Feb 3, 2026 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News, SACUA News
As teachers and students at the leading public university in the United States, we know that learning rests on exchange across languages, geographies, and traditions. Immigration is a positive good for higher education. International faculty, staff, and students widen...
Jan 13, 2026 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News, SACUA News
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs welcomes Kent Syverud as the 16th president of the University of Michigan. Mr. Syverud is no stranger to Ann Arbor. His record as a teacher and an administrator is impressive. At Michigan Law and at Vanderbilt Law he...
Jan 13, 2026 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News, SACUA News
In recent years, members of the University community have increasingly faced threats related to their work, research, teaching, or extra-mural speech. These have included threats of violence, the publicizing of home addresses, and, more recently, appearing at...
Nov 7, 2025 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News
A Faculty Senate meeting took place on Monday, November 3, 2025. The text and vote results of all motions are available here and, individually, below: Motion 1: Motion to Make the Collegiate Travel Partners (CTP) Travel Service Optional Results: Yes, 3350 (96.7%); No...
Sep 24, 2025 | Faculty Senate News, Featured News, SACUA News, Senate Assembly
WHEREAS in 2024 there were 773 H-1B visa-holders employed at the University of Michigan, in all three campuses and in all of our schools and colleges, meaning that there are more H-1B visa-holders at Michigan than at any public university in the United States; WHEREAS...
Sep 9, 2025 | Featured News, SACUA News, Senate Assembly
We, the faculty of the University of Michigan, strongly disapprove of the exclusion of representatives of elected faculty government from the Presidential Search Committee. We are pleased that representatives of undergraduate and graduate student government have been...
