Patricia Brennan, 2003-2006; chair 2005-2006
Professor, Nursing (School of Nursing), Industrial Engineering (College of Engineering); Social Studies Division. Member of the faculty since 1996. Former member: Committee on Women in the University (co-chair); Campus Planning Committee; Graduate School Research Committee; Graduate School Dean Search and Screen Committee. 2003 Election Statement: A key role of the University Committee is to aptly facilitate all faculty governance bodies of the campus (Faculty Senate, Chapter 6 committees, appointed committees, etc.) in matters in which faculty have a voice. The University Committee has the responsibility to be pro-active in insuring the academic integrity of the campus, both scanning for opportunities to ensure faculty input in university direction as well as assuring fair deliberation of critical issues among the governance bodies. Critical issues facing the faculty over the next three years include guiding budget and personnel decisions in an era of financial restraint, balancing governance across faculty, academic staff, classified staff and administrative stakeholders, and fostering our long tradition of academic excellence. I hold joint tenured appointments in the School of Nursing and the College of Engineering that have given me a broad perspective on interdisciplinary research, different teaching models, and the promotion and tenure processes in both the social studies and physical sciences divisions. My experiences of seven years in departmental, college and university governance activities provides an excellent background for analysis of important issues as well as a viable network of colleagues for counsel and consultation.

Philip Brown, 2000-2004; chair 2002-2003
Professor, Geology and Geophysics (College of Letters and Science); Physical Sciences Division. Member of the faculty since 1981. Former faculty senator. Former chair: Department of Geology and Geophysics. Former member and chair: Physical Sciences Divisional Executive Committee. Former member: University Academic Planning Council; Committee on Committees. Current member and former chair: University Committee. 2002 Election Statement: I am committed to the shared governance system of this university and feel that the University Committee is the most significant place a faculty member can make a contribution. Grappling with difficult issues and trying to distill them to their essence for the Faculty Senate provides deep insights into how the Madison campus operates and how it fits in the UW System. Issues surrounding tenure, state support for higher education, and the evolving relationship between faculty, academic staff, classified staff and the students are at the forefront of defining the Madison campus' place in the state and on the national educational scene.

Mary (Molly) Carnes, 2004-2006
Professor, Medicine (MED), Affiliate with Psychiatry, Industrial Engineering; Biological Sciences Division. Member of the faculty since 1985. Director, Center for Women's Health Research and Co-Director, Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI). Former faculty senator. Former member: Biological Sciences Strategic Planning Committee; School of Pharmacy Dean Search Committee. Current member: Committee on Women in the University; Campus Planning Committee. 2004 Election Statement: As a physician, I assess and integrate information from multiple domains to derive a diagnosis and work toward a plan of care in partnership with a patient and other members of a multidisciplinary team. My field of Internal Medicine, in particular, prides itself on striving to implement only interventions where scientific evidence supports improved outcomes. I have been delighted to discover that these same skills and values apply to the administration of complex organizations. I bring to the University Committee these skills along with 20 years of experience developing and leading multidisciplinary research, educational, and clinical initiatives. I am ever astounded by the quality of the students, faculty, and staff at UW-Madison and pleased to have the opportunity to provide service to an institution whose principles resonate with my own.

Murray Clayton, 2002-2005; chair 2004-2005
Professor, Statistics (College of Letters and Science) and Plant Pathology (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences); Biological Sciences Division. Member of the faculty since 1984. Former associate chair: Department of Statistics. Recipient: CALS Award for Excellence in Teaching; Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Former member and chair: Followup Committee to the 1993 Faculty Gender Equity Pay Exercise; Biological Sciences Division Tenure Committee. Former member: Committee on Women in the University; Search Committee for Director of the Office of Affirmative Action and Compliance; Search Committee for Dean of the School of Pharmacy; Department of Zoology External Review Committee; Academic Program Review Committee for Department of Medical Sciences. Current chair: Masters of Biometry Executive Committee. Current associate chair: Department of Plant Pathology. Current member: University Academic Planning Council; Committee on Committees; University Committee. Statement: In the recent past I have served as a member and chair of the tenure committee for the Biological Sciences Division, and I am currently serving on the University Committee. These experiences have underlined for me the importance of the faculty's role in shared governance. To me, the notion of faculty governance involves both process and responsibility. The former includes the set of rules and procedures that facilitate the direct involvement of faculty in governance. These are hollow, however, unless faculty likewise fulfill their responsibility to help create, maintain, and enact governance legislation. I believe that the excellence of our institution and its diversity of endeavors, accomplishments, and people, are best achieved through a governance structure in which faculty play an active and essential role.

Steven Cramer, 2004-2006
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENGR); Physical Sciences Division. Member of the faculty since 1984. Director of the College of Engineering Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory. Current and previous associate department chair. Former member: Physical Sciences Divisional Executive Committee (chair); Academic Program Review Committee (chair). Current member: Teaching Academy. 2004 Election Statement: During nearly 20 years on this campus, I have enjoyed working with faculty and staff at the departmental, college and university level to make this university a better place to study and to work. I have learned to respect the role we as faculty have on this campus in shaping our own environment. This period of increasing financial stress will challenge the University of Wisconsin-Madison to make difficult choices and find new ways to fulfill its multifaceted mission. I feel proactive faculty participation in shared governance is now most critical to ensure we continue to possess a unique environment for scholarship and discovery. The academic freedom we enjoy requires faculty diligence, participation in governance decisions and better communication of what we do to our constituencies - all at a time when faculty are asked to do more with less. I will be particularly sensitive on the University Committee to the issues of enhancing the working environment for scholarship and discovery in the face of financial pressures that may work to the contrary.

