UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - FACULTY SENATE MEETING MINUTES Thursday, March 16, 2017; 2:30 p.m.; Curtin 175

Chancellor Mone called the Faculty Senate Meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.

I. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS 1. Chancellor’s Report Chancellor Mone reported on the budget which will include provisions for allocable fees, compensation, faculty workload, internships and work experience, performance metrics, self- insurance, and tuition cuts. He reported on advocacy efforts including budgetary meetings with the Joint Finance Committee and the UW-System, as well as community engagement. The Chancellor also reported on Strategic Opportunities Working Group’s forthcoming recommendations based on campus input.

Discussion took place on the public perception of the Wauwatosa Innovation Park.

MOTION: to extend time by five minutes. Motion made, seconded, and approved by voice vote.

Additional discussion took place on the travel ban and its effect on graduate enrollment. The Chancellor will reaffirm the university’s stance on the issue.

2. Provost Report Provost Britz reported on the Dean searches. He announced the retirement of Deputy to the Provost for Continuing Education and Outreach, Dr. Paula Rhyner. The Provost also stated that multicultural centers are not closing. He announced that UWM’s School of Freshwater Science will host a water summit next Tuesday. The Provost introduced the new Chief Enrollment Officer and Director of Undergraduate Admissions Dani Rollins. He reported on enrollments. New freshman admissions are up. The focus moving forward will be on yield. Transfers continue to be a challenge.

Discussion took place on a possible statement from UWM administration on international enrollments and the travel ban.

MOTION: to extend time by five minutes. Motion made, seconded, and approved by voice vote.

Additional discussion took place on support for students affected by the ban as well as the changes occurring to the multicultural centers.

Senator Hall requested that statistics on faculty leaving the institution and succession planning be provided to the senate.

3. University Committee Report: John Reisel, Chair The report is attached.

4. Academic Planning and Budget Committee Report: W. Hobart Davies, Chair No report.

5. Academic Staff Committee (ASC) Report: Sue Cashin, Vice Chair No report.

6. Athletic Board Report: Neal Pease, Chair The report is attached.

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7. Physical Environment Committee Report: LeRoy Stoner, Chair The report is attached.

8. Student Association Report: Mike Sportiello, President No report.

II. SENATE ROLL CALL Secretary of the University Trudy Turner conducted the roll call for the Senate. There were 36 senators and Parliamentarian Richard Marcus present. A quorum of the Faculty Senate was present.

III. AUTOMATIC CONSENT 1. The minutes of the February 16, 2017 Faculty Senate meeting was approved as distributed.

2. Faculty Document 3091: Proposal from the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Architecture and Urban Planning to Create an Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation (IPIT)

IV. CHANCELLOR’S REPORT 1. Document 2984R1, 02/16/17: Recommendation of the Academic Policy Committee to Amend Faculty Document 2984: UWM P&P Ch. A1.1 (1) Membership. To UWM Administration, 02/22/17. Approved by Administration, 02/28/17.

2. Document 3088, 02/16/17: Request for Authorization to Implement a Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. To UWM Administration, 02/22/17. Approved by Administration, 02/28/17.

V. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS Faculty Document 3089: Report of the Committee on Nominations for Elective Standing Faculty Committees for 2017-18. Nominations Committee Chair Iris Xie presented. The floor was open for additional nominations. Secretary Turner recorded additional nominations from the floor for the 2017-18 faculty standing committees and Faculty Senate.

MOTION: It was moved, seconded, and unanimously approved to amend the ballot, including the nominations taken from the floor, and to close nominations. The motion passed by voice vote.

VI. BUSINESS 1. FD 2848R1: Recommendation of the Athletic Board to Amend Faculty Document 2848: UWM P&P Ch. A1.5. A senator moved adoption of FD 2848R1. The motion was seconded. Athletic Board Member Kevin Keenan presented the document.

MOTION: FD 2848R1 was approved: 26-yes; 0-no; 0-abstain

2. FD 2849R1: Recommendation of the Athletic Board to Amend Faculty Document 2849: Athletic Board By-Laws. A senator moved adoption of FD 2984R1. The motion was seconded. Athletic Board Member Kevin Keenan presented the document.

