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Date:\u00a0 Thursday, January 15, 2026
Location:\u00a0 Lubar N440<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Present:           M. Boehm, T. Boyer, D. Counts, A. Follmer, T. Freiburger, P. Hinow, P. Klajbor, R. Jens, T. Nation, H. Ouali, J. Roberts, G. Rodger, D. Romain Dagenhardt, K. Woodward, J. Wilcoxen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absent:             J. Kibicho, M. Newman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests:             A. Daire, D. Clark<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Call to order-The meeting was called to order at 9:05 a.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Approval of the minutes from December 18, 2025 meeting-The minutes were approved as submitted via auto consent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Chairs\u2019 Update-There was no chair\u2019s update.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Provost\u2019s Update-The Provost was in attendance to update the committee.\n
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    1. Enrollment numbers are looking good for Spring semester with an overall increase of 7.9%.\u00a0 Academic Affairs is continuing to work on increasing graduate student enrollments as international students are down overall and that is a concern.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Retention efforts continue to be a focus to help offset any enrollment changes UWM sees.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. The Budget Transparency meeting was helpful.\u00a0 The provost\u2019s office hopes to hold another in the future to help campus understand the budget process.\u00a0 The committee felt holding several in a town hall format may be helpful for the campus.\u00a0 The committee discussed the slideshow presentation and offered suggestions on how to improve the slides.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. The committee also discussed Program Array Review and updates to the review process.\u00a0 The committee felt that information more often would help with the planning and review process.<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. D. Clark updated the committee on the low enrolled program for Spring 2026.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Adjournment-The meeting was adjourned at 10:24 a.m.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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