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Statement on Faculty Representation in the 2026 Presidential Search
With a new presidential search now underway, and in keeping with the November 2025 resolution of the Faculty Senate, we request that a member of SACUA or a SACUA designee be included on the...
Statement from Professor Derek Peterson
Statement from Professor Derek Peterson[1] [1] This statement is my own, acting in my individual capacity and not on behalf of the University, the Faculty Senate, or the Senate Advisory Committee on...
University Senate Vote Results- April 27, 2026
A Faculty Senate meeting took place on Monday, April 27, 2026. The text and vote results of all motions are available here and, individually, below: Motion 1: Resolution Calling for Support for...
Statement Concerning Regent Jordan Acker
Statement Concerning Regent Jordan Acker The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has reviewed the recently-published report concerning Regent Acker’s communications on social media. The...
A Call for Robust Faculty Engagement with the Athletic Department
A Call for Robust Faculty Engagement with the Athletic Department Whereas the faculty of the University of Michigan are tremendously proud of our student-athletes’ successes; and Whereas we regard...
Resolution Concerning Surveillance on Campus
Whereas the University has recently installed at least 1,200 new security cameras around campus (some with audio recording capabilities), including in spaces of public assembly such as the Diag and...
Resolution in Support of Foreign Language Teaching at the University of Michigan
The University of Michigan’s language teaching programs are a defining aspect of our curriculum and a resource that enriches students and citizens alike. Since the foundation of the Center for...
Resolution Supporting Immigrants Who Work and Study at the University of Michigan
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...
Resolution Welcoming Kent Syverud as President of the University of Michigan
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...
Statement Against Doxxing and Other Forms of Intimidation
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...
University Senate Motions and Voting Results from the November 3, 2025 Meeting
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...
Resolution Regarding New H-1B Policies
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...
Statement Concerning the Presidential Search Committee
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...
Announcing the 2025 Awardees
The Faculty Senate Office is pleased to announce the 2025 awardees for five awards. Distinguished Faculty Governance Award: Michèle Hannoosh Professor of French Department of Romance Languages and...
Statement Concerning the New Travel Policy
Dear Procurement Services, We write to express concern regarding the upcoming requirement, effective July 1, 2025, that all University of Michigan employees book flights for university-related...
Statement concerning surveillance on the University of Michigan campus
Statement concerning surveillance on the University of Michigan campus According to a report in The Guardian, the University has (until recently) engaged a security firm called City Shield to...
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...