Julie D'Acci, 2001-2004
Professor, Communication Arts, Women's Studies (College of Letters and Science); Arts and Humanities Division. Member of the faculty since 1990. Currently associate chair Communication Arts. Former: associate chair Women's Studies; Vilas Associate; Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award; Lilly Teaching Fellow; Tenure with Distinction; UW Women's Faculty Mentor. Current member: L&S Individual Majors Committee. Former member: Dean of Students Search and Screen; Lilly Teaching Fellow Selection Committee; Department of Comparative Literature Review Committee; Student Conduct Hearing Panel; Student Informal Adjudication Review; L&S Student Advisor Service. Speaker/Session Leader: School of Education Teaching Forum; L&S Teaching Assistant Training Session; UW Tenure Process Workshop. 2001 Election Statement: Deeply committed to Wisconsin's tradition of joint governance and to promoting communication at all levels of the university, I would welcome service on the University Committee. My background in the fields of communication, culture, and women's studies has fueled a dedication to issues of diversity and equity, as well as to inter-departmental and inter-school cooperation that I would bring to my duties. The work of the University Committee is specifically devoted to building the university community, and such work is vitally important to me.

Jim Escalante, 2004-2006
Professor, Art (EDUC); arts and humanities. Member of the faculty since 1989. Department chair (six years); acting director Chicano/a Studies Program (1994-96). Former faculty senate alternate. Former member Divisional Executive Committee (chair); Arts and Humanities Sub-committee for the North Central Accreditation (chair); Information Technology Committee; Campus Diversity Plan Oversight Committee; Campus Planning Committee; Consortium for the Arts; Anonymous Fund Committee; Humanities Research Institute Committee. Current member: University Committee; Committee on Committees; Honorific Modified Professorial Title Review Committee; PROFS, Inc. 2004 Election Statement: Having served on numerous campus-wide committees and campus-wide searches, I understand the significant role that the University Committee plays in campus governance. It is my belief that voices from all campus divisions play important roles in shaping the future of the university. It would be an honor to participate in the future planning of UW-Madison.

Aaron Friedman, 2001-2004; chair 2003-2004
Professor, Pediatrics (Medical School); Biological Sciences Division. Member of the faculty since 1981. Former member: Occupational Health Committee; Recreational Sports Board; Medical School Admissions Committee; Academic Staff Area Review Committee; Biological Sciences Divisional Tenure Committee (chair); Biological Sciences Strategic Planning Committee; Faculty Consultative Committee on Financial Emergency. Current chair: Pediatrics. Current faculty senate alternate. 2001 Election Statement: The University Committee is essential to faculty governance and crucial to the long-term success of a complex campus such as ours. My previous experience has clearly taught me the value of shared governance and broad consultation within the university. As we strive to develop a matrix relationship across campus with cluster hires, inter-departmental and even inter-school recruitment, the role for the University Committee becomes even more important. I consider service on the University Committee as one of the most important methods by which faculty can fashion the future of the university.

Linda Graham, 2006-2009
Professor, Botany (L&S)/Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies; biological sciences. Member of the faculty since 1976. Current committee service: GNIES Water Resources Management graduate program (chair); Limnology and Marine Sciences graduate program (chair); faculty senator; Committee on Committees (past chair); Officer Education Committee; Cross College Biology Education Steering Committee; L&S Academic Planning Council. Former service: Botany Department chair; Divisional Executive Committee (chair); Biological Sciences Hearn Review Committee; Academic Staff Area Review Committee; University Press Committee; several L&S and CALS committees. 2006 Election Statement: My service to numerous university and cross-college groups has taught me how widely we value shared faculty governance. I have noted our system's strengths by comparison to others while serving as an external reviewer of programs at other academic institutions. I perceive that our system helps to explain UW-Madison's national and international prominence, because shared governance gives us all a voice in shaping our present and future. It would be a privilege for me to foster shared governance as a member of the University Committee.

Ann Hoyt, 2006-2009; chair 2008-2009
Professor, Consumer Science (SoHE); social studies. Member of the faculty since 1985. Current member: Campus Planning Committee; Council on Outreach (SoHE). Former member: Social Studies Divisional Executive Committee; Campus Planning Steering Committee; Provost's Advisory Committee on Distance Education; Provost Search Committee; Provost's Council on Outreach; Provost's Council on Outreach Subcommittee on Tenure Guidelines (co-chair); University Child Care Committee (chair); SoHE Academic Planning Council; several search committees; UW Credit Union Board of Directors (chair). 2006 Election Statement: I have abiding respect for the research, teaching and service missions of the university and will work to assure that the university continues to foster all areas of scholarly endeavor. One of our challenges as faculty members is to perpetuate efficient, strategic and responsible participatory governance. My teaching and service have focused on effective governance and strategic planning. It would be an honor to use these skills in service to the campus community.

