Faculty Meeting

The regular meeting of the faculty of the Department of Statistics was held on Zoom at 12:30pm, October 10, 2022. Abel Rodriguez, Department Chair, presided at the meeting. Kristine Chan was recording secretary. 

The meeting started with all participants sharing updates on personal news, achievements over the summer, and progress of fall quarter to allow the faculty, staff and graduate student representatives to get acquainted/reacquainted. 

Announcements 

Update to reimbursement guidelines: The Chair shared hosting guidelines to the faculty that lays out the limit that faculty can claim for reimbursement when hosting seminar speaker/visitor. 

ASE appointments recording leave: During negotiations over the 2021-2024 contract, agreement was reached that salaried Academic Student Employees (ASE) will request time off per departmental procedures and track time off in Workday effective September 16, 2022 (pay period ending September 30, 2022). The ASE contract describes paid holiday, personal holiday, and sick time off eligibility, award amount, and award timing. V. Graybeal, Director of Finance & Operations, also shared this information with the faculty over email. Should the faculty have any questions, please contact V. Graybeal at graybeal@uw.edu and T. Pham at trpham@uw.edu.  

Committee Report 

Discussion of DICE report on UW’s DEI rubric implementation: The Chair shared two documents – the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) rubric from the UW HR and the proposal from DICE as an internal initiative. The Chair hopes to use the internal rubric to identify areas of improvement and help guide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the department.  

New Business 

Approval of 6/6 faculty meeting minutes: The faculty were given the opportunity to review the minutes. None provided comments during the meeting. The minutes were later voted on electronically via Microsoft Forms and approved by the eligible voting faculty. 

Renewal of department faculty HR policies: The documents of the chair’s delegated authority, electronic voting policy, faculty merit policy, and faculty retention consultation policy were shared with the faculty. The policies were later voted on electronically via Microsoft Forms and were approved by the eligible voting faculty for another year.  

Adjournment 

There being no other items to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 1:15pm.