Policy
A page within Faculty Senate
The following standing committees and their bylaws are created by action of the senate to support its work.
Please refer to the Faculty Senate Policies and Articles and Bylaws 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.
Academic Policies & Standards (CAPS)
Academic Policies and Standards Committee (CAPS) meets the Wednesday before classes start each semester (Fall and Spring) in GMH 325. During the Fall and Spring semesters CAPS meets on selected by the committee Friday's from 2:15 - 3:30 pm in GMH 325.
2026-2027 Membership
| Marc Manke |
| Shanna Felix-Highsmith |
| Anthony Docan-Morgan |
| Daniel Bretl |
| Jessica Judson |
| Yevgeniya Turov |
| Marissa Eckrote-Nordland |
| Matthew Chedister |
| Amir Tayebi |
Undergraduate Student Representative
Graduate Council
The Graduate Council meets on 1st/3rd Friday’s of each month during the Fall and Spring semesters, from 10:00 – 11:30 am in GMH 325
2026-2027 Membership
| Inga Cluppert |
| Dipankar Mitra |
| Amy Lein |
| Samuel Schmidt |
| Jason Freund |
| Adam Schneider |
| Mao Zheng |
| Todd Osmundson |
Graduate Student Representatives
Duties and Responsibilities
- In partnership with programs, departments, schools, and colleges, regularly establishing, monitoring, and revising academic policies pertaining to graduate education, including policies for graduate student admission, honors recognition, retention, probation, dismissal, and readmission, and reviewing those policies at least every five years.
- In partnership with the Director of Graduate Studies, sharing responsibility for graduate education strategic planning to ensure:
- on-going review, assessment, and revision of the strategic plan; and
- implementation of recommendations resulting from strategic planning activities.
- Overseeing membership in the graduate faculty.
- Determine procedures and criteria for selecting members of the graduate faculty.
- Review new graduate faculty applications through a standing subcommittee.
- Periodically approve and updated roster of members of the graduate faculty.
- Formulating procedures for hearing graduate student appeals and petitions on academic policy matters not resolved by administrative offices of the university.
- Reviewing Research, Service, and Education Leadership (RSEL) grant applications through a standing subcommittee.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Graduate Council Committee.
Budget Review
2026-2027 Membership
| Timothy Mcandrews |
| Jocelyn Newton |
| Chia-Chen Yu |
| Kenneth Shonk |
| Benjamin Trnka |
| Gwen Achenreiner |
Student Representative
Duties and Responsibilities
- Study and report to the senate on university budget decisions that affect instruction and research.
- Review annual budgets and report to the senate on trends in support for instruction.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Budget Review Committee.
Instructional Academic Staff (IAS)
2026-2027 Membership
| Olivia Stoltman |
| Jaclyn Reed |
| Robert Anderson |
| Roghaieh Ghodsian |
| Faye Ellis |
| Phillip Loehmer |
| Sandra Chapman |
| Jennifer Pierce |
| Lee Baines |
Duties and Responsibilities
- Studying, developing, and recommending policies and procedures used in the university concerning salary, position types and titles, promotion, workload, and general working conditions for Instructional Academic Staff.
- Studying, developing, and making recommendations regarding the implementation in the university of such policies and procedures.
- Collecting and disseminating information on such policies and procedures and their implementation in the university.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Instructional Academic Staff Committee.
Promotion, Tenure & Salary (PTS)
2026-2027 Membership
| Adam Stivers |
| Jorg Vianden |
| James Longhurst |
| Nathan Warnberg |
| Kanikkai Steni Balan Sackiriyas |
| Anita Davelos |
| Changyu Yang |
| Hongying Xu |
| Charlotte Roberts |
Duties and Responsibilities
- Studying and recommending policies and procedures used in the university concerning salary, promotion, and tenure.
- Collecting and disseminating information on procedures employed within the university in matters concerning promotion, tenure, and salary.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Promotion, Tenure & Salary Committee.
Consultative Layoff Committee (CLC)
2026-2027 Membership
| John Kovari |
| Casey Tobin |
| Sumei Liu |
| Seth King |
| Kenny Hunt |
| James Murray |
| Matthew McParker |
| Bryan Kopp |
| Andrew H Stapleton |
Duties and Responsibilities
- Consulting with the chancellor on financial emergencies in which faculty layoffs are anticipated as prescribed in UWS 5.
- Participating in any decision regarding potential program curtailment, in accordance with UWL 5.05 - 5.08.
- Representing the faculty before the board of regents if a state of financial emergency is declared, as detailed in UWS 5.04 - 5.06.
Click here for previous academic year committee membership, meeting minutes, charge letters, final reports and committee documents for the Consultative Layoff Committee.
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 2026
Spring 2027
All Faculty Senate meetings are scheduled in Union 2310 and typically start at 3:45 p.m.