The University Committee of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside met Tuesday, April 4, 2006 in the Governance office. The meeting was called to order at 3:35 P.M. by Doug DeVinny, chair. Also attending were members Chris Evans, Fran Kavenik, Mary Lenard, Dennis Rome, and Anne Statham. Rebecca Martin, Gerald Greenfield, and Steve McLaughlin were guests of the Committee, and Evelyn Zepp was present as Secretary of the Faculty.

I.) The minutes of the meeting of March 28, 2006 were approved.

II.) Announcements (the Chair): There were no announcements.

III.) Organization for the First Year Program

Provost Martin, Associate Provost Greenfield, and Associate Vice Chancellor McLaughlin addressed the need to institutionalize the first year program, to ground the program more fully in the on-going structure of the university and faculty governance.

Various options were discussed, all of which had to address the need to include the variety of people with a stake in the program or with expertise needed in the program. A partnership between faculty and Student Services is essential. The creation of a position of Director of the First year, on the model of the Director of General Education, as well as the creation of a governance committee
were proposed.

It was decided that the University Committee would ask the Faculty Senate to authorize the planning for an appointed governance committee for First Year.

The guests left the meeting.

IV.) Unfinished business:

The evaluation of administrators needs to be completed before the end of the academic year.

V.) New Business

A) Approval of the agenda for the April 18, 2006 Faculty Senate meeting:

(1) Call to order
(2) Approval of the minutes of the March 21, 2006 meeting.

AGENDA DOCUMENT # 1
(3) Report of the U. C. Chair
(4) Report of the Chancellor
(5) Questions: written/oral
(6) Committee Reports:

First Year Council: Progress report

AGENDA DOCUMENT # 2(?)
(7) New Business:
(a) Informational item: copyright issues related to course packs
(b) Proposal for a certificate in Program Evaluation--CAP

AGENDA DOCUMENT # 3
(c) Proposed changes to UWPF Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 to eliminate conflicts between them (relative to appeals on Full Professor promotion cases).

AGENDA DOCUMENT # 4.1 (Informational)

AGENDA DOCUMENT # 4.2 (Proposed changes)

AGENDA DOCUMENT # 4.3 (Complete texts of Ch. 5 and Ch. 6 with proposed changes in italics-- print out only if desired)
(d) Approval of graduates
(e) Request for approval for the U.C. to plan an appointed governance committee for the First Year (said plan to return to the Senate for approval).
(f) Resolutions of Appreciation for retirees:

Walter Feldt AGENDA DOCUMENT # 5
Don Kummings AGENDA DOCUMENT # 6
Dennis Stevenson AGENDA DOCUMENT # 7

(8) Adjournment

B) Tentative approval of the agenda for the April 20, 2006 Faculty meeting (deadline for items April 6th).
1) Budget situation: Chancellor Keating
2) Plan 2008: Eugene Fujimoto, Patrick Goldsmith, Mary Kay Schleiter

C) Tentative ballot for the all-faculty elections (with solicitation of other nominations to follow--deadline April 13th) was approved.

VI.) Miscellaneous business:

A) The U.C. approved the addition of the Proposal for a certificate in program Evaluation to the agenda and for the Senate agenda.
B) A committee needs to be appointed for the Faculty Service award.
C) A sabbatical review committee needs to be appointed.
D) A Chair and a Vice-Chair need to be elected at the next U.C. meeting. A meeting time will also need to be established.
E) Chancellor Keating requested names for the System Compensation Advisory Committee. Chair DeVinny will talk to the people suggested and will present the nominee as part of his report.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 P.M.

Evelyn Zepp, Secretary of the Faculty