Department of Urban Planning Faculty Meeting
AUP 242, 01:30 pm
Purpose of Meeting: Faculty meeting. Agenda below.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Urban Planning
Faculty Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 1:30-3:00 pm, SARUP Room 242
1:30 Approval of February 24, 2026 faculty meeting minutes (online attachment)
Announcements, Events, Accolades for Dean & SARUP Media
1:33 Head of School update – Kyle Reynolds
• Undergraduate Student Grievance process (online attachment)
• Potential vote to adopt Student Grievance process
1:43 MSPA updates – Alumni engagement, attending APA National conference, APA funding
• Engage 1st year planning student
• APA-WI March 20 online meeting attendance (Liam)
• Plan Fall events by March if requesting funds
1:55 Recruitment /Advising (Tammy, Bob, Kirk)
• Fall applicants
• Accepted update
• Scholarship and offers
2:05 Equity Practice and Planning Justice Center Event
2:10 Curriculum
• Final Fall 2026 schedule – calendar invite attachment
• 316 Great American Cities instructor – Patrick Finucane. In-person Monday night
• Speakers List Book.xlsx
• Academic Catalog review
• Approve: The Geographic Information Systems, Graduate Certificate moving from the Geography department to the new combined department of Earth, Environment, and Society.
• Real Estate Certificate overview and motions to approve – draft curriculum calendar invite attachment
1. Approve eliminating DUP Real Estate Concentration
2. Approve developing a 15 credit Real Estate Certificate
2:25 Outside Activity Reporting (link coming via email by March 27)
• Due April 30 – updated requirements and formatting from last year
• Covers January 2025 – April 2026
2:30 Closed Session for Research and Professional Accomplishments report out
Adjourn and move into closed session Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85 (1)(c).
Considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data related to public employees in the Department of Urban Planning.
Upcoming Faculty Meetings: Special Focus Topic
April 7 – 1:30-2:30pm (discuss how faculty can assist Lauren on tenure path)
May 7 – 1:30-2:30pm (Thursday – Learning Objectives Review process, 2027 submission)
FYI Use ROAR for SARUP room reservations
2026-2027 CAA Events – Due April 24, 2026
All website items need to be accessible by April 2026 LINK
Contact: Robert J Schneider, rjschnei@uwm.edu, (414) 977-7740.
This meeting may go into closed session, per state statute:
Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(c)
Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.