Jane Hutchison, 2005-2008
Professor, Art History (L&S); arts and humanities. Member of the faculty since 1964. Former department chair. Current faculty senate alternate. Former faculty senator. Former member: University Committee; Humanities Divisional Committee (three terms, former co-chair); Elvehjem Accessions Committee; Equity and Diversity Resource Center Advisory Committee; Memorial Library Committee; Wisconsin State Legislative Council Committee on Sources of Funding for the Arts, Wisconsin State Conference of AAUP (past president); Search Committee (Law School Dean). Current committee service: Officer Education Committee (chair); Ad Hoc Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights. 2005 Election Statement: Since the time of my original service on the University Committee during the merger (1972-74) of the Madison campus with the former Wisconsin state colleges, I have been active in the protection of the academic freedom ostensibly guaranteed by the University's Regents on the "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque affixed to the facade of Bascom Hall-freedom that played an important role in the foundation of national AAUP many years ago. That freedom can thrive only in a system of shared governance, and its preservation continues to be my chief concern.

Judith Leavitt, 2000-2004
Ruth Bleier WARF Professor, History of Medicine (Medical School); with joint appointments in Women's Studies (College of Letters and science), and History of Science (College of Letters and Science); Biological Sciences Division. Member of the faculty since 1975. Former Associate Dean for Faculty, Medical School. Former department chair. Former chair: Student Admissions Committee; Minority Students Admissions Committee; and the Faculty Equity and Diversity Committee in the Medical School. Former member: Selection Committee for the Humanities Research Institute; Student Promotions Committee; Committee on Day Care; System Task Force on the Status of Women (Madison Resource Board); Faculty Appeals Committee; Archives Committee; Memorial Library Committee; Honorary Degrees Committee; Advisory Committee of the Women Faculty Mentoring Program; Search Committee for Associate Dean of the Humanities in the Graduate School. Current member: Hunter Fellowship Committee (SHSW); Advisory Committee, National Center of Excellence in Women's Health; Search Committee for Women's Health Cluster hires. 2000 Election Statement: Fully committed to faculty governance, I see the University Committee as the epitome of this Wisconsin idea. Because of my appointment in both Medical School and L&S departments, biological sciences and the humanities, I bring a full range of experience with campus faculty issues and a belief in broad inter-college consultation. I look forward to service on this committee as a way of adding my voice to help improve faculty and student life on our campus.

Robert Mathieu, 2005-2008; chair 2006-2008
Professor, Astronomy (L&S); physical sciences. Member of the faculty since 1987. Director, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL); WIYN Observatory (former president, board of directors); National Institute for Science Education (former associate director); Distinguished Teaching award recipient. Former associate chair, Department of Astronomy. Former member: Undergraduate Education Committee; L&S Appeals Committee; Graduate School Research Committee (physical sciences); UW Re-accreditation Committee; Teaching Academy Executive Board. Current member: Divisional Executive Committee; Graduate School Academic Planning Council; Graduate Faculty Executive Committee; Teaching Academy. 2005 Election Statement: Over the last decade I have had the good fortune to work closely with faculty, students, academic staff, and administrators from almost every school and college at UW-Madison. I deeply appreciate our common commitment to the success of this great university, and to value highly the diversity of perspectives across the campus. I have found that a key to progress is open and vital communication, which creates rich collaborative opportunities and dispels false perceptions and barriers. A critical goal of faculty governance is to enhance our connectivity and align our strengths toward common goals. This is particularly critical in these challenging times when we all are being asked to accomplish more with less. I have extensive experience in fostering successful inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations, both in research and in education. As a member of the University Committee, I would seek to promote broad, inclusive solutions as we shape the future of the university. It would be an honor to be able to serve all of you on the University Committee.

Robert Miller, 2002-2005
Professor, Business (School of Business) and Statistics (College of Letters and Science); Social Studies Division. Member of the faculty since 1968. Current faculty senator. Former member: Budget Planning and Analysis Joint Subcommittee (chair); Social Studies Divisional Executive Committee; Commission on Faculty Compensation and Economic Benefits (chair); Faculty Consultative Committee on Financial Emergency; Graduate School Academic Planning Council; Graduate School Faculty Executive Committee; PROFS, Inc. Steering Committee; Committee on Undergraduate Education (chair); University Honors Committee; Associate Dean School of Business Undergraduate Programs. Former department chair of Statistics (L&S); former department chair of Operations and Information Management (BUS). 2002 Election Statement: One of the keys to the UW-Madison "miracle" is our tradition of faculty governance. The increasing complexity of the campus, its educational programs and its constituencies makes the process of faculty governance more important and more difficult than ever before. I believe the University Committee is essential to that process. My goal in seeking to serve on the committee is to ensure that, where appropriate, the faculty exert its authority, give its advice and exercise its responsibilities. As a member of the committee, I will seek to engage in the diligence, consultation, collaboration and goodwill needed to maintain our vital tradition of faculty governance.