Faculty Senate

  1. April 16, 2025

    SACUA elects Peterson chair, Rangarajan vice chair

    The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has elected Derek Peterson of LSA as chair and Soumya Rangarajan of the Medical School as vice chair for the next school year.

  2. April 10, 2025

    Faculty Senate to consider four motions at April 17 meeting

    A special meeting of the Faculty Senate has been called for April 17 to consider four motions that address faculty concerns related to current challenges in U.S. higher education.

  3. November 15, 2024

    Speaker highlights risks to extramural speech protections

    Recent measures to impede campus protests around the country are a threat to academic freedom and extramural speech, Judith Butler said in the Davis, Markert, and Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.

  4. November 8, 2024

    Faculty Senate passes four resolutions, including regents censure

    The Faculty Senate has passed resolutions regarding the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Standard Practice Guide, a censure of the Board of Regents, and gender-based violence and discrimination.

  5. November 4, 2024

    Academic freedom lecture to address extramural speech

    Judith Butler, a philosopher and gender studies scholar, will deliver the Faculty Senate’s 34th annual Davis, Markert, Nickerson Lecture on Academic and Intellectual Freedom.

  6. November 1, 2024

    Kathleen Kruse elected as Senate representative on PDOC

    Kathleen Kruse, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, has been elected to serve a two-year term as the Faculty Senate representative on the six-member Police Department Oversight Committee.

  7. October 29, 2024

    Faculty Senate to consider four resolutions at Nov. 4 meeting

    The Faculty Senate will consider resolutions regarding the Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Standard Practice Guide, a censure of the Board of Regents, and gender-based violence and discrimination.

  8. October 23, 2024

    Three regent hopefuls make their case at candidate forum

    Three of six candidates for two seats on the Board of Regents — Shauna Ryder Diggs, Carl Meyers and Sevag Vartanian — outlined ways they would serve the U‑M community if elected.

  9. October 21, 2024

    Ten vying for Senate seat on police oversight panel

    Ten candidates are vying for the Faculty Senate member seat on the university’s Police Department Oversight Committee. Voting will open at 8 a.m. Wednesday and run through Oct. 29.

  10. October 14, 2024

    Regent Candidate Forum set for Oct. 22 at Michigan Theater

    Candidates for the Board of Regents have been invited to participate in a Regent Candidate Forum on Oct. 22 to share their qualifications, outline their vision for U‑M and respond to questions.