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Approved MINUTES
2014/2015 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
2:15 p.m.
University Center 164A
http://www.uww.edu/facsenate
1. Call to Order Chair Munro called the meeting to order at 2:19 PM.
2. Roll Call
1. Senators present: Ahmadi, Ambrose, Barger, Brady, Bren, Ciganek, Compas, Dugan,
Gapinski, Ghavamshahidi, Gulig, Hartwick, Holmes, Hsu, Ivry, Kopf, Kumpaty, Levy-Navarro,
Madan, Mandell, Munro, Portman, Schneider, Schultz, Tillet, Toms, Veldkamp, Weston,
Zhang, Zhao, Zhou
2. Senators absent: (*informed Secretary) Chen, Mukherjee, Winchell
3. Welcome to 2014-2015 members Chair Munro welcomed the Senate back to the 201415 school year.
3. Approval of Minutes:
1. Minutes of the 2014-2015 Faculty Senate Organizational
Committee Meeting, May 6, 2014 Approved on a Gulig/Kumpaty
motion FS 1415-01
2. Minutes of the 2013-2014 Faculty Senate Meeting, May 6, 2014
Approve on a Portman/Mandell motion FS 1415-02
4. Reports of Committees:
1. none
5. Senate Executive Committee:
1. Report on summer actions
The Executive Committee met once in-person and once by e-mail. They considered four
items – (1) emeritus status for a retired faculty member, (2) an appointee to the
academic strategic planning group, (3) appointment of temporary representatives to the
SPBC, and (4) a change in the personnel rules (E. 1. b. (4) )in response to a request of the
Chancellor. Action on the second point was delayed.
2. Fall Faculty meeting
A date is yet to be determined.
3. Scheduling of faculty committees provide reports to Senate
In order to provide consistent, regular reporting, the Chair will schedule 2 to 3
committees to report each meeting.
6. Old Business: None
7. New Business:
1. Elect two members to the Faculty Personnel Rules Committee terms to expire in 2017
(Action item) FS 1415-03
1. One faculty member from the College of Letters and Science to be chosen by
Senators representing College of Letters and Science
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Hala Ghoneim, Languages & Literatures
2. One faculty member at large to be chosen by Senate
Julie Letellier, Mathematics
2. Elect two faculty members to the strategic planning and budget committee (two year
terms) (Action item) FS 1415-04
1. One faculty member from the College of Business and Economics
James Bronson, Management
2. One from the College of Arts and Communication.
Linda Robinson, Communication
3. Elect two members to the Campus Landscape Planning Committee (Action item) FS
1415-05
1. One faculty member term end in 2015
Beth Lueck, Languages & Literatures
2. One faculty member term end in 2016
James Hartwick, Curriculum & Instruction
4. Elect one faculty member to the OPID council (Action item) FS1415-06
Carolyn Morgan, Psychology
5. Elect four faculty members to the Nonacademic Misconduct Hearing Committee
(Action item) FS1415-07
Jalal Nawash, Physics
Jeffrey Olson, Geology & Geography
Ozalle Toms, Special Education
Kelly Delaney-Klinger, Management
6. Elect a Faculty Representative to the UW-Whitewater Foundation Board of Directors
Post-poned to October meeting.
7. Update on Title IX issues (Informational) The Chancellor reported that the Office of
Civil Rights is investigating several specific events, one of which was the inappropriate
handling of a sexual incident. The University has received no formal complaint, but has
just been told that we are being investigated. Dr. Ogunsola, Affirmative Action,
distributed a handout on reporting sexual incidents and explained some of the
requirements for faculty and activities on campus dealing with sexual harassment. The
Office of Civil Rights will be on campus October 14-17 to interview certain individuals and
conduct focus groups.
8. Faculty Governance & Shared Governance - What Do These Mean? (Informational) A
handout created by Professor Mandell at the request of the Executive Committee was
distributed. Dr. Mandell explained that she had tried to pull together definitions,
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resources, and issues. It was suggested that faculty should familiarize themselves with
Chapter 36 sections 1-3 of the statutes which deals with faculty rights and
responsibilities. A fuller discussion of this topic is planned for the October meeting.
