Campus Planning Committee, October 23, 2008

After a brief welcome and introduction, the Campus Planning Committee (CPC) commenced its October 23, 2008 meeting. There were five presentations on the agenda:

1) Approval of the September 13 Minutes. During that meeting, the Campus Planning Committee toured the Grainger Hall addition and University Square.

2) Civic Participation and Engagement: I presented 20 minute presentation regarding Civic Participation and Engagement that asked: As a Committee, are we disregarding our responsibility to our community (Chancellor, Faculty Students, Alumni, Boosters, etc.) when we do not engage in meaning conversation regarding the University and how it affects the urban fabric.

A Microsoft '07 PPT copy of the presentation can be found HERE.

A 20MB PDF copy of the presentation can be found HERE.

As follow-up to the issues raised, Facilities Planning & Management will present their policies at the next meeting on November 13, 2008.

3) Alan Fish, of FP&M, presented an outline of the 2011-17 Capital Budget,

4) Julie Grove, of FP&M, presented an update of Chazen Museum of Art addition, and

5) Dan Cornelius, of Wisconsin Union, presented an update of the Union South redevelopment project.

Dean of Students Advisory Board

The following is the agenda from the October 30 ODOS meeting along with my notes:

1. Welcome and Introductions (10 min)
1. Lori Berquam
2. Course Guide discussion with Joanne Berg and Karen Hanson from DEM (45 min)
1. Enhanced and searchable course guide
2. Aggregated information center
3. Examples on slides
1. Course listing will be dynamic
2. When course was last offered and taught
3. Cross listing
4. Faster interface for searching
5. Links
6. Scheduler software parameters
1. Time and day
2. Closed sections
3. Breaks
4. Location
5. Instructor
3. ASM Constitution - Hillary (15 min)
1. Listening sessions about the draft
2. Feedback into University software
3. Legislature makes policy
4. Executive takes action
5. Committee will give a presentation
4. Halloween Update - Kevin (5 min)
1. Discounted price for students
2. Shriek week at the union
3. UW police policy for Halloween activities on campus
4. Student safety issues
5. Band position and update - (10 min)
1. Progress in investigation
2. Protected individual student conduct
3. Position appointed to interview band members
4. Hazing allegations were confirmed
5. Band representation
6. Email Distribution - Lori (5 min)
1. ODOS can not create an email constituent list
2. Personally can gather emails to update your area about what is happening
3. Can email Lori or Sue to post for the group
7. Future topics - (5 min)
1. Recap Halloween
2. Snow issues
3. Campus safety
4. Student ticket distribution

Athletic Board Meeting

Hello SGers,

The athletic board met October 17th. The meeting started with both the chair's and the director's reports. The chair, Walter Dickey, commented on his experience at the Big Ten meetings which took place earlier on. One of the most important subject discussed was the issue regarding mandatory summer school for basketball players. Currently there hasn't been too many members of the Big Ten in favor of mandatory summer school but the idea is gaining momentum throughout the conference, including some athletic department members here at UW. This is a very complex issue with both positives and negatives but for now we would just like to make it known that the idea is being discussed and will provide updates when we have more information.

There was also a discussion regarding the creation of a committee within the atheltic board to research the possibility of creating some type of academic sports program here at UW. We are waiting to hear from the chair still but both Logan and I will be very involved with this committee as soon as it is created. Logan did an independent research study on this issue and found that many Big Ten schools already have a program like this and many different schools throughout the nation have similar programs. With the increasing demand and popularity of programs like this we feel that it is essential that UW-Madison has a program like this because there are many people who would love to pursue some sort of career in athletics.

There was a member of the board who resigned from the athletic board. Despite the loss of the member, the board is moving forward in a positive direction and a new appointee will be named prior to our December 5th meeting. If you have further questions please ask.

A large part of the meeting was designated to talking about the Ad-Hoc committee which was designed to determine the exact role of the athletic board and how it operates. Each member of the board is assigned to different sub-committees and much of the work that gets done on the board is done on these various sub-committees. Some of the committees meet more often than others and some are also interrelated, so we may potentially combine some of these committees for the convenience of the members and efficiency of the board. There was a huge discussion regarding the functions of the board and what exactly is the role of the board members. We also discussed and tried to order the priorities of the board. This will be presented at the next meeting. The Ad-Hoc committee will be meeting and re-wording their draft in hopes that we can potentially approve the role of the board in one of our future meetings.

Finally, we are currently in the process of the NCAA-Self Study which is our way of self assessing our athletic department to make sure that we are complying with all rules and regulations and are also making attempts to improve upon our deficiencies in areas such as gender equity, diversity, and student athlete well being amongst many others. This process is supposed to be a community and campus wide project. We are near the completion of our answers to the many questions provided by the NCAA and as soon as we are done with this, we will be creating a website where members can submit questions and comments. We will be sure to let you know when the website is up and running.

Thats all folks. Any questions, feel free to ask.

University Assessment Council

The University Assessment Council (UAC) had it's October meeting (sorry this post is late).

Important stuff:

• Keep in mind that we are in the middle/end of University reaccreditation.
• UAC is going to be re-visioning the committee to serve the University better.
  
• I suggested re-doing the website to make it better reflect what the comittee does and to serve as a clearinghouse for data (maybe).
• UAC can visit this committee if we would like.
  

