faculty governance

  1. March 21, 2024

    Three faculty members elected to serve on SACUA

    Derek R. Peterson and Melanie S. Tanielian of LSA, and Soumya Rangarajan of Michigan Medicine have been elected to three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.

  2. March 11, 2024

    Ten faculty members seeking three seats on SACUA

    Ten people are running for three seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the nine-member executive arm of U-M’s central faculty governance system.

  3. January 30, 2024

    Senate Assembly passes measures on CSG votes, Israel divestment

    The faculty’s Senate Assembly has passed resolutions calling on U-M leadership to protect students’ free speech, and to divest from companies investing in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

  4. October 6, 2023

    Anouck Girard elected temporary SACUA member

    Anouck Girard, professor of robotics and of aerospace engineering, will serve as a temporary member of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs through Jan. 24, 2024.

  5. September 12, 2023

    SACUA seeking nominations for temporary member

    The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs is seeking nominations for a temporary member to serve from Oct. 9 through Jan. 22, 2024. Nominees must be a current Senate Assembly member.

  6. July 5, 2023

    Regents to consider bylaws change expanding Faculty Senate

    Public comments are being sought regarding proposed revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws that would expand the membership of the Faculty Senate and Senate Assembly.

  7. May 31, 2023

    Faculty Senate voting this week on expansion proposal

    The Faculty Senate will vote through 8 a.m. June 3 on a resolution to expand the university’s central faculty governance system to include clinical professors, archivists, curators and lecturers.

  8. April 25, 2023

    Faculty Senate to consider expansion proposal

    The Faculty Senate will consider a proposal to include clinical professors, archivists and curators in U-M’s central faculty governance system. The measure would add about 1,810 members to the approximately 4,150-member Senate.

  9. March 24, 2023

    Heather O’Malley elected to SACUA in tie-breaker runoff vote

    The third faculty member elected this spring to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs will be Heather O’Malley of the Medical School, who won a Senate Assembly runoff election.

  10. January 24, 2023

    Senate Assembly passes statement against anti-Asian racism

    The U-M faculty’s Senate Assembly has approved a resolution condemning racism against those of Asian and Pacific Islander descent amid growing anti-Asian racism in the United States.