Committees
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Academic Staff Council committees
Academic Staff Council Committee expanders
Bylaws, Election, and Policies/Procedures
The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.
Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:
- Recommend Bylaw changes to the Council for approval.
- Conduct Council elections as described in Bylaws IV.
- Recommend changes in the UW-La Crosse Staff Handbook for consideration by the Council.
Members:
Must have at least 4 members, one of which must be a member of the ASC.
Each term shall be 3 years in length, except the term of the member who represents the ASC. That member’s term is a yearly appointment.
Council Rep | Open |
At-Large | Mark Haakenson (2024) |
At-Large | Alexis Bergstrom (2025) |
At-Large | Dylan Griepentrog (2025) |
Alternate | Open |
Alternate | Open |
Professional Development
The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.
Responsibilities of the committee are the following:
- Develop and maintain institutional plans for the administration of academic staff professional development funds.
- Receive and review academic staff professional development proposals and recommend funding. No member of the Professional Development Committee shall participate in the approval of his or her own request for professional development funds.
- Review UW-La Crosse and UW System professional development policies and procedures and recommend changes.
- Review UW-La Crosse and UW System policies on fee reimbursement for employment-related coursework and recommend changes.
- Disseminate professional development information to the academic staff.
- Develop additional professional development opportunities for academic staff through research of additional funding mechanisms and consultation with the UW-La Crosse Foundation.
- Receive and review Academic Staff Excellence Award applications. Committee members nominated for the award are excused from the committee for the duration of the process. If a majority of committee members are nominated, the Academic Staff Council shall appoint additional members to complete the process.
Members:
Must have 6 members. One must be an ASC rep. There must be a committee member from each of the operational areas, and two at-large.
Each term shall be 3 years in length, except the term of the member who represents the ASC. That member’s term is a yearly appointment.
Council Rep | Katelyn Longmire |
Student Affairs/D & I | Jennifer Weber (2024) |
Administrative Coalition | Mandi McKinney (2025) |
Academic Affairs | Nicole Novak (2026) |
At-Large | Marjorie Bazluki (2025) |
At-Large | Taylor Zanotti (2026) |
Alternate | Jeffrey Kerkman |
Alternate | Amy Servais |
Search and Screen Appointments
Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:
- Seek nominations from all academic staff for each Chancellor's Administrative Search and Screen Committee or other University-wide search.
- Review and recommend a pool of candidates for each search and screen committee to the Academic Staff Council Executive Committee.
Members:
There must be 4 members. One must be an ASC rep. There must be one member from each of the four operational areas.
The term of each regular member shall be staggered two-year terms.
Council Rep | Katelyn Longmire |
Student Affairs | Kathryn Oleson (2024) |
Administrative Coalition | Mandi McKinney (2025) |
Academic Affairs | Jessica Palmer (2025) |
Alternate | Amy Servais |
Alternate | Dyllan Griepentrog |
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Members:
There must be seven members. One must be an ASC rep. One must be an HR representative. All members on this committee must have senior, director, or program manager III titles.
The six academic staff members shall each serve a staggered three-year term.
Council Rep | (2024) |
At-Large | |
At-Large | Aaron Nielsen (2024) |
At-Large | Christina Hayes (2024) |
At-Large | (2024) |
At-Large | Corinne Dillman (2025) |
HR Rep | Alyssa Balboa (2024) |
Alternate | Patricia Markos |
Alternate |
Non-Instructional Grievance
Members:
The committee shall consist of nine academic staff members, and three alternate academic staff members, none of whom shall be a dean or director with direct reports, nor a member of the instructional* academic staff, nor a member of the Academic Staff Council. A minimum of six committee members will hear the grievance. The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.
At-Large | Aaron Nielsen (2024) |
At-Large | Spencer Hulsey (2025) |
At-Large | Michele Overgard (2026) |
At-Large | Jenny Holm (2026) |
At-Large | Cindy George (2024) |
At-Large | Michael Slevin (2026) |
At-Large | Andrew Ives (2024) |
At-Large | Robyn Beahm (2025) |
At-Large | Derek Stanley (2025) |
Alternate | Sean Hurtubise |
Alternate | Open |
Alternate | Open |
Miscellaneous committees
Miscellaneous committees expanders
Parking Appeals
Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:
There must be one academic staff member on this university committee with one alternate. The term shall be two years in length. Hears appeals for parking violations.
