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The Senate of Academic Staff wishes to congratulate the following award winners:
Chancellor's Academic Staff Award for Excellence
Chancellor Sorensen established this award to recognize an Academic Staff member who demonstrates outstanding ability and performance, with a high potential to advance the mission of the university. This honor provides a financial award to be used for professional activities directly related to the recipient's professional goals.
Ms. Nicholle Stone, Learning Technology Services. With this award Stone will be able to attend a workshop offered by the American Society for Training and Development which covers topics such as human performance improvement and managing organizational knowledge. A portion of the funds were also used to fund the Learning Technology Services staff's experience at the Stout Adventure Challenge course.
Merle Price Academic Staff Award of Excellence
This annual award recognizes academic staff for excellence in service to UW-Stout, its mission and its students. The financial award is intended to be used to enhance professional development or improve the work environment of the recipient.
Mr. Darrin Witucki, University Centers. The Merle Price award will allow Witucki to further explore and implement wiki-based software as a resource manual and training tool for student employees in University Centers.
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Dennis Shaw, Chair
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715/232-1352
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About the Senate of Academic Staff
Chapter 36 of the Wisconsin Statutes directs the faculty and academic staff to determine its own organization and select their representatives to participate in institutional shared governance. The academic staff of each institution, subject to the responsibilities and powers of the board, the president, the chancellor, and the faculty shall be active participants in the immediate governance of and policy development for such institution.
On the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus, the academic staff's governing body is represented by the Senate of Academic Staff (see History). Through this organization, academic staff can assert their primary responsibility for the formulation and review of policies and procedures of concern to the academic staff, including personnel matters. Our Chancellor has demonstrated a commitment to strong academic staff governance, the success of which depends upon the administration's openness to listening to and consulting with the academic staff, and the academic staff's willingness to participate. Academic staff members are encouraged to contact and consult with their Senators on issues of concern, and also to attend the Senate of Academic Staff meetings.
All Senate of Academic Staff meetings comply with the Open Meetings Law (Sections 19.81-19.98 of the Wisconsin Statutes). This Law recognizes that keeping citizens informed about governmental affairs is essential to maintaining a democratic form of government and protects the public's right to full and complete information about most governmental activities. The Law requires that, except in limited circumstances, every meeting of a state or local governmental body be open to the public.