School of Nursing (SON) Faculty-Staff Meeting
Cunningham Hall CUN 795, 10:00 am
Purpose of Meeting: Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Automatic Consent
a. Agenda for March 20th, 2026
b. Minutes from February 20th, 2026
c. Coming from UPC and GPC
i. UPC approved to discontinue NURS 620/NURS 620G/Global 620/Global 620G (Request was made from L & S). This item was approved by both UPC & GPC.
ii. UPC approved to discontinue NURS 690/Global 690/NURS 690G/GLOBAL 690G (Request was made from L & S). This item was approved by both UPC & GPC.
d. Coming from UPC
i. UPC approved proposed changes (course title, number of credits & outcomes) to NURS 354-effective Spring 2027 (Attachment A)
ii. UPC approved retiring NURS 423-effective Fall 2027.
iii. UPC approved proposed changes (course title & outcomes) to NURS 431-effective Fall 2026 (Attachment B)
iv. UPC approved proposed changes (course title & outcomes) to NURS 432-effective Fall 2026 (Attachment C)
v. UPC approved proposed changes (catalog description) to NURS 434-effective Fall 2026 (Attachment D)
vi. UPC approved proposed changes (course title & outcomes) to NURS 477-effective Fall 2026 (Attachment E)
e. Coming from GPC
i. GPC approved updates to the DNP Program Description- Proposed GPC #05-06-16(2)I (Effective Fall 2026) (Attachments F and G)
ii. GPC approved to discontinue NURS 726 (effective Fall 2026)
iii. GPC approved updates to the PhD Program Description-Proposed GPC 05-05-17(3)J making change to have NURS 731 be a required course therefore changing the program description to only 3 credits of specialty credits. (Attachment H).
III. School Business
a. Unfinished Business
i. Strategic Plan – J. Doering and A. Anderson
b. New Business
i. Priorities, Accountability and Minimum Accessibility Requirements (15 minutes) – L. Bennett
ii. Coming from College of Health Professions and Sciences (CHPS) Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC)
iii. Student awards presentation (10 minutes) – L. Brennan
IV. School Communications
a. Announcements
i. Jennfier Doering
• Mandatory campus training due March 31st – it can be found in Workday in the ‘Personal’, then ‘Learning’ area.
• Scholarly activity reporting is due today!
• Call for applications for the Center for Global Health Equity Director, applications due 5pm, March 23rd
• Act 15 implications for summer 12-month employees
• Academic year 2026-2027 Teaching Assistants plan
• Dr. Mandy Sheriff, RN to BSN Program Director effective June 1st, 2026
• Plan for the MNRS conference.
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. Ellis
10. CHPS Research Committee (CHPS RC) – A. Anderson and J. Holt
11. CHPS Academic Planning Committee (CHPS APBC) – M. Taani 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 – 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. Working Well Initiative Committee (WWIC) (2-3 minutes) – R. Treisman
VI. Adjournment
Contact: Sonya Sharp, sharps@uwm.edu, (414) 229-6188.