MOTION: FD 2849R1 was approved: 23-yes; 0-no; 1-abstain

3. FD 3090: Recommendation of the Libraries Committee to Amend UWM P&P Ch A3.4. A senator moved adoption of FD 3090. The motion was seconded. Libraries Committee Chair Shana Ponelis and Interim Director of the Libraries Michael Doylen presented the document.

MOTION: FD3088 was approved: 24-yes; 1-no; 1-abstain

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4. Budget Update and R1 Scenario Planning. Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Johannes Britz and Vice Provost for Research Mark Harris presented. The presentation can be found at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/luwrkdx.

Discussion took place on the low morale at UWM compared to other institutions that face similar constraints, and the need to recognize the arts and humanities as well as R1 status.

Additional discussion took place on the state’s focus on workforce development.

VII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None.

VIII. GENERAL GOOD AND WELFARE - None.

IX. ADJOURNMENT -The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

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Report to the Faculty Senate Thursday, March 16, 2017

University Committee (UC) – John Reisel, Chair

1. The University Committee has been following the developments regarding the governor’s proposed budget with regards to the UW System. Members of the UW System legislative affairs team, while realizing that there is a long way to go in the budget process, has been finding that the legislature does not seem particularly eager to adopt many of the governor’s proposals. While that could be good news for the System on several fronts, it may also result in a lack of funds to support the governor’s proposed budget increases.

2. The UC has been following the climate conditions in various units across campus, and have been working with the Provost to see if these conditions could be improved.

3. The UC continues to monitor campus activities, including the Strategic Position Control process, the on- going dean searches, and the Chancellor’s Strategic Opportunities Work Group.

4. Jasmine Alinder resigned her position on the UC when she took the position of Acting Associate Dean for the Humanities in L&S. There is a procedure for conducting an election to fill vacancies on the UC, unless the position can be filled in the normal election process. The timing of the vacancy was such that we decided to use the upcoming election to fill the position, rather than muddying up the process with two elections occurring at nearly the same time. Therefore, three members of the UC will be elected, with the top two vote-getters who can serve on the UC receiving 3-year terms officially beginning in August, and the next individual receiving a 2+ year term, beginning immediately. While the persons elected can be from any unit, only one can be from L&S due to the limitation of no more than 3 UC members serving from any one school or college. Therefore, if the top 3 vote-getters are all from L&S, only one can serve. Please keep this in mind when the floor is opened to nominations for the various committees later in this meeting.

5. More information on these topics, as well as up-to-date information on UC activities can be found at https://uwm.edu/ucnews.

Athletic Board Report - Neal Pease, Chair

The Athletic Board is comprised of 13 voting and 4 Ex-Officio members: This includes 6 faculty (five elected faculty, one faculty member appointed by Chancellor), the Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) appointed by the Chancellor, an elected Academic staff member, an alumni (member of the UWM Alumni Association); 4 students appointed by the Student Association. The Ex-Officio members are the Director of Athletics, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, a representative of the Alumni association and the Director of Recreation, Sports and Facilities.

The Athletic Board is charged with acting as a governance body in assisting the Athletic Department to reach their objectives and goals by:

 Fostering an environment in which a diversified UWM athletic program can be competitively and financially successful.  Integrating a well-rounded athletic program into the life of the university, and  Meeting the highest ethical and regulatory standards.

The Steering Committee of the Athletic Board consists of Neal Pease -Chair, Kevin Keenan• Vice chair, Gwyn Wallendar, Secretary, Amanda Braun -Athletic Director (ex-officio), Phyllis King (FAR) and Christina Wakeman (Student).

There are three sub-committees which include: 1. Equity/Personnel/Fiscal, 2. By• Laws/Governance and Compliance/ Student-Athlete Appeals, and 3. Academic Integrity. Each committee has members of the

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Athletics department staff who works with the faculty committee member to provide and summarize the detailed data reviewed by the committee.

In addition, The Faculty Athletic Representative (Dr. Phyllis King) has a central role in UWM athletics.

