The following message is an email sent by the Academic Staff Nominating Committee members about participating in committees at UW–Madison.

Shared governance at UW–Madison provides academic staff, university staff, faculty, and students with the opportunity to help make significant decisions concerning the operation of the university through over 40 distinct committees. These committees span a variety of interests, including: communications, compensation, awards, diversity, student affairs, transportation, athletics, information technology, and many more.   

Committee participation at UW–Madison is a great way for academic staff members to grow personally and professionally. Members have the opportunity to meet staff outside their units, to learn more about how things work at UW–Madison, and to have a voice in campus issues.

As a reminder, you are invited and encouraged as a member of the academic staff to complete or update the Committee Interest Survey by going to: https://committeetracker.wisc.edu/Survey/TakeSurvey and logging in with your NetID credentials. 

The Nominating Committee connects interested academic staff members with potential committee assignments and upcoming committee elections. The information from the Committee Interest Survey is used to identify academic staff interested in serving on committees. The survey provides a comprehensive list of all committees with links to more information, including committee charges and current committee membership.

You are encouraged to resubmit this survey at any time to ensure your committee interests are up to date. Indicating your interest via the survey is not binding.

When a committee seat opens, the Nominating Committee reviews the information in the current Committee Interest Survey to find those who expressed interest in serving on the committee. Please note that not every committee has openings for new members every year. Elections for standing committees of the Academic Staff Assembly take place each spring. Appointments to other shared governance committees are also made in the spring.

If you have any questions, please contact Lesley Fisher (lesley.fisher@wisc.edu) or Jake Smith (soas@soas.wisc.edu).

Thank you for your interest in shared governance at UW–Madison!