Academic Staff Assembly

UW-Whitewater University Handbook

Last revision: 12/11/2008

Academic Staff Assembly

This elected body represents individuals at UW-Whitewater who hold academic staff status. It is empowered to participate in university governance according to Wisconsin Statute 36.09(4m), as enacted in 1985: 36:09(4m) ACADEMIC STAFF. The academic staff members of each institution, subject to the responsibilities and powers of the board, the president and the chancellor and faculty of the institution, shall be active participants in the immediate governance of and policy development for the institution. The academic staff members have the primary responsibility for the formulation and review and shall be represented in the development, of all policies and procedures concerning academic staff members, including academic staff personnel matters. The academic staff members of each institution shall have the right to organize themselves in a manner they determine and to select their representatives to participate in institutional governance.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of the Academic Staff Assembly shall consist of 13 elected members, as defined in Section 1.03 of UW-Whitewater Academic Staff Personnel Policies and Procedures. Instructional and non-instructional academic staff shall be represented on the Assembly. Members will serve for a two year term. Members must hold a minimum of 50 percent appointment to be eligible to serve on the Assembly.

MEMBERS 2008-2009
Bold are new or reappointed.

Assembly Liaison, Giuliana Miolo

Academic Staff Awards Committee Term Expires

William Sargeant (instructional)
2010

Therese Kennedy (non-instructional)
2010

Deb Heiber (non-instructional)
2009

Curt Weber (instructional)
2009

Assembly Liaison, Denise Ehlen

Academic Staff Economic Issues Committee	Term Expires
Bert Kreitlow (instructional)	2009
Mike Cohen (non-instructional)	2010
Tom Drucker (instructional)	2009
Edward Furlong (non-instructional)	2010
Sara Deschner (instructional)	2009
Kyle Naff (non-instructional)	2009

Assembly Liaison, Deb Bowen

Academic Staff Elections/Balloting Committee	Term Expires
Carol Elsen (instructional)	2010
George Clokey (non-instructional)*	2009
Tom Drucker (instructional)	2010

Assembly Liaison, Paula Mohan

Academic Staff Government Relations Committee	Term Expires
Joan Schwarz (instructional)	2010
Patti Fragola (non-instructional)*	2009
Sharon Roy (non-instructional)	2010
Paula Mohan (instructional)*	2009

Assembly Liaison, Giuliana Miolo

Academic Staff Organization Committee	Term Expires
Beth Miller Swanson (instructional)	2010
Vacant
Giuliana Miolo (instructional)*	2009

Assembly Liaison, Denise Ehlen

Academic Staff Professional Development Committee	Term Expires
Nadine Kriska (instructional)	2009
Paula Mohan (instructional)*	2010
Freda Briscoe*	2010
Eric Field (non-instructional)	2010
Ronna Timmerman (non-instructional)	2009

Assembly Liaison, Nancy Farmer

Academic Staff Promotion Committee (all instructional)	Term Expires
Jennifer Thomson	2009
Marie Benson	2009
Nancy Farmer*	2009
Ruth Whitmore	2010
Tracy Lyons	2010
Dave Wiederrecht	2010
Susan Kidd	2010

Assembly Liaison, Elizabeth Ogunsola

Academic Staff Review Committee	Term Expires
Mike Cohen (non-instructional)	2010
Terry Tumbarello (non-instructional)	2010
Connie Murray (non-instructional)	2010
Debra Borquist (instructional)	2009
Susan Kidd (instructional)	2009
Curt Weber (instructional)	2009

Assembly Liaison, Mike Flanagan

Academic Staff Reward & Recognition Committee (all non-instructional)	Term Expires
Ronna Timmerman	2010
Cigdem Unal*	2010
Katherine Burrow	2010
Nancy Amacher	2010
Betsy Brandt	2009

Assembly Liaison, Giuliana Miolo

Academic Staff Titling Committee	Term Expires
Guiliana Miolo (instructional)*	2010
Marilyn Kile (non-instructional)	2009

Assembly Liaison, Cigdem Unal

Academic Staff Titling Committee Appeals	Term Expires
Frank Bartlett (non-instructional)	2010
Tracey Lyons (instructional)	2009
Ruth Swisher (non-instructional)	2008
Susan Kidd (instructional)	2010
Cigdem Unal (non-instructional)*	2010

* Academic Staff Assembly Members

Last policy revision: 9/25/2002

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Academic Staff Awards Committee	Term Expires
William Sargeant (instructional)	2010
Therese Kennedy (non-instructional)	2010
Deb Heiber (non-instructional)	2009
Curt Weber (instructional)	2009