School of Nursing Faculty-Staff Meeting
Cunningham Hall CUN G40, 10:00 am
Purpose of Meeting: Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Automatic Consent
a. Agenda for Friday, February 20th, 2026
b. Minutes from Friday, December 19th, 2025
c. Coming from Graduate Program Committee (GPC)
i. GPC approved updates to Proposed GPC 05-05-19(9)A MN Admissions Subcommittee policy (Attachment A)
ii. GPC approved Update MN Program Description-Proposed GPC 05-05-17(2)E (Attachment B)
iii. GPC approved NURS 654G becomes NURS 713-change in course number (Attachment C)
iv. GPC approved NURS 675G becomes NURS 730-change in course number & Prerequisite(s) (Attachment D)
v. GPC approved NURS 676G becomes NURS 732-change in course number & Prerequisite(s) (Attachment E)
vi. GPC approved NURS 686G becomes NURS 740-change in course number, Prerequisite(s) (Attachment F)
vii. GPC approved NURS 688G becomes NURS 745-change in course number, Prerequisite(s) (Attachment G)
viii. GPC approved NURS 663G becomes NURS 756-change in course number, change 2 to 3 credits, course objectives, Prerequisite(s) & course/time requirements (Attachment H)
ix. GPC approved NURS 674G becomes NURS 747-change in course number, Prerequisite(s) (Attachment I)
x. GPC approved NURS 672G becomes NURS 748-change in course number, Prerequisite(s) (Attachment J)
xi. GPC approved NURS 673G becomes NURS 749-change in course number, Prerequisite(s) (Attachment K)
d. Coming from Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC)
i. UPC approved retiring of NURS 403
ii. UPC approved proposed updates to UPC 05-05-17(5)C Pro Roles Concept Distribution (Attachment L)
III. School Business
a. Unfinished Business
i. Not applicable
b. New Business
i. Tips for Crafting Accessible Emails (15 minutes) R. Chiappa
IV. School Communications
a. Announcements
i. J. Doering’s announcements
ii. Length of Service Awards
iii. The 2026 Building Bridges Research Conference REGISTRATION is open now. All conference Podium Presenters and Poster Presenters are required to complete the Financial Disclosure Form prior to the conference. – V. Thongpriwan
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 K. 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
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
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/K. Litwack
ii. DNP Program – A. Markiewicz
iii. MN Program – M. Melcher and K. Farrar-Stern
iv. MSP Program – L. Woehrle
v. RN-BSN Completion Program – N. Simonson
vi. UG Program – M. Brown
e. Sigma Theta Tau, Eta Nu Chapter (2-3 minutes) – C. Peters
V. Good and Welfare
a. Celebrate with us in this room, right after the meeting!
a. Sylvia’s retirement at 12:00pm in this room
b. 12:30pm WWIC is hosting a chili cookoff. Tickets are $5 to taste the chilis.
c. 1:00pm the campus Employee Gratitude Cart will visit this room offering some small uplifting items of appreciation.
b. Working Well Initiative Committee (WWIC) (2-3 minutes) – R. Treisman
VI. Adjournment
Contact: Sonya Sharp, sharps@uwm.edu, (414) 229-6188.