-Emily

Here is the agenda with my comments:

AGENDA

1. Welcome and introductions

2. Updates: Consortium on Financing Higher Education (COFHE) and Higher Education Act and Public Disclosure - Jocelyn Milner

· wants UW to endorse statement on assessment in higher education

o critique of standardized testing

o thinks it’s pretty non-controversial to sign on to this – don’t want every institution in the nation to be judged on the same test

o UW has already signed on to the VSA – voluntary system of assessment, need to make sure these don’t contradict each other “college portrait”

§ Three tests possible CLA, MAPP, CAP(comes from ACT, proposal to move to this at UW)

· have chosen not to do testing right now, thinks we do enough already

· higher edu act 2008 –

o went beyond financial aid

o need to report on faculty student ratios

o lots of information that is going to be needed

o mandated public disclosure of exit plans of students and info on alumni

3. UW-Madison Re-accreditation Site Visit Update – Nancy Mathews

· site visitor wants to meet with committee in April 27-29^th, concerned with details

· be prepared to talk specifically about outcomes, specific programs, changes that have been made, activity not just intentions

o going to want to talk to students this spring

· making information more accessible – putting it on the web, information on changes made

4. Criterion 3 feedback – Nancy Mathews

* Observations and responses from UAC

http://www.greatu.wisc.edu/themes/criteria.html

Please bring a copy of Criterion 3 to the meeting (see link above).

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5. Planning for the Future and Re-Visioning the UAC

To begin our discussion about the future role/scope of the Council, below are a few questions to help start the conversation.

a. Are there specific student learning and assessment efforts in your unit that link to Criterion 3 (build on Nancy’s comments)?

b. Are there other program efforts being pursued in your unit that are beyond/outside of the Student Learning focus?

c. If you could create a wish list for the next 1-3 years, what issues or priorities would your unit want to engage in related to assessment, program improvement, student learning, etc.? How can the UAC and other resources be of support?

6. Visits to schools/colleges/units

At our last meeting, we discussed scheduling discussions within your school/college/or unit regarding the upcoming Re-accreditation site visit, program assessment in general, university-wide strategies and plans, etc.

If this might be useful for your unit, with whom might this conversation include?

We will want to schedule these discussions soon.

Adjourn

Lectures Committee - Fall 2008

The Lectures Committe one and only fall meeting went well.

There was discussion of current lecture applications.
Also, the committee is looking to the future to find ways of equally distributing the funds as travel costs increase; the committee does not fear running out of money for lectures this year but that may be a problem in the near future.

If anyone has any questions or concerns about the Lectures Committee, feel free to post a reply.

~Melissa

Union Council

On Thursday (Oct. 30th) Union Council held its monthly meeting. It lasted about three hours, and included several important action items. First, we listened to an update by all WUD Directors (this includes the music committee, Global Connections, etc... if you really don't know what WUD is, ask me). We then approved a a document that overhauled all of the procedures to accept "naming" donations for all Union rooms. We decided that the Rath probably shouldn't become the KFC Beerhall, and so we included a list of locations that should not be named. This bill has been in the wings for years, so the fact that it was finally passed made the admin very happy. I don't think many students ever want to see buildings "sold" via donations. But, at the same time... money is very very nice.

We then authorized the Union to be the administrative home for a program for incoming freshman to go on a trip to bond. This program was started by students, but they are graduating, and need it to have a real home. In the future there is the hope that any group/org will be able to go on the trip to "bond".

A new programing fund was also started (funded by the Union) for programing that encourages democratic values. The requirements are pretty loose, so be creative!

Thanks,

Guthrie

Campus Transportation Committee- 10.7.08

There are several construction projects either finishing up or coming on-line shortly. Of particular interest: University Ave is scheduled for a major overhaul in the next year and a half; this will push all traffic into 2 lanes for much of that time.
Bicycle, moped, and bus pass usage are all up in double digits over the past year. Additional bike stalls are forthcoming. The number of bicycle parking sports has overtaken the number of permitted car parking spots on campus; there are 9700 permitted car spots, but bike spots exceed that as of this summer's additions.
The Budget & Policy subcommittee has re-formed. As the only student rep on CTC so far, I will be serving on it. The committee has decided to remove Traffic Demand Management and Safety from the duties of this subcommittee and will re-evaluate how to approach these topics separately. CTC will be reviewing next year's capital budget draft in December and will be voting on the operating budget in February.
Transportation Services (TS) is in the process of filling their Director position. The Search & Screen process is closed. Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) would like to have 3-5 finalists chosen soon, and have the ultimate decision made by the end of December.
The independent review process for TS has been changed. Previously, the process was to include the formation of an ad-hoc committee that would receive the final report of the review panel. The ad-hoc was then to relay these findings to the CTC. The CTC voted 5-0-1 to remove the ad-hoc committee from the process, and will instead receive the recommendations of the panel directly, with some additional invited representatives from those interest groups (e.g. the McBurney Center). The aim is a more efficient process, and one that is more in-line with departmental reviews across campus. I abstained from the vote, citing a lack of information; at the time, it was unclear whether the ad-hoc was still necessary. However, I do trust that this revision makes the process more efficient and should not influence the review itself. Both FP&M and TS indicated that it would be a valuable tool for the incoming Director. The review is intended to take place in the spring of 2009.