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AP 1 State Telephone System and Cellular Telephone Sets

AP 2 Telecommunications Equipment (Voice)

AP 3 Smoking

AP 4 Safety and Health

AP 5 Risk Management Policy

AP 6 Parking Regulations

AP 7 Sign Posting Policy

AP 8 Chargeback of Physical Plant Services

AP 10 Building Keys

AP 11 Fleet Vehicles

AP 12 Records Hold Policy

AP 13 Dispensing of Hearing Aids

AP 14 Policy on Business Activities

AP 15 Dangerous Weapons on Campus

AP 16 Collection of Indirect (Overhead) Costs

AP 17 Distribution of Indirect (Overhead) Costs

AP 18 Seat Belt Use

AP 19 Use of University Facilities

AP 20 Athletic Camps and Clinics

AP 21 University-Foundation Relationships

AP 22 Employee Accident/Injury Procedures

AP 23 Naming of Rooms and Buildings on Campus

AP 24 Postal Policy

AP 25 Requirement for a Mandatory Residential Dining Plan

AP 26 Requirement for Mandatory Housing

AP 27 Records Management Program

AP 29 Bad Check Policy

AP 30 In-Line Skates and Skateboarding

AP 31 Computer Software Use

AP 32 Inclement Weather Practice

AP 33 International Student Tuition Remission Policy

AP 36 Information Security

AP 37 Conflict of Interest/Financial Disclosure Policy

AP 38 Health Insurance Requirement for International Students

AP 39 Reuse Policy for Replaced Computers

AP 40 Alcohol Beverages on Campus

AP 41 Computer Replacement Policy

AP 42 Outreach Residual Funds

AP 43 Summer Session and J-Term

AP 44 Use of Copyrighted Material

AP 45 Shared Radio Spectrum Management and Coordination

AP 46 Emeriti Status for Unclassified Staff (Faculty/Academic Staff)

AP 47 Honored Retiree Status for Classified Employees

AP 48 Application for Immigrant Visas

AP 49 Determination of Outreach Course

AP 50 Cellular Telephone Policy

AP 52 Access, Use, and Retention of Social Security Numbers

AP 53 Full-time Status with a Reduced Course Load

AP 54 Advertising, Sponsorship, and Promotion of Alcohol and/or Tobacco Products on Campus

AP55 Licensing of UWRF Registered Marks

 

University of Wisconsin-River Falls Administrative Policy Paper
Number: AP 23 Revised
Date Issued: December 1, 2004
Subject: Naming of Rooms and Buildings on Campus

1.0 POLICY/PURPOSE:

To establish local policy and procedures for requests to name a building, facility, room, floor, or other sections of buildings or grounds after a person. The Board of Regents has approved a specific resolution (#7166) that deals with this subject, and it is important that individuals or groups who want to forward a name for consideration be aware of campus and Board of Regents policies and procedures.

2.0 OVERVIEW/BACKGROUND:

Resolution No. 7166 dated March 8, 1996, replaces Resolutions 5415 and 674 relating to naming portions of university facilities and Resolutions 2112 and 5205 relating to naming or dedicating university facilities.

3.0 UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITIES:

3.1 Appropriate Shared Governance Committee
3.2 Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
3.3 Chancellor
3.4 Board of Regents

4.0 DEPARTMENT/UNIT RESPONSIBILITIES:

None

5.0 PROCEDURE:

Individuals and groups can forward a request to the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance requesting that a building, facility, room, floor, or other sections of buildings be named after a person. The request should include a brief biography of the person and a statement as to why this recommendation is being made.

If the request involves the naming of an entire building and the request involves a living individual who has been formally associated with the University of Wisconsin System or has held public office, a waiting period of at least five years from the previous association with the University System or any public office in the State should be observed. Exceptions may be considered where a gift stipulates the naming.

If the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance deems that the proposed name merits consideration, he/she shall forward the request to an appropirate shared governance board. As a rule, the Faculty Senate shall consider the naming for all GPR facilities, and the Student Senate for Program Revernue facilities. There may be times in which confidentiality of the person's name is important, and discussion shall be posted under "closed" or "executive" session.

When naming involves Program Revenue facilities that are less than the entire building, the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance may choose to forward the recommendation to the Facilities and Fee Committee or any of its sub-committees rather than the Student Senate. It shall be the goal of the Vice Chancellor to obtain input from the students who best represent the proposed building and/or facility being named.

Following the action of the appropriate shared governance committee, the request for naming shall be forwarded to the Chancellor. The Chancellor is authorized to name facilities when naming involves less than an entire building, such as rooms, wings or exterior amenities.

Facility naming requests for an entire building or building addition will be forwarded to the Board of Regents by the Chancellor to seek their approval.

Resolution 7166
03/08/96

That, upon the recommendation of the President of the University of Wisconsin System, Resolution 5415 (February 2, 1990), creating UW System policy for naming or dedicating university facilities, be rescinded and the following new policy adopted:

It is the preference of the Board to commemorate the contributions of individuals to academic excellence through the naming or dedication of scholarships, programs, professorships, and other similar actions. However, the Board recognizes that from time to time there may be a desire to name or dedicate some facilities or portions of university's buildings or grounds after a person. On those occasions, every such request that involves an entire building must be presented to the Board for formal approval. These requests are to be brought to the Physical Planning and Development Committee and the full Board of Regents for discussion in closed session at least one month prior to requesting formal Regent action.

If the request involves a living individual who has been formally associated with the University of Wisconsin System, or has held a paid public office, a waiting period is required unless a situation is presented where a gift stipulates the naming. Normally, at least five years must have elapsed from the time a person who has been formally associated with the University of Wisconsin System, or has held a paid public office, has terminated that association, or left the paid public office.

The Chancellor of each institution is authorized to name facilities when the naming involves less than an entire building, such as rooms, wings, or exterior amenities. This authorization is subject to the same limitations regarding waiting periods as those pertaining to entire buildings.

 

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