{"id":7548,"date":"2025-10-31T17:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?p=7548"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:26:36","slug":"september-22-2025-academic-staff-awards-committee-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/september-22-2025-academic-staff-awards-committee-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"September 22, 2025 – Academic Staff Awards Committee (ASAC)\u2013 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Time: <\/strong>Monday at 1:00 p.m.
Location:<\/strong> Microsoft Teams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Present:<\/strong>\u00a0Sara Luelloff, Renato Umali, Georgia Brown, Ahmed Kaffel, Lisa Brennan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Meeting called to order at 1:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Introduction of Committee Members<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Minutes of May 13, 2025 meeting approved as distributed.\u00a0\n
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    1. Motion to approve by Georgia Brown<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Second by Renato Umali<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Approval at 1:05 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Review Committee Bylaws<\/a>\n
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      1. Professional development grant funding is in flux, will change yearly & is mentioned in the first sentence of the bylaws\n
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        1. Potentially update phrase to be: \u201cto administer the following awards as funding allows:\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Will ask the Senate for the change<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. Updates\n
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          1. Overview of Awards available for 2025-2026\n
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            1. Academic Staff Outstanding Performance & Service Award<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. Academic Staff Outstanding Teaching Award<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Note: Professional Development Awards and Regents awards are not being offered this year<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. Note: Regents Award \u2013 also not happening this year<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. SECU website updated. There is a New Committee website: Academic Staff Awards Committee<\/a>\n
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              1. We need to update the language on the website<\/a> to say that Prof. Dev Awards aren\u2019t available annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. Should we say purposefully say that we aren\u2019t doing Prof. Dev Awards?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. Review 2024-2025 Awards Calls and revise 2025-2026 nomination forms as needed:\n