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Faculty Senate

Agendas & Minutes

In order to comply with state law and provide transparency, the Faculty Senate must post agendas and minutes. You can view these documents to understand the process behind committee actions and decisions.

2026-2027

  • No. 1, September 16, 2026
  • No. 2, October 14, 2026
  • No. 3, November 18, 2026
  • No. 4, December 9, 2026
  • No. 5, February, 10, 2027
  • No. 6, March 10, 2027
  • No. 7, April 7, 2027
  • No. 8, May 5, 2027

2025-2026

2024-2025

Calendar

Meetings are held on Wednesdays from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Email sofas@uwgb.edu for the link to Faculty Senate meeting at least 30 minutes prior to the start.

  • September 16, 2026
  • October 14, 2026
  • November, 2026
  • December 9, 2026
  • February, 10, 2027
  • March 10, 2027
  • April 7, 2027
  • May 5, 2027

Members

  • Accounting & Finance
    • EJ Kwak, Assistant Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Craig Hulce, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Grace Sang, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Stephen Troveh, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Applied Writing & English
    • Tara Dapra, Assistant Professor, AH, 26-28
    • Rebecca Nesvet, Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Alternate: Jonas Gardsby, Assistant Professor, AH, 26-28
    • Alternate: Roshelle Amundson, Teaching Professor, AH, 26-28
  • Art & Design
    • Alison Gates, Professor, AH, 26-28
    • Alternate: Abbey Kleinert, Assistant Professor, AH, 26-28
  • Business Administration
    • Bardia Batala, Assistant Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Md Shahidul Islam, Assistant Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Ray Parth, Assistant Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Hanh Le, Assistant Professor, PS, 26-28
  • Communication & Information Science
    • Katie Turkiewicz, Associate Professor, SS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Justin Kavlie, Assistant Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Democracy & Justice Studies
    • Eric Morgan, Associate Professor, SS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Kimberley Reilly, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Education
    • Samantha Meister, Associate Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Kelly Leon, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Mary Gichobi, Associate Professor, PS, 25-27
  • First Nations Studies
    • Lois Stevens, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate, J P Leary, Associate Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Human Biology
    • Rachel McCoy, Assistant Professor, NS, 26-28
    • Jennifer Downard, Assistant Professor, NS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Bill Gear, Associate Professor, NS, 26-28
  • Humanities
    • Hye-Kyung Kim, Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Vince Lowery, Associate Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Alternate: Heidi Sherman, Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Alternate: David Voelker, Professor, AH, 25-27
  • Marketing & Management
    • Dylan Polkinghorne, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Anup Nair, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Aysegul Karaeminogullari, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Eunji Huh, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Music
    • TBD, AH, 26-28
    • Alternate: TBD, AH, 26-28
  • Natural & Applied Sciences
    • Rebecca Abler, Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Kier Wefferling, Associate Professor & Herbarium Curator, NS, 25-27
    • Erin Berns-Herrboldt, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Jeremy Baron, Assistant Teaching Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Michael McIntire, Associate Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Jessica Warwick, Associate Teaching Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Shawn Malone, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
  • Nursing & Health Studies
    • Cheryl Passel, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Alicia Thomas, Teaching Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Psychology
    • Abigail Nehrkorn-Bailey, Assistant Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Elif Ikizer, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Todd Hillhouse, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Public & Environmental Affairs
    • Christopher Kleps, Assistant Professor, SS, 26-28
    • Dana Atwood, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Aaron Weinschenk, Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Resch School of Engineering
    • Keshab Adhikari, Assistant Teaching Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Rojoba Yasmin, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Jian Zhang, Associate Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: MD Golam Sarwar Murshed, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Sungsu Kim, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Farzana (Sayeda) Aktar, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Carlos Gonzalez-Valle, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
  • Social Work
    • Angela Baerwolf, Assistant Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Jolanda Sallmann, Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Britany Maas, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 26-28
    • Alternate: Emily Jahnke, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 26-28
  • Theatre & Dance
    • Sera Shearer, Assistant Teaching Professor, AH, 26-28
    • Alternate: Alan Kopischke, Assistant Professor, AH, 26-28
  • Senate Members At Large (UC)
    • Timothy Kaufman, Associate Professor, PS, 24-27 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Sam Watson, Associate Professor, at-large AH, 24-27 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Tetyana Malysheva, Associate Professor, NS, 24-27 (ex-officio, voting)
    • David Radosevich, Associate Professor, PS, 25-28 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Joseph Yoo, Associate Professor, at-large AH, 25-28 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Tanim Ahsan, Associate Professor, at-large, NS, 26-29 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Ray Hutchinson, Professor, AH, 26-29 (ex-officio, voting)
  • Ex-officio (non-voting) Members
    • Michael Alexander, Chancellor (ex-officio, non-voting)
    • Kathleen Burns, Provost (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Parliamentarian:
    • Michael Draney, Professor (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Academic Staff Representative: Hleeda Vang, Student Success Coach, 26-27(ex-officio, non-voting)
  • University Staff Representative: Becky Haeny, Administrative Assistant,  26-27 (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Student Government Representative: TBD, 26-27 (ex-officio, non-voting)

