Welcome to the Home of Central Faculty Governance at the University of Michigan
The Faculty Senate Office is the administrative home for Faculty Senate, Senate Assembly, and SACUA. The current structure of Central Faculty Governance has been in place for over fifty years. Through Faculty Senate, Senate Assembly, and the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA), University faculty members have the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about University policy and other matters of University-wide concern.
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News
Central Faculty Governance Newsletters
Statement of Support
March 18, 2025 Dear Faculty Senate members, We are deeply troubled by the vandalism at Provost McCauley’s home in the early hours of Sunday morning this week. An object was...
SACUA letter – Institutional Norm of Decentralization
March 11, 2025 Dear Regents, President Ono, and Executive Vice Presidents, We, members of SACUA, write to express objections to the recently announced policy that requires...
SACUA Letter RE: Dawson Termination/Regental Overreach
January 23, 2025 Dear President Ono and University Leaders, Our academic work as faculty at this great university depends on our freedom, as scholarsand as citizens, to pursue...
Event Announcement: Film Screening – The Palestine Exception
When: April 7th, 2025- 6:30-8:30pm Where: North Quade, Space 2435, 101 S State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 48103 REGISTER HERE
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: What are the driving forces behind hatred?
This panel discussion will highlight the connecting threads between forms of ethno-religious hatred, like Islamophobia and antisemitism, and examine the prospects for overcoming...
University Senate Motions and Voting Results from the November 4, 2024 Meeting
A Faculty Senate meeting took place on Monday, November 4, 2024. The text and vote results of all motions are available here. Motion 1: Call to Pause Implementation of the...
Event Announcement: STRIKE!: Histories and Futures of Activism at UM
STRIKE! is a 2-day teach-in commemorating the 55th anniversary of the Black Action Movement (BAM) Strike. We will consider lessons from the history of social justice and...
Statement in Support
Statement in Support of Valued Members of Our Community We write in the face of the recent barrage of executive orders targeting 2SLGBTQIA+ people, particularly trans and...
SACUA Expression of Concern Re: Regent Acker
December 10, 2024 Dear Faculty Senate members, We are deeply troubled by the attack on Regent Acker’s home in the early hours of Monday morning this week, a frightening...
Calendar
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March 24, 2025
3:00 – 4:45 pm
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March 10, 2025
3:00 – 4:45 pm
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April 21, 2025
3:15 – 5:00 pm
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March 17, 2025
3:15 – 5:00 pm
University Senate
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TBD
LAST MEETING:
November 4, 2024
3:00 – 5:00 pm