Shared Governance and the Wisconsin Open Records Law
By Wisconsin law and strong tradition, governance of the various institutions of the University of Wisconsin is shared by administrators, faculty, staff and students. For the thirteen campuses (one of which is UW-Marathon County) that make up the University of Wisconsin Colleges, the chief governance body for each campus is the Collegium.

The Collegium is an assembly of faculty, staff, deans and a representative delegation of students
that sets policies and carries out activities on campus, including:
▪ recruitment and hiring of faculty and staff        ▪ recruitment and retention of students     ▪ curriculum        ▪ budget
▪ evaluation of faculty and staff       ▪ instructional and informational technology       ▪ professional development activities 
▪ campus safety      ▪ campus diversity       ▪ athletics       ▪ staff or student misconduct

The Collegium maintains many standing committees to carry out these vital roles.
This section of the UWMC website contains recent documents related to this shared governance structure.
All of these by State law are public documents. If anyone is attempting to find a specific document and is unable, please notify the Dean’s office by emailing sandra.smith@uwc.edu or charlene.schmidt@uwc.edu or by calling 715-261-6221.

Statutes governing the University of Wisconsin System can be viewed at the Wisconsin Legislature site (Chapter 36).

Regulations and policies of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents can be accessed
at the University of Wisconsin System Administration website.

UWMC is a member college of the University of Wisconsin Colleges.
The main governance body of the UW Colleges is the Senate.
Policies of the Senate as well as administrative policies of the Chancellor can be seen by going to
the UW Colleges website or by contacting the Chancellor’s or Provost’s office in Madison via that website.

Certain planning and activities on campus that are funded primarily through student fees are
managed by the Student Government Association, which has its own Senate and policies.
     
The UW-Marathon County Annual Security Report includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus, in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by
UW-Marathon County, and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.
The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security, such as policies concerning
alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault and other matters.