Chair’s Report for March
29, 2005
Senate update
1.
Important
links to agendas, minutes, Chair's Reports and other sites of interest are
available
on the Senate web site: http://www.uwec.edu/Usenate.
Senate Chair’s Report will be available on this site by
2.
During
debates, Senators may speak only twice to any motion or amendment. Each
speaking term is limited to 10 minutes. The Chair will add names of those
wishing to speak to a speaker's list upon recognition.
1.
Faculty Personnel Committee Function
2.
Voting in Personnel Actions
Other Items discussed
with the Chair
1.
A
letter from UW-System President Kevin Reilly was received this week. It
provided details about the search and screen committee for the next Chancellor
at UW-Eau Claire.
The
timeline for the process is as follows:
April
8 – nominations for potential search and screen committee members are due in
the Senate office
April
15 – electronic ballots created and distributed
April
22 – votes via electronic ballot due
April
26 – results tabulated - Consultation with Chancellor briefly after the
University Senate meeting.
All names due from administration,
students, and community. Bios collected.
April
29 - full set of names with Bios sent to System. We are to submit twice the
number of nominees as positions to be filled. The final breakdown of names being
submitted is as follows:
18
- University Faculty composed of
10 - University Faculty from the College
of Arts and Sciences
2 - University Faculty from the College
of Business
2 - University Faculty from the College
of Education and Human Sciences
2 - University Faculty from the College
of Nursing and Health Sciences
1 - University Faculty from the Library
Faculty
In addition, the Chancellor will add 1
University Faculty member after consultation with the Executive Committee.
4
- University Academic Staff
4
- Administrators (2 from UWEC and 2 from across the System)
4
- from the community
The
final committee of 17 members will consist of:
9
University Faculty (one of whom will be chair), 2 University Academic Staff, 2
Administrators (1 from UWEC and 1 from across the system), 2 students, and 2
community members
May
17 – from 1:00 – 3:00
Special Regent Committee chair Peggy Rosenzweig and President
Reilly will be here to charge the search and screen committee.
Faculty Reps Meeting –
next meeting Friday, April 1 in Madison
Board of Regents Meeting
– next meeting April 7 & 8 in Madison
1.
Summary of the March 10 & 11 meetings can be accessed at: http://www.wisconsin.edu/news/index.htm
Legislative Update
1.
According to reports in the March 15 Wheeler Report, Dean Kaufert
(R-Neenah) announced he will consider limiting funding for the compensation
reserve (the fund from which all state and UW employees are paid) and the UW
System. The extent of the limits or possible cuts remains ambiguous.
2.
Bills of interest introduced:
SB121-relating to the
appointment of a non-traditional student to the UW Board of Regents; this is
the companion bill to AB158.
AB239-relating to the
imposition of a two-year limit on increases in undergraduate resident tuition
and non-discretionary segregated fees at the UW System.