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Academic Staff Council Committee expanders

The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.

Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:

  1. Recommend Bylaw changes to the Council for approval.
  2. Conduct Council elections as described in Bylaws IV.
  3. Recommend changes in the UW-La Crosse Staff Handbook for consideration by the Council.

Members:

Must have at least 4 members, one of which must be a member of the ASC.

Each term shall be 3 years in length, except the term of the member who represents the ASC. That member’s term is a yearly appointment.

Council Rep Open
At-Large Mark Haakenson (2024)
At-Large Alexis Bergstrom (2025)
At-Large Dylan Griepentrog (2025)
Alternate Open
Alternate Open

 

The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.

Responsibilities of the committee are the following:

  1. Develop and maintain institutional plans for the administration of academic staff professional development funds.
  2. Receive and review academic staff professional development proposals and recommend funding. No member of the Professional Development Committee shall participate in the approval of his or her own request for professional development funds.
  3. Review UW-La Crosse and UW System professional development policies and procedures and recommend changes.
  4. Review UW-La Crosse and UW System policies on fee reimbursement for employment-related coursework and recommend changes.
  5. Disseminate professional development information to the academic staff.
  6. Develop additional professional development opportunities for academic staff through research of additional funding mechanisms and consultation with the UW-La Crosse Foundation.
  7. Receive and review Academic Staff Excellence Award applications. Committee members nominated for the award are excused from the committee for the duration of the process. If a majority of committee members are nominated, the Academic Staff Council shall appoint additional members to complete the process.

Members:

Must have 6 members. One must be an ASC rep. There must be a committee member from each of the operational areas, and two at-large.

Each term shall be 3 years in length, except the term of the member who represents the ASC. That member’s term is a yearly appointment.

Council Rep Katelyn Longmire
Student Affairs/D & I  Jennifer Weber (2024)
Administrative Coalition Mandi McKinney (2025)
Academic Affairs Nicole Novak (2026)
At-Large Marjorie Bazluki (2025)
At-Large Taylor Zanotti (2026)
Alternate Jeffrey Kerkman
Alternate Amy Servais

Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:

  1. Seek nominations from all academic staff for each Chancellor's Administrative Search and Screen Committee or other University-wide search.
  2. Review and recommend a pool of candidates for each search and screen committee to the Academic Staff Council Executive Committee.

Members:

There must be 4 members. One must be an ASC rep. There must be one member from each of the four operational areas.

The term of each regular member shall be staggered two-year terms.

Council Rep Katelyn Longmire
Student Affairs Kathryn Oleson (2024)
Administrative Coalition Mandi McKinney (2025)
Academic Affairs Jessica Palmer (2025)
Alternate Amy Servais
Alternate Dyllan Griepentrog

 

**Paused due to Title/HR changes**

Members:

There must be seven members. One must be an ASC rep. One must be an HR representative. All members on this committee must have senior, director, or program manager III titles.

The six academic staff members shall each serve a staggered three-year term.

Council Rep  (2024)
At-Large  
At-Large Aaron Nielsen (2024)
At-Large Christina Hayes (2024)
At-Large  (2024)
At-Large Corinne Dillman (2025)
HR Rep Alyssa Balboa (2024)
Alternate Patricia Markos
Alternate  

 

Members:

The committee shall consist of nine academic staff members, and three alternate academic staff members, none of whom shall be a dean or director with direct reports, nor a member of the instructional* academic staff, nor a member of the Academic Staff Council. A minimum of six committee members will hear the grievance. The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.

At-Large Aaron Nielsen (2024)
At-Large Spencer Hulsey (2025)
At-Large Michele Overgard (2026)
At-Large Jenny Holm (2026)
At-Large Cindy George (2024) 
At-Large Michael Slevin (2026)
At-Large Andrew Ives (2024)
At-Large Robyn Beahm (2025)
At-Large Derek Stanley (2025)
Alternate Sean Hurtubise
Alternate Open
Alternate Open

 

Miscellaneous committees expanders

Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:

There must be one academic staff member on this university committee with one alternate. The term shall be two years in length. Hears appeals for parking violations.

At-Large Michael Slevin (2024)
Alternate Dyllan Griepentrog

Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:

  1. To serve, as called upon, as a member of the tribunal in hearing student misconduct cases.

Members:

  1. At-Large Guy Herling (2025)
    Alternate Issy Beach

Responsibilities of the committee are the following:

  1. Involves curricular and planning decisions regarding UWL courses that are offered in study abroad programs for UWL students.

Members:

At-Large Jenny Holm (2024)
Alternate Kristin Koepke

 

Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:

  1. To oversee the implementation and maintenance of policy and guidelines for Textbook Rental Services, and to review and revise policy as required.

Members:

At-Large Josh Zabel (2024)
Alternate OPen

Conference/University Committees expanders

Duties and responsibilities of the committee are outlined on the Chancellor's JP&B committee page.

Members:

There must be 6 academic staff on this committee, one of which shall be the VC of the ASC.

Council Rep (Vice-Chair) Chris Stindt
At-Large Andrew Ericson (2026)
At-Large Jamie Schweiger (2026)
At-Large Maren Walz (2024)
At-Large Patricia Markos (2024)
At-Large Pearl Bearhart (2025)
Alternate Lisa Weston
Alternate Troy Richter

The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.

Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:

  1. Increase awareness among legislators and regents about the contributions of academic staff, faculty and students to the university, as well as issues of concern for academic staff, faculty, and students.
  2. Increase awareness among academic staff, faculty, and students about legislative and regent issues that affect the university in general, and campus academic staff, faculty, and student governance groups specifically.
  3. Assist campus governance groups in researching legislative or system-related actions that potentially impact academic staff, faculty, and students, and make recommendations to the campus governance groups.
  4. Actively advocate on behalf of the university on legislative and regents issues.
  5. Coordinate efforts with other campus legislative activities.
  6. Encourage information-sharing and joint activities with academic staff, faculty, and students at other campuses.

Members:

There must be 3 academic staff on this committee. One shall be the UW System AS Rep, and the other two shall be academic staff members approved by the ASC.

Terms for the UW-System AS Rep shall be one year. Other appointees shall each serve a three-year staggered term.

  1. Council Rep (Madison Rep) Will Van Roosenbeek
    At-Large Maren Walz (2025)
    At-Large Tony Hanson (2025)
    Alternate Dyllan Griepentrog
    Alternate Alexis Bergstrom

The Committee shall elect its chairperson.

Duties and responsibilities of the committee are outlined on the Chancellor's JMAC committee page.

Members:

At-Large Michele Overgard (2024)
At-Large Jeffery Kerkman (2025)
At-Large Victoria Rosin (2024)
Alternate Jenna Ives
Alternate Michelle Sylvester

There must be 3 academic staff on this committee.

The Committee shall elect its chairperson.

Duties and responsibilities of the committee are outlined on the Chancellor's committee page.

Members:

There must be 3 academic staff on this committee.

At-Large Taylor Wilmoth (2026)
At-Large Derek Norby (2024)
At-Large Victoria Rosin (2025)
Alternate Abby Peschges
Alternate Open

 

Student Association Committees expanders

Provide decision making on 131 budgets.

ASC representative Open

Helps determine policy and budget for the athletics program related to student segregated fees.

Members:

At-Large Kristin Koepke (2024)
At-Large Ken Koelbl (2025)
Alternate Mike Schneider

Help the Student Organization make decisions about organizations being part of the campus, grant money disbursement, and Commencement Speaker.

At-Large Issy Beach (2024)