UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Motions

Motions 2023-2024

Motion 1: Motion to appoint Mialisa Moline to be the parliamentarian of the Faculty Senate for the AY 2023-2024.
(June, 2023)

Motion 2: Motion to appoint Veronica Justen to a 3-year term as a member of the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee (2023-2026). (June, 2023)

Motion 3: Motion to appoint Veronica Justen as chair of the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee for the AY 2023-2024. (June, 2023)

Motion 4: Motion to appoint Suelle Micallef Marmara to a 3-year term as a member of the Diversity and Inclusivity Committee (2023-2026).
(June, 2023)

Motion 5: Motion from the SWG to revise the structure of the Sustainability Work Group reflecting the new 3-college structure of the university. (June, 2023)

Motion 6: Motion from the Faculty Welfare Policy and Personnel Committee that that the university should remain with Scantron Class Climate as its vendor (course evaluation software). (June, 2023)

Motion 7: Motion regarding the Senate Scheduling for AY 2023-2024. (June 2023)

Motion 8: Motion on policy regarding two masters degrees. (June 2023)

Motion 9: Motion from the SGA to include "counseling resource language" in all syllabi. (June 2023)

Motion 10: Motion to appoint Zhiguo Yang to a 3-year term as a member of the International Programs Committee (2023-2026). (September 2023)

Motion 11: Motion motion to appoint David Bonko to a 3-year term as a member of the Advising Committee (2023-2026).    (September, 2023)

Motion 12: Motion to appoint Mialisa Moline to a 3-year term as a member of the Academic Programs and Policy Committee (2023-2026). (September, 2023)

Motion 13: Motion to appoint Logan Kelly to a 3-year term as a member of the Academic Programs and Policy Committee (2023-2026). (September, 2023)

Motion 14: Motion to appoint Christy Pettis to a 3-year term as a member of the Faculty Welfare and Personnel Policy Committee (2023-2026). (September, 2023)

Motion 15: Motion to appoint Stacy Vollmers as chair of the External Relations Committee (2023-2024). (September 2023)

Motion 16: Motion to appoint Courtney Wells as chair of the Disability Advisory Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 17: Motion to appoint Amber Remble as chair of the Calendar Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 18: Motion to appoint Brenda Boetel as chair of the Faculty Compensation Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 19: Motion to appoint Catherine Nassara as chair of the Affirmative Action Advisory Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 20: Motion to appoint Hiawatha Smith as chair of the Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 21: Motion to appoint Mark Gillen as chair of the Recruitment, Admissions, and Retention Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 22: Motion to appoint Geoffrey Scheurman as chair of the International Programs Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 23: Motion to appoint Anthony Varghese as chair of the Learning Resources Committee (2023-2024). (September, 2023)

Motion 24: Motion to appoint Logan Kelly to serve on the Dean of Students Search and Screen Committee. (September, 2023)

Motion 25: Motion from the APP to approve two graduate certificates – one in creative writing and one in professional writing. Documents here(September, 2023)

Motion 26: Motion to make the following appointments to the Academic Programs and Policy Committee:
1. Arquimides Reyes (CAFES) (2023-2026)
2. Caroline Baker (CEBAH) (2023-2025)
3. Melissa Hayslip (CAS) (2023-2024)
4. Jennifer Willis-Rivera (CAS) (2023-2025) 
(September, 2023)

Motion 27: Motion to make the following appointments to the Academic Standards Committee:
1. Gregory Ruegsegger (CEBAH) (2023-2025)
2. Sylvia Kehoe (CAFES) (2023-2026) (September, 2023)

Motion 28: Motion to make the following appointments to the Assessment Committee:
1. Paige Miller (CAS) (2023-2026)
2. James Cortright (CAS) (2023-2025) (September, 2023)

Motion 29: Motion to make the following appointments to the Athletic Committee:
1. Brooke Krejci (CAS) (2023-2026) (September, 2023)

Motion 30: Motion to make the following appointments to the Calendar Committee:
1. Megan Sun (CEBAH) (2023-2026) (September, 2023)

Motion 31: Motion to make the following appointments to the External Relations Committee:
1. Dan Marchand (CAS) (2023-2024)
2. Erik Klein (CAS) (2023-2026)
3. Christopher Holtkamp (CAFES) (2023-2026)
4. Arquimides Reyes (CAFES) (2023-2026)
5. Joel Donna (CEBAH) (2023-2026) (September, 2023)

