MINUTES
2006/2007 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, December 12. 2006
Andersen Library 2254
http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/minutes/M121206.html

1. Call to Order  2:21 PM
2. Roll Call
   1. Senators present:  Alario, Albrechtsen, Bren, Bertozzi, Chenoweth, Emrey, Erdmann, Ferencz, Gosen, Gruber, Hertting, Henige, Hogan, Huang, Kapp, Mercer, Molloy, Ossers, Parboteeah, Porter, Portman, Sawyer, Weston, White
   2. Senators absent:  (*informed Secretary) Ahmadi*, Cartwright*, Ghavamshahidi*, Griffith, Gunawardena*, Habanek*, Hixson, Johnson*, Kolb*, Leitheiser*, Valadez
3. Approval of Minutes
   1. 2006/2007 Faculty Senate Meeting, November 14, 2006 (attached to the paper copy and available at http://www.uww.edu/facsenate/archives/2006_2007/minutes/M111406.html). Passed on an Ossers/Molloy motion with minor editorial corrections.
      
4. Reports of Committees
   1. University Curriculum Committee:
      1. No meeting this month.
   2. Campus Landscape Planning Committee.  A copy of the report was distributed.  Adopted on a Ossers/Mercer motion. FS0607-10
   3. Faculty Senate Executive Committee:
      1. Report on UWS 7:  Chair Hogan reported on the actions of the Board of Regents which approved the changes to UWS 7 on 12/8/2006.  The motion concerning UWS 7 which was included in the agenda passed on a Portman/Sawyer motion. FS0607-11
5. Unfinished Business
   1. Resolution on Academic Contingency Planning:
      WHEREAS the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's core values include the commitment to the pursuit of knowledge, and the University's mission is to provide a range of undergraduate and graduate education; and,
      WHEREAS a significant loss of instructional time would disrupt students' educations;
      BE IT RESOLVED THAT faculty cooperate fully with the Crisis Committee and the Provost in developing contingency plans for the continuation of instruction to the extent feasible and as appropriate for course content through alternate means in the event of campus closure for an extended period of time.   Passed unanimously on a Sawyer/Huang motion. FS0607-12
   2. Elect one member from Business and Economics to the Faculty Personnel Rules Committee (a three year term to expire in 2009). Linda Reid of Finance and Business Law was elected on a motion of closure and unanimous consent by Erdmann/Hertting.
   3. Appoint one faculty member to the University Center Board, two-year appointment to end in 2008 (for the bylaws please see http://uc.uww.edu/opmanual/section4/4p1.html; the continuing member is Jianzhou Zhu, appointment ending in 2007).  Xiaohong Zhang of Art was elected.
      
6. New Business
   1. Retirement Resolutions: None
   2. Memorial Committee: appoint one faculty member to a three year term to expire 2009 (see <http://www.uww.edu/uwwhdbk/committees/ac-memorial.htm>) (FYI: term continuing: Cristy Jefson, term to expire 2007; Carol Normand, term to expire 2008).  Glenn Hayes of Music was elected.
      
7. Announcements and Information (no action unless noted otherwise)
   1. Report of the Chancellor:  The Warhawk football team is playing for the NCAA Division III national championship.  The search for a new Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs will begin in January.  The Regents have deferred a vote on the changes to the admissions policy and have appointed her to a subcommittee studying the LAB report on sick leave usage.  A diversity plan for the campus is being drafted.  She is organizing a meeting in Madison for alumni elected to all levels of public office.
   2. Report of the Provost:  A handout on the Regents criminal background check policy was distributed. The campus response is due May 1, 2007.  The pay plan will ask for 10.6% over the biennium.  The governor is asking state agencies to study a 10% cut in budgets, about $600,000 at UW-W.  A group is looking at how the new grading scale affects certain course requirements and the repeatability of courses.
   3. Report of the Senate Chair:  The Regents are still studying transferability with the technical college system.  The executive committee has been discussing the issue of integrity in online classes. A resolution on the issue is also being considered by the University Curriculum Committee.
   4. Senate Meeting Dates and Times
      1. Faculty Senate: February 13, 2007; March 13, 2007; April 10, 2007; May 8, 2007; Meetings begin at 2:15 p.m. in Andersen Library 2254 and run until business is finished.
      2. Faculty Senate Executive Committee: January 30, 2007; February 27, 2007; March 27, 2007; April 24, 2007; Meetings of the Executive Committee are typically at 2:15 in Salisbury Hall 102 on Tuesdays two weeks before Senate meetings and as needed.
   5. Other announcements
      
8. Adjournment:  3:32 PM on a Erdmann/Chenoweth motion.