April 17, 2026 – Academic Staff Orientation Committee – Minutes

Time: Friday at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Microsoft Teams

Attendance

Present: A. Hanlon, E. Kuhnen, R. Mazurek, K. O’Connell Valuch, J. McClary-Gutierrez, S. Surach (chair)
Absent:

I. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 1:03 p.m.


The minutes for the February 20, 2026, meeting were approved by automatic consent.

III. New Business

  1. Presentation debrief.
    1. Reorganization of slides was positive.
    2. Getting slide files to Tammy Howard – make sure link to slides gives permission to all UWM to view.
    3. Kat will get responses from survey to discuss at next meeting.
    4. Old annual review information can be removed for next time now that Workday is updated.
  2. Review presentation feedback: postpone to next meeting (May 15).
    1. Kat will drop into our Teams site.
  3. Discuss summer meeting schedule and chair selection.
    1. No meetings during summer.
    2. Chair election at next meeting: Stephanie is rolling off after this meeting.

IV. Adjournment

Adjournment at 1:15 p.m.