At-Large | Michael Slevin (2024) |
Alternate | Dyllan Griepentrog |
Student Misconduct
Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:
- To serve, as called upon, as a member of the tribunal in hearing student misconduct cases.
Members:
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At-Large Guy Herling (2025) Alternate Issy Beach
International Education
Responsibilities of the committee are the following:
- Involves curricular and planning decisions regarding UWL courses that are offered in study abroad programs for UWL students.
Members:
At-Large | Jenny Holm (2024) |
Alternate | Kristin Koepke |
Textbook Oversight
Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:
- To oversee the implementation and maintenance of policy and guidelines for Textbook Rental Services, and to review and revise policy as required.
Members:
At-Large | Josh Zabel (2024) |
Alternate | OPen |
Conference/university committees
Conference/University Committees expanders
Joint Planning and Budget
Duties and responsibilities of the committee are outlined on the Chancellor's JPB committee page.
Members:
There must be 6 academic staff on this committee, one of which shall be the VC of the ASC.
Council Rep (Vice-Chair) | Pearl Bearhart |
At-Large | Andrew Ericson (2026) |
At-Large | Jamie Schweiger (2026) |
At-Large | Lisa Weston (2027) |
At-Large | Troy Richter (2027) |
At-Large | Chris Stindt |
Alternate | |
Alternate |
Joint Legislative/Regents Relations Committee
The committee shall elect a chairperson and a recording secretary from its membership.
Responsibilities of the Committee are the following:
- Increase awareness among legislators and regents about the contributions of academic staff, faculty and students to the university, as well as issues of concern for academic staff, faculty, and students.
- Increase awareness among academic staff, faculty, and students about legislative and regent issues that affect the university in general, and campus academic staff, faculty, and student governance groups specifically.
- Assist campus governance groups in researching legislative or system-related actions that potentially impact academic staff, faculty, and students, and make recommendations to the campus governance groups.
- Actively advocate on behalf of the university on legislative and regents issues.
- Coordinate efforts with other campus legislative activities.
- Encourage information-sharing and joint activities with academic staff, faculty, and students at other campuses.
Members:
There must be 3 academic staff on this committee. One shall be the UW System AS Rep, and the other two shall be academic staff members approved by the ASC.
Terms for the UW-System AS Rep shall be one year. Other appointees shall each serve a three-year staggered term.
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Council Rep (Madison Rep) Will Van Roosenbeek At-Large Maren Walz (2025) At-Large Tony Hanson (2025) Alternate Dyllan Griepentrog Alternate Alexis Bergstrom
Joint Multicultural Affairs Committee
The Committee shall elect its chairperson.
Duties and responsibilities of the committee are outlined on the Chancellor's JMAC committee page.
Members:
At-Large | Michele Overgard (2024) |
At-Large | Jeffery Kerkman (2025) |
At-Large | Victoria Rosin (2024) |
Alternate | Jenna Ives |
Alternate | Michelle Sylvester |
There must be 3 academic staff on this committee.
Joint Committee on Environmental Sustainability
The Committee shall elect its chairperson.
Duties and responsibilities of the committee are outlined on the Chancellor's committee page.
Members:
There must be 3 academic staff on this committee.
At-Large | Taylor Wilmoth (2026) |
At-Large | Derek Norby (2024) |
At-Large | Victoria Rosin (2025) |
Alternate | Abby Peschges |
Alternate | Open |
Student Association committees
Student Association Committees expanders
AIDAC
Provide decision making on 131 budgets.
ASC representative | Open |
Athletics
Helps determine policy and budget for the athletics program related to student segregated fees.
Members:
At-Large | Kristin Koepke (2024) |
At-Large | Ken Koelbl (2025) |
Alternate | Mike Schneider |
Student Organization Committee
Help the Student Organization make decisions about organizations being part of the campus, grant money disbursement, and Commencement Speaker.
At-Large | Issy Beach (2024) |