Statement of Principles Concerning the Upcoming Presidential Search
Statement of Principles Concerning the Upcoming Presidential Search Having canvassed the views of the Senate Assembly, the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs now urges the university’s...
Resolution Regarding Recent Medical School Senate Assembly Ballot Provision
Resolution Regarding Recent Medical School Senate Assembly Ballot Provision WHEREAS the University Senate, Senate Assembly, and Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) are intended...
SACUA Letter Regarding Recent Terminations
April 16, 2025 Amy Grier Associate Director University Human Resources Dear Ms. Grier, We write to share our concerns about the suspension and termination of five employees, four of them current...
SACUA Letter of Commendation For Dr. Tabbye Chavous
April 16, 2025 Dear Faculty Colleagues, We write to share our deep appreciation for our colleague Dr. Tabbye Chavous, the University of Michigan’s Chief Diversity Officer. This week, Dr....
Event Announcement: Dear Colleagues Lecture Series
April 4th, 12-1pm Dear Colleagues: Diversity, equity & inclusion initiatives are legally defensible and here is how higher education should respond. Recent Executive Orders and the Department of...
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 thrown through a bedroom...
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: 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 anti-racism activism at our...
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 academic deans to submit...
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 differences in...
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 gender-expansive people,...
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 unpopular and...
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 Revised Statement of...
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 escalation of earlier...
SACUA Letter Regarding Cancellation of Dearborn Classes and Increase of Course Caps
November 26, 2024 Dear President Ono, It’s come to our attention that Dean Dagmar Budikova of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters has instructed department chairs to cancel Winter classes...
Submitting Public Comments for 2024 University Senate Meeting
Immediately following the November 4, 2024 University Senate meeting, written comments on the four University Senate motions may be submitted using this Google form until 5pm on November 5th. All...
University Senate Meeting to be held on November 4, 2024
The 2024 University Senate Meeting will be held on November 4, 2024, 3:15 - 5:00 pm and the meeting details and agenda are available at https://facultysenate.umich.edu/faculty-senate-meeting/.
Nominations Sought for University Senate Secretary and University Senate Parliamentarian
Faculty Senate Members are invited to submit nominations and self-nominations for candidates to run for election for two University Senate officer positions: I. University Senate Secretary II....
Senate Assembly: Resolution Calling for Pause of Recent Revisions to the SSRR
The Senate Assembly has issued the following statement calling for a pause in the implementation of the revised Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities: The Senate Assembly calls upon the...
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...
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...
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: 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...
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...
SACUA Statement Regarding the GEO Negotiations
SACUA has issued the following statement regarding the GEO negotiations: We are writing to ask for a speedy negotiation between the university administration and GEO. We support both fair wages and...