9. Conversation on Race (Informational) A group on campus is putting together a
“Conversation on Race”. It will include panels, films, and instructional materials. See the
following link on the diversity page of the campus website:
http://www.uww.edu/diversity/conversation-on-race
10. Department of Special Education Standards: Action item (Attached)
Approved on a Portman/Gapinski motion. FS 1415-08
8. Announcements and Information (no action unless noted otherwise)
1. Report of the Chancellor: The Chancellor reported that John McGuigan, Dick Haven, and
Rebecca Reichert have been working to identify current policies and develop a
centralized listing on the campus website; a handout of topics was distributed. The SPBC
report is now available. The Regents sent a $95 million budget request to the Governor
which focused on the student pipeline, usable degrees, and remedial education.
President Cross wants to cut the need for remedial education by one-third. The
Chancellor provided statistics on our usage of remedial education (20% mathematics,
11% English) and graduation rates for remedial students. Fall enrollment is at 11,991
and final number may be higher. The 2013 undergraduate retention was 80.3% (tied for
highest ever).
2. Report of the Provost: The faculty workload report requested by Speaker Vos was
submitted on 6/2/14 and the second phase of the report will be submitted next
week. The provost thanked those individuals who had conducted the breakout sessions
at her orientation address including Senate Chair Munro and Jodi Parys who led
“Innovating for Student Success” and Senator Bren, Adrienne Foster and Jolly Emery who
led “Across Disciplines”. The provost also thanked the Faculty Personnel Rules
Committee for responding to her invitation to attend the department chairs workshop to
discuss the changes to the faculty personnel rules, specifically Senator Portman and Jim
Butchart for leading this discussion . She also thanked all faculty who participated in
Convocation. Handouts on the upcoming HLC visit were passed out; they concerned the
new open-pathways format and the criteria for accreditation. Chair Munro asked that
the Provost provide more detailed information on the visit in October. A handout on
academic planning included questions that need to be answered, and the role of LEAP
and SPBC were discussed. The provost had discussed academic planning with the faculty
senate executive committee this summer – they recommended this be referred to the
SPBC. AVC Cook will co-chair the academic planning committee with a faculty member.
3. Report of the Provost: The faculty workload report requested by Speaker Vos was
submitted on 6/2/14 and the second phase of the report will be submitted next
week. The provost thanked those individuals who had conducted the breakout sessions
at her orientation address including Senate Chair Munro and Jodi Parys who led
“Innovating for Student Success” and Senator Bren, Adrienne Foster and Jolly Emery who
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led “Across Disciplines”. The provost also thanked the Faculty Personnel Rules
Committee for responding to her invitation to attend the department chairs workshop to
discuss the changes to the faculty personnel rules, specifically Senator Portman and Jim
Butchart for leading this discussion . She also thanked all faculty who participated in
Convocation. Handouts on the upcoming HLC visit were passed out; they concerned the
new open-pathways format and the criteria for accreditation. Chair Munro asked that
the Provost provide more detailed information on the visit in October. A handout on
academic planning included questions that need to be answered, and the role of LEAP
and SPBC were discussed. The provost had discussed academic planning with the faculty
senate executive committee this summer – they recommended this be referred to the
SPBC. AVC Cook will co-chair the academic planning committee with a faculty member.
4. Report of the Senate Chair: Chair Munro spoke on four items. One, the UW System is
updating the Administrative Code to bring us into better compliance with Title IX – allow
both parties to have legal counsel and adopt the “preponderance of evidence” standard.
Two, the Regents have expressed a desire to have the System work more closely
together. Three, implementation of Courseleaf is slightly delayed. Four, the Institutional
Research office wants to be proactive in working with the faculty to provide a quality
product.
One senator asked if microphones could be provided for the October meeting.
9. Senate Meeting Dates and Times
2014-2015 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 Fall-2014 have
not yet been determined.2014-2015 Faculty Senate meeting dates: Sept. 9, 2014; Oct 14, 2014;
Nov 11, 2014; Dec 9, 2014; Feb 10, 2015; Mar 10, 2015; Apr 14, 2015; May 5, 2015
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 2014-2015 have not yet been determined. 20142015 Faculty Senate Executive meeting dates: Aug.26, 2014; Sept. 30, 2014; Oct. 28, 2014; Nov.
25, 2014; Jan. 27, 2015; Feb. 24, 2015; Mar. 31, 2015; Apr. 21, 2015
10. Adjournment Meeting adjourned at 3:57 PM on a Hartwick/Gulig motion.