{"id":1356,"date":"2025-07-18T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?page_id=1356"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:00:52","slug":"university-staff-senate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/university-staff\/university-staff-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"University Staff Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"size-p-lg wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate of the University Staff serves as the official governance body for University Staff and represent UWM University Staff interests and concerns to campus administration, UW System and the Board of Regents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-grid uwm-c-button--grid uwm-l-grid-row--30 uwm-l-grid-column--30 uwm-l-grid--2 uwm-l-grid--equal-y\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/university-staff-standing-committees-and-senate\/university-staff-senate\/\" rel=\"\">Senate Bylaws<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/university-staff\/university-staff-senate\/rosters\/\" rel=\"\">Rosters<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-meeting-schedule-for-2026-2027\">Meeting Schedule for 2026-2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"uwm-c-table uwm-c-table--stripe\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Month<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Day<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>July<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>August<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>September<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>June<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>10 a.m.<\/td><td>On Teams and In person in- Lubar Hall S250<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-agendas\">Agendas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">2026-27 Agendas<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/july-21-2026-university-staff-senate-agenda\/\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">2025-26 Agendas<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-minutes\">Minutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion\" data-accordion-prefix-classes=\"uwm\" data-accordion-cool-selectors=\"1\"><button class=\"uwm-p-accordion--toggle-button size-p-md\">Expand All<\/button>\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">2026-27 Minutes<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--header\">2025-26 Minutes<\/div><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel\"><div class=\"uwm-p-accordion--panel-inner uwm-u-clear\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/march-17-2026-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">March 17, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/february-17-2026-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">February 17, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/january-20-2026-university-staff-senate-minutes-revised\/\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/december-16-2025-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">December 16, 2026<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/november-18-2025-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">November 18, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/october-21-2025-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/september-16-2025-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">September 16, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/august-19-2025-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">August 19, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/july-15-2025-university-staff-senate-minutes\/\">July 15, 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-additional-resources\">Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New Senators Orientation 2026-2027 (PDF)-To be posted soon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/regents\/policies\/university-staff-governance\/\">Universities of Wisconsin &#8211; University Staff Governance Page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/governance-representatives\/university-staff\/\">UW System Shared Governance Council<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div 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