UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Motions

Motions 2024-2025

2024-2025 Resolutions

Resolution 1: Resolution of concern regarding UW System Intellectual Property Policy Faculty

Resolution 2: UWRF Faculty Senate approval of the attached resolution of endorsement for the faculty of Colorado's four-year institutions of higher education regarding reduced-credit degree programs.

 
 

 

2024-2025 Motions

Motion 1: Motion to approve Neuroscience program change request.

Motion 2: Motion to approve Broad Field Soc program change request.

Motion 3: Motion to approve El Ed Math program change request.

Motion 4: Motion regarding the Engineering program has been returned to Senate for reconsideration.

Motion 5: Motion to approve standing committee chairs for 24-25 (Compensation, Calendar, Advising, and  Disability Advisory).

Motion 6: Motion to approve the appointment of James Cortright as chair of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

Motion 7: Motion to appoint Shaheer Burney to the Search and Screen Committee to hire a new Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator.

Motion 8: Motion to approve Standing Committee Chairs for the term 2024-25 (Athletic, External Relations, Faculty Hearing, Grievance and Appeals, GEUR, Graduate Studies Curriculum, Learning Resources, and Sustainability Working Group).

Motion 9: Motion to approve Standing Committee appointments for specific terms.

Motion 10: Motion to approve Dr. Paige Miller as Chair of the Technology Committee (2024-2025).

Motion 11: Motion to approve Katie Purington to the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee (2024-2025).

Motion 12: Motion to approve Dr. Christopher Holtkamp as Chair of the International Programs Committee (2024-2025).

Motion 13: Motion to approve program change request for the Elementary Education graduate program.

Motion 14: Motion to approve an extension to UWRF's strategic plan, Soaring to New Heights, through 2026-2027.

Motion 15: Motion to approve three new graduate certificate programs: Leadership, Innovation, and Project Management.

Motion 16: Motion to approve numerous standing and administrative committee appointments.

Motion 17: Motion to approve Kiril Petkov to chair the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (2024-2025).

Motion 18: Motion from the Executive Committee to approve the appointment of Scott Woitaszewski to Faculty Hearing, Grievance, and Appeals (CEBAH faculty) for the 2024-2027 term.

Motion 19: Motion from the Executive Committee to approve several CAS Dean Search faculty appointments.

Motion 20: Motion to change 1.5 (Chapter 1, 1.5) of the UWRF Faculty and Staff Handbook.

Motion 21: Motion to change 1.5.5 (Chapter 1, 1.5.5) of the UWRF Faculty and Staff Handbook.

Motion 22: Motion to approve the program change proposal for the Computer Science and Information Systems major program (CAS).

Motion 23: Motion from the Faculty Welfare and Personnel Policies Committee to approve changes to 4.5.2.d and 4.5.2.e of the Faculty and Staff Handbook.

Motion 24: Motion to enact the attached program change request for the Criminology major program.

Motion 25: Motion to enact the attached program change request for the Sociology major program.

Motion 26: Motion to enact the attached program change request for the Exercise and Sport Science major program.

Motion 27: Motion to enact the attached program change request for the Environmental Planning minor program.

Motion 28: Motion to enact the attached program change request for a new designator for the Environmental Planning minor program.

Motion 29: Motion to enact the attached program change request for the Outdoor Education minor program.

Motion 30: Motion to enact the attached program change request for the Coaching minor program.

Motion 31: Motion to enact the attached program request for a new MSE program in Special Education.

Motion 32: Motion to include the attached addition, Academic Policy on AI, to the Faculty and Staff Handbook.

Motion 33: Motion to appoint John Ivens to the Sustainability Working Group (as replacement for Mary Wright, who has retired) 2022-2025.

Motion 34: Motion to appoint Stacy Furness to serve on the Search and Screen Committee for a new Career Services Director.