faculty governance
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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.
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January 13, 2023
Lindsay Admon, Silvia Pedraza elected to fill SACUA vacancies
Lindsay Admon of the Medical School and Silvia Pedraza of LSA have been elected to step into vacancies on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, serving the remainder of terms ending April 30, 2024.
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November 14, 2022
President Ono to address Faculty Senate at Nov. 21 meeting
The Faculty Senate will meet Nov. 21 and feature an address by President Santa J. Ono. It also will include a discussion on whether to expand Senate membership to include clinical faculty and lecturers.
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June 27, 2022
Luke McCarthy named director of Faculty Senate Office
Luke McCarthy, an attorney with a background in education has been named director of the Faculty Senate Office, providing operational and administrative support to U-M’s central faculty governance system.
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June 1, 2022
Faculty Perspective: Reporting structures for ethics, compliance
Two faculty members advocate for the university to amend its structures for handling reports of alleged misconduct related to ethics and compliance.
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May 2, 2022
Faculty Perspective: Reviving the AAUP at the University of Michigan
Five faculty members outline the reasons behind an effort to revive the U-M chapter of the American Association of University Professors.
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April 12, 2022
SACUA elects Silvia Pedraza chair, Durga Singer vice chair
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has elected new leadership for the 2022-23 school year. Silvia Pedraza will be chair and Kanakadurga (Durga) Singer will be vice chair starting May 1.
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February 7, 2022
Candidates being sought to run for three seats on SACUA
The university’s central faculty governance system is seeking candidates to run for three seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.
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January 27, 2022
Senate Assembly seeks to rescind felony-disclosure policy
The U-M Senate Assembly is pushing back against a policy that requires current university employees to disclose felony charges and convictions.
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September 22, 2020
Proposed UM-Flint faculty bylaws open for public comment
Public comment is being sought through Oct. 7 on a set of recently developed faculty bylaws for UM-Flint. They were developed with the help of a task force recently formed by Chancellor Deba Dutta.