawash moved to approve; passed.
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5. College standard: Action Item attached a. College of Business and Economics standards revision (action Item)
Ghavamshahidi/ Ambrose moved consideration of the document. Questions were
raised about the document’s format and consistency with the standards of the other
colleges and the university standards, particularly teaching. Motion to approve
failed. FS 1314-44
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7. Announcements and Information (no action unless noted otherwise)
1. Report of the Chancellor: See Item 6(1)
2. Report of Provost Dr. Kopper remind the Senate of the upcoming faculty/staff retirement
dinner.
3. Report of the Senate Chair Chair Munro gave a brief review of the Senate’s issues and
actions over the 2013/14 school year.
8. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 3:59PM on a Hartwick/Gulig motion.