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Vilas professorships and awards 2022
Distinguished Teaching Award winners 2022
Election Day absences: new Faculty Legislation
The Faculty Senate passed new legislation asking instructors to be lenient when a student works the election day polls. Students will not receive a grade deduction for not attending class, and instructors will attempt to …
Promotion from Associate Professor to Professor: new FPP 7.16
The Faculty Senate approved a new section to Faculty Policies and Procedures regarding the promotion of associate professor to professor Faculty Policies and Procedures 7.16 passed May 3, 2021
Resolution in Support of Instruction and Training On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
Faculty document 2911 amended and approved Resolution in Support of Instruction and Training On Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
Statement Regarding Reopening from the University Committee
Statement Regarding Reopening from the University Committee September 28, 2020 Colleagues, The semester has been difficult for everyone. Health concerns and the switching of teaching modalities have resulted in anxiety and stress. The inconsistency across …
Proposal to Adjust the Spring Semester 2021 Academic Calendar
Proposal to adjust the spring semester 2021 academic calendar passed at special session of Faculty Senate, September 14, 2020.
Proposed Recommendations for System Restructuring in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
We write today on behalf of the faculty of UW-Madison to express concern about the Blueprint for the University of Wisconsin System Beyond COVID-19 presented by UW System President Ray Cross to the UW System Board of Regents on May 7, 2020. While much of the plan has appropriate recommendations for response to the pandemic and re-opening of campuses, we are troubled that it was developed without adequate shared governance consultation…..
Resolution to Support UW-Madison DACA Employees
As approved by the Faculty Senate May 4, 2020 (Fac doc 2894) WHEREAS employees at UW-Madison who are qualified for employment under Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status are under extreme stress; WHEREAS a …