Senate committees
A page within Faculty Senate
There are four committees that are prescribed by the Articles of Faculty Organization. These committees support the operation of the senate.
Please refer to the Faculty Senate Bylaws/Articles and Policies for further information regarding the senate and faculty committees.
Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes are the official record of proceedings and actions taken during committee meetings. Please follow these guidelines for taking meeting minutes for Faculty Senate meetings. Questions can be directed to the Faculty Senate office at senate@uwlax.edu.
58th Senate Executive Committee (SEC):
2023-2024 Membership
Stephen Mann, Chair
Rose Brougham, Vice Chair
Maggie McDermott, Secretary
Greg Ormes, At-Large
Alex O'Brien, At-Large
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Senate Executive Committee shall follow up senate recommendations and act as a liaison with the administration of the university.
- The Senate Executive Committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the senate when the situation requires immediate action. Such actions and recommendations of the Senate Executive Committee shall in all cases be subject to review by the senate, which shall be notified of all such actions and recommendations through the minutes of the meetings of the Senate Executive Committee.
57th Senate Executive Committee (SEC):
2022-2023 Membership
Rose Brougham, Secretary
Christa Kiersch, At-Large
Stephen Mann, Chair
Ronda Leahy, Vice-Chair
57th Faculty SEC Minutes
56th Faculty SEC Minutes
Post-Tenure Review (PTR) Timeline Report from SEC
52nd Faculty SEC Minutes
2023-2024 Membership
Susan Crutchfield, convener
Naghmeh Gheidi
Christa Kiersch
Megan Litster
Greg Ormes
Duties and Responsibilities
- An Articles and Bylaws Committee shall be appointed by the Senate Executive Committee and approved by the senate to conduct an annual review of the Faculty Senate Bylaws and Policies, periodic review of the Articles of Organization, and to provide appropriate phrasing for article, bylaw and policy changes proposed to the Faculty Senate from other sources. Membership of the committee shall consist of five members of the faculty, one of whom shall be the at-large member of the Senate Executive Committee.
- All senate committees shall be responsible to the senate and shall report all of their actions and recommendations directly to the senate
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Articles and Bylaws (ABL) Committee.
2023-2024 Membership
Ryan Friesen
Maggie McDermott
Brock McMullen
Alexander O'Brien
Sherwin Toribio
Duties and Responsibilities
- A Nominating Committee shall be appointed by the Senate Executive Committee and approved by the senate from among the senators to determine the members of all faculty standing committees. Where committee chairpersons are to be elected, it shall appoint conveners.
- All senate committees shall be responsible to the senate and shall report all of their actions and recommendations directly to the senate.
2023-2024 Membership
Rose Brougham
Dipankar Mitra
Peter Wilker
Duties and Responsibilities
- Conduct nominations and elections of members of the senate.
- All senate committees shall be responsible to the senate and shall report all of their actions and recommendations directly to the senate.
If you require further information, email the faculty senate office
at senate@uwlax.edu or call 608-785-8018.
Faculty Senate Meeting Dates
Click on each date below to see the agenda, meeting minutes, and distributed documents.
Fall 2023
| May 4 | Oct. 12 | Nov. 16 |
| Sept. 14 |
Oct.26 meeting cancelled* *replaced with information session in Graff Hall |
Nov. 30 |
| Sept. 28 | Nov. 9 | Dec. 7 |
Spring 2024
| Feb 1 | Mar 7 cancelled | April 18 |
| Feb 15 | Mar 21 | May 2 + 59th Organizational |
| Feb 29 | April 4 |
All Faculty Senate meetings are scheduled in Union 2310 and typically start at 3:30 p.m.