Announcing the 2024 Awardees
The Faculty Senate Office is pleased to announce the 2024 awardees for five awards. Distinguished Faculty Governance Award Dinesh Pal Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and of Molecular and...
SACUA Statement Concerning President Ono’s Summons to Washington
SACUA has issued the following statement on President Ono’s Summons to Washington: Dear President Ono, The Education and Workforce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives recently summoned...
Senate Assembly: Divestment Resolution
The Senate Assembly has issued the following statement in regards to divestment of the University of Michigan from its financial holdings in companies that invest in Israel’s ongoing military...
SACUA Statement on events at the Diag on 28 August 2024
We are alarmed and disheartened by the University administration’s aggressive response to peaceful protest on the Diag during Wednesday’s Festifall. Our mission as a public university obliges us to...
SACUA Letter Regarding Student Statement Changes
Dear Members of the Faculty Senate: On August 6, faculty (and staff and students) received an unsigned email from the "University of Michigan," notifying us of recent policy changes to the Statement...
The China Initiative and Its Aftermath: The Impact on Science and Academic and Intellectual Freedom on Campus
The DMN Academic and Intellectual Freedom Lecture Committee will be hosting the second panel in a series titled Conversations on Academic and Intellectual Freedom: Current Issues to be held on...
Faculty Senate Luncheon
Date and Time April 4, 2024, 12:00 - 1:00 pm. Location Michigan Union, Rogel Ballroom, 530 S State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Invitees Senate Assembly Members Senate Assembly Committee Members...
Academic Freedom and Free Speech: The Palestine Exception
The DMN Academic and Intellectual Freedom Lecture Committee will be hosting the first panel in a series titled Conversations on Academic and Intellectual Freedom: Current Issues to be held...
Senate Assembly: Resolution on CSG Vote Cancellation
The Senate Assembly has issued the following statement in regards to the recent CSG Vote Cancellation: Whereas the draft Principles on Diversity of Thought and Freedom of Expression asserts that the...
University Senate Meeting – November 6, 2023
Date and Time The 2023 University Senate meeting will be held on Monday, November 6, 2023, 3:15-5:00 pm. In-person location University Hall, Rm 2000, University Hall, Alexander G. Ruthven...
Event: Addressing Gender Violence with Institutional Courage
Addressing Gender Violencewith Institutional Courage Wednesday, October 25, 2-4:30 pmMichigan League, Koessler Room&Livestream Register to Attend Here Invited Lecture2:00 pm...
Announcing the 2023 Awardees
The Faculty Senate Office is pleased to announce the 2023 awardees for four awards. Distinguished Faculty Governance Award: Natalia V. Czap Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Professor of...
2034 Strategic Visioning Process: Faculty Senate Input Session Headlines
As part of the 2034 Vision Process, a Faculty Senate Input Session was held at the Michigan League on April 14, 2023. Faculty offered their perspectives on the University of Michigan’s vision moving...
Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship 2022-2023
We are pleased to share details of the 2022-2023 recipients of the Faculty Undergraduate Scholarships. The 2022-2023 scholarship report for the UM Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship Fund, with...
Resolution: Senate Expansion to Admit Clinical Professors, Lecturers, Archivists, and Curators
Senate Expansion to Admit Clinical Professors, Lecturers, Archivists, and Curators The University Senate is considering a resolution that would expand the University Senate to include Clinical...
University Senate: Amendment to include Lecturers
Vote Results On May 28th, the University Senate concluded voting on an Amendment to Include Lecturers to revise the proposed Senate expansion resolution. The Amendment passed, with ~61% voting in...
University Senate Special Meeting – May 25, 2023
University SenateSpecial MeetingThursday, May 25, 2023, 3:00 - 5:00 pm Summary The University Senate will convene for a special meeting on Thursday, May 25, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm. This...
Senate Assembly Resolution: Senate Expansion
Senate Expansion to Admit Clinical Professors, Archivists, and Curators The Senate Assembly has passed a resolution that would expand the University Senate to include Clinical Professors,...
SACUA Statement on the Role of the Faculty Regarding Grading
SACUA has issued the following statement on the Role of the Faculty Regarding Grading: Associate Dean Tim McKay, in an email on April 17, 2023, indicates that the administration is expecting and...
Senate Assembly Resolution: Land Acknowledgement Monument
The University of Michigan University Senate Senate Assembly Resolution # 041723-2 WHEREAS it is universally acknowledged that the grant of lands by the Anishinaabeg (including Ojibwa, Odawa, and...