Meeting Info

Agenda  

CoE Committee Advocating for Staff Interests (CASI)  

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 

11:00 – 12:30 PM 

Room 4610 Engineering Hall 

 

CoE CASI Mission: 

The College of Engineering Committee Advocating for Staff Interests (CASI) is a shared governance body of elected representatives, who serve and advocate for the interests of university and academic staff by advising the College of Engineering dean and leadership.  

Read the CASI Mission Statement and Values: https://casi.engr.wisc.edu/mission-and-values/  

 

Schedule: 

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM Call to Order & Consent Agenda D. Gaona 

• Approval of August Minutes 

• Wed. August 6th: https://casi.engr.wisc.edu/meeting-summaries/#past-meeting-minutes  

11:10 AM – 12:20 PM Business D. Gaona/STP 

• Budget Ad-Hoc Subcommittee update 

• • Proposed Provisional Budget Discussion and Recommendations 

• • Proposed Provisional Budget Vote 

• Updates from Leadership 

• • Dean Ranjan 

• • Lula Baker – Chief Strategy Officer 

• • Jason: Workday, etc. 

• • Recent Retention/Turnover impact on college  

• Academic Planning Council:  

• • Nomination discussion – any further nominations to add 

• • Election of CASI representative to APC (Results to be emailed) 

• WEST and LinkUW 

• Sub-Committee Reports 

• • CASI Planning/Tending 

• • Communications and Information 

• • Recognition and Retention  

12:20 PM – 12:25 PM Updates from CASI members, if applicable D. Gaona/STP 

12:25 PM – 12:30 PM Questions from Constituents, if time permits D. Gaona/STP 

12:30 PM Adjourn D. Gaona/STP 

(CASI members – please remember to leave your name table tent on the table at the end of the meeting) 

 

Next Meeting – October 1, 2025 

                            11:00am-12:30pm 

                             Engineering Hall 4610 or Teams 

 

TEAMS link for meeting:  

 

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Meeting ID:?289 760 222 796 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS: 

 

• Feel free to Connect with CASI (NetID required). Do you have something you want to share with CASI? You may connect with us via this web form.  

• Recognize an engineering staff member with Kudos from CASI 

CASI Subcommittees:  

Planning/Tending

Daniel Gaona

Sara Tate-Pederson

Nathan Jung

Kelly Petersen

Justin Bush

Angela Kita

Mary Fitzpatrick

Communications and Information 

Jackie Bastyr Cooper

Rob Kohlhepp

Nathan Jung

Recognition and Retention

Carly Andrew

Jennifer Detlor

Daniel Gaona

Angela Kita

Kelly Petersen

 

 

Next Meeting – October 1, 2025 (agenda will be posted one week prior to meeting)

11:00am-12:30pm

Engineering Hall 4610 or Teams

TEAMS link for meeting:

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 289 760 222 796

Passcode: iLemjW