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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 Violence with 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...
Senate Expands to Admit Clinical Professors, Lecturers, Archivists, and Curators
Faculty Senate Expands to Admit Clinical Professors, Lecturers, Archivists, and Curators On June 3, 2025, the University Senate approved a resolution expanding the University Senate to include...
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 isexpecting 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...
Senate Assembly Votes on Four Restructuring Proposals
Following its meeting on March 20, 2023 , the Senate Assembly voted on four Senate restructuring proposals. The vote was to select the most favored model to be used as the framework for an...
SACUA Membership While Holding Certain University Leadership Positions
SACUA has adopted the following rule related to being a SACUA member while also holding certain leadership positions: Conflicts of Interest Specific Rule: SACUA Membership While Holding...
Faculty Senate Restructuring Discussion Update
As a first step of moving the senate restructuring discussion to a vote, the Senate Assembly voted on February 9th regarding which groups to continue considering this Winter term within the Senate...
Senate Assembly: Anti-Racism Statement Regarding Those of Asian & Pacific Islander Descent
The Senate Assembly has issued the following statement in regards to the recent escalation in anti-Asian sentiment: Whereas Asian Americans are the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the...
SACUA Statement: Negotiations between the University of Michigan and the GEO
SACUA has issued the following statement in response to recent GEO negotiations: Graduate Employees’ Organization has had legitimate concerns about the need for open and inclusive negotiations, a...
University Senate Meeting – November 21, 2022
The 2022 University Senate meeting was held on Monday, November 21, 2022, 3:15-5:00 pm. Below are the agenda, related meeting materials, and a request for feedback on the Faculty Senate...
Palm Oil Documentary Screening
Title: In the Land of Palm, Film Screening and Panel Discussion Brief event description: This event is organized by Palm to Palm: a student-led, tri-campus initiative dedicated to ending the...
Statement on the Passing of H. Chandler Davis
With great sadness, utmost respect, and deep sympathy for his family, we acknowledge the passing of H. Chandler Davis, courageous, stalwart and lifelong champion of academic and intellectual freedom...
October 4, 2021 Faculty Senate Meeting Voting Results
A Faculty Senate meeting took place on Monday, October 4. Over 350 faculty senate members participated via Zoom, 22 faculty senate members attended in person, and over 900 people viewed the livestream.
Faculty Senate Meeting Scheduled
A Faculty Senate meeting has been scheduled for Monday, October 4 from 3:15 to 5:00 pm. The meeting will take place in person at Honigman Auditorium at the Law School and via Zoom. Faculty Senate...
Faculty Supports SACUA Statement Condemning Recent Statements by Regent Weiser
SACUA issued a statement condemning recent statements made by Regent Weiser. Faculty Senate members, lecturers, and clinical faculty had the opportunity to endorse the statement through an...
Video Link Available: 30th Anniversary DMN Academic and Intellectual Freedom Lecture
Access the Recording of the Event On February 16, 2021, the Faculty Senate hosted the 30th Annual Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Academic and Intellectual Freedom Lecture. To commemorate this special...
SACUA Response to Political Violence
At its January 11, 2021 meeting, SACUA affirmed the SACUA Response to Political Violence with six votes in favor and one abstention.
Faculty Senate Meeting Votes and Sentiment Ballots: The Results Are In
Faculty had the opportunity to weigh in on motions that were brought to a vote at the Faculty Senate meeting on September 16. See the link below to view the results from the Faculty Senate meeting....
9-16-20 Faculty Senate Meeting
The recording of the September 16, 2020, Faculty Senate Meeting is available on Youtube.
Faculty Senate Spotlight
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...
Faculty Senate Spotlight
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...
Open Letter on Fall Re-Opening
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....