F.A.R. Highlighted activities:

1. Participated in monthly meetings with the Athletics Director and Academic Advising 2. Attended FAR and Executive Council meetings of the on September 27th and28th in Indianapolis. FARs addressed issues regarding student-athlete well-being. A mental health module sponsored by the NCAA will be coming out i n October. The modules will be considered for use with our student-athletes. 3. Reviewed weekly academic updates to coaches from Academic Services 4. Investigating Graduation Success Rates and Academic Progress Rates with Athletics staff to develop strategies for improvement. 5. Chair of Horizon League FAR's 6. Working with Academic Advisors in Athletics on Academic Integrity policies and procedures

Work of sub-committees:

st 1. Academic Integrity - Met on November 2nd and March 1 . Reviewed• admissions data of student- athletes, Graduation Success Rate, Progress Toward Degree Waivers, Academic Integrity Documents, APR (Academic Progress Rate) and Grades. Fall 2016 is the 33rd semester that student-athletes cumulative GPA was above a 3.0. 9 out of 11 teams were above a 3.0, and the department cum GPA was 3.349.

2. Equity/Personnel/Fiscal - Met on December 7th. Reviewed• the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Report, the NCAA Financial Report, and the EEO Staff Statistics and Applicant Data for 2015-16. The Applicant Data and Results lists 16 recruited positions between January and July 2016, the number of applications by race and gender; the number of applicants who did not meet minimum qualifications; the percentage in the final hiring pools (21%); the percentage of females hired (7/16 or 44%); and minorities hired (5/16 or 31%).

3. By-Laws/Governance and Compliance/ Student-Athlete Appeals - Met on February 1st. Reviewed changes to By-laws and Charter, approval of changes are in the codification process of the Faculty Senate. Reviewed a report of all NCAA violations in 2015-16 and to date. Reviewed adopted NCAA legislative proposals.

Highlights for the academic year (2016-17)

The Women's Soccer team claimed the Horizon League Regular Season Title, and Runner-up in the Horizon League Tournament. Troy Fabiano was named Coach of the Year, and McKaela Schmelzer was named Freshman of the Year.

Women's Swimming and Diving finished Runner-up in the Horizon League Championships.

Women's Indoor Track and Field finished Runner-up in the Horizon League Championships.

Men's Track and Field - Nate Pozolinski named 2nd Team All-American in the 110 m hurdles.

Men's Basketball had an exciting run in the Horizon League Tournament and finished Runner-up.

Community service continues to be an integral part of student-athlete development. The department as a whole volunteered over 2500 hours in the Fall 2016 semester.

All teams are above the 930 required benchmark for APR.

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New Hires:

 Andrew Jedlicka -Men's Basketball Athletic Trainer  Andrew Docter -Assistant Business Manager  Nathan Dudzik - Assistant Director of Marketing  Eli Sharping - Assistant Volleyball Coach  Senior Associate Athletic Director - Finance

Sports Facility Projects:

Resurfacing Project completed  Panther Arena - locker room update completed  Scoreboard installation completed  Engelmann Shed/Tickets/Concessions/Production (Summer 2017)  Klotsche Resurfacing (Summer 2017)

Physical Environment Committee (PEC) - LeRoy Stoner, Chair

Since my last report the Physical Environment Committee met once on February 15, 2017.

Tom Dake from the UWM Student Union Activities Office brought forward a request to update the Campus Chalking Policy. After discussion the new policy reads:

Chalking messages and postings on walking surfaces with outdoor exposure are legal postings on University property with water-soluble chalk. All other forms of chalking (i.e. walls, unexposed areas) are forms of graffiti and will be treated as an act of vandalism.

Individuals found chalking surfaces other than outdoor exposed areas may be ticketed.

All materials used must easily dissipate in the rain. Use of products requiring power washing will be regarded as vandalism. Read the product label carefully before using.

The policy was unanimously approved by the PEC and is in process to become a Selected Academic & Administrative Policy (SAAP).

The PEC received reports on the proposed Soccer Field Storage Shed from Project Manager Rik Suminski. In addition to housing field maintenance equipment space is planned for ticket sales and light concessions. The facility is to be located at the southwest cotner of the field.

Progress on the plans for the LECWC was described by Program Manager Karen Wolfert (UWM) and Architect Bob Barr (Continuum Architects).

The next PEC meeting is scheduled for April 19, 2017.

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