Geography Department Faculty
Bolton Hall Room 410D, 12:30 pm
Purpose of Meeting: I. Approval of the December 6, 2017 meeting minutes
II. Announcements and general matters
A. Chair’s report
1. Latest information on compensation
2. Spring 2018 enrollment report
3. Last call for changes to Fall 2018 class schedule
4. Department contributed $50 to WGS in support of Dr. Melissa Wright’s Vilas Trust Lecture
B. Graduate Student announcements
B. Other announcements
III. Committee Business and Reports
A. Undergraduate-Professors Fredlund/Sziarto
[may need closed session according to Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1)(c)]:
1. Petitions
2. Online course evaluation issues
3. Other matters
B. Graduate-Prof. Choi
[may need closed session according to Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1)(c)]:
1. Petitions
2. Master’s students taking UG courses issue
3. Other matters
C. Lecture-Prof. Donnelly
D. Public Relations-Prof. Holifield
IV. Other Business
V. Personnel Matters [Closed session according to Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1) (c) & (f)]:
A. Update on personnel matters and discussion of awards and compensation
VI. Adjournment
Note: An Executive Committee meeting will immediately follow the Department Meeting.
Contact: Mark D. Schwartz, mds@uwm.edu, (414) 229-3740.
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., Wis. Stat. sec. 19.85(1)(f)
Considering financial, medical, social or personal histories or disciplinary data of specific persons, preliminary consideration of specific personnel problems or the investigation of charges against specific persons.
