School of Nursing Faculty/Staff meeting
Cunningham Hall CUN G40, 09:45 am
Purpose of Meeting: Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Automatic Consent
a. Agenda for Friday, December 19th, 2025
b. Minutes from (insert meeting date)
c. Coming from UPC
i. UPC approved SON removal of oversite/ownership from the Global Studies, BA degree
ii. UPC approved Updates to Proposed UPC #05-03-19C UG Admission Policy and Procedure (Attachment A)
iii. UPC approved Updates to Proposed UPC # 10-06-17(2)B Guiding UG Student Admission Into Prof Major Policy (Attachment B)
iv. UPC approved Updates to Proposed UPC 10-06-17(3)A Admission of Transfer Students (Attachment C)
v. UPC approved Updates to Proposed UPC 04-07-23B Traditional BS in Nursing Program Description (Attachment D)
vi. UPC approved Updates to Proposed UPC 01-12-07(2)C Sequence Nurs Courses in UG (Attachment E)
vii. UPC approved Proposed New Course CHPS 245 and Retire NURS 101 (Attachment F)
d. Coming from GPC
i. GPC approved proposal of new courses NURS 655 & NURS 656 combining Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, Med/Surg courses which replaces 4 current courses NURS 653, NURS 670, NURS 671 & NURS 657 which would be retired. (Attachments G and H)
ii. GPC approved proposal to update the prerequisite for all DNP courses-effective Fall 2026 to read “Graduate standing in the College of Health Sciences and Professions or consent of instructor.” Course included are:
1. N702
2. N703
3. N704
4. N707
5. N724
6. N725
7. N728
8. N735
9. N741
10. N742
11. N743
12. N750
13. N753
14. N754
15. N755
16. N757
17. N758
18. N759
19. N760
20. N767
21. N768
22. N769
23. N773
24. N803
25. N804
26. N805
27. N822
28. N823
29. N824
30. N825
31. N832
32. N833
33. N834
34. N835
35. N781
36. N782
37. N783
38. N784
III. Invited guest
a. Dr. Tara Albrecht: The Advocate Aurora Walter C. Schroder Chair. Dr Tara Albrecht's LinkedIn profile
IV. School Business
a. Unfinished Business
i. UPC and GPC approved proposed CP#02-01-19A CHPS Background Check Policy – discussion and vote (Attachment I)
ii. UPC and GPC approved proposed CP #05-06-17A CHPS Substance Screening Policy – discussion and vote (Attachment J)
b. New Business
i. Syllabus template overview – J. Doering/L. Bennett/R. Chiappa
V. School Communications
a. Announcements
i. January 2026 CHPS Holiday Party, K. Litwack is finalizing the details.
ii. Campus requesting information on National and International Awards – J. Doering
iii. Friday meetings question – J. Doering
b. Reports
i. School of Nursing (SON) Report by Head of School – J. Doering
ii. Committee Reports (2-3 minutes each)
1. Research Committee (RC) – J. Holt and L. Brennan
2. Academic Planning Committee (APC) – A. Anderson and J. Holt
3. Academic Staff Committee (ASC) – J. Newberg
4. STRONG Thriving Together (STT) – C. Ziebert and J. Kibicho
5. Graduate Program Committee (GPC) – L. Wesp and Kylateia Farrar-Stern
6. Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC) – J. Ellis
7. Executive Committee (EC) – P. Kako
8. IAS Review Committee (IASR) – J. Kibicho and M. Polfuss – see written report (Attachment K)
9. Subcommittee for Faculty Review (SFR) – J. Snethen
10. CHPS Research Committee (CHPS RC) – A. Anderson and J. Holt
11. CHPS Academic Planning Committee (CHPS APBC) – M. Taani, J. Snethen and M. Sheriff – Polfuss – see written report (Attachment L)
c. Unit Reports (2-3 minutes each)
i. Student Affairs (SA) – R. Jens
ii. Educational Design and Technology – L. Bennett and Richard Chiappa
d. Program Director Reports (2-3 minutes each)
i. PhD Program – J. Snethen
ii. DNP Program – A. Markiewicz
iii. MN Program – M. Melcher
iv. MSP Program – J. Doering (for Fall 2025)
v. RN-BSN Completion Program – N. Simonson
vi. UG Program – M. Brown
e. Sigma Theta Tau, Eta Nu Chapter (2-3 minutes) – J. Snethen
VI. Good and Welfare
a. Working Well Initiative Committee (WWIC) (2-3 minutes) – R. Treisman
VII. Adjournment
Contact: Sonya Sharp, sharps@uwm.edu, (414) 229-6188.
