School of Nursing (SON) Faculty/Staff Meeting
Simulation Center, Northwest Quad, 3rd Floor, Room 3790, 10:30 am
Purpose of Meeting: Agenda
I. Call to order
II. Automatic Consent
a. Agenda for April 17th, 2026
b. Minutes from March 20th, 2026
c. Spring 2026 Undergraduate (UG) Graduates (Attachment A)
d. Coming from GPC
i. GPC approved updates to the GPC Testing Policy GPC # 11-05-21(2)A (Attachment B)
e. Coming from UPC
i. UPC approved NURS 431-Update Course Overview (Attachment C)
ii. UPC approved NURS 477-Update Course (Attachment D)
iii. UPC approved to Retire: UPC 01-12-07(2)C Sequence Nurs Courses in UG Program (Attachment E)
iv. UPC approved to Retire: UPC # 10-06-17(2)B Guiding UG Student Admission Intro Program (Attachment F)
v. UPC approved Changes to pre-major requirements: substitution of CHPS 203 (pre-existing course) which is replacing NURS 203 (Discontinue effective Fall 2028)
vi. UPC approved Updates to UG Admission Policy and Procedure UPC #05-03-19D (Attachment G)
vii. UPC approved Updates to Traditional BS in Nursing Program Description UPC #04-07-23B (Attachment H)
viii. UPC approved Updates to Admission of Transfer Students Policy UPC #10-06-17(3)A (Attachment I)
III. School Business
a. Unfinished Business
i. Not applicable
b. New Business
i. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) versus Portable Document Format (PDF): Understanding the Difference – (5-10 minutes) R. Chiappa
IV. School Communications
a. Announcements
i. A new campus event approval process is in place. Please respond to attendance requests by the stated deadlines, as early response counts—often collected via Microsoft Forms before calendar invites—are required for event approval.
ii. Hannah Bridgeland is the Interim Director for the Center for Global Health Equity
iii. Faculty/Staff Development Day – the attendance form link has been extended. Development Day session.
1. Teaching intensive
2. Research intensive
iv. 414 Day – Patrick Kessenich or Shavonn Montgomery-Brown will join our May meeting to share 414 Day results and impact.
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.