Motion 32: Motion to make the following appointments to the Faculty Hearing, Grievance, and Appeals Committee:
1. Moira Lynch (CAS) (2023-2026)
2. Molly Gerrish (CEBAH) (2023-2026) (September 2023)

Motion 33: Motion to make the following appointments to the Faculty Compensation Committee:
1. Timothy Lyden (CAS) (2023-2026)
2. Jorge Bonilla (CAS) (2023-2026)
3. Satomi Shinde (CEBAH) (2023-2026). (September, 2023)

Motion 34: Motion to make the following appointments to the Faculty Welfare and Personnel Policies Committee:
1. Holly Dolliver (CAFES) (2023-2026) 
(September, 2023)

Motion 35: Motion make the following appointments to the General Education and University Requirements Committee:
1. Youngmi Kim (CAFES) (2023-2024)
2. Patrick Woolcock (CAFES) (2023-2026)
3. Anna Schick (CEBAH) (2023-2026)
4. Meiying Hua (CEBAH) (2023-2026)
5. Dawn Hukai (CEBAH) (2023-2025) 
(September, 2023)

Motion 36: Motion to make the following appointments to the Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee:
1. Katherine Creutzinger (CAFES) (2023-2026)
2. Katherine Bangert (CEBAH) (2023-2026) 
(September, 2023)

Motion 37: Motion to make the following appointments to the Learning Resources Committee:
1. Erik Klein (CAS) (2023-2026)
2. Gregory Ruegsegger (CEBAH) (2023-2026) 
(September, 2023)

Motion 38: Motion to make the following appointments to the Recruitment, Admissions, and Retention Committee:
1. Caroline Baker (CEBAH) (2023-2026)
2. James Cortright (CAS) (2023-2025)
3. Youngmi Kim (CAFES) (2023-2025)
4. Christopher Holtkamp (CAFES) (2023-2026). 
(September, 2023)

Motion 39: Motion to make the following appointments to the Sustainability Working Group:
1. Dawn Hukai (CEBAH) (2023-2026). 
(September, 2023)

Motion 40: Motion to make the following appointments to the University Curriculum Committee:
1. Lori Swanson (CEBAH) (2023-2026). 
(September, 2023)

Motion 41: Motion to make the following appointments to the University Technology Committee:
1. Paige Miller (CAS) (2023-2026)
2. Melissa Hayslip (CAS) (2023-2026). 
(September, 2023)

Motion 42: Motion to make the following appointments to the University Budget Advisory Committee:
1. Youngmi Kim (CAFES)
2. Timothy Lyden (CAS)
3. Dean Vesperman (CEBAH) 
(September, 2023)

Motion 43: Motion to revise Bullet 1. Membership of Section 3.3.3.2 from the FS Handbook. This will add a representative of the Dean of Students Office to the Academic Standards Committee. It follows Motion 35 approved by the Faculty Senate on March 29, 2023 (“add a representative from the Dean of Students Office as ex-officio, non-voting member of the Academic Standards Committee.”)(October, 2023)

Motion 44: Motion to to appoint Rich Wallace as chair of the General Education and University Requirements Committee (2023-2024).(October, 2023)

Motion 45: Motion make the following appointments to the University Curriculum Committee:
1. Melaku Abegaz (CEBAH) (2023-2026) 
(October, 2023)

Motion 46: Motion to appoint Veronica Justen to serve on the Faculty & Academic Staff Development Board (2023-2029). (October, 2023)

Motion 47: Motion to appoint Jill Coleman Wasik to serve on the Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 48: Motion to appoint Bahareh Hassanpour to serve on the URSCA Council (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 49: Motion to appoint Kevin Thaisen to serve on the URSCA Council (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 50: Motion to appoint Daniela Goldfine to serve on the URSCA Council (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 51: Motion to appoint Ron Anderson to serve on the URSCA Council (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 52: Motion to appoint Rebecca Haley to serve on the URSCA Council (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 53: Motion to appoint Souzeina Mushtaq to serve on the Chancellor’s Award Committee for Students (2023-2026).
(October, 2023)

Motion 54: Motion to make the following appointments to the General Education and University Requirements Committee:
1. Mialisa Moline (CAS) (2023-2026)
2. Satomi Shinde (CEBAH) (2023-2026)
3. Michael Helke (CAS) (2023-2024)
(October, 2023)