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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.

25-26

24-25

Calendar

Wednesdays, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.
  • May 6 2026

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

Members

  • Accounting & Finance
    • Heather Kaminski, Assistant Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Craig Hulce, Teaching Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Fangjun (Grace) Sang, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Stephen Troveh, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Applied Writing & English
    • Kristopher Purzycki, Assistant Professor, AH, 24-26
    • Valerie Murrenus Pilmaier, Associate Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Alternate: Jonas Gardsby, Assistant Professor, AH, 24-26
    • Alternate: Roshelle Amundson, Associate Teaching Professor, AH, 24-26
  • Art & Design
    • Samuel Watson, Associate Professor, AH, 24-26
    • Alternate: Abbey Kleinert, Assistant Professor, AH, 24-26
  • Business Administration
    • Ranga Parthasarathy, Assistant Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Alternate: Hyeonsik Shin, Assistant Professor, PS, 24-26
  • Communication & Information Science
    • Prakash Duraisamy, Assistant Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Justin Kavlie, Assistant Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Democracy & Justice Studies
    • Kimberley Reilly, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Eric Morgan, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Education
    • Samantha Meister, Associate Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Alternate: Andria Moon, Associate Professor, PS, 24-26
  • First Nations Studies
    • J P Leary, Associate Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Human Biology
    • Jennifer Graef-Downard, Assistant Professor, NS, 24-26
    • William Gear, Assistant Professor, NS, 24-26
    • Alternate: James Marker, Associate Professor, NS, 25-27
  • Humanities
    • Hye-Kyung Kim, Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Mark Karau, Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Alternate: Heidi Sherman, Professor, AH, 25-27
    • Alternate: David Voelker, Professor, AH, 25-27
  • Marketing & Management
    • TBD, PS, 25-27
    • 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
    • Christy Talbott, Associate Professor, AH, 24-26
    • Alternate: William Sallak, Associate Professor, AH, 24-26
  • Natural & Applied Sciences
    • Rebecca Abler, Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Shawn Malone, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Erin Berns-Herrboldt, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Keir Wefferling, Assistant Professor & Herbarium Curator, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Jeremy Baron, Assistant Teaching Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Michael McIntire, Associate Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Jessica Warwick, Assistant Teaching Professor, NS, 25-27
  • Nursing & Health Studies
    • Heidi Neverman, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Kelley McGuire, Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Alicia Thomas, Teaching Assistant Professor, PS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Cheryl Passel, Associate Professor, PS, 25-27
  • Psychology
    • Abigail Nehrkorn-Bailey, Assistant Professor, SS, 25-26
    • Elif Ikizer, Assistant Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Todd Hillhouse, Associate Professor, SS, 25-26
  • Public & Environmental Affairs
    • Laurel Phoenix, Associate Professor, SS, 24-26
    • Dana Atwood, Associate Professor, SS, 25-27
    • Alternate: Aaron Weinschenk, Professor, SS, 25-27
  • Resch School of Engineering
    • Omar Meqdadi, Assistant Professor, NS, 24-26
    • Keshab Adhikari, Assistant Teaching Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Rojoba Yasmin, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
    • Jian Zhang, Assistant 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 Ulises Gonzalez-Valle, Assistant Professor, NS, 25-27
  • Social Work
    • Angela Baerwolf, Assistant Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Jolanda Sallmann, Associate Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Alternate: Britany Maas, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 24-26
    • Alternate: Emily Jahnke, Assistant Teaching Professor, PS, 24-26
  • Theatre & Dance
    • Thomas Campbell, Associate Professor, AH, 24-26
    • Alternate: Sera Shearer, Assistant Teaching Professor, AH, 24-26
  • Senate Members At Large (UC)
    • Christine Smith, Professor, SS, 25-26 (ex-officio, voting)
    • William Dirienzo, Associate Professor, at-large NS, 23-26 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Timothy Kaufman, Associate Professor, PS, 24-27 (ex-officio, voting)
    • Samuel 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, Assistant Professor, at-large AH, 25-28 (ex-officio, voting)
  • Ex-officio (non-voting) Members
    • Kathleen Burns, Provost (ex-officio, non-voting)
    • Michael Alexander, Chancellor (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Parliamentarian:
    • Michael Draney, Professor (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Academic Staff Representative: Hleeda Vang, Student Success Coach, 25-26 (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • University Staff Representative: Becky Haeny, Administrative Assistant,  25-26 (ex-officio, non-voting)
  • Student Government Representative: Nathan Halbach, 25-26 (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