Rules

  1. Meeting notification: Notification of Faculty Senate meetings shall be in accord with the state requirements of Wisconsin's open meetings law. An agenda must be available at least 24 hours before the meeting. No actions may be taken at the meeting that are not listed on the agenda as planned or possible actions.
  2. Preparation of agenda: Preparation of the agenda is the responsibility of Secretary of the Faculty and Staff, Speaker of the Senate, University Committee, and the Chancellor (52.07 B. 1.). Items for future agendas may come from: items introduced in a Senate meeting during New Business (52.06 F.); petitions from ten percent of the Faculty (52.08 B.); or requests from individual faculty members through a senator (52.08 B.) or through the University Committee.
  3. Parliamentary procedure: Parliamentary procedure shall be governed by Robert's Rules or the Standard Code.
  4. Quorum definition: A majority of Senate members, not counting ex-officio members, shall constitute a quorum.
  5. Automatic consent: There shall be no "automatic consent" items on the Senate agenda, although there may be items such as the approval of minutes that are automatically included on the agenda.
  6. Proxy, absences, subs: For 2004-2005, Senators may be replaced as per (52.05) for the remainder of their terms, but if a Senator cannot make a particular meeting, there shall be no voting by proxy or substitution as per (52.03 B. 4). Beginning September 2005, Senators may be replaced as per 52.05 for the remainder of their terms. If a Senator cannot make a particular meeting, there shall be no voting by proxy, but a duly elected alternate may attend and vote as per 52.03 B. 4.
  7. Speaking recognition and limits: The Speaker of the Senate must recognize all those who speak at a Senate meeting and may limit participation in the interests of full discussion. Robert's Rules suggest recognizing people who have not yet spoken before giving the floor to someone who has already spoken and that ten minutes is a reasonable limit for holding the floor.
  8. Disposition of approved motions: Actions taken by the Senate shall be sent to the Chancellor for implementation. Resolutions calling for action should include a date of effectiveness.
  9. Policy on first and second readings: Proposals to change codification or make significant policy change shall come before a meeting of the Senate for discussion prior to any action taken at a subsequent meeting.
  10. New business: New Business may include: discussion items intended to be enacted at the next meeting (first readings of proposals); discussion items not intended for action; items (except code changes and significant policy changes) for immediate action; and proposing items for future consideration.
  11. Open forum: An Open Forum is an opportunity for any member of the Senate to pose a question or raise an issue and an opportunity for other members to react. No motions may be enacted during an Open Forum.
  12. Order of business:The categories of business before the Senate shall have the following order:
    1. Call to Order
    2. Approval of the Minutes
    3. Chancellor's Report
    4. Continuing Business
    5. New Business
    6. Provost's Report
    7. University Committee Report
    8. Open Forum
    9. Adjournment.
  13. Adjournment procedure: Adjournment happens automatically at 5:00 p.m. unless the meeting is extended by a two-thirds vote.

Adopted by vote of the Faculty Senate 12-10-2003, amended 2-18-2004