School of Nursing Faculty/Staff Meeting
Cunningham CUN G40, 10:00 am
Purpose of Meeting: Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Automatic Consent
a. Agenda for Friday, November 21st, 2025
b. Minutes from Friday, October 17th, 2025
c. Fall 2025 Undergraduate Program list of graduates for approval (Attachment A)
d. Coming from UPC
i. UPC approved UPC 05-05-17(5)B Pro Roles Concept Distribution ATI alignment-UPC #05-05-17(5)B & replaces UPC #05-05-17(5)A (Attachment B)
ii. UPC approved UPC 09-07-18D Policy on Testing and Exams in UG Nursing Courses (Attachment C)
iii. UPC approved Proposed CP 05-07-17C UG-MN & Graduate Student Uniform & Dress Code Policy (Attachment D)
e. Coming from GPC
i. GPC Approved retiring NURS 784 (Attachment E)
ii. GPC approved revisions to the PHD Program Description GPC #05-05-17(3)H (Attachment F)
iii. GPC approved revisions to the PhD comprehensive Exam GPC #11-02-95I (Attachment G)
III. Invited guest
a. Budget update – K. Litwack and M. Petasek
IV. School Business
a. Unfinished Business
i. Coming from APC – Revisions to evaluation plan (99-12) 108A – discussion and vote (Attachment H)
b. New Business
i. UPC and GPC approved Proposed CP # 04-05-19A Technical Standards Policy – discussion and vote (Attachment I)
ii. Coming from GPC
i. GPC approved the suspension to the DNP Nurse Executive Track (all entry points) and the DNP/MBA Dual Degree Program (all entry points) – discussion and vote
ii. GPC approved creation of new policy GPC #11-07-25 Early Examination Approval Process & NCLEX-RN Live Review – discussion and vote (Attachment J)
iii. Coming from CHPS APBC
i. CHPS Level Course & Program Policy Draft_11.7.25_APBC Review.docx Discussion and vote
iv. Student Affairs presentation – E. Cobb (Attachment K)
v. Alt Text presentation (15 minutes) – L. Bennett/R. Chiappa
V. School Communications
a. Announcements
i. Sylvia Forbes recently received the 2025 WACADA Award (Wisconsin Academic Advising Association) for Outstanding Achievement!
ii. Awards taskforce needs: We are still seeking 2-3 more volunteers for each awards task force. There will be one task force for employees and one for students. The charge is to recommend a process for managing award nominations for both students and employees.
iii. Global Health certificate and study abroad request for donations – C. Klingbeil
iv. Course materials adoption – reminder to submit a response, even if your course has no materials. Check to see if you need to submit course materials here.
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
Minute: GPC approved the nomination and Election of a Co-Chair (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
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 (see Attachment L for updates)
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.
