Sep 10, 2020 | Faculty Senate News, Faculty Senate Spotlights
The current Faculty Senate Spotlight features Professor Kanakadurga Singer. Professor Singer graduated from the University of Michigan Medical School in 2002 and then continued her training in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology before becoming a faculty member in...
Jul 31, 2020 | Faculty Senate News, Faculty Senate Spotlights
This month’s Faculty Senate Spotlight features Professor Keith Riles, H. Richard Crane Collegiate Professor of Physics in the College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts. He has been at the University of Michigan since 1992. He has carried out research in high...
Jul 30, 2020 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News
The Senate Chair has shared an open letter created by a faculty member in Physics with Senate Assembly members so they can sign the letter if they wish, and share it with colleagues in their units. The letter requests the disclosure of the University’s plans for...
Jul 22, 2020 | Faculty Senate News
Some faculty members have asked who owns course content, including recorded lectures. The Faculty Senate Office obtained the answer to this question from the Center for Academic Innovation. Faculty retain the copyright of any content they create for any for-credit...
Jul 9, 2020 | Faculty Senate News
In July, the Faculty Senate Office ran a Faculty Senate Survey for Fall Semester Instructional Planning on behalf of SACUA to solicit input from Faculty Senate members. 875 responses were received. Faculty shared input about their willingness to teach in person in the...
Jul 9, 2020 | Faculty Senate News
Faculty Senate hosted a virtual Town Hall on July 8 attended by President Mark Schlissel and Interim Provost Susan Collins. Over six hundred faculty members joined the meeting to hear remarks from the president and interim provost, and to listen to